#  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 

SortTimeEvent5-6 pm

**Reception** 

6:15-6:50 pm

**Welcome Remarks** (Charles Stang, Alexandre de Salzmann, Carole Cusack)

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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 

SortTimeEvent8-9 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.

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