An art historian, curator, and scholar, Ilaria Puri Purini comes to the Academy from the Contemporary Art Society in London, where she has served as curator of programs, working with contemporary artists across Britain, with a special focus on expanding art-historical narratives and practices. She has also served in curatorial roles at the Victoria and…
Dr. Christoph Scheepers is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Methods & Metascience at University of Glasgow. Scheepers obtained his psychology degree at the University of Bochum in 1991, and his PhD at the University of Freiburg in 1997. He held a two-year post-doc position at the University of Glasgow before starting a C1…
Edi Bilimoria has been a student of the perennial philosophy for over half a century. He has given courses and lectured extensively in the UK, and internationally in California, the Netherlands, India, and Australia, to encourage the cross fertilization of ideas in the fields of science, religion, and practical philosophy. Edi has published widely in…
Gabriel A. Radvansky is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He is interested in a broad range of qualities of memory and comprehension. In particular, how they are involved in understanding and remembering events based on autobiographical, virtual, narrative, and other experiences. He is also strongly interested in how memories change…
Etzel Cardeña holds the Thorsen Chair in psychology including parapsychology and hypnosis at Lund University, Sweden. He was elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS), among other organizations. His research, theoretical, historical, and pedagogical contributions have received 25 awards from various academic and professional organizations. Cardeña and…
Bernardo Kastrup is a philosopher and computer scientist best known for his work in the field of consciousness studies, particularly his development of analytic idealism. His research interests are Philosophy of Mind, Ontology, Neuroscience of Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence. Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off the modern renaissance…
Pablo Tinio is Associate Professor and Chair of the Educational Foundations Department at Montclair State University. He is Co-Editor of the Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts and past Editor of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Dr. Tinio’s research is focused on the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the…
Madeleine Gross is an artist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Madeleine is a leading researcher in the psychology of curiosity, creativity, and personality development. Her work explores how curiosity acts as a catalyst for positive development and human flourishing. Madeleine bridges neuroscience and applied psychology to design interventions that foster…
Sir James Loy MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. He is currently Artistic Director at The Cumnock Tryst in Scotland and Professor of Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at St. Mary’s College, St Andrews. MacMillan was composer and conductor with the BBC Philharmonic from 2000 to 2009,…
George Corbett is Professor of Theology in the School of Divinity at University of St Andrews. Prior to joining the School of Divinity in 2015, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge, where he taught English literature, Italian literature, and theology. He received his BA…
Nathan H. Lents is an American scientist, author, and university professor. He has been on the faculty of John Jay College since 2006 and is currently the director of the Cell and Molecular Biology program. He is noted for his work in cell biology, genetics, and forensic science, as well as his popular science writing…
John A. Dupré is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré’s chief work area lies in philosophy of biology, philosophy of the social sciences, and general philosophy of science. Dupré, together with Nancy…