Evolution and the Public. The discussion of a scientific idea and its ramifications since Charles Darwin / Evolution (in) der Öffentlichkeit. Die Auseinandersetzung mit einer naturwissenschaftlichen Theorie von Charles Darwin bis heute

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Evolution and the Public. The discussion of a scientific idea and its ramifications since Charles Darwin / Evolution (in) der Öffentlichkeit. Die Auseinandersetzung mit einer naturwissenschaftlichen Theorie von Charles Darwin bis heute

Veranstalter
Prof. Dr. Angela Schwarz, Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte, Universität Siegen
Veranstaltungsort
Artur-Woll-Haus, Am Eigenhang 50, Raum A 102-103
Ort
Siegen
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
03.09.2009 - 05.09.2009
Deadline
30.08.2009
Website
http://www.uni-siegen.de/evolution2009/
Von
Schwarz, Angela

Im Jahr 1859 veröffentlichte Charles Darwin sein Buch über die Theorie von der Entwicklung der Arten. Bald nach der aufsehenerregenden öffentlichen Diskussion der Theorie 1860 in Oxford begann die Abstammungslehre in die allgemeine Öffentlichkeit hinein auszustrahlen, in der sie von da an in immer neuen Kontexten und mit z.T. neuen, z.T. vertrauten Argumenten erörtert wurde und bis heute erörtert wird. Das geschah und geschieht in einer großen thematischen Breite, die von der Naturwissenschaft in Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur, von der Debatte um eine Theorie bis zur heutigen um Biotechnologie und Gentechnik reicht, in allen Formen und Medien und auf allen Ebenen der Gesellschaft vom naturwissenschaftlichen Expertenkreis bis zum Stammtisch geführt.

Das Darwin-Jahr 2009 bietet einen guten Anlass, sich diese inzwischen über 150 Jahre hinweg überaus kontroverse und facettenreiche Debatte, ihre Thesen und ihren Verlauf vor Augen zu führen. Die Auseinandersetzung mit ihren historischen und aktuellen Ausformungen soll nach einer großen internationalen Tagung in Siegen für einen breiten Rezipientenkreis aufbereitet werden. Dies geschieht mit einer zweisprachigen Publikation für eine allgemein interessierte Leserschaft und einer zweisprachigen und dauerhaft abrufbaren Aufbereitung der Thematik auf einer eigenen Präsentation im Internet.

In 1859, Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution. Soon after the sensational and controversial discussion of the theory in Oxford in 1860, it spread throughout the general public. It has been and is discussed in various contexts, with new and familiar arguments ever since. Public discourse has evolved to impinge upon a broad range of issues, ranging from science to politics, society and culture, from the discussion about a biological theory in mid-nineteenth century to the recent debates on biotechnology and genetic engineering. Publicized in varying forms and in all kinds of media, it has become a topic of people from a great variety of backgrounds, touching upon the life of scientists as well as laypersons.

The “Darwin Year 2009” once more highlights the necessity to review this extremely controversial and multifaceted debate as well as to address its course and the arguments brought forth, changed and replaced in this long-standing process of 150 years. After a major international conference in Siegen, the historical and recent aspects about the discussion on evolution will be made accessible to a broader audience. This will be attempted with a bilingual publication (German-English) for a general readership and a bilingual and permanently available website, inviting users to get information on and participate in the ongoing debate.

Programm

Thursday, September 3, 2009

10:00am - 10:15am
Address of Welcome
TBA, University Representative

10:15am - 10:30am
Enter Evolution - Introducing a Field of Debate
Angela Schwarz, Siegen

10:30am - 11:15am
Evolution and Public Debates since 1859
Peter Bowler, Belfast

11:15am - 12:00pm
On the Origin of Art: A Darwinian Explanation
Thomas Junker, Tübingen

12:00pm - 01:00pm
Lunch Break

Section A (parallel sections)
Issues and Arguments of an Emerging Public Debate

01:00pm - 01:45pm
The Missing Link: Understanding an Evolutionary Icon
Peter C. Kjærgaard, Cambridge

01:45pm - 02:30pm
Darwinism as a Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes? Origin and Consequences of a Misconception
Dirk Solies, Mainz

02:30pm - 03:15pm
Disentangling a Dual Revolution: Darwinian Thought and Human Prehistory, 1859-1900
Chris Manias, London

Section B (parallel sections):
Evolution and Religion - a Controversy without End?

01:00pm - 01:45pm
Symbioses as a Provocation: Franz Ungers Visualization of Plant Evolution and Geological 'Periods'
Marianne Klemun, Vienna

01:45pm - 02:30pm
Evolution versus Intelligent Design and Scientific Creation: and Unnecessary Conflict?
Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Pittsburgh, PA

02:30pm - 03:15pm
Creation and Evolution - Controversy or Convergence?
Josef Bordat, Berlin

03:15pm - 03:45pm
Coffee Break

Section A (parallel sections):
Issues and Arguments of an Emerging Public Debate

03:45pm - 04:30pm
Darwin's Genealogy of Morality
Mario Brandhorst, Göttingen

04:30pm - 05:15pm
Darwinizing Homosexuality: Problems and Prospects
Pieter R. Adriaens, Leuwen

05:15pm - 06:00pm
Darwin and German National Identity
Rebecca Ayako Bennette, Middlebury, VT

Section B (parallel sections):
Evolution and Religion - a Controversy Without End?

