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Darwin 2009 commemorations

The year 2009 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species (24 November 1859) and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth (12 February 1809). This page aims to list the worldwide events and publications to mark the occassion.

Submissions for this list should be emailed to Dr John van Wyhe jmv21@cam.ac.uk in the form: 'day month year title. Sponsor/venue. Link.'

Items are loosely grouped into Events, Publications and Films and documentaries. This list is currently very far from comprehensive.

Events:

See the Natural History Museum's Darwin200 Events page here.

See the University of Cambridge Darwin Festival page here.

Darwin Now. British Council. here.

14 Nov. 2008 - 19 April 2009 Darwin exhibition Natural History Museum, London.

Darwin is the biggest ever exhibition about Charles Darwin. It celebrates Darwin's ideas and their impact for his 200th birthday in 2009. Discover the man and the revolutionary theory that changed our understanding of the world. See incredible, revealing and rare exhibits, some on display for the first time.

The HMS Beagle Project

16 Sept 2008 - 6 April 2009 The Darwin Bicentennial at Appalachian State University. http://universityforum.appstate.edu including '13 lectures by distinguished scholars. Dr. James Costa, Director of Highlands Biological Laboratory, and Professor at Western Carolina University, will present a lecture on Feb 10, 2009 titled "On the Origin of the Origin", which will detail his soon to be published book The Annotated Origin of the Species, from Harvard University Press. We will also have an Evolution Film Festival, music and art competitions, and theatrical productions of the Scopes Trial (from actual transcripts) and Inherit the Wind.'

Autumn 2008 - 2009 Celebrating Darwin and Evolution, Case Western Reserve University

Sept. 2008-Feb. 2009 Darwin Year Celebration. Davidson College Department of Biology. http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kahales/misc/Darwinyear0809/Darwin2009.html

Dec. 2008-2009 'Charles Darwin in Australia' National Museum of Australia

2009 Otago Museum in Dunedin, Darwin exhibition.

2009 Darwin 200 Plymouth and Torquay

2009 The Vancouver Evolution Festival - UBC&SFU/Vancouver Canada. A year-long celebration of the joint anniversaries of Darwin's birth and the publication of On the Origin of Species. Events throughout the year and throughout the city will explore Darwin's many contributions to science, the latest findings in evolution & biodiversity, and the profound implications of these discoveries for society today. http://www.vanevo.ca.

Darwin Sesquicentennial Program at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. http://www.uc.edu/darwin/

2009. Zoology Museum, University of Cambridge. ‘Beetles, Finches and Barnacles: The Zoological Collections of Charles Darwin’. The exhibition will look at how Darwin’s experiences in Zoology shaped his ideas on evolution and natural selection, using many of the specimens he collected throughout his life (especially during the Beagle Voyage).

5-31 Jan. 2009 Voyage of the Beagle by Private Jet. follows highlights of Darwin's voyage, beginning at Stanford's campus near Palo Alto, California and ending in London. Stanford professors Bill Durham and David Abernethy, along with Harvard professor Janet Browne, will accompany the program as faculty leaders, delivering a comprehensive educational program focused on Darwin's life, discoveries and legacy. Travelers will fly from destination to destination aboard a private Boeing 757, custom-fitted for just 92 passengers.

18 Jan. - 7 March 2009 Darwin College, Cambridge. Darwin Lecture Series

Darwin200 - 'a collaboration of organisations across the UK who are celebrating Darwin’s 200th birthday in February 2009 with an exciting programme of activities.'

5-6 Feb. 2009 Darwin meeting. Natural History Museum, Milan, Italy.

7-15 Feb. 2009, Ithaca Darwin Days. Sponsored by Cornell University and the Paleontological Research Institution. http://www.ithacadarwindays.org/

8-13 Feb. 2009 Evolution - The Event. Melbourne (Australia).

