2008-2009 Lecture Series
One Book One Northwestern Lecture Series
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One Book One Northwestern brings individuals together through the sharing of a common book, and provides people an opportunity to read and discuss influential pieces of literary work.
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Figure at left: Cover of The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, by David Quammen. |
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Darwin Against Himself: Caution Versus Honesty in the Life of a Reluctant Revolutionary
David Quammen
Stegner Chair, Department of History and Philosophy
Montana State University
Author, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
February 5, 2009, 7:00 PM
Ryan Family Auditorium
Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
LECTURE CALENDAR:
Only a Theory? Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
Kenneth R. Miller, PhD
Professor of Biology
Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence
Brown University
January 8, 2009, 7:00 PM
Ryan Family Auditorium
Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion
Francisco J. Ayala, PhD
University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine
November 11 , 2008, 7:00 PM
Fisk Hall, Room 217
1845 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
Darwin and the Evolution of Reasons
Daniel Dennett, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies
Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy
Tufts University
October 30, 2008, 7:00 PM
Ryan Family Auditorium
Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
The Ascent of Darwin: Commemorating the Origin of Species
Janet Browne, PhD
Aramont Professor of the History of Science
Harvard University
October 20, 2008, 7:00 PM
Fisk Hall, Room 217
1845 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
Sean Carroll, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Wisconsin
October 7, 2008, 7:00 PM
Ryan Family Auditorium
Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus
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