Events
Further events of interest can be found in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies events calendar.
Past Egenis events can be found here.
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| 30 September 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: “Evolution evolving”, Prof John Dupre (University of Exeter)My title refers both to changes in the theory of evolution and to changes in the processes of evolution themselves. With regard to the former, I shall discuss the gradual relaxation of the hegemonic grip of so-called neo-Darwinism, as this has had to confront insights into phenomena such as the variety of modes of inheritance and of sources of novelty, the two-way interaction between organism and environment, and the widespread significance of biological plasticity. Full details | Add event |
| 11 October 2019 | 15:30 | IDSAI Seminar: Professor Xiao-Li MengProfessor Xiao-Li Meng is the Whipple V.N. Jones Professor of Statistics at Harvard University and the Editor in Chief of the Harvard Data Science Review. Professor Meng received his BS in mathematics from Fudan University in 1982 and his PhD in statistics from Harvard in 1990. He was on the faculty of the University of Chicago from 1991 to 2001 before returning to Harvard, where he served as the Chair of the Department of Statistics (2004-2012) and the Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2012-2017). Full details | Add event |
| 14 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: "Cultivating Bioscience Image: A New Approach to Understanding the Life Sciences and Life Science Education as Participatory Visualisation Process" David Hay (King's College London)In this paper I set out to challenge the firmly held assumption that bioscience research is a quest for knowledge and the imperative to change, develop, modify, and manipulate things. In its place I will advance a different thesis, one that situates researchers and their objects in a line of understanding. Without contesting the obvious association that bioscience is for human benefit: healthcare, economy, conservation, and the like, I will also assert that these potential gains are only half the story and that while this goes on, there is another current of research in which human and non-human sensitivities are being cultivated by the practice of research for different – more important – reasons. Full details | Add event |
| 21 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: 'The coordinative function of cultural conventions', Prof Marc Slors (Radboud University)In this talk I want to argue that there is an intimate connection between trivial cultural conventions—such as social etiquette, styles of clothing and architecture and the styling of public space—and the (massive) division of roles and tasks that are characteristic of human societies. Full details | Add event |
| 28 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: "Connecting the plots: 176 years of Long-term Experiment data and samples" Richard Ostler (Rothamsted Research)The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments (LTEs), started by Lawes and Gilbert between 1843 and 1856 are among the oldest continuing agricultural field experiments in the world. Seven of these early "Classicals" continue today, and more LTEs have been added since, the most recent being the Large Scale Rotation Experiments started in 2015/16.. Full details | Add event |
| 11 November 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: Heather Barnett (University of the Arts London)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |
| 25 November 2019 | 15:30 | Egenis seminar series: Prof Leif Isaksen (University of Exeter)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |
| 9 December 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: Dr Angela Cassidy (University of Exeter)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |
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| When | Time | Description | Add to your calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: “Evolution evolving”, Prof John Dupre (University of Exeter)My title refers both to changes in the theory of evolution and to changes in the processes of evolution themselves. With regard to the former, I shall discuss the gradual relaxation of the hegemonic grip of so-called neo-Darwinism, as this has had to confront insights into phenomena such as the variety of modes of inheritance and of sources of novelty, the two-way interaction between organism and environment, and the widespread significance of biological plasticity. Full details | Add event |
| 11 October 2019 | 15:30 | IDSAI Seminar: Professor Xiao-Li MengProfessor Xiao-Li Meng is the Whipple V.N. Jones Professor of Statistics at Harvard University and the Editor in Chief of the Harvard Data Science Review. Professor Meng received his BS in mathematics from Fudan University in 1982 and his PhD in statistics from Harvard in 1990. He was on the faculty of the University of Chicago from 1991 to 2001 before returning to Harvard, where he served as the Chair of the Department of Statistics (2004-2012) and the Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2012-2017). Full details | Add event |
| 14 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: "Cultivating Bioscience Image: A New Approach to Understanding the Life Sciences and Life Science Education as Participatory Visualisation Process" David Hay (King's College London)In this paper I set out to challenge the firmly held assumption that bioscience research is a quest for knowledge and the imperative to change, develop, modify, and manipulate things. In its place I will advance a different thesis, one that situates researchers and their objects in a line of understanding. Without contesting the obvious association that bioscience is for human benefit: healthcare, economy, conservation, and the like, I will also assert that these potential gains are only half the story and that while this goes on, there is another current of research in which human and non-human sensitivities are being cultivated by the practice of research for different – more important – reasons. Full details | Add event |
| 21 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: 'The coordinative function of cultural conventions', Prof Marc Slors (Radboud University)In this talk I want to argue that there is an intimate connection between trivial cultural conventions—such as social etiquette, styles of clothing and architecture and the styling of public space—and the (massive) division of roles and tasks that are characteristic of human societies. Full details | Add event |
| 28 October 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: "Connecting the plots: 176 years of Long-term Experiment data and samples" Richard Ostler (Rothamsted Research)The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments (LTEs), started by Lawes and Gilbert between 1843 and 1856 are among the oldest continuing agricultural field experiments in the world. Seven of these early "Classicals" continue today, and more LTEs have been added since, the most recent being the Large Scale Rotation Experiments started in 2015/16.. Full details | Add event |
| 11 November 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: Heather Barnett (University of the Arts London)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |
| 25 November 2019 | 15:30 | Egenis seminar series: Prof Leif Isaksen (University of Exeter)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |
| 9 December 2019 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar series: Dr Angela Cassidy (University of Exeter)Title & abstract TBA. Full details | Add event |