Special event for Darwin's 200th anniversary

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin is being marked with a special lecture at the University.

Dr Barbara Morden will give her talk Fossils, apes and supermen: the evolution of Darwinian theory in a lunchtime lecture as part of our Culture on Campus series of events.

Dr Morden, who is a visiting lecturer at Teesside, is known for her entertaining public lectures and courses. She will present her talk from 1.00pm to 2.00pm on Wednesday 18 March in the Main Lecture Theatre in the Constantine Building.

The Constantine Building can be accessed via the Main Reception in Middlesbrough Tower.

In celebration of the Darwin anniversary, Dr Morden’s illustrated lecture will explore some of the ways in which the theory of evolution has influenced our culture and shaped both literature and painting since the publication of Darwin’s work The Origin of Species in 1859.

Dr Morden has tutored with the Open University for many years at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has specific interest in the connections between literature, the visual arts and cultural history.

There is no need to book and admission to the lunchtime lecture is free. For more information contact j.webster@tees.ac.uk

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