BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250709T142511EDT-57520SuMg2@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250709T182511Z DESCRIPTION:The Mossman Endowment presents the Elizabeth B.McNab Lecture in the History of Science\nEvelyn Fox Keller is concerned with the unreasona ble persistence of the Nature/Nurture debate\, and she argues that\, in go od part\, that persistence derives from the fundamental uncertainty surrou nding the subject of debate. What exactly is the question we are trying to answer?  What do we mean by 'nature'?  And what effect does the changing discourse of genes and genomes have on this debate?\nEvelyn Fox Keller is Professor Emerita of the history of science at MIT. Trained in both theore tical physics and molecular biology (PhD\, Harvard\, 1963)\, she has been a leading figure in the history and philosophy of modern genetics\, and in the study of gender in science. Her major works include: A Feeling for th e Organism (1983)\; Reflections on Gender and Science (1985)\; The Century of the Gene (2000)\; Making Sense of Life (2002)\; and The Mirage of a Sp ace Between Nature and Nurture (2010). She has received many academic awar ds in recognition of her work\, among them a MacArthur foundation fellowsh ip.\nRSVP rsvp.libraries [at] mcgill.ca or 514.398.4681 DTSTART:20121109T230000Z DTEND:20121109T230000Z LOCATION:Maxwell-Cohen Moot Court\, Peel 3660\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W 9\, 3660 Peel SUMMARY:Genes\, Genomes and the Nature-Nurture Debate with Evelyn Fox Kelle r\, Professor of History and Science\, MIT URL:/library/channels/event/genes-genomes-and-nature-n urture-debate-evelyn-fox-keller-professor-history-and-science-mit-218823 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR