Upcoming year of evolution events
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Update: Tickets (free) are required to attend the Darwin’s Legacy symposium. Access yours online here.
Update: Due to overwhelming interest, the Darwin’s Legacy symposium has been moved to a larger venue. It will now be held in Harrison Auditorium.
As part of the ongoing Year of Evolution, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and other Philadelphia institutions, February will be host to a handful of events celebrating the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species 150 years ago. These events will be held all over the city of Philadelphia and are open to the public. Visit the official site here to get more information about any of the individual events.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Academy of Natural Sciences, 5:30 PM
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment in the Obama Administration
Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, will speak about biological conservation and environmental protection.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
University of Pennsylvania bookstore, 6 PM
Banquet at Delmonico’s: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America
Barry Werth, author of Banquet at Delmonico’s, will explain how a British book of science came to radically change our American identity.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, 6 PM
Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
Ken Miller, author of two books about evolution, creationism and intelligent design, will speak about this conflict in American culture. This lecture is the keynote address in the two-day colloquium, Darwin’s Legacy in 21st Century Biology.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, 1 PM
Darwin Day and Evolution Teach In
In celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday, and in concert with Darwin Day celebrations all over the world, enjoy mini lectures on evolution, gallery tours, birthday cake and badminton.