Following is the schedule of confirmed lectures and readings at SMU in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. Check this page
regularly for updated information about venues, speakers and events. All
events are free and open to the public. Questions about events
should be directed to Professor Pia Vogel at 214-768-1790 or
pvogel@smu.edu.
| Date |
Past Events |
| Jan. 26, 2009 |
David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist, will
speak on "Strategies of Human Mating" at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom
of Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Buss says the very different
ways that men and women pursue each other today stem from
thousands of years of human evolution. |
| Feb. 12, 2009 |
From 4 to 5 p.m., a birthday cake reception to celebrate
Darwin's 200th birthday will be held in the Reading Room of Dallas Hall. SMU faculty and graduate students will give testimonies on how Darwin's legacy has affected their particular field or their particular research. Refreshments provided. At 5 p.m.,
Dr. Fred Grinnell, professor of cell
biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
will give a seminar on "Everyday Practice of Science: Where
Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic" in McCord
Auditorium. It will be followed by a signing of his new book with the same
title.
At 5:30 p.m., the Department of Cinema and Television in
Meadows School of Arts will show the original 1960 version of
"Inherit the Wind" in Room 3531 of Greer Garson Theater. The
movie is based on a real-life case in 1925 in which two great
lawyers - William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow - argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. |
| Feb. 20, 2009 |
National Medal of Science winner
Francisco
Ayala will speak at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom of SMU's
Hughes-Trigg Student Center. A former Dominican priest, the
University of California at Irvine biologist is the author of Darwin’s Gift to Science and
Religion. |
| Feb. 25, 2009 |
Don L. Anderson, renowned geophysicist and author of New Theory of the Earth, will lecture as SMU’s Hamilton Visiting Scholar in Earth Sciences on "The Subterranean Cycle:
The Continental Drip Hypothesis." The lecture is at 7 p.m. in
the Crum Auditorium of SMU's Collins Executive Education
Building. Read more. |
| March 5, 2009 |
Biologist
Sean B. Carroll, who uses DNA
evidence collected from modern animals to study ancient
evolution, will lecture on "Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of
Species". His latest book, Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species, is scheduled for publication in February 2009. The
lecture will be at 5 p.m. in SMU's McCord Auditorium. |
| March 7, 2009 |
Theodore Walker Jr., associate professor of Ethics and Society at the SMU Perkins School of Theology,
will speak on "Methodist Perspectives on Darwin and Creation
Through Evolution" as part of the Perkins Theological School for
the Laity. He will speak
at 4 p.m. in
Hughes-Trigg Student Center. |
April 6, 2009
5 p.m. |
William Durham,
a professor of anthropology and the Bing Professor in Human
Biology at Stanford University, will speak on "What Darwin Found
Convincing: A New Look at His Human and Non-Human Data" in McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall). |
April 7, 2009
noon - 1 p.m. |
William Durham will take part in an open
discussion forum from noon to 1 p.m. in Ballroom East of
Hughes-Trigg Student Center. |
April 13, 2009
5 p.m. |
Elliot Sober, the Hans Reichenbach Professor
and William F. Vilas Research Professor at the University of
Wisconsin - Madison and author of Evidence and Evolution -
The Logic Behind the Science, will speak on "Darwin and
Intelligent Design" in McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall). |
Sept. 12, 2009
9:30 a.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall)
|
A faculty symposium on "The Year of Darwin".
Participants include:
- Prof. Larry Ruben, organizer and moderator, Department of Biological Sciences, Dedman College
- Ronald Wetherington, Department of Anthropology, Dedman College;
"Evolution and the Problem of Heritability"
- Louis Jacobs, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dedman College;
"Amber Lizards and Snakes with Legs: Paleontology at SMU"
- John Wise, Department of Biological Sciences, Dedman College;
"Down in the Trenches: Evolution of Gene Families and Effects on
Modern Medicine"
- Rhonda Blair, Division of Theatre, Meadows School of the Arts;
"Theatre and Cognitive Neuroscience: Science’s Impact on Ideas
of the Actor"
|
| Sept 14 - Dec. 9,
2009 |
A special display of every edition of On the Origin of
Species published during Darwin’s lifetime will be featured in SMU's DeGolyer Library, accompanied by comments from the popular press of the time. |
Sept. 18, 2009
4 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Ronald Numbers, an award-winning author and American historian of science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, will speak at a Stanton Sharp Lecture on "Anti-Evolutionism in America: From Creation Science to Intelligent Design." The event, sponsored by SMU's Clements Department of History and Dedman College, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-768-2967. |
Sept. 20, 2009
7:15 p.m.
