Weekend Symposium
Friday, March 13
4:00-6:00 pm
Break down into disciplinary seminar for each speaker
Break down into disciplinary seminar for each speaker
Saturday, March 14
9:00-9:50 am - Monsanto Auditorium
Michael Ruse; Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University
Is Darwinism past its 'sell by' date?
Michael Ruse; Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University
Is Darwinism past its 'sell by' date?
10:00-10:25 am - McQuinn Atrium
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30-11:20 am - Monsanto Auditorium
David Sloan Wilson; Distinguished Professor Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Director of EvoS, Binghamton University
Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
David Sloan Wilson; Distinguished Professor Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Director of EvoS, Binghamton University
Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
11:30-12:20 pm - Monsanto Auditorium
Gillian Beer; King Edward VII Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
The Uses of Extinction
Gillian Beer; King Edward VII Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
The Uses of Extinction
12:30-2:00 pm - McQuinn Atrium
Buffet lunch with opportunity for discussion
Buffet lunch with opportunity for discussion
2:00-2:50 pm - Monsanto Auditorium
Ron Numbers; Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine and of Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Creation, Evolution, and the Boundaries of Science and Religion
Ron Numbers; Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine and of Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Creation, Evolution, and the Boundaries of Science and Religion
3:00-3:30 pm - Monsanto Foyer
Pause for browsing Book Exhibit
Pause for browsing Book Exhibit
3:30-5:00 pm - Monsanto Auditorium
Panel with Michael Ruse, David Sloan Wilson, Ron Numbers and Gillian Beer
Panel with Michael Ruse, David Sloan Wilson, Ron Numbers and Gillian Beer
5:15 pm - McQuinn Atrium
Reception
Reception
Sunday, March 15
8:30-9:20 am - Monsanto Auditorium
Randolph Nesse; Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology,
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR
Director, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
University of Michigan Medical School
Why didn't natural selection make humans healthier and nicer?
Randolph Nesse; Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology,
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR
Director, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
University of Michigan Medical School
Why didn't natural selection make humans healthier and nicer?
9:30-10:20 am - Monsanto Auditorium
David Geary; Curators' Professor Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
Darwin and the Evolution of Psychology
David Geary; Curators' Professor Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
Darwin and the Evolution of Psychology
10:20-10:40 am - McQuinn Atrium
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45-11:35 am - Monsanto Auditorium
Ann Gibbons; Correspondent for Science; author of The First Human: The Race Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
The human Race: The Quest to Find Our Earliest Ancestors
Ann Gibbons; Correspondent for Science; author of The First Human: The Race Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
The human Race: The Quest to Find Our Earliest Ancestors
11:45-1:00 pm - Monsanto Auditorium
Panel with Randolph Nesse, Ann Gibbons and Dave Geary
Panel with Randolph Nesse, Ann Gibbons and Dave Geary