2011 Events

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2010 Events

November 4: "Of Mice and Men. Evolution and Socialism in Late-nineteenth Century England." Invited lecture, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.

April 23: "The strengths and weaknesses of patient autonomy: informed consent in context ." Invited lecture for University of Oklahoma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta. Norman, Oklahoma.

March 28: "Charles Kingsley, Thomas Huxley and Water Babies." Stuart Pierson Memorial Lecture, Midwest Junto for the History of Science, University of Oklahoma.

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2009 Events

November 20: "Charles Kingsley: Darwin's Other Bulldog." History of Science Society, Annual Meeting. Phoenix AZ, (3:30-5:30pm.)

November 2: "Promoting and Policing Theisim in Evolution from Origin to Descent"
University of Oklahoma "Darwin 2009" Darwinathon presentation.( 3:45 pm), Meacham Auditorium, OMU.

July 12-16: "Men into Monkeys and Monkeys into Men : Caprice and Contingency in Charles Kingsley's Water Babies." International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Brisbane, Australia.

May 21: "Lessons from History? Eugenics, Medicine, and Science Policy in the United States." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Conference at OUHSC, Oklahoma City. (12:15pm-1:15pm.) A video link to this lecture is available [here].

April 24: "The Post-Darwinian Natural Theologies of Asa Gray and Charles Kingsley." 49th Annual Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science: Darwin's Impact in the United States, Boston University.

February 20: "The Post-Darwinian Natural Theologies of Asa Gray and Charles Kingsley." Horning Lecture, Oregon State University.

February 20th 2009 Dr. Hale will visit Oregon State University to present his research comparing the natural theologies of the nineteenth-century Anglican priest, Charles Kingsley, and his friend and contemporary, the Harvard botanist, Asa Gray. Both were convinced that the the views which Darwin had outlined in his controversial Origin of Speices (1859) were not only compatible with orthodox theology, but as Kingsley argued, supported an even greater conception of God than he had previously held. .

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2008 Events

History of Science Society, Committee on Education Dr. Hale has recently been appointed to the Committee on Education (CoE) of the History of Science Society. [Click the image, left, for more information.] The Committee on Education is one of the Society's standing committees, and is responsible for devloping strategies and initiatives to improve and facilitate education in the history of science. The committee next convenes at the society's annual meeting, which will be held in Pittsbugh this November.

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"Darwin & Design : The Post-Darwinian Natural Theologies of Charles Kingsley and Asa Gray"

September 24th - 26th Dr. Hale visited Austin College in Sherman, Texas to teach a number of classes about Charles Darwin and to present his research comparing the natural theologies of the nineteenth-century Anglican priest, Charles Kingsley, and his friend and contemporary, the Harvard botanist, Asa Gray. Both were convinced that the the views which Darwin had outlined in his controversial Origin of Speices (1859) were not only compatible with orthodox theology, but as Kingsley argued, supported an even greater conception of God than he had previously held. Dr. Hale's presentation was a part of Austin College's celebrations of the publication of the Origin of Speicies 150 years ago. For more on Austin College and their Darwin events click on the picture!

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Politics and Environment at the "Eden Project"

Chasing Eden: Nature, Health and the Politics of the Environment

[Click on the image for the conference website]

On September 3rd - 5th 2008 Dr. Hale will be at the "Eden Project" in Cornwall, United Kingdom to speak at the international Chasing Eden: Nature, Health and the Politics of the Environment conference hosted by the University of Exeter, and co-organised by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland; and the University of Toronto, Ontario. He will be speaking about the environmental and socialist politics of the nineteenth-century artist and craftsman William Morris.

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Colby College: 2008 Alumni College

The Victorian World at Colby College, Maine

From 20th - 23rd July 2008 Dr. Hale visited Colby College in Maine to teach and participate in sessions of Colby's "Alumni College" which took The Victorian World as it's theme. Dr. Hale, formerly a visiting Assistant Professor in Colby's Science, Technology & Society Program taught on the reception of Darwin's Origin of Species (1859), and the perceived theological implications of natural selection.

[Click the picture for a link to the Alumni College Program]

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Columbia River History of Science Group

Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands, WA.

On Saint David's Day, March 1st 2008, Piers Hale presented research at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Columbia River History of Science Group from the collaborative project he is working on with John Beatty on the nineteenth-century Anglican theologian Charles Kingsley [more...]. The CHSG meets annually at the Friday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington in the San Juan Islands. This year's meeting took place from February 29th to March 2nd 2008.

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OU Zoology Colloquium

Dr. Hale presents "Darwin's Other Bulldog: Charles Kingsley and the Popularization of Darwinism in Victorian England" at the OU Zoology Seminar on January 16th.

On Wednesday 16th January 2008 Dr. Hale was the opening speaker of the OU Zoology Department's colloquium. His presentation was entitled "Darwin's Other Bulldog: Charles Kingsley and the Popularization of Darwinism in Victorian England". (zoology seminar)

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Graduation 2008

James Hartline BSc. graduates with a Minor in the History of Science, John Stewart and Lisa Torres both graduated Master of Arts in the History of Science

OU Commencement and Convocation 2008 was the weekend of May 9th and 10th. Among those receiving graduate degrees were Van Herd, John Stewart, Lisa Torres, and Henry Zapeda. For more pictures click the picture above! Congratulations to all our graduates!
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