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Fall 2008 Seminars
August 22, 2008
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Nanci Ross
(UConn EEB Department)
The Impact of Ancient Maya Forest Gardens on Modern Tree Species Composition in NW Belize
10:00AM in Hugh Clark Room (Whetten Graduate Center, Room 200)
This is a Ph.D. dissertation defense. Dissertation committee: Robin Chazdon, Felix Coe, John Silander and Gregory Anderson (Chair).
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August 28, 2008
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Chris Simon
(UConn)
Systematics, evolution, and natural history: lessons from past presidents and cicadas
4:00PM in BPB 130
Chris Simon is re-presenting her Society for Systematic Biologists presidential address.
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September 11, 2008
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Laura Galloway
(University of Virginia)
Maternal effects: Parental care in plants?
4:00PM in BPB 130
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September 18, 2008
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Dov Sax
(Brown University)
An Evolutionary Null Model of Species Invasions & The Future of Species Extinctions on Islands
4:00PM in BPB 130
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September 25, 2008
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Janet Browne
(Harvard University)
4:00PM in Dodd Center
Darwin Lecture Series.
Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University. Thursday, September 25, 2008, 4:00 PM. Janet Browne will be our lead-off speaker. She is the premier modern biographer of Charles Darwin, the author of the award-winning two volume biography, Charles Darwin: Voyaging (1996) and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (2003). She also has been one of the editors of the landmark Correspondence of Charles Darwin project at Cambridge University Press, and is the author of several other books, including The Secular Ark: Studies in the History of Biogeography and Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography (2006).
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October 2, 2008
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Daniel C. Dennett
(Tufts University)
4:00PM in Dodd Center
Darwin Lecture Series.
Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University. Thursday, October 2, 2008, 4:00 PM. Daniel C. Dennett is a distinguished philosopher of science who has written widely on Charles Darwin and his influence on many fields of thought. He is the author of many books, including Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995), Freedom Evolves (2003), and Breaking the Spell (2006).
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October 6, 2008
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Storrs Olson
Bermuda: Avatar of Pulsating Evolution and Bellwether of Global Inundation
4:00PM in BPB 130
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October 9, 2008
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Erika Edwards
(Brown University)
How the cactus came to be
4:00PM in BPB 130
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October 15, 2008
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George Levine
(Rutgers University)
4:00PM in Dodd Center
Darwin Lecture Series.
Professor of English, Rutgers University. Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 4:00 PM. George Levine is one of the foremost scholars of the influence of Darwin’s thought on Victorian Literature and the author of a landmark book, Darwin Among the Novelists (1988). Most recently, he has published Darwin Loves You: Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World (2006), in which he argues that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment, a world rich with meaning and value, and more wonderful and beautiful than ever before.
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October 23, 2008
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Gene Likens
(Distinguished Research Professor (Visiting))
TBA
4:00PM in BPB 130
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October 30, 2008
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John Wiens
(Stonybrook University)
Integrating evolutionary biology and historical biogeography
4:00PM in BPB 130
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November 5, 2008
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Sandra Herbert
(University of Maryland - Baltimore County)
4:00PM in Dodd Center
Darwin Lecture Series.
Professor of the History of Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 4:00 PM. Sandra Herbert is a leading Darwin scholar. Her most recent book is Charles Darwin: Geologist, which has won numerous awards, including the Geological Society of America's 2006 Mary C. Rabbitt Award, “given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to the understanding of the history of the geological sciences in the United States and abroad.” The book is also the winner of the 2006 Suzanne J. Levinson book award from the History of Science Society, the George L. Mosse Prize from the American Historical Association given for an outstanding work on European history, and the Albion Book Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies.
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November 13, 2008
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Iolanda Ventura
(University of Catholique de Louvain - Belgium)
Book Culture and Experimental Science in Late Medieval Herbals
4:00PM in BPB 130
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November 20, 2008
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Julie Lockwood
(Rutgers University)
Propagule madness: definitions and null hypotheses in invasion ecology
4:00PM in BPB 130
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December 3, 2008
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Ian Tattersall
(American Museum of Natural History)
4:00PM in Dodd Center
Darwin Lecture Series.
Curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 4:00 PM. Ian Tattersall is one of the leading paleoanthropologists in the world and an expert on both the fossil history of humans and primates and on Darwin’s contributions to anthropology. He has lectured widely to both professional and general audiences and is the author of many books, including The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution (1995), The Last Neanderthal: The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relative (1995), Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness (1999), and Extinct Humans (2000).
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December 4, 2008
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Susan Letcher
4:00PM in BPB 130
PhD Defense
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Fall 2008 Teale Lectures
October 16, 2008
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J. B. Ruhl
(Florida State University College of Law)
Ecosystem Services Science and Policy - A New Old Idea Finally Comes of Age
4:00PM in Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
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November 6, 2008
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Stephen Most
Dramatic Reading of “Forces of Nature” , written by Stephen Most for the Connecticut Forest and Park Association
7:00PM in Katter Theatre
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November 20, 2008
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Don Scavia
(University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment)
Water: A continuous fluid in a fragmented policy framework
4:00PM in Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
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Fall 2008 Monday Evening Seminars
(No Monday Evening Seminars are currently scheduled for this semester.)
Fall 2008 Events
October 1, 2008
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