达尔文 & 而 Lectures
The 2024 达尔文 Lecture: Dr. Luke Harmon discussing "A World Without Species."
每年, 奥西 sponsors presentations by world-class researchers in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. These are our “达尔文 Speakers,” in honor of the achievements of Charles 达尔文. Most years, the 达尔文 Lecture is held on or near 达尔文’s birthday (February 12, 1809). In addition to their presentation, 达尔文 Speakers interact extensively with undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty at various sponsored events. Past 达尔文 Speakers are listed below.
From 2009–2015, 奥西 also sponsored an annual 而 Lecture. This was in honor of the 11 parents from the 多佛, Pennsylvania school district who filed a lawsuit in 2005 (而v. 多佛) that put intelligent design on trial. The plaintiffs successfully argued that intelligent design is creationism, in violation of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Attacks on the teaching of evolution are always ongoing. Past 而 Lectures are listed at the bottom of this page.
达尔文 Lectures
| 一年 | 达尔文 | 机构 | 部门 | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021- 2023 | No speakers due to pandemic. | |||
| 2020 | 珍妮特布朗 | 哈佛大学 | 部门 of the History of Science | Commemorating 达尔文 |
| 2019 | Tracy Langkilde | 宾夕法尼亚州立大学 | 部门 of Biology | Evolutionary responses of animals to environmental challenges: coping with noisy landscapes & invasive predators |
| 2018 | 安德里亚•沃尔夫 | 历史学家 & 作家 | The invention of nature | |
| 2017 | 亚当·萨默斯 | University of Washington | Friday Harbor Laboratories | From Fining Nemo to finding patents – the natural history of the sea as inspiration |
| 2016 | 尼尔·舒宾 | University of Chicago | 部门 of Organismal Biology & 解剖学 | Finding your inner fish |
| 2015 | Anthony Herrel | Muséum National s'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France | Départment Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité | Galapagos finches, Croatian lizards, and evolution on ecological time scales |
| 2014 | 迈克•韦伯斯特 | Cornell University | 部门 of Neurobiology & 行为 | 达尔文 and misperceptions: what evolution isn't |
| 2013 | Patricia Wright | Stony Brook University | 部门 of Anthrolology + 部门 of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | If 达尔文 had gone to Madagascar |
| 2012 | 罗斯McPhee | American Museum of Natural History | 部门 of Mammalogy | Fireballs from heaven, climate change, 疾病, or men with spears: explaining (or not) ice age extinctions |
| 2011 | 洛夫乔伊 | Kent State University | 部门 of Anthrolopology | Ardi, Lucy and the origins of humans |
| 2010 | 大卫·希利斯 | University of Texas | 部门 of Integrative Biology | Applications of the tree of life |
| 2010 | Catherine Badgley | University of Michigan | 部门 of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | From fossils to food: a 达尔文ian perspective on the modern biodiversity crisis |
| 2009 | Nina Jablonski | PennState | 部门 of Anthropology | 达尔文's birthday suit: the evolution of human skin and skin color |
| 2008 | 肯拨 | University of Montana | College of Humanities and Sciences | What use is half a wing in the ecology and evolution of flight? |
Past 而 Lectures
| 一年 | 而 | 机构 | 部门 | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Patricia Kelley | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 部门 of Geography and Geology | Evolution and creation: conflicting or compatible |
| 2012 | Jacque Gauthier | Yale University | 部门 of Earth & Planetary Sciences | Not your parents’ dinosaurs: the role of crown dinosaurs and stem-birds in evolutionary theory |
| 2011 | Richard Lenski | Michigan State University | 部门 of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics | Evolution in action: bugs and bytes |
| 2010 | 艾略特清醒 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 部门 of Philosophy | 达尔文 and intelligent design |
| 2009 | 凯文·巴蒂安 | University of California, Berkeley | 部门 of Integrative Biology | 达尔文, 多佛, and intelligent design |