Conference Program
A PDF version of this program is available here.
Webcasts of all the talks will be available by November 15th, 2009.
Friday - October 2, 2009
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Coffee: 8:45am – 9:00am
Friday: 9:00am-10:00 am
Welcome and introduction of conference participants
Coffee break: 10:00-10:30
Friday: 10:30am-Noon
Early reception of Darwin/evolution in the Muslim world I
Thomas Glick (Boston University, US)
Darwinism in the Islamic World in the Context of the Comparative Reception of Darwinism
Betty Anderson (Boston University, US)
The Syrian Protestant College (SPC) and the Darwin Controversy of 1882
Lunch: Noon – 2:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Early Reception of Darwin/evolution in the Muslim world II
Monica Ringer (Amherst College, US)
Rational Religion, Evolution, and the Generation of Secularism and Citizenship in the Middle East and India
Martin Riexenger (Göttingen University, Germany)
İsmail Fenni (Ertuğrul): A Detractor of Materialism and the Theory of Evolution in Early Republican Turkey
Coffee Break: 3:00pm-3:30pm
Friday: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Evolution, religion, and the question of authority
Uwe Vagelpohl (Warwick University, UK)
The Authority to Interpret: Evolution, Qur’anic Commentaries and the Conflict Between Scientists and Religious Scholars
Pervez Hoodbhoy (Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan)
Where Science Teaching has a Problem With Religion: Experiences from Pakistan
Salman Hameed (Hampshire College, US)
The Religious Framing of Darwin & Evolution in Pakistan
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Friday 6:00pm-7:30pm
Keynote Public Lecture
Ronald L. Numbers
(Hilldale Professor of History of Science & Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US)
Webcast
Creationism Goes Global: From American to Islamic Fundamentalism
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Saturday - October 3, 2009
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Coffee: 8:45am-9:00am
Saturday: 9:00am-10:30am
Evolution education in the Muslim world I
Jason Wiles (Syracuse University, US)
Embarking on Intercultural Research into Evolution Education: Response and Resistance to Inquiry about Evolution among Indonesian Muslims
Anila Asghar (Johns Hopkins University, US) and Sarah Bean (McGill University, Canada)
Islam, Evolutionary Science, and Education: Rifts and Reconciliation on Pakistan
Saouma BouJaoude (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Muslim, Egyptian, and Lebanese Students’ Conceptions of Biological Evolution
Coffee Break: 10:30-11:00am
Saturday: 11:00am-12:30pm
Evolution, secularism, and education
Berna Turam (Northeastern University, US)
Instructive Muslims Inside and Outside Turkey: Secular or Islamist
Education?
John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, US)
The Legacy of Communist Secularism and the Post-Soviet Reemergence of Islamic Education
Taner Edis (Truman State University, US)
Between Nasr and Ateş: What Understanding of Evolution do Science Educators Want?
Lunch: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Saturday: 2:00pm-3:30pm
Evolution education in the Muslim world II
Aykut Kence (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
On Teaching Evolution in Turkey
Saad Shafqat (Agha Khan University, Pakistan)
Opinions and Attitudes to Evolution among Physician-Scientists and Biologists in Pakistan.
Don Everhart (Hampshire College, US)
Evolution, Islam, & Medicine: Perspectives of Pakistani Physicians in the USA
Coffee Break: 3:30pm-4:00pm
Saturday: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Conference summary, discussion, and the path ahead
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Saturday: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Public Panel Discussion: Evolution and Islam
Jason Wiles (Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Syracuse University, US)
-Moderator-
Webcast
Ehab Abouheif (Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, McGill University, Canada)
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Webcast
Taner Edis (Associate Professor of Physics, Truman State University, US)
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Webcast