10 Feb. 2009- Toulouse Museum (http://www.museum.toulouse.fr/), in conjunction with CNRS & University of Toulouse. 'How Darwin changed our vision of the world?' Public lecture series, events, and exhibitions throughout 2009, starting on Feb 10 with a celebration week, and a symposium on 'Evolution & Medecine' in Oct.

12 Feb. - 3 May 2009 Yale Center for British Art: 'Endless forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts'

12 Feb. 2009. THE 2009 OCEES DARWIN LECTURE Dr. Nina Jablonski will present “The evolution of human skin and skin color” 4:10 pm. Darwin Bicentennial Seminars at Ohio University. For the venue and further information visit the OCEES website: www.ocees.ohio.edu/

12 Feb 2009 Inaugural workshop entitled 'Darwin Across the Disciplines' hosted by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. First of a year-long series of events at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. For more information and contact details: http://www.ou.edu/darwin/Site/Home.html

9-12 Feb., 2009. Darwin Days; Series of events including lectures, posters, exhibits, games, videos, etc. to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Darwin's birth; sponsored by the Univesity of Northern Iowa Freethinkers and Inquirers; to be held in the Maucker Student Union on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA, USA. For more information and details: www.darwinweek.com

12 Feb. 2009 University of Birmingham. Darwin Day Conference.

13 Feb. 2009 The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House, opens to the public on 13 February 2009. Experience Darwin's world as never before with a visit to Down House - his Kentish family home and the unconventional laboratory in which he researched and wrote On the Origin of Species. Rare and unique collections, including many of Darwin's personal possessions, will be on display for the first time alongside an exciting new multimedia tour of the family rooms as well as the extensive gardens, known as Darwin's 'outdoor laboratory'. Interact with the rare Beagle notebooks via exciting new digital displays and imagine what life at sea was like with an impressive full scale replica of Darwin's cabin on the Beagle.

13 Feb. 2009 Charles Darwin - The True Story. Lecture by John van Wyhe. 7.30pm Winchester Discovery Centre.

13 Feb. 2009 A Day For Darwin, Biology Department, Queens College, Lefrak Concert Hall, http://dennehylab.bio.qc.cuny.edu/dd.html Symposium and Panel Discussion, Free and Open to the Public.

14 Feb. 2009 'Happy Birthday Charles Darwin' The Manchester Museum www.manchester.ac.uk/museum Happy Birthday Charles Darwin will be a family Big Saturday including displays of specimens that Darwin collected, Museum and University of Manchester experts on hand, performances from “Darwin and his Dodo” and science experiments. Pride of place will be the Museum’s Giant Tortoise from the Galapagos Islands.

12 Feb. 2009 Galapagos Conservation Trust dinner at Christ's College, Cambridge. (With Sir David Attenborough and Andrew Marr)

26 Feb. 2009 The reception of Charles Darwin in Europe. A colloquium at Christ's College, Cambridge. http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/rbae/Darwin_Colloquium.htm

2009 Christ's College, Cambridge, Darwin's restored student rooms, garden and Lady Margaret lectures.

2009 Christ's College Old Library, Darwin exhibition. dates tbc

22-24 May 2009 Rocks, fossils and evolution. Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2009.

c. March 2009 'Darwin's Reach: A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines' Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Contact: Stu Vincent, 516-463-6493, stuart.vincent@hofstra.edu

3-7 March 2009 Conference: 'Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories A Critical Appraisal 150 Years After "The Origin of Species" (http://www.evolution-rome2009.org/)'

11 March 2009 Darwin and Genetics: 1909 and 2009. Christ's College, Lady Margaret Lecture by Marsha Richmond

15-19 March 2009 British Council/CSIC Workshop on Evolution, Spain (details tbc)

16-28 March 2009 Origins '09: A Celebration of the Birth & Life of Beginnings 2009 Sponsored by The Florida State University.

