19 Apr 2012 - 20 Apr 2012 All day CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT

Description

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Conveners

Dr Paul White (Darwin Correspondence Project/History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)
Dr Sophie Defrance
(Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge)
Prof James Secord
(History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)

Conference Summary

A series of intersecting boundaries have defined the human from the mid-19th century to the present: human/animal, civilized/savage, woman/man, mind/machine, and nature/culture. This conference will examine how different disciplines have constructed and contested these boundaries, and will reflect on the legacy of Darwinian frameworks of the 'human' today.

 

 

Sponsors

Supported by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, the Arts & Humanities Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.  

 

Accommodation for non-paper giving delegates

We are unable to arrange accommodation, however, the following websites may be of help.

Visit Cambridge
Cambridge Rooms
University of Cambridge accommodation webpage

NB. CRASSH is not able to help with the booking of accommodation.

 

Administrative assistance: Helga Brandt (Conference Programme Manager, CRASSH)

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Tel: +44 1223 766886
Email enquiries@crassh.cam.ac.uk