Darwin Anniversary Colloquium

A series of events on Darwin and his legacy to commemorate

the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species.

Two Upcoming Lectures

presented by

Edward Larson

University Professor and Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair of Law, Pepperdine University

Thursday, November 5

6:00-7:30 p.m. • 1030 CB (CASL Building)

From Dayton to Dover:

A Brief History of the Evolution

Teaching Controversy

Friday, November 6

3:00-4:00 p.m. • 1010 SLRC (Science Auditorium)

Three Darwinisms:

The Scientific Reception of Darwin's

Theory in the Late 19th Century

Edward Larson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History for his 1997 book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion. He is also the author of The Creation-Evolution Debate: Historical Perspectives (2007), Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (2004), Evolution's Workshop: God and Science in the Galapagos Islands (2001), Sex, Race and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South (1995), and The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (1985, now in its third edition). He received his law degree from Harvard in 1979 and his Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin in 1984.

The Darwin Anniversary Colloquium is made possible with primary funding from the Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the Provost, with additional support from the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters; the Departments of Behavioral Sciences; Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts; Natural Sciences; and Social Sciences; and the Programs in American Studies and Science and Technology Studies.

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