Dr Buki Fatona
@bukifatona.bsky.social
@University of Oxford, research in Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience & Religion:
memory; imagination; action.
❤️classics, mathematics, & art❤️
https://theology.web.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-buki-fatona
memory; imagination; action.
❤️classics, mathematics, & art❤️
https://theology.web.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-buki-fatona
This year (so far) I have had not one, not two, not three....but *five* articles accepted for publication.
No wonder I am exhausted
No wonder I am exhausted
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This year (so far) I have had not one, not two, not three....but *five* articles accepted for publication.
No wonder I am exhausted
No wonder I am exhausted
Reposted by Dr Buki Fatona
Interested in what Euripides' Bacchae has to say to modern psychoanalysts? Attend a hybrid event on January 31st with me, a theatre-maker and a psychoanalyst. Free for secondary school students. psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm-even...
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Interested in what Euripides' Bacchae has to say to modern psychoanalysts? Attend a hybrid event on January 31st with me, a theatre-maker and a psychoanalyst. Free for secondary school students. psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm-even...
Very much looking forward to presenting tomorrow at 'Memory: From Neurons to Narratives' conference.
A fab line of speakers, sessions, and papers ❤️
A fab line of speakers, sessions, and papers ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Very much looking forward to presenting tomorrow at 'Memory: From Neurons to Narratives' conference.
A fab line of speakers, sessions, and papers ❤️
A fab line of speakers, sessions, and papers ❤️
Reposted by Dr Buki Fatona
Now live! A virtual exhibition (with commentaries) curated by me for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project @thevcs.bsky.social
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
Behold Your God!
Exhibition: Behold Your God! (Isaiah 40). Featuring works of art by M.C. Escher, Agnes Martin and Alma Thomas. Commentaries by Buki Fatona.
thevcs.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Now live! A virtual exhibition (with commentaries) curated by me for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project @thevcs.bsky.social
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
Now live! A virtual exhibition (with commentaries) curated by me for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project @thevcs.bsky.social
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
Behold Your God!
Exhibition: Behold Your God! (Isaiah 40). Featuring works of art by M.C. Escher, Agnes Martin and Alma Thomas. Commentaries by Buki Fatona.
thevcs.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Now live! A virtual exhibition (with commentaries) curated by me for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project @thevcs.bsky.social
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
In the exhibition, among other things, I explore verbal vs visual depictions of the infinite via works by Alma Thomas, M.C. Escher, and Agnes Martin. Enjoy!
Oxford's Department of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology is looking for a Deputy Director to help lead its Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research
More details via link
More details via link
Job Details
my.corehr.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Oxford's Department of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology is looking for a Deputy Director to help lead its Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research
More details via link
More details via link
Reposted by Dr Buki Fatona
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Lagos Fashion Week ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lagos Fashion Week ❤️
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New (open access) article just published!
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New (open access) article just published!
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
"Painters have borne witness to changing circumstances [in the world], to horrors as well as to wonders; And so held a mirror up to human nature."
--Bridget Riley - below is her mesmerising 'Blaze I', 1962
--Bridget Riley - below is her mesmerising 'Blaze I', 1962
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Painters have borne witness to changing circumstances [in the world], to horrors as well as to wonders; And so held a mirror up to human nature."
--Bridget Riley - below is her mesmerising 'Blaze I', 1962
--Bridget Riley - below is her mesmerising 'Blaze I', 1962
Reposted by Dr Buki Fatona
Now live! Call for papers for our next conference, the 21st European Conference on Science & Theology (ECST XXI). Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
Conference title: 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...
Conference title: 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Now live! Call for papers for our next conference, the 21st European Conference on Science & Theology (ECST XXI). Leeds, UK; 19-22 August 2026
Conference title: 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...
Conference title: 'Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion'
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...
New (open access) article just published!
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New (open access) article just published!
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
Drawing on studies in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and analytic philosophy of memory, I provide an answer to:
HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?
doi.org/10.1111/heyj...
'Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress'
Frida Kahlo's first [significant] self-portrait, 1926
Frida Kahlo's first [significant] self-portrait, 1926
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
'Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress'
Frida Kahlo's first [significant] self-portrait, 1926
Frida Kahlo's first [significant] self-portrait, 1926
Someone came to church with their chihuahua in a nun's outfit.
Here I am having a post-Mass cuddle with the wimple-d pooch
Here I am having a post-Mass cuddle with the wimple-d pooch
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Someone came to church with their chihuahua in a nun's outfit.
Here I am having a post-Mass cuddle with the wimple-d pooch
Here I am having a post-Mass cuddle with the wimple-d pooch
A very moving and beautiful All Souls service this morning.
Some of the names I found especially poignant to read aloud:
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Stephen Lawrence
Damilola Taylor
Some of the names I found especially poignant to read aloud:
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Stephen Lawrence
Damilola Taylor
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A very moving and beautiful All Souls service this morning.
Some of the names I found especially poignant to read aloud:
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Stephen Lawrence
Damilola Taylor
Some of the names I found especially poignant to read aloud:
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Stephen Lawrence
Damilola Taylor
Just discovered that the first coffee house in England was in Oxford (1649/50?).
This makes a lot of sense to me.
This makes a lot of sense to me.
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just discovered that the first coffee house in England was in Oxford (1649/50?).
This makes a lot of sense to me.
This makes a lot of sense to me.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
'City Life', 1968
by Jamaican born painter and sculptor, Osmond Watson
by Jamaican born painter and sculptor, Osmond Watson
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
'City Life', 1968
by Jamaican born painter and sculptor, Osmond Watson
by Jamaican born painter and sculptor, Osmond Watson
Told someone today just before a lecture on quantum mechanics that "all roads lead to Neoplatonism."
Guess where the lecturer went? (Neo)platonism!
Might put this aphorism on a t. shirt
Guess where the lecturer went? (Neo)platonism!
Might put this aphorism on a t. shirt
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Told someone today just before a lecture on quantum mechanics that "all roads lead to Neoplatonism."
Guess where the lecturer went? (Neo)platonism!
Might put this aphorism on a t. shirt
Guess where the lecturer went? (Neo)platonism!
Might put this aphorism on a t. shirt
Reposted by Dr Buki Fatona
October 27, 1930, birthday of American mathematician and computer programmer Gladys Mae West.
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
October 27, 1930, birthday of American mathematician and computer programmer Gladys Mae West.
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
"...we are a part of the natural world, and even today when the planet is dark, there is still hope. Don't lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing."
-Jane Goodall
-Jane Goodall
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"...we are a part of the natural world, and even today when the planet is dark, there is still hope. Don't lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing."
-Jane Goodall
-Jane Goodall
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October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado
"...for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
"...for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado
"...for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
"...for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
This week seems apt to remember Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994).
The first British woman to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
❤️ Maggi Hambling's painting of Hodgkin with multiple hands working at her desk. In the corner is a structurally accurate model of insulin which she solved.
#WomenInSTEM
The first British woman to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
❤️ Maggi Hambling's painting of Hodgkin with multiple hands working at her desk. In the corner is a structurally accurate model of insulin which she solved.
#WomenInSTEM
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week seems apt to remember Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994).
The first British woman to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
❤️ Maggi Hambling's painting of Hodgkin with multiple hands working at her desk. In the corner is a structurally accurate model of insulin which she solved.
#WomenInSTEM
The first British woman to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
❤️ Maggi Hambling's painting of Hodgkin with multiple hands working at her desk. In the corner is a structurally accurate model of insulin which she solved.
#WomenInSTEM
Good morning to coffee and coffee only
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning to coffee and coffee only