20 March – 23 Aug. 2009 Charles Darwin – Voyages and ideas that shook the world Australian National Maritime Museum – Darling Harbour, Sydney.
In the 200th anniversary year of Charles Darwin’s birth and 150 years after the publication of his famous evolutionary theory On the Origin of Species join Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle on the voyage of a lifetime. Explore the world of Darwin and his colleagues and see how their work continues on new scientific frontiers. Charles Darwin-Voyages and ideas that shook the world incorporates material from diverse collections including the British Museum, the National Maritime Museum Greenwich, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. View watercolours that vividly record the places and people encountered by voyage artists. Examine specimens and artefacts collected during a series of ground-breaking surveying voyages. See how Darwin lived aboard the Beagle, Learn how Darwin’s captain Robert FitzRoy is linked to modern weather forecasting and listen to his first impressions of a tropical rainforest. Admire the craft of model making in our specially commissioned ship model of HMS Beagle or get close and personal with insect-eating plants in Darwin’s glasshouse!

26-28 March 2009 Darwin's legacy: exploring diversity and evolution in the history of field biology. Society for the History of Natural History. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

28 March 2009 John van Wyhe 'In Darwin's pocket: the voyage of the Beagle from Darwin's field notebooks' - Ramsbottom Lecture, Society for the History of Natural History, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

1-4 April 2009 University of California at San Diego Dean's Symposium on Evolutionary Biology

2-3 April 2009 'Mind the Gap: Charles Darwin's true story' lecture by John van Wyhe. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago.

3-4 April 2009 Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy & History of Science: a two-day symposium on: "The Reception of Darwinism: Trans-Cultural Differences"

3-4 April 2009 Charles Darwin's Legacy in European Cultures. Organised jointly by CRINI, Nantes, and GRER (ICT), Paris VII (Denis Diderot).
Proposals of about 300 words and a short biographical note to be sent (in English or French) before September 15, 2008 to: - Georges LETISSIER ( georges.letissier@univ-nantes.fr) - Françoise LE JEUNE ( francoise.le-jeune@univ-nantes.fr) - Michel PRUM (prum.michel@wanadoo.fr)

4 April 2009 Lecture by John van Wyhe. Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Denver, Colorado.

19 April - May 2009 The year of evolution. University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with Penn Museum.

28 April 2009, the Faraday Institute termly public lecture on 'God, Darwin and Design' will be given by Prof. Kenneth Miller (Brown University, USA) in the Queen's Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, at 5.30 p.m. http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Lectures.php.

6 May 2009 Socrates versus Darwin. Christ's College, Lady Margaret Lecture by David Sedley

12 May, 2009, at 6.30pm, there will be a high profile debate in Westminster Abbey, London, chaired by the BBC's John Humphrys and sponsored by Theos and the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. This will explore the compatibility of belief in God and Darwinian evolution. The panellists will include Lord Robert Winston, Professor Steve Jones, Dr Denis Alexander, and Professor Nancy Rothwell.

16 May 2009 Darwin's London. Organised jointly by the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Grant Museum of Zoology.

27 May - 2 June 2009 Evolution: The Molecular Landscape. Celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of the Species. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium.

18 June Darwin's Canopy. Natural History Museum.

18 June Expressions. Natural History Museum.

June - Sept. 2009 Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Teaching Charles Darwin.

16 June - 4 Oct. 2009 Endless forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. A major exhibition exploring the influence of Darwin's discoveries on visual artists and their work. Works from all over the world including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, taxidermy and fossils will be displayed. The project has been led by a scholar of international distinction, Professor Diana Donald, and will be accompanied by a substantial catalogue.

5-10 July 2009 Darwin 2009 Festival, University of Cambridge, UK. A week long event in Cambridge where Darwin was an undergraduate student. The Festival will feature over 100 big name, big issue talks, debates, workshops, performances, exhibitions (from the Cambridge museums, collections/archives) and film, exploring Darwin’s impact on science, society, literature, history, philosophy, theology, art and music. Collaboration with The British Council and The Naked Scientists Radio show for global outreach.

