Please distribute this to all interested people: A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines
Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 12, 13 and 14, 2009 Darwin's Reach examines the impact of Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The central theme of this academic conference is an exploration of how Darwin's ideas have revolutionized our understanding of both the living world and human nature. Papers exploring diverse topics on Darwin's legacy are invited from a wide variety of disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, humanities and law. The conference begins on Thursday, March 12 with a daylong session on Darwin in the Classroom - Evolution and Education; the formal academic program begins on Friday, March 13. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: >>Darwin as a scientist >>The reception and development of Darwinian evolution in the 19th and 20th centuries >>Darwinian evolution in the 21st century >>Misapplications of Darwinism >>Evolution in the courts >> Evolution in art and culture >>Evolution and religion >>Evolution and morality >>Evolution and sex/gender >>Evolution and medicine >>Evolution and language >>Evolution and socialization >>Evolution and global climate change Keynote speakers include: Frans de Waal, Ph.D., Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior at Emory University; author of Chimpanzee Politics and Our Inner Ape; preeminent researcher on primate social behavior Honorable John E. Jones III, U.S. District Judge, U.S District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, who ruled against the Dover (Pennsylvania) area school boards attempt to introduce teaching on intelligent design into school science classes Jay Labov, Ph.D., senior advisor for education and communications at the National Research Councils Center for Education, Washington, D.C. William F. McComas, Ph.D., Parks Professor in Science Education, University of Arkansas; 2007 recipient of the Evolution Education Award sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Call for Papers: Presentations will be accepted on the basis of 200-word abstracts submitted by June 16, 2008. Presentation time for papers is limited to 20 minutes. Send abstracts to the Hofstra Cultural Center, to the attention of Carol D. Mallison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Notification of acceptance will be sent by June 30, 2008. For additional information, visit the Darwins Reach Web site: www.hofstra.edu/darwinsreach Dr. Russell Burke Department of Biology 114 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549 voice: (516) 463-5521 fax: 516-463-5112 http://www.people.hofstra.edu/russell_l_burke/
