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All mankind is of one author, and is one volume

John Donne’s evocation of human connectedness across space and time is a fitting sentiment for our Brigstow-funded project “Medievals and Moderns in conversation”. Here, we’re asking how the long-history of our rural medieval churches might help us imagine new roles today for church buildings in their communities. As part of this work we’re developing an… Continue reading

MAPHIS: Using machine learning to understand city development

Brigstow funded Experimental Partnership “MAPHIS: Mapping History – What historical maps can tell us about urban development”   intends to develop novel, interdisciplinary methods that facilitate the extraction of information from historical maps and the analysis of Census records, in order to study urban development in the long run. The blessing, the curse, and the distortion… Continue reading

Lets continue to connect!

Hello everyone, We hope you are all keeping safe and well in the current difficult circumstances. Just to let you know that Brigstow is still open for conversations and ideas, albeit virtually rather than face-to-face.  These are uncertain times but we are still planning to keep supporting new and exciting interdisciplinary projects in the future… Continue reading