6 July 2009 Reception at Christ's College following Janet Browne's lecture at the Darwin 2009 Festival.

6 July 2009- A new permanent exhibition opening on Monday July 6th 2009 during the Cambridge Darwin 2009 Festival: Darwin the Geologist. This new exhibition will build upon Charles Darwin: Becoming a Geologist’ which opened in April 2008 and which tells the story of how Charles Darwin settled on career in geology after studying medicine in Edinburgh and for the clergy at Cambridge. The new exhibition will detail the tools that Darwin would have used as a field geologist in the 1830s. The exhibition will show artifacts and specimens from the Voyage of HMS Beagle and Darwin’s published work in geology will also be displayed.

6 July - 9 Dec. 2009 "A voyage around the world". Cambridge University Library houses the world's major archive of Darwin manuscripts, books, and letters. This exhibition explores the Beagle voyage as a pivotal experience in Darwin’s life; it was born out of his studies at Cambridge, and his specimens and notes were sent back to Cambridge and disseminated from there. The exhibition will reunite Darwin's manuscripts and specimens from the University's collections, many of them not seen in public since the voyage, and show how his experiences on the Beagle played an essential role in the formulation of Darwin’s theories throughout the rest of his life. The exhibition will be co-ordinated with temporary and permanent exhibitions throughout the University's departments and museums and together these will provide an unparalleled opportunity. For more information on the development of the Sedgwick Museum Darwin exhibitions go to the blog (darwinthegeologist.org).

8 July 2009 Desmond and Moore book signing and talk, Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge UK.

19-24 July 2009 Darwin's 200th Birthday and 50 years of conservation in the Galapagos: the role of science in developing a sustainable future Symposium hosted by the Charles Darwin Foundation on Santa Cruz, Galapagos. Further information: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

15 - 18 July 2009 Religious Responses to Darwinism 1859 - 2009. Ian Ramsey Centre summer conference. Preliminary details can be found at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/Conferenceinfo/General.html

Aug. 2009 Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Darwin's botanical experiments tba

23-27 Aug. 2009 Second Summit on Evolution (and the first meeting of the Asociacion Iberoamericana de Biologia Evolutiva) in the Galapagos Archipelago Institute for the Arts and the Sciences located in the San Cristobal Island.

24-27 Aug. 2009 The Second World Summit on Evolution (WSE).

Shrewsbury 2009. Multiple events.

8 Sept. - 9 Dec. 2009 “On the Origin of Species: Texts and Contexts for Charles Darwin’s Great Work.” Exhibition. DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Drawing on the rich special collections of the DeGolyer Library at SMU, this major exhibition will focus on all the lifetime editions of On the Origin of Species, as well as Charles Darwin's other publications, with the work of 18th-century and 19th.-century naturalists (Darwin's predecessors and contemporaries) providing context. Reactions to Darwin, both from the popular press and the scientific community, will also be on display. The DeGolyer exhibition is part of a year-long celebration at SMU honoring the 150th anniversary of the first publication of On the Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of Darwin’ s birth.

6-10 Sept. 2009 The 16th International Society for Developmental Biology Congress, Edinburgh, will include two symposia on 'Darwin and Development'. www.isdb2009.com

16-20 Sept. 2009 Calpe Conference 2009 Human Evolution – 150 years after Darwin. The Gibraltar Museum/Gibraltar.

19-22 Sept. 2009 Darwin’s Mistake and what we are doing to correct it – CIBIO - Pólo Açores, Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Portugal – www.uac.pt/drouetia

3 Oct 2009 – July 2010 'Darwin at The Manchester Museum' www.manchester.ac.uk/museum October 2009 will see the start of The Manchester Museum’s festival of exhibitions and events for Darwin.
‘Charles Darwin: the evolution of a scientist’ will be a major temporary exhibition exploring Darwin and Darwinism. The exhibition will help visitors to get a sense of who Darwin was and what he did; provide a whodunit of evidence for evolution and natural selection; look at the theme of controversy including social and post-Darwinism; explore effects of Darwin today and personal and faith views on Darwin, his work and its impact.
Darwin at The Manchester Museum will include a new permanent Museum exhibition about Darwin and evolution using objects and hands-on interactives in an environment designed for fun, family learning and exploration.

