ASU Darwin Bicentennial Series Presents Edward Larson January 22

Edward Larson, a professor of history at Pepperdine University and Pulitzer Prize winner, presents a free lecture titled The Scopes Trial in History and the Theatre on Thursday, January 22, at 8:00 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.

Edward Larson will present a lecture titled The Scopes Trial in History and the Theatre on Thursday, January 22, at 8:00 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The talk is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Series, a yearlong celebration of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Sponsored by the University Forum Committee at Appalachian State University, the series features free public lectures, films and other events.

Larson holds the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law and is University Professor of History at Pepperdine University and recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History. He served as associate counsel for the U.S. Congressional Committee on Education and Labor (1983-87) and as an attorney with a major Seattle law firm (1979-83) and retains an appointment at the University of Georgia, where he has taught since 1987.

The author of seven books and more than 100 published articles, Larson writes mostly about issues of science, medicine and law from a historical perspective. His books include A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign (2007); Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (2005, 2006 rev. ed.); Evolution’s Workshop: God and Science in the Galapagos Islands (2001), Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South (1995), Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (1985, 2003 rev. ed.) and the Pulitzer Prize winning Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (1997).

His articles have appeared in such varied journals as Nature, Atlantic Monthly, Time, Science, Scientific American, The Nation, The Wilson Quarterly, Virginia Law Review, and Isis. He is the coauthor or coeditor of seven additional books, including The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison (2005). The Fulbright Program named Larson to the John Adams Chair in American Studies for 2001 and he participated in the National Science Foundation’s 2003-04 Antarctic Artists and Writers Program.

Flock of Dodos Film Screening January 25

The Evolution Film Series is a free informational film series held as part of the Darwin Bicentennial Celebration at ASU. The next film in the series is Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus, showing Sunday, January 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the Greenbriar Theater of the Plemmons Student Union.

The film takes a wacky, satirical look at both sides of the evolution/intelligent design conflict, and filmmaker Randy Olson takes no prisoners in this Michael Mooresque documentary. ASU biology professor Robert Creed will introduce the film.

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