Darwin Festival in Cambridge in July

I'm posting this as my friend Rebecca has asked people to publicise it:

There will be events to celebrate the life and work of Charles Darwin all over the world in 2009 - it is the bicentenary of his birth and 150 years since the publication of the Origin of Species.

 

Three years ago Professor Patrick Bateson established a committee in Cambridge made up of academics from all disciplines which gave itself  the task of setting up a Festival to celebrate the legacy of Charles Darwin. I was one of the members given the task of organising a Darwin and the Arts series of events for the Festival.

 

The Festival programme is now complete and Festival booking has now gone live. You can see the full programme on:

 

http://www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk/

 

It is to be a week long. Each day academics, philosophers and intellectuals such as Dawkins, Attenborough and Dennett will give lectures but there will also be a significant number of arts events - poets, artists, novelists and playwrights will talk about Darwin or give readings. This includes two significant highlights - a major event with Ian McEwan and A.S. Byatt at the Corn Exchange and a major exhibition showing Darwin's influence on the arts at the Fitzwilliam.

 

Do have a look at the Festival website and please forward this email to other people you know who might be interested in attending these events.

 

Many thanks, Rebecca Stott