29-31 Oct. Darwin/Chicago 2009, University of Chicago. Speakers include biologists, historians and philosophers of biology. http://darwin-chicago.uchicago.edu

28 Oct. - 15 Nov. Patagonia: Darwin and The Beagle 2009. Tour led by John van Wyhe.

1-3 Nov. 2009 'The Impact of Darwin and Evolution: Beyond Biology' conference at University of Notre Dame. 'Jointly sponsored by the Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame and the Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest Program of the Pontifical Universities of Rome and the Vatican Secretariat of Culture.'

Shrewsbury : Towards 2009 'The vision for this series of celebratory events has been to honour Darwin and his work and to firmly establish Shrewsbury, England on the worldwide Darwin map. The organisers have drawn together the arts and the sciences to create a constantly evolving and wide ranging programme that will expand over the coming years, culminating in 2009 with a calendar of events, which will form the epicentre of the global anniversary celebrations.'

National Library of Scotland. John Murray Archive exhibition.

Nov. 2009 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, conference, British Council.

Bristol Cultural Development Partnership

Cheltenham Science Festival

Hunterian Museum (Royal College of Surgeons) Exhibition; 'Darwin and the Surgeons'

National Library of Scotland - planning a public lecture series in 2008, a large exhibition in 2009 and an academic conference.

Newquay Zoo

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Institution: plans 'a Darwin and Wallace themed display at our 2009 Summer Science Exhibition, speeches by some of the most eminent scientists in the field of evolutionary biology, a series of special scientific conferences looking at aspects of Darwinian theory and a variety of schools and public events.'

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland 'Edinburgh Zoo will be running a full programme of celebrations beginning on 1 July 2008 with a day of events and activities around the zoo on the theme of evolution. Various trails, workshops and talks are planned during 2008-9 including a Darwin’s life trail on his 200th birthday on 12 February 2009, a book called Darwin in stamps published with Newquay Zoo and an evening talk from Dr Phil Stone from the British Geological Survey.'

The Wellcome Trust 'For 2009 we are planning a series of Darwin-inspired experiments for schoolchildren, a major collaborative broadcast initiative, and a visual incursion into popular culture.'

University of Nebraska Symposium on Evolution 2009. The University of Nebraska at Kearney, Biology Department (BHS 211A) will sponsor a symposium on evolution.

North American Paleontological Convention 2009, with 'a plenary session commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of The Origin of Species'.

State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia. Numerous Darwin exhibitions throughout 2009.

Houston Darwin 2009

2009 The Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. Darwin exhibition.

'Collapsing Creation (or The Sex Life of the Barnacles)' by Michael Burton, New Zealand.

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 'Darwin and Beyond' talks, events and exhibitions throughout 2009.

Darwin's pioneering masterpiece: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal (1872). A major exhibition at The Natural History Museum, London. In cooperation with Naturkundemuseum Berlin, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Centre for Literature and Cultural Studies Berlin, and the Centre for the History of Knowledge, Zurich.

Darwin in Portugal The headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation are planning a Darwin bicentenary programme in Lisbon, including a large exhibition and potentially a programme of arts activities.

Publications:

The curious mind of young Darwin. Oct. 2008

99% ape: How evolution adds up. Open University and the Natural History Museum, Nov. 2008.

