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Forthcoming Events, Lectures, Seminars & Short Courses

 


26-28 March, 2010, UK

Faraday Institute Courses

Short Course No. 17: Science and Religion in Schools

This weekend course, for teachers of science, philosophy or religious studies, will give informed input by highly qualified experts on some of the latest thinking in the science-religion area, provide information about resources available to teachers, and tackle some of the thorny issues arising in the classroom.

For further information click here.


23-24 April, 2010, USA

CTNS is planning a major event in celebration of the success of the STARS (Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series) Program.  Special guest lecturer, Paul Davies, will be part of the event, and the winners of the $200,000 Renewal Research Grants will be reporting on their research. 

For further information visit: www.ctnsstars.org


27 April 2010, UK

Faraday Public Lecture

God, Brain and Mind

Prof. Bill Newsome (Stanford University School of Medicine)

5.30 pm Howard Theatre, Downing College


20-23 June 2010, USA

Darwin, Peirce and God: STARS Summer Workshop for Early-Career Researchers in philosophy, biological science and theology

Topics:

  The origin of life as the physical emergence of semiosis.

  Semiosis and meaning in human evolution.

  Peircean study of Incarnation and Trinity.

Faculty: Philip Clayton, Terrence Deacon, Niles Lehman, Andrew Robinson, Robert J. Russell, Christopher Southgate, Bruce Weber.

Tuition, accommodation and travel funded for 10 doctoral or postdoctoral participants by competitive entry. Deadline January 31 2010. Details at www.evolutioncreationsemiotics.org.

Sponsored by the Graduate Theological Union. Cosponsorship from the University of California at Berkeley has been applied for. June 20-23 2010 at Berkeley, California.

This program is made possible by funding from the Science and Transcendence Advanced Seminar Series, www.ctnsstars.org.


11-17 July, 2010, UK

Faraday Institute Courses

Summer Course no. 5: Science and Faith: Past and Present Perspectives

In this one week course a wide range of topics at the science/religion interface will be addressed by internationally renowned speakers. The topics to be covered include historical and philosophical perspectives; the relationships between cosmology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience with religion; and some of the ethical issues raised by science.

For further information click here.


 

Gresham College, UK
Gresham College provides free public lectures and holds other events. For further information click here.

 

 
     
 

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