Volume 27 - 1 & 2

This volume of Culture and Cosmos is an anthology from the the eleventh Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPXI), ‘Cosmic Explorations: at the Intersection of Science, Space, Art, and Culture’, held at Caltech, Pasadena, on September 20-23 2023.

The INSAPXI conference: ‘Cosmic Explorations: at the Intersection of Science, Space, Art, and Culture’,

The Conferences on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena.

For other INSAP volumes published via the Sophia Centre please see:

The INSAPIV anthology, Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 8, no 1 and 2 (2004).

The INSAPVII anthology, Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 16, no 1 and 2 (2012).

The INSAPIX anthology, Imagining Other Worlds, published by the Sophia Centre Press (2018).

The association with INSAP and its various partners represents a significant contribution both to the University of Wales Trinity Sain David’s global presence, and to the Sophia Centre’s research culture and impact, and we welcome the opportunity to publish this selected anthology of INSAPXI conference papers.

The cover image shows the ceiling of the Old Sacristy San Lorenzo, 1442 (Public Domain via Wikimedia Comms), see Valerie Shrimplin, Dark Skies and Light Pollution: An Art-Historical Approach’, pp. 117-134 (p. 128).