Natural Science / Cognitive Science
and Five College Astronomy Department
Adele Simmons Hall, Room 218
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
Office Phone: (413)-559-6160
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Blog: Irtiqa - A Science & Religion Blog
Upcoming Talks
February 25, 2010: Medieval Islamic astronomy, Public talk at Penn State, Erie, PA
Recent talks (2006-present):
Humans in the Cosmos: How 400 years of telescopes have the changed the way we look at ourselves, Public talk at Science ka Adda (Cafe’ Scientifique), The Second Floor 2.0, Karachi, Pakistan, December 22, 2009
Humans in the Cosmos: How 400 years of telescopes have the changed the way we look at ourselves, Public talk at Agha Khan University (AKU) Karachi, Pakistan, December 22, 2009
Humans in the Cosmos: How 400 years of telescopes have the changed the way we look at ourselves, Public talk at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 18, 2009
Science education and the challenge of Islamic creationism, STEM Education talk at UMass, Amherst, MA, December 1, 2009
Understanding the rise of creationism in the Muslim world, Conference presentation at Darwin’s Legacy Conference in Alexandria, Egypt, November 14-16, 2009
What is ‘Islamic Creationism’ and how is it different from ‘Young Earth Creationism’? for Communicating Darwin’s Ideas: Richness and opportunity, York, UK, Oct 27, 2009
The religious framing of Darwin and evolution in Pakistan for Darwin & Evolution in the Muslim World Conference, Hampshire College, MA, October 2, 2009
Charles Darwin: The Man Behind the Idea, Science Chautauqua Series, University of Connecticut, 7:00pm at Starbucks, 1244, Storrs Road [pdf announcement here]. There was also be a reading from Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, After Darwin by students from the UConn Department of Dramatic Art, September 18, 2009
Muslim Responses to Darwinism in South Asia 1859-2009, for Religious Responses to Darwinism 1859-2009 conference at Oxford University, UK, July 15-18, 2009
Muslim Perspectives on Evolution and Science & Religion, McGill Symposium on Islam & Evolution, Montreal, Canada, March 30-31, 2009 [watch the webcast here (you may need additional software to view the talk)]
The Debate over Darwin and Evolution in the Contemporary Islamic World
Darwin’s Reach conference at Hofstra University, NY, March 13, 2009
Science, religion and the search for our origins
Public talk at Science ka Adda (Cafe’ Scientifique), The Second Floor, Karachi, Pakistan, December 4, 2008
Science, religion and the search for our origins
Public talk at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2, 2008
Colliding cosmologies on top of Mauna Kea
Invited talk at Yale University, New Haven, November 13, 2008
The impact of creationist documentaries in the Muslim world
Conference presentation on a panel on Darwin and the evolution-Intelligent Design aftermath, as part of Film & History conference on Film and Science: Fiction, Documentaries and Beyond, Chicago, Oct 30-Nov 2, 2008
Bracing for Creationism in the Islamic World
Invited talk at Creighton University, Omaha, September 30, 2008
Gods from Outer Space
Presentation as part of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts on the theme of Other Worlds, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 16, 2008
Attitude towards science and the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world
Conference presentation: Science & Religion: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Lancaster University, Jul 23-26, 2007
From Galileo to Darwin: The story of science & religion interactions
Public talk at Khwarzimic Science Society, Lahore, Pakistan, July 14, 2007
Aliens and gods in science classrooms
Public talk at Amherst Club, Massachusetts, April 20, 2007
Coping with a broad belief spectrum: From astronomical pseudoscience to mainstream religion
Invited talk at Queens University, Canada, March 21, 2007
Is there life in the universe?
Public talk at Khwarzimic Science Society, Lahore, Pakistan, June 26, 2006
A (biased) tour of the universe
Public talk at Comsats University, Islamabad Pakistan, July 2, 2006