Darwin College continues the popular Darwin College lecture series this week on 27 January with Life in Ruins. ̽»¨Ö±²¥annual eight week series held at Lady Mitchell Hall is free to the public and is renowned for its famous speakers and thought-provoking discussions.
Darwin College continues the popular Darwin College lecture series this week on 27 January with Life in Ruins. ̽»¨Ö±²¥annual eight week series held at Lady Mitchell Hall is free to the public and is renowned for its famous speakers and thought-provoking discussions.
̽»¨Ö±²¥annual series is popular as organisers suggest that anyone hoping to attend should arrive early to ensure a place.
‘Life’ is the subject for 2012, as all eight lectures will delve into the many aspects of this broad yet compelling topic from various disciplines.Ìý Previous themes in years past include Beauty, Risk, Identity, Conflict, and Survival.
Life as a cell, life in a military field hospital in Afghanistan, and life after death are some of the topics explored in the multi-disciplinary lecture series. ̽»¨Ö±²¥first lecture entitled From Genomes to the Diversity of Life was presented on 20 January by Professor Michael Akam of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. Subsequent talks will be held by Professor Frances Ashcroft from Oxford ̽»¨Ö±²¥, Cambridge’s own Dr Robert Macfarlane, Dr Michael Scott, Dr Mark de Rond, Professor Chris Bishop, and Professor Ron Laskey. ̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Southampton’s Professor Clive Gamble concludes the series with his talk: ̽»¨Ö±²¥After Life.
̽»¨Ö±²¥Darwin College lecture series began in 1986 and has proved to be one of the most sought after events in Cambridge ever since. ̽»¨Ö±²¥series marks one of the key events at Darwin College and has run every year from January to March since inception.
̽»¨Ö±²¥lectures continue from 27 January and continues every Friday for six weeks at 5.30pm at the Lady Mitchell Hall. Because theÌý annual series is extremely popular, organisers suggest that anyone hoping to attend should arrive early to ensure a place. ̽»¨Ö±²¥organisers have also secured an adjacent theatre with live television coverage so that those who are unable to secure a place in the main hall are able to still view the lecture.
̽»¨Ö±²¥continuing schedule is as follows:
27 January, Dr Robert Macfarlane, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge
03 February, Professor Frances Ashcroft, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Oxford
10 February, Dr Michael Scott, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge
17 February, Dr Mark de Rond, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge
24 February, Professor Ron Laskey, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge
02 March, Professor Chris Bishop, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge
09 March, Professor Clive Gamble, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Southampton
Past lectures are also available on iTunes, and Darwin College Lecture books are available from the Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Press.
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