Program
“The Legacy and Teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff” conference
December 4-5, 2024, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
5-6 pm | Reception |
6:15-6:50 pm | Welcome Remarks (Charles Stang, Alexandre de Salzmann, Carole Cusack) Event is at capacity. Please register to attend by Zoom. |
6:50-8 pm | Documentary Screening (Introduction by Gabrielle Lubtchansky) Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff: The Seekers of Truth 1 by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky |
Thursday, December 5, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
8-9 am | Registration |
9 am | Opening Remarks (Gosia Sklodowska) |
9:15-10 am | Morning Keynote “G. I. Gurdjieff, the Work, and the Academic Study of Religion and Esotericism” (Carole Cusack)
Presentation “After Presence: How Memoirs Re-Member Gurdjieff’s Charisma” (Steven Sutcliffe) |
10-11 am | Panel 1: Spiritual and Scientific Influences that Shaped Gurdjieff and His Teachings “Knowledge of the West” (Charles Langmuir) “G.I. Gurdjieff as Cosmopolitan of early 20th Century: Transformation in Translation” (Michael Pittman) “Understanding of the East” (Ravi Ravindra) |
11-11:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:30-12:45 pm | Panel 2: Embodied Wisdom “The question Remains of the Body” (David Appelbaum) “Gurdjieff, Alchemy, and the Emerald Tablet” (Joseph Azize) “Gurdjieff, Phenomenology, and Embodied Wisdom” (David Seamon) “The Gurdjieff Movements: An introductory Exploration” (Laurie Morrocco) |
12:45-1:45 pm | Lunch |
1:45-3 pm | Afternoon Keynote “Mr. Gurdjieff's Original Approach to Life” (Alexandre de Salzmann)
Panel 3: The Values and Value of the Gurdjieff Teaching “Gurdjieffian Scholarship as Third Force” (Cynthia Bourgeault) “The eighteenth commandment: What are the values of the Gurdjieff teaching?” (Roger Lipsey) |
3-3:30 pm | Coffee Break |
3:30-4:45 pm | Panel 4: Cultural productions “G.I. Gurdjieff in the Theatre: the Fourth Way of Jerzy Grotowski” (Catharine Dada) “Images of Cosmic Descent” (Richard Temple) “The Role of Music as an Essential Influence in Gurdjieff’s Teaching” (Charles Ketcham) “Objective Art: The Influence of Gurdjieff’s Esoteric Aesthetics on American Literature” (Jon Woodson) |
5:15 pm | Piano Recital of the G.I. Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Music (Cecilia Ignatieff, Charles Ketcham) |
Cecilia Ignatieff Kurd Melody from Isfahan Atarnakh, Kurd Song Persian Song Moorish Dance (Dervish) Untitled (Volume II, No. 37) Night Procession Hymns from a Great Temple Hymn of the Cherubim Essene Hymn No. 8 Charles Ketcham Meditation Ancient Greek Melody Sayyid Dance The Initiation of the Priestess The Bokharian Dervish | |
Event is at capacity. Please register to attend by Zoom.
Register to attend Keynotes and panel presentations, Dec 5, 9-4:45 pm on zoom.
Register to attend the Piano recital, Dec 5, 5:15-6:15 pm on zoom.