Collins Executive Education Center |
Robert K. Moyzis, a biochemist at the University of California at Irvine, former director of the Center for Human Genome Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will speak on "Are Humans Still Evolving?" The event, sponsored by
Dedman College and the Collegium da Vinci Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-768-1177. |
Sept. 24, 2009
Reception 10 a.m.
Lecture 10:30 a.m.
DeGolyer Library |
The Friends of the SMU Libraries/Colophon and The Friends of
KERA Invite the public to a special event in celebration of the
150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of
Species and the 200th birthday of its author, Charles
Darwin. Featured speakers will be
Paula Apsell, senior executive producer of NOVA, and
Melanie Wallace, senior series producer of NOVA. Please RSVP
to 214-768-3225 or
cruppi@smu.edu, Complimentary Valet Parking. |
Sept. 24, 2009
4-6 p.m.
O'Donnell Hall
Owen Art Center |
Screening of "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," a NOVA
documentary. Introduction by Paula Apsell, senior executive
producer of NOVA, who received an honorary degree from SMU in
2008. |
Sept. 24, 2009
Reception 6-7 p.m.
Panel 7-8:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium
Owen Art Center |
A panel discussion on the legal, ethical and
journalistic issues surrounding the making of NOVA’s documentary film,
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. Participants include
John E. Jones,
the federal judge who barred a Dover, Pa., public school
district in 2005 from teaching "intelligent design"; Paula Apsell and Melanie Wallace, NOVA producers of the documentary;
plaintiff's council Eric Rothschild; and
Laurie Lebo,
author of The Devil in Dover. |
Sept. 25, 2009
10:30 a.m. - noon
Karcher Auditorium
Storey Hall |
"Intelligent Design in the Classroom," a panel discussion on
First Amendment issues featuring Judge John E. Jones III, Eric
Rothschild (Pepper Hamilton, LLP), Hiram Sasser (Liberty Legal
Institute) and Lackland Bloom, SMU's Dedman School of Law. |
Sept. 25, 2009
10-11:30 a.m.
3531 Garson
Owens Art Center |
Master class on Documentary Film Making, taught by Paula Apsell
and Melanie Wallace of NOVA. Strictly by RSVP (to Teri Trevino,
trevinot@mail.smu.edu) |
Sept. 25, 2009
2-3 p.m.
Hughes-Trigg Forum |
Lauri Lebo
will speak on "From Dover to Texas: Reporting on Extremist Views
in a Fair and Balanced World" followed by a book signing of her
book, The Devil in Dover. |
Oct. 7, 2009
5 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Philip D. Gingerich, the E. C. Case Professor of Paleontology and Professor of Geological Sciences, Biology, and Anthropology at the University of Michigan, will speak
on "Darwinian Pursuit in Paleontology: Origin and Early
Evolution of Whales." Gingerich is
the Darwin Year Visiting Scholar for SMU's
Institute for the Study of Earth and Man. |
| Oct. 9-19, 2009 |
Field trip to the Galapagos Islands led by Professor Louis Jacobs.
More information. |
Oct. 20, 2009
5:30 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Scott Appleby is professor of history and director of the
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the
University of Notre Dame. Appleby is well known for his work on
American Catholicism and world fundamentalism. He will speak on
"From Apocalypse to Accommodation: Catholic, Protestant, and
Jewish Responses to Darwin in America, 1865-1910." |
Nov. 9, 2009
5 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Patricia Adair Gowaty is a distinguished professor in the
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA, where
her research interests include evolutionary ecology and the
evolution of behavior. She will speak on "Darwin, Evolution, and
the Ecology of Sex Roles." |
Nov. 13, 2009
4 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Michael Weisberg, associate professor of philosophy at the
University of Pennsylvania, will speak on "Three-Sex Mating (and
other biological models without targets)."
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Nov. 19, 2009
5 p.m.
McCord Auditorium
(306 Dallas Hall) |
Jane
Buikstra, professor of bioarchaeology and director of the
Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona State
University, will give the Wendorf Distinguished Lecture in
Archaeology. She will speak on "Tuberculosis: a Deep Time
Perspective." |
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