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"Darwin's Reach" interdisciplinary conference call for papers
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2008-06-16 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-04-17 |
| Announcement ID: |
162014 |
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Hofstra University seeks submissions for an interdisciplinary conference titled "Darwin's Reach: A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy across Academic Disciplines," to be held March 12-14, 2009. Primatologist Frans de Waal, paleontologist Niles Eldredge, and Judge John Jones (who wrote the Dover decision on teaching evolution) will be among the keynote speakers. Historians of science and those working in all areas of academic inquiry related to Darwin and evolution are invited to submit abstracts. 200-word abstracts are requested for a June 16, 2008 deadline. The full Call for Papers, with further information and submission instructions, is available at http://www.hofstra.edu/darwinsreach . Hofstra University is in Hempstead, New York, 20 miles east of Manhattan (and an easy 45-minute commuter-rail trip from Manhattan and Brooklyn)
Possible topics include:
♦ 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
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