Aug
10
2009

Success of the seminars

To date: 7 speakers, 3 seminars, +3000 attendees, 1 theory.



Jul
30
2009

Grand Seminar

Fourth and final seminar Darwin’s Intelectual Legacy to the XXI Century, to take place Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 of September.

– Registrations are open –

Guest Speakers:

Dr Leda Cosmides Dr Helena Cronin Dr Daniel C. Dennett

Dr Nicholas K. Humphrey Ian McEwan Dr Steven A. Pinker

Dr Matthew W. Ridley Dr John Tooby

– Registrations are open –

Free of charge. Limited seating.

Registration deadline: Thursday September 3rd

Information [+]

Broadcasted live on the Internet at www.cienciayevolucion.org



Jul
15
2009

Morals and Politics, July 27th.

Registrations for “ Morals and Politics“, are open.  This is the third seminar of our 2009 agenda, and will take place on Monday, July 27th from 8 to 12:30 am, in CasaPiedra.

Our guest speakers are Robert O. Kurzban (University of Pennsylvania) and James H. Fowler (University of California, San Diego).

                

Dr Robert O. Kurzban            Dr James H. Fowler

– REGISTRATION–

Admission is free. Registration is required as seating is limited.  More information

Live transmission (english) in www.mundovision.cl



Jun
30
2009

Previous Seminars: Complete Success

“…one of the most wonderful Darwin Year events the world will see…”

Dr Randolph M. Nesse M.D.
speaker at the Medicine and Evolution seminar (May 29)

“…the dinner conversations, along with the public debate, saw fireworks…”

Dr Michael B. Shermer
speaker at the Economy and Evolutionary Psychology seminar (June 25)

See more: http://skepticblog.org/2009/06/30/chile-astronomical-observatory/



May
21
2009

Update: Speakers

Dr Richard Dawkins has informed that he will not take part of the guest speakers panel of our seminar “Darwin’s Intellectual Legacy to the 21st Century”. Despite his interest, by that time he will be promoting his new book.



Apr
18
2009

Information on 2009 Seminars

On Friday, May 29, 2009, we invite you to join us at the Opening Ceremonies and first of the series seminars entitled: “Medicine and Evolution”.
At this inaugural event, Drs Randolph Nesse and Paul Ewald will share their views on the role of disease in the evolutionary process.
                                           
Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.                                 Dr Paul W. Ewald
Admission is free. Registration is required as seating is limited.    

REGISTRATION CLOSED



Dec
10
2008

Fundación Ciencia y Evolución Launched in Chile’s premier Newspaper

On Monday, November 10th, Fundación Ciencia y Evolución was officially launched with the presentation of “The Intellectual Legacy of Darwin in the 21st Century, 200 years after Darwin was born”, a project that contains an interesting agenda for 2009. The ceremony took place at El Mercurio, a premier Chilean newspaper, and one of the Fundación’s media partners.

The entity’s president, Alvaro Fischer, addressed some words on how evolutionary perspective has become a profoundly influential paradigm in the knowledge of human beings. He also explained how Chile played a very important role in Darwin’s life and in his theory’s development by watching nature phenomena and collecting material that would be the starting point of his theory. [+] Continue Reading…



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