Le Moyne College Hosts Interdisciplinary Symposium on Darwin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (For Immediate Release) … On Thursday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Grewen Auditorium, Le Moyne College will commemorate Darwin’s 200th birthday and kick off a year-long celebration of his birth at an interdisciplinary symposium on Darwin and the impact of his work on culture and the humanities. The title of the symposium is “The Darwin Effect: Perspectives from the Humanities.”

 

Presentations will include:

 

The Elusive Mr. Darwin

Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Maura Brady

Darwin and the Narrative of Human Origins

Associate Professor of English, Dr. Michael Davis

Life Without Purpose Frees Us Up

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Jeremy Bendik-Keymer

Is God Still "Creator of Heaven and Earth"?

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Father Don Maldari, S.J.

 

The symposium is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Sanzone Center for Catholic Studies and Theological Reflection and the Center for the Study of Environmental Change. For more information, call (315) 445-4388 or (315) 445-4537.

 

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posted on: 2/4/2009