2008 - 2009 Calewaert Chair / Leerstoel at the VUB

 
 

Charles Darwin being unable to attend, the following invited speakers presented their views of the current status of the theory of evolution, 150 years after the first publication of “The origin of species”.

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)

Inaugural lecture Professsor Johan Braeckman, Ghent University “De betekenis van Charles Darwin en de evolutie theorie in de 21e eeuw” “The meaning of Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution in the 21st century” (Lecture in Dutch) February 23rd 2009, VUBhttp://www.johanbraeckman.be/shapeimage_4_link_0
Professor Johan Braeckman, Ghent University “Darwin:Leven & werk” “Darwin: Life & work” (Lecture in Dutch) February 25th 2009, VUBhttp://www.johanbraeckman.be/shapeimage_5_link_0
Professor Johan Braeckman, Ghent University “Wetenschap versus creationisme en intelligent design” “Science versus creationism and intelligent design” (Lecture in Dutch) March nd 2009, VUBhttp://www.johanbraeckman.be/shapeimage_6_link_0
Professor Johan Braeckman, Ghent University “Darwinistisch denken buiten de biologie” “Darwinistic thinking in other domains than biology” (Lecture in Dutch) March 4th 2009, VUBhttp://www.johanbraeckman.be/shapeimage_7_link_0
Professor Massimo Pigliucci, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook - “Sci-Phi:The borderlands between science and philosophy” March 9th 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www.genotypebyenvironment.org/Welcome_files/Pigliucci-1.pdfshapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1
Professor Massimo Pigliucci, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook - “Towards an extended evolutionary synthesis” March 10th 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www.genotypebyenvironment.org/Welcome_files/Pigliucci-2.pdfshapeimage_9_link_0shapeimage_9_link_1
Professor Massimo Pigliucci, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook - “What’s science got to do with it? The ongoing war between science and religion” March 11th 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www.genotypebyenvironment.org/Welcome_files/Pigliucci-3.pdfshapeimage_10_link_0shapeimage_10_link_1
Professor Philippe Claeys, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - “Mass extinction: A 2009 view” March 16th 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://we.vub.ac.be/~dglg/Web/Claeys/Claeys.htmWelcome_files/Claeys.pdfshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1
Professor Melissa Hines, Cambridge University - “Sex, hormones, evolution and child development” March 17th 2009, VUBhttp://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mh504shapeimage_12_link_0
Professor Michael Ruse, Florida State University at Tallahassee - “Has Darwinism passed it ‘sell by’ date? Reflections on the origin of species at one hundred and fifty years” March 23rd 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www.fsu.edu/~philo/new%20site/staff/ruse.htmWelcome_files/Ruse-1.pdfshapeimage_13_link_0shapeimage_13_link_1
Professor Michael Ruse, Florida State University at Tallahassee - “Darwinism: science, philosophy and religion” March 25rd 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www.fsu.edu/~philo/new%20site/staff/ruse.htmWelcome_files/Ruse-2.pdfshapeimage_14_link_0shapeimage_14_link_1
Professor Emmanuelle Javaux, University of Liège - “Origin and early evolution of life” March 24th 2009, VUB LECTURE IN PDFhttp://www2.ulg.ac.be/palyno/Francais/Personnel/Javaux.htmlWelcome_files/Javaux.pdfshapeimage_15_link_0shapeimage_15_link_1