Thursday, October 22, 2009

On Display: Charles Darwin, Celebrating 200 Years


Monmouth College is hosting a 16 month celebration of Charles Darwin and his work, sponsored by the Nineteenth-Century Studies Program and Biology Department. The celebration, called Darwinpalooza, is hosting a number of events around campus to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species.

Hewes Library is supporting their efforts. Currently on display is a collection of library materials that relate to Darwin in the East Lobby Display Cases. Materials include a selection of Darwin's works, titles relating to evolutionism, and recent texts by some of the authors and speakers who will be visiting the Monmouth College campus.

Darwinpalooza's next speaker, Michael Ruse, will give a presentation titled The Evolution-Creation Struggle on November 2 at 7pm on campus. A full schedule of events for Darwinpalooza can be found online and events will continue through Spring 2010.


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