Darwin 2009: UC s Perzigian Presents a Darwinian Perspective on Race at Cincy Museum Center Feb. 26

The Charles and Ralph Dury Lecture Series promotes an understanding and appreciation of the natural world. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, environmental science, geology, paleontology and zoology. Lecturers are local and nationally known authorities.

Professor Anthony Perzigian’s research areas include human evolution, human variation and adaptation, osteology, dental anthropology, paleopathology and forensic anthropology. Few subjects have been the source of more misunderstanding and misuse than the concept of race. Perzigian’s presentation will take an anthropological approach, and will explore the current status and utility of race for understanding human biological variation.

What: The Concept of Race: a Darwinian Perspective
Who: Anthony J. Perzigian, PhD, professor, anthropologist and senior vice president and provost, University of Cincinnati
When: Thursday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Reakirt Auditorium, Cincinnati Museum Center

Directions to the Cincinnati Museum Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Charles and Ralph Dury Lecture Series
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
513-287-7000

Any teacher or administrator interested in earning CEUs or University of Cincinnati credit for attendance at these lectures may sign up at each lecture attended. Educators should also contact their local school districts to ensure that they follow the guidelines set up by their own school districts and state departments of education for earning CEUs. Contact Regina Hall, Director of Exhibit Programs at 513-287-7000, ext. 2394, if you have additional questions.

Sponsored by Friends of Cincinnati Museum Center and the Museum of Natural History & Science Advisory Board.

About UC’s Year of Darwin 2009 — Evolution: Evidence & Impact
Throughout our year-long celebration of the bicentennial of Darwin’s birth and the sesquicentennial of the On the Origin of Species, we hope to communicate the many contemporary applications of

• Darwin’s theory of evolution by common descent, 
• the breadth of Darwin’s research and its ramifications, 
• the truth of Darwin’s work as a cornerstone of modern science and 
• the multiple applications of evolutionary theory throughout UC research.

A network of contacts throughout Ohio’s public state universities has been established and many of their events and programs with Darwin and evolution themes are posted and linked from our Web site, as are a number of other events at participating colleges and universities in the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities (GCCCU) and participating community partner organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area. Members of the GCCCU currently include Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College, the College of Mount Saint Joseph,

Cincinnati Museum Center,

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

More Darwin 2009 Events Within the GCCCU