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Still Watching Narrowly? Lecture: Re-encountering the Earth

Thursday 2nd March, 7.30pm, Field Studies Centre

Join us on a journey from Francis Bacon to Johannes Goethe, via Gilbert White. Discover the physico-theologians and the contemporary return of ancient understandings of life on earth.

This lecture will take place in the Field Studies Centre, and is part of the series Still Watching Narrowly? Gilbert White’s Legacy and 21st Century Environmentalism. This programme of talks will explore Gilbert White’s place in the rise of 21st century understandings of environmentalism, deep ecology, and the challenges that are emerging to the damage done by human-centred thinking. It will locate Gilbert White at the head of a renewed interest in healing our relationship with the rest of creation. The following lecture dates  int he series are: Thursday 20th April and Thursday 11th May, please see our website for more details.

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Tickets are £8. When you purchase your ticket it is for the in-person event, however you will also be sent a zoom link if you would prefer to watch the talk from home.

Dr Terry Biddington FRSA, FLS is Scholar-in-Residence at Gilbert White’s House and Gardens and Professional Services Research Fellow at the University of Winchester, where he was formally Dean of Spiritual Life, Director of the Winchester Institute for Contemplative Education and Pedagogy and lecturer in practical theology. Author of numerous books and articles he currently divides his time between the UK and his home in Northern France.

    Gilbert White’s Field Studies Centre

    Gilbert White’s Field Studies Centre is the Education Department of Gilbert White’s House and The Oates Collection. Our mission is to inspire journeys of discovery in the natural world for all ages and abilities and throughout the seasons.

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