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This year’s annual Darwin Lecture Series begins today, Friday 20 January, with eminent Yale historian, Professor Paul Kennedy. In his lecture, he will discuss the connections between Darwin, survival, and Empire.

Prof Kennedy delves into the rise and fall of countries, and how Empires not only survived, but thrived: “Struggle was natural, and everywhere. Countries were either rising or falling. There was no standing still in the era of the Scramble for Africa, the Spanish-American War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the unprecedentedly bloody First World War. Slightly later, Darwinian struggle moved to fresh heights in the age of Fascism and Nazism.”

Paul Kennedy is currently the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale ̽��ֱ��. He is internationally known for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic and strategic issues.

̽��ֱ��Darwin Lecture Series

̽��ֱ��Twenty First Annual Darwin College Lecture Series, entitled ‘Survival’, begins today. As 'Survival of the fittest' is probably the best known reduction of Charles Darwin's theories, this year’s public series theme is a truly fitting focus for Darwin College.

Prof William Brown, Master Darwin College, said: “At a time when concern is rising about the survival of so much that we cherish, this easily accessible programme of lectures offers a remarkable and authoritative overview of the risks and remedies.”

̽��ֱ��eight week lecture series will be highlighted by such prestigious speakers as Paul Kennedy, Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale ̽��ֱ��; Richard Feachem, the head of the UN Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria and founding Director of the Institute for Global Health; and Cynthia Kenyon, the health and longevity guru from UCLA.

̽��ֱ��lectures will be held for eight consecutive Fridays beginning today, 20 January, at 5.30 pm in ̽��ֱ��Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.