Honour for Clive Ruggles
Our dear member, Professor Emeritus Clive Ruggles, received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Leicester on July 14 2026. The video of the entire ceremony is available on the university’s website. WGSN is mentioned from minute 5:58 to 6:29 in the cut below. The oration included his research on traditional names of stars at various places on Earth, like Ethiopia and Pacific islands, which is being used by WGSN, and WGSN participated in honouring him with a congratulatory card on social media and the info cards for “his” star name.
Thank you, Clive, for shaping cultural astronomy since the 1970s!
Recording
Here is the complete video of the ceremony: