Lectures and Symposia

Join us for an intriguing, thought provoking, educational and entertaining program of lectures and symposia!

UPCOMING LECTURES

Lectures are free and open to the public; however, seating is limited and e-tickets are required. Click on the e-ticket link below each lecture to access the registration form. If you have questions, please email events@lindahall.org or call 816-926-8772 to leave a message. Contact Eric Ward (816-926-8753) for more information on these events.

Thursday,
February 23, 2012
7 p.m.
10th Annual Paul D. Bartlett Sr. Lecture
Primate Psychology and Monkeynomics
Laurie Santos, Associate Professor of Psychology, Yale University

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Thursday,
March 15, 2012
7 p.m.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Joshua Foer, 2006 U.S. Memory Champion and best-selling author
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Thursday,
March 29, 2012
6 p.m. - Exhibition opening: Blade and Bone: The Discovery of Human Antiquity
William B. Ashworth, Jr., Consultant for the History of Science, Linda Hall Library, and Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City
 
7 p.m. - Lecture: Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Brian M. Fagan, Best-selling author and Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Relatively Human Lecture Series
 
Tuesday,
April 24, 2012
7 p.m.
Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins
Donald Johanson, Founding Director, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
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Thursday,
May 3, 2012
7 p.m.
Neanderthal Genome Project
Richard Edward Green, Assistant Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz
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Thursday,
May 10, 2012
7 p.m.
The Pleistocene Meets Middle Earth: The Significance of the Indonesian Hobbits in Human Evolution
Matthew Tocheri, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Unless otherwise stated, all lectures will be held in the Main Reading Room at 7 p.m. Lectures are free and open to the public; however, seating is limited and e-tickets are required.

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