Evolution: A Panel in Honor of the Publication of Prosanta Chakrabarty’s EXPLAINING LIFE THROUGH EVOLUTION

Poster for Center for Collaborative Knowledge Salon Event on Evolution Event Details Below

On Thursday, November 30, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Faculty Club, faculty associated with the Center for Collaborative Knowledge will host a panel in honor of the publication of CCK Director Prosanta Chakrabarty’s book, Explaining Life Through Evolution (MIT Press, 2023). Brief talks by LSU faculty, beginning at 4:30, will include:

CHAIRS: Sophie Warny, Geology & Geophysics, and Suzanne Marchand, History

PANELISTS

Juliet Brophy, Anthropology, “Light Thrown on the Origin of (Hu)mans”
Deborah Goldgaber, Philosophy, “Evolving Ideas of Difference”
Jonathan Snow, Geology & Geophysics, “Monsters from the Deep”
James Stoner, Political Science, “The Law of Evolution”

REPLY: Prosanta Chakrabarty, Biological Sciences, “Explaining Life Through Evolution”

Food and drink will be provided (without the need to hunt or forage!).

Copies of the book can be purchased from many booksellers, including Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, which will have copies available for sale at the event.