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The MBL-ASU History of
Biology Seminar is an intensive week with annually varying topics
designed for a group of no more than 25 advanced graduate students, postdoctoral associates,
younger scholars, and more established researchers in biology, history, philosophy and the social sciences.
"From Linnaeus to the Encyclopedia of Life: Tracking Diversity in the Natural World"
This year’s meeting focuses on past and present attempts to understand and order the natural world. The 20th century saw a new kind of focus on nature that was shaped by E. O. Wilson and his collaborators. This approach has a species-based focus, a concern with anthropogenically induced extinctions, and an explicit policy agenda. It has impacts not only on how we think about conservation and preservation, but also on how some groups of biologists think about their work. Now, in the 21st century there is a concerted effort to revolutionize the tools and methods of studying biodiversity in community ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, and taxonomy. And Biodiversity is finally a topic in the public consciousness: the United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. MORE>>>
Organizers: Andrew Hamilton, Arizona State University, ahamilton@asu.edu, Paul Farber, Oregon State University, pfarber@oregonstate.edu, and James Collins, Arizona State University, jcollins@asu.edu
Staff Contact: Felicity Snyder, Center Coordinator, fsnyder@asu.edu
The Seminar in the History of Biology is offered in collaboration
with and is funded through Arizona State University, with additional
funding from the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and
Technology. For more information about the seminar in general, past
topics, updates concerning this year's topic, and application information,
please visit the course
website.
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