M. Boulter, Darwin's Garden: Down House and the Origin of Species. London: Constable, 2008.

M. Pallen, The Rough Guide to Evolution (Rough Guides Reference Titles) (Paperback) Autumn 2008. 'Includes information on Darwin's life, work and impact on all fields; evolutionary tourist guides; guides to music, plays, novels influenced by evolution and to Darwin 200 events and celebrations.'

C. Meyer, The True Adventures of Charley Darwin. Harcourt Children’s Books, 2008.

J. van Wyhe ed. Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications 1829-1883 . (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

G. Chancellor and J. van Wyhe eds. with the assistance of L.C. Rookmaaker. Charles Darwin's notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle. (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

J. van Wyhe. Darwin. (Andre Deutsch, 2008; National Geographic, 2008).

T. Glick and E. M. Engels eds. The reception of Darwinism in Europe.

The essential Darwin. Series includes: Voyage of the Beagle, Origin of species, Descent of man and Expression of the emotions. Folio Society.

A. Larkum ed. William Darwin Fox. (in progress).

J. A. Secord ed., Evolutionary Writings including the Autobiographies. Charles Darwin. (Oxford University Press)

C. H. Smith and G. Beccaloni eds., Natural selection and beyond: the intellectual legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace. (Oxford University Press)

G. Beer ed., Darwin On the origin of species. new edn. (Oxford University Press)

J. A. Secord, A. Pearn and F. Burkhardt eds. The Beagle letters (Cambridge University Press).

F. Burkhardt ed. Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1822-1859. (Cambridge University Press).

Burkhardt, Pearn and Evans eds. Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870. (Cambridge University Press).

Burkhardt et al eds. The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Vol. 16. (Cambridge University Press).

Cambridge University Press 'The Cambridge Darwin Collection'

A. Desmond and J. Moore. Darwin's sacred cause: how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution. (Houghton Mifflin Jan. 2009).

Richards, R. J. and M. Ruse eds. Cambridge Companion to Darwin’s Origin of Species. (Cambridge University Press).

P. Armstrong. Darwin's Luck.

P. Armstrong. All Things Darwin: An Encyclopedia of Darwin's World.

J. Endersby ed. Origin of species. (Cambridge University Press).

Ten new Darwin stamps. The Royal Mail. 12 Feb. 2009.

Darwin 200th Anniversary issue. Gibraltar Phillatelic Buereau.

Italian critical edition and translation of Variation, 2009.

J. Taylor. The Voyage of the Beagle Darwin's extraordinary voyage aboard FitzRoy's famous survey ship. Anova 2008.

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. December 2008. by Deborah Heiligman

Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man by Tim M. Berra.

Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book: Revived and Illustrated by Dusha Bateson.

Darwin and Faulkner's Novels: Evolution and Southern Fiction by Michael Wainwright.

More than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution-Creationism Controversy by Randy Moore and Mark D. Decker.

Darwin and the Bible: The Cultural Confrontation by Richard H. Robbins and Mark Na Cohen.

Darwin's Origin of Species: A condensed version of the first edition of 1859 edited by R.W. Sheldon

Darwin's Illness by Ralph Colp, Jr.

On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition edited by David Quammen.

Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Perspective by NYBG and David Kohn.

The Aliveness of Plants: The Darwins at the Dawn of Plant Science by Peter Ayres.

The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species' by Robert J. Richards and Michael Ruse.

Charles Darwin by Michael Ruse.

Jane Austen & Charles Darwin: Naturalists and Novelists by Peter W. Graham.

José Luis Arsuaga, ed. El naturalista. Charles Darwin. Tf. Editores (Spain).

