Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferable skills. Students were challenged to describe their research, scholarship or creative activity in 150 or fewer words to share with our community.
Ashar Mobeen
PhD candidate, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
From Stars We Come, To Stars We Return: Exploring Ancient and Indigenous Cosmic Worldviews
from stars we come, to stars we return,
ancient skies, where cosmic fires burn,
through ages past, in tales untold
i seek the wisdom of the old.
ancestral puebloans of chaco canyon,
built monuments with meticulous passion.
under skies of deep blue,
they saw in 1054 the supernova’s view.
in the islamic golden age,
astronomers turned a cosmic page.
with keen eyes, they traced the light,
charting stars through endless night.
the northern song, in china’s heart,
mapped the heavens, a profound art.
in sacred scripts and crafted stone,
the crab's bright burst, their skies adorned.
across the globe, far and wide,
the cosmos seen from every side.
not just through europe’s eyes,
but in each culture's starry skies.
i challenge now, the narratives old,
with stories rich and visions bold.
through science, art, and history intertwined,
i broaden the scope of cosmic mind.
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