Evolution and the Public (1859-2009)
The discussion of a scientific
idea
and its ramifications since Charles Darwin
| Conference programme
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Conference programme
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Conference programme
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Conference programme, day 1
Thursday, September 3, 2009
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Address of Welcome |
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Plenary (Room: AE-A 102/103)
Enter Evolution – Introducing a
Field of Debate
Chair: Angela Schwarz, Siegen
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| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Introduction
Angela Schwarz, Siegen |
| 10:30am – 11:15am |
Evolution and Public Debates since
1859
Peter Bowler, Belfast |
| 11:15am – 12:00pm |
On the Origin of Art: A Darwinian
Explanation
Thomas Junker, Tübingen |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm | Lunch Break |
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Section A (Room AE-A 103)
Issues and Arguments of an Emerging
Public Debate
Chair: Angela Schwarz, Siegen
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| 01:00pm – 01:45pm |
The Missing Link: Understanding an
Evolutionary Icon
Peter C. Kjærgaard, Cambridge |
| 01:45pm – 02:30pm |
Darwinism as a Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes?
Origin and Consequences of a Misconception
Dirk Solies, Mainz |
| 02:30pm – 03:15pm |
Disentangling a Dual Revolution: Darwinian
Thought and Human Prehistory, 1859-1900
Chris Manias, London |
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Section B (Room AE-A 102)
Evolution and Religion – a
Controversy without End?
Chair: Heike Petermann, Münster
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| 01:00pm – 01:45pm |
Symbioses as a Provocation: Franz Unger's
Visualization of Plant Evolution and Geological
'Periods'
Marianne Klemun, Vienna |
| 01:45pm – 02:30pm |
Evolution versus Intelligent Design and
Scientific Creation: An Unnecessary
Conflict?
Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02:30pm – 03:15pm |
Creation and Evolution - Controversy or
Convergence?
Josef Bordat, Berlin |
| 03:15pm – 03:45pm | Coffee Break |
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Section A (Room AE-A 103)
Issues and Arguments of an Emerging
Public Debate
Chair: Angela Schwarz, Siegen
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| 03:45pm – 04:30pm |
Darwin's Genealogy of Morality
Mario Brandhorst, Göttingen |
| 04:30pm – 05:15pm |
Darwinizing Homosexuality: Problems and
Prospects
Pieter R. Adriaens, Leuwen |
| 05:15pm – 06:00pm |
Darwin and German National
Identity
Rebecca Ayako Bennette, Middlebury, VT |
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Section B (Room AE-A 102)
Evolution and Religion – a
Controversy Without End?
Chair: Heike Petermann, Münster
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| 03:45pm – 04:30pm |
Rational versus Religious Thinking: What’s
Wrong with the Intelligent Design
"Theory"?
Chong-Fuk Lau, Hongkong |
| 04:30pm – 05:15pm |
Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Russia
– Old and New Controversy
Mikhail Borisovich Konachev, St. Petersburg |
| 05:15pm – 06:00pm |
The Growth of Creationism in Britain from
1969 and Influence in the Churches and
Education
Michael Roberts, Lancaster |
| 06:00pm – 06:30pm |
Transfer to the City
Centre
(for speakers and chairs) |
| 06:30pm – 07:30pm |
Guided Tour through the Historic Centre of
Siegen
(for speakers and chairs) |
| 07:30pm |
Reception in the Town Hall of Siegen
(for speakers and chairs) |