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From: Annie Davis <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:27:17 -0400
To: John Lowery <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Art Museum event - Please share!

I'm sorry, I meant Journalism Department!


Thanks again,
Annie

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Annie Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> John,
> Please share this event with the Communications Dept. faculty / staff/
students.
>
> Thanks!
> Annie Davis
>
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> ³Darwin¹s Firsts² Opens Thursday, Oct. 1 at Miami University Art Museum
>
> OXFORD, Ohio ­ ³Darwin¹s Firsts² opens at the Miami University Art
> Museum on Thursday, Oct. 1st in honor of the 150th anniversary of the
> date Charles Darwin completed his corrections to the page proofs of On
> the Origin of Species.
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>       The exhibition includes first editions of many of Darwin¹s
> works from the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, including a rare
> presentation copy of On the Origin of Species. Visitors will be able
> to leaf through facsimile copies of the first edition, a special
> illustrated edition of the work, and commentaries on the significance
> of Darwin to the modern world.
>
> Related Events
> Thursday, Oct. 1, 4 ­ 6 pm
> Opening Reception
> The reception features remarks by Maggie Heran, director, Lloyd
> Library; Heather Snyder, assistant, and Dr. Nicholas Money, Miami
> University professor of botany, on the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati.
> There will also be a guest appearance by Mr. Darwin himself, portrayed
> by Professor Thomas Gregg.
>
>
> Tuesday, October 13, 12 pm
> From the Author:  Presentation Copies of Darwin¹s 1859 On the Origin of
Species
> Dr. Robert S. Wicks, Museum Director
> The first edition of On the Origin of Species was limited to 1,250
> copies; famously, the entire edition was sold to the trade on the
> first day of publication.  What is less well known is that 58 copies
> of Origin were sent out for presentation and review.  Of that number,
> the whereabouts of no more than two-dozen can be accounted for.  The
> Lloyd Library¹s presentation copy (here on exhibit) was sent to Sir
> Walter Eliot in Madras, India, providing insight into the
> dissemination of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.
>
>
>  Wednesday, November 4, 4 pm
> The American Reception of Darwin, 1859-1900:  An Interdisciplinary
Introduction
> Dr. Kimberly A. Hamlin, Assistant Professor, Department of History and
> American Studies
> This interactive talk will explore the United States reception of
> Darwin¹s Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871) from
> an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on the varied and often
> surprising ways in which individuals and even entire fields
> incorporated, challenged, and reformulated Darwin¹s groundbreaking
> ideas about the origins of life on earth.  Students and attendees will
> be asked to think about the following questions:  What are some of the
> long-standing beliefs that evolutionary theory called into question at
> the end of the nineteenth century?  How do you imagine that
> individuals responded to this new way of thinking about organic life?
> Which disciplines (religion, science, psychology, etc.) do you think
> were most impacted by Darwin¹s ideas?  Why?  Which were most likely to
> embrace evolutionary theory?  Which do you think rejected it?
>
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> Thursday, November 12, 4 pm
> Friday, November 13, 7 pm
> Re:Design, a play by Craig Baxter
> Tickets are free and available at the art museum starting November 2.
> Re:Design is a play about the life and ideas of Charles Darwin.  Drawn
> directly from his voluminous correspondence, it features two
> actors‹Charles Darwin (played by Luke Utter) and Asa Gray, a botanist
> and professor of natural history at Harvard University (played by
> Howard Blanning).  Re:Design explores the conflicts of science and
> religion in the middle of the nineteenth century, raising issues that
> remain relevant in our day.
>
>       The art museum is located at 801 S. Patterson Avenue in Oxford.
>  For more information, contact the museum at 513-529-2232 or
> http://arts.muohio.edu/art-museum.  Gallery Hours are Tuesday ­ Friday
> 10 a.m. ­ 5 p.m. and Saturday 12 p.m. ­ 5 p.m.  The museum is located
> on the blue Miami metro route.
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