Charles Darwin, Del Trópico a la Patagonia, vol. 1 of Darwin's Journal aboard the Beagle, in Spanish, 2008 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Charles Darwin, Del Plata a Tierra del Fuego, vol. 2 of Darwin's Journal aboard the Beagle, in Spanish, 2008 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Charles Darwin, De Chiloé a los Andes, vol. 3 of Darwin's Journal aboard the Beagle, in Spanish, 2009 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Charles Darwin, De Galápagos a Oceanía, vol. 4 of Darwin's Journal aboard the Beagle, in Spanish, 2009 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Arnoldo Canclini, Darwin y los fueguinos, in Spanish, 2008 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Gerardo Bartolomé, Patagonia through the Eyes of Darwin, in English and Spanish, 2008 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Sergio Zagier, Islas Galápagos Historical Chart, map, 2008 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Robert Fitz Roy, Philip Parker King, Viajes del Adventure y el Beagle, 4 vols., in Spanish, 2009 (Zagier & Urruty Publications).

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina. special 2009 Darwin issue.

Happy birthday Charles Darwin (book planned by Shrewsbury).

R. Milner. Darwin’s Universe.

'The journal Science & Education will be publishing a special anniversary issue(s) ... Researchers working on areas related to Darwinism and evolution education are invited to contribute. As noted in the announcement (available at: http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rudged/darwin.html), a science education perspective is welcome but not necessary. The due date for submissions ... 31 Dec 2008 so as to encourage high quality contributions from as many scholars as possible...David Rudge (david.rudge@wmich.edu) & Kostas Kampourakis (kkamp@ath.forthnet.gr)'

Journal of Victorian Studies a 2009 special on 'Darwin and the evolution of Victorian studies' edited by Jonathan Smith.

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Special Darwin issue with an introduction by John van Wyhe.

The Lancet is preparing a Darwin issue.

A volume of collected papers edited by Duncan Porter. Society of the History of Natural History and Edinburgh University Press, October 2009.

Films, documentaries & performances:

Jan. 2009. Four part series on Charles Darwin with Melvyn Bragg. BBC Radio 4.

21 Jan. 2009 Charles Darwin 200th anniversay concert. Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm

'Re:Design' by Craig Baxter, based on the correspondence between Darwin and Asa Gray. Read more on the Correspondence website.

Darwin's Garden. BBC2

Tree of Life. one part tv documentary by Sir David Attenborough.

Life, 'a ten programme series which captures the most extraordinary and awe-inspiring animal survival behaviours ever shown on TV.'

'On BBC Two, Andrew Marr fronts a series examining the radical impact of Darwin’s theory not only on science, but also on society and religion. In Darwin’s Garden, a three-part series, Jimmy Doherty recreates many of Darwin’s plant experiments at Down House, Darwin’s family home in Kent.'

'On BBC Four two documentaries have been commissioned. What Darwin didn’t know explores a new field of genetics, ‘evo devo’ - the combined study of evolution and development in the womb - which is allowing us to solve some of Darwin’s unanswered questions. Darwin: In His Own Words will use newly released documents from Cambridge University to chart Darwin’s thoughts during the long period before he made his theory known to the public.'

'BBC Radio 3 is presenting a series of programmes which explore the roots of Darwin's ideas and their subsequent influence across the intellectual spectrum, in the science, arts and philosophy. In The Origins of the Origins, historian Andrew Cunningham investigates how Darwin's thinking was a product of the scientific ideas of his time. And in Darwin’s Conundrum, the Reverend Angela Tilby looks at how Darwin wrestled with religion through his letters to scientists, clergy, friends and family.'

TV documentary on Darwin. (French) CBC Radio-Canada.

Creation. (BBC Film produced by Jeremy Thomas, written by John Collee with Randal Keynes) IMDb.

The Open University is producing a television series and a course about the modern relevance of Darwin’s legacy.

“Lost Paradise” Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle and the origin of the theory of evolution. Monaco Films.

2009 Fathom Media (Australia) is making a documentary on Darwin and his life.

A film on Darwin and FitzRoy on the Beagle. Windfall Films.

Gulbenkian theatre, cinema and cafe bar, Canterbury.

Darwin's worms (play to be performed across the north of England by bent architect).

Bronze statue of a student Darwin by Anthony Smith commissioned by Christ's College, Cambridge. here

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