Human evolution the focus for University lecture series
One of the UK’s leading philosophers will deliver this year’s Gifford lectures, focusing on the understanding of the history of the universe and human evolution.
Professor John Dupré, Director of the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at the University of Exeter will deliver a series of six lectures titled A Process Perspective on Human Life.
Acclaimed speaker
Professor Dupré is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a former president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
He holds an ERC Advanced Investigator Award for a project entitled A Process Ontology for Contemporary Biology.
Professor Dupré is the latest speaker in a long line of specialists to present the University of Edinburgh’s Gifford Lecture - an appointment which has been classed as one of the most prestigious honours in Scottish academia.
Thought-provoking lectures
The series, held at leading Universities across Scotland, has given a succession of distinguished international scholars a platform to discuss a range of intellectual disciplines.
The Gifford Lectures were established in 1888 by Lord Adam Gifford, a Senator of the College of Justice. Each year, Lectures are held at the University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow and University of Aberdeen.
The Lectures have enabled a most notable field of scholars to contribute to the advancement of theological thought.
Previous speakers have included American religious studies scholar, Professor Jeffrey Stout, primatologist and biological anthropologist at Princeton University, Professor Dr Agustín Fuentes, and English scholar of Ancient Rome and trustee of the British Museum, Professor Mary Beard.
Dupré’s series will be taking place across two weeks from 1 May to 11 May from 17:30 to 19:00 at the University of Edinburgh’s Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre in George Square.