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...from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
—Charles Darwin

Fall 2009   Evolution, Diversity and Change

Co-curricular Events

• Theatrical Performances and Films
• Galleries and Exhibits
• Speakers and Panels

This page is being developed with detailed information about the various Themester events and activities and will be available soon. Until then, please consult the CALENDAR for current information.

Theatrical Performances and Films

• Inherit the Wind.  In collaboration with the College, the Cardinal Stage Company presents this play about the 1925 Scopes “monkey trial.”  September 4-20 at the Waldron Arts Center.
• boom.  Cardinal Stage also presents this comedy about the survival of mankind at what may be the end of the world.  October 29 through November 15 at the Waldron Arts Center.
• Palmer Park.  This play tells the story of a White Detroit couple that moves into a Black neighborhood following the infamous race riots of the 1960's. Joanna Glass’ play examines diversity and inclusion from many angles. This production is part of the Big Ten university theatre initiative and is being staged late Fall semester by the IU Department of Theatre and Drama.

• Darwin for the Day. Concert and stories with Krista Detor and Arbutus Cunningham. Presenting songs and discussion of the Darwin Song Project, held this spring in Shrewsbury, England, and stories about and inspired by Charles Darwin.
  October 7 (7:00 p.m.) at the Hutton Honors College Great Room

• FILM SERIES: (Re)presenting Race in African American Film. Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.
  All showings begin at 7:30 in the Lee NorvelleTheatre & Drama Center (Room TH A201)
  • Nothing But a Man, September 17.
  • The Spook Who Sat By the Door, October 8.
  • Do the Right Thing, November 12.
• FILM SERIES: (D)evolution Double Features.  Department of Communication and Culture.
  • Incredible Shrinking Man /Planet of the Apes, September 13.
  • Night of the Living Dead/Shaun of the Dead. October 4.
  • The Wild Child/End of August at the Hotel Ozone, November 1.
  • The Fly/Decasia, December 6.

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Galleries and Exhibits

• IU Art Museum.  Thematic Tours throughout semester.
• Lilly Library. Music for the Worms. A Darwin Themester Exhibit
• Myers Hall.  Biology displays on Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle and on Evolution.
• Jordan Hall.  Biology display on Tropical Biodiversity.
• Kinsey Institute.  The Shape of Us. September 25, 2009 - December 24, 2009
  Please join us for the opening reception, Friday, September 25, 5-7 pm, Morrison Hall, 3rd floor.
• Mathers Museum of World Cultures.  What is Cuture? exhibits throughout the semester. Tours and other activities available.

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Speakers and Panels

• Invited Speakers
  • Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, October 12.   (Union Board, Secular Alliance of IU)
  • Judge John E. Jones, III, Judicial Independence and the Pennsylvania Case of Intelligent Design in the Public Schools, December 4.   (The College)
  • Christina Brandt, On Cloning, tba.  
    (Collins Living Learning Center)
• Department of Economics Themester Lecture Series
  • James Holland Jones, Optimal Virulence: Pathogen Life History Evolution , September 11.
  • Ted Bergstrom, Ethics, Evolution, and Games with Neighbors, September 25.
  • Arthur Robson, We Are Impatient Because We Die. But Why Do We Die? October 23.
  • Trent Smith, Nothing About the American Diet Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Dietary Choice, November 13.
• The Biology of Food Series (Cognitive Science Program and Food Studies Program)
  • Steve Gaulin, Baby Fat: The Lipo-landscape of Human Evolution, September 17.
  • Paul Sherman, Darwinian Gastronomy, October 29.
  • Paul Rozin, Living with ancestral food-environment adaptations in the modern Western world, November 19.
• History and Philosophy of Science Speaker Series
  • Robert Richards, Darwin's Influence on the Psychological Sciences, September 11.
  • Michael Ruse, Evolution and Creationism, October 2.
• Departments of Astronomy and Folklore and Ethnomusicology Themester Lecture Series
  • Margaret Hanson, Massive Open Star Clusters in our Galaxy: studying the known and deducing the unknown, September 14.
  • George Lankford, Footprints in the Stars, November 11.
• Department of Religious Studies Invited Speaker
  • John Haught, Evolution and Faith: What Is at Stake?
    October 22.
• Department of Mathematics Invited Speaker
  • Rick Durrett, Truth is stranger than fiction: A look at some improbabilities,
    October 13.
• Institute for Advanced Study Lectures
  • BRANIGIN LECTURES: Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth, Evolution of Social and Ecological Cognition in Non-Human Primates, November 2-6.
  • VISITING FELLOW: Dieter Ebert, Antagonistic Coevolution, September 25.
• Debates and Panel Discussions
  • Kinsey Institute Panel: Sex Research LIVE! October 28.
  • Religious Studies Student Association
  • Student Debates
  • Intensive Freshman Seminar discussion of evolution (August 17)
    
• Archives of African American Music and Culture Conference
  • Reclaiming the Right to Rock: Black Experiences in Rock Music.  November 13-14.
    This conference will include various panels, live performances, and film screenings.
• Origins Symposium
  • The Evolution of the Universe, the Earth, Life, and the Human Species.
    October 10, 9:00 - 4:00. IMU Whittenberger Auditorium
  • Presented by Indiana University and The Stone Age Institute in conjunction with the College of Arts & Sciences Themester: "Evolution, Diversity and Change"