03:45pm - 04:30pm
Rational versus Religious Thinking: What's Wrong with the Intelligent Design "Theory"?
Chong-Fuk Lau, Hongkong

04:30pm - 05:15pm
Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Russia - Old and New Controversy
Mikhail Borisovich Konachev, St. Petersburg

05:15pm - 06:00pm
The Growth of Creationism in Britain from 1969 and Influence in the Churches and Education
Michael Roberts, Lancaster

06:00pm - 06:30pm
Transfer to the City Centre (for speakers and chairs)

06:30pm - 07:30pm
Guided Tour through the Historic Centre of Siegen (for speakers and chairs)

07:30pm
Reception in the Town Hall of Siegen (for speakers and chairs)

Friday, September 4, 2009

Section A (parallel sections):
Images of Scientists and the Public

10:00am - 10:45am
Representations of Women Scientists in Fiction Film
Eva Flicker, Vienna

10:45am - 11:30am
Animating Darwin in the Public Sphere: Max Fleischer’s "Darwin's Theory of Evolution" (1925)
Scott MacKenzie, Toronto

Section B (parallel sections):
Eugenics: Defining an Ideal

10:00am - 10:45am
Politics of Negative Eugenics: A Global Comparative Approach, 1900-1950
Michael Schwartz, Berlin

10:45am - 11:30am
"Blood will tell": the Eugenics Movement in Canada Prior to World War II
Lukasz Albanski, Krakow

11:30am - 12:00pm
Coffee Break

Section A (parallel sections):
Images of Scientists and the Public

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Darwin and Photography
Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Siegen

12:45pm - 01:30pm
Portrait Photography and Physiognomic Theory from Darwin to the Third Reich
Leesa L. Rittelmann, Fredonia, NY

Section B (parallel sections):
Eugenics: Defining an Ideal

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Eugenics, Race, and Psychiatry in the Baltic States 1900-1945
Björn Michael Felder, Marburg

12:45pm - 01:30pm
The Implementation of Eugenic Ideals in Heinrich Himmler's SS
Amy Beth Carney, Tallahassee, FL

01:30pm - 02:30pm
Lunch Break

Section A (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

02:30pm - 03:15pm
The Origin of Higher Categories in Cynips: Alfred Kinsley's Contributions to the Study of Evolution
Donna J. Drucker, Indianapolis, IN

Section B (parallel sections):
Eugenics: Defining an Ideal

02:30pm - 03:15pm
Teaching the History of Eugenics in the Multi-Cultural Classroom
Aaron Gillette, Houston, TX

03:15pm - 03:45pm
Coffee Break

Section A (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

03:45pm - 04:30pm
Gould as a Third Culture Thinker: Revising Darwinism
Curtis D. Carbonell, Jersey City, NJ

04:30pm - 05:15pm
Tracing "Descent" as Popular History in Contemporary Britain
Barbara Korte and Ulrike Pirker, Freiburg

Section B (parallel sections):
From Darwinism to Social Darwinism

03:45pm - 04:30pm
Unbroken Strain of Defectives: Social Articulation of Mental Disability in New York City in the Early Twentieth Century
Yoshiya Makita, Boston, MA

04:30pm - 05:15pm
Herbert Spencer and the Discourse of Evolution
Michael Beetz, Jena

05:15pm - 05:30pm
Break

05:30pm - 07:00pm
Panel Discussion: Presenting Darwin in the Media
Chair: Angela Schwarz
- Petra Küntzel (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Alexandra Gögl (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Pia Heinemann (Die Welt)
- Sven Preger (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Section A (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

09:30am - 10:15am
Reflections on the Role of Utopias and their Public Understanding in the History of Human Genetics
Heike Petermann, Münster

10:15am - 11:00am
The Aesthetics of Eugenicist Thinking in 19th and 20th Century American Literature and Film
Mita Banerjee, Siegen

Section B (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

09:30am - 10:15am
Darwin, Zoos and the Natural Understanding of the Bourgeois Modernity
Utz Anhalt, Hanover

10:15am - 11:00am
Reconstructions of Hominids in Natural History Museums
Oliver Hochadel, Barcelona

11:00am - 11:15am
Coffee Break

Section A (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

11:15am - 12:00pm
"A Dream come true?": Creating the Ideal Human Being in Science Fiction Literature and Film (1945-2009)
Angela Schwarz, Siegen

Section B (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

11:15am - 12:00pm
Darwin's Jim Knopf: How Jemmy Button became a Star of German Children's Book Literatur
Julia Voss, Frankfurt/Main

12:00pm – 01:00pm
Lunch Break

Section A (parallel sections):
The Debate on Evolution in the Age of the Human Genome

01:00pm - 01:45pm
The Meme Meme. Remarks on the Popularization of Meme theory (1976-2005)
Sibylle Marti, Zurich

01:45pm - 02:30pm
Human Evolution in the Genomic Age: A Case of Genetic History and its Commercialization
Marianne Sommer, Zurich

Section B (parallel sections):
Evolution of the Public and the Future of the Debate

01:00pm - 01:45pm
Controversies on Evolution in the Italian Daily Press (1995-2009)
Lorenzo Beltrame, Trient

01:45pm - 02:30pm
Media Coverage on Evolution. A Case Study of a German Nationwide Newspaper
Hendrik Bullens, Breitenbrunn

02:30pm - 02:45pm
Coffee Break

Evolution of the Public and the Future of the Debate

02:45pm - 03:30pm
The Future of Evolution and the Evolution of the Future
Franz Wuketits, Vienna

03:30pm - 04:00pm
Concluding Discussion
Angela Schwarz, Siegen

Kontakt

Angela Schwarz

FB 1 - Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte
Universität Siegen
0049-(0)271/740-4502

evolution@geschichte.uni-siegen.de

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