Welcome
The Brown Symposium is presented by Southwestern University on an annual basis. Open to the public without charge, the symposium is funded through an endowment established by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for professorships at the University.
The symposia are designed to enhance the effectiveness of the work for which the endowed professorships were established. Each symposium presents topics in one of the broad areas of study represented by the chairholder.
2009 lecture events will be held in Alma Thomas Theater, located in the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center.
The Brown Symposium
Schedule Of Events
Thursday, February 5, 2008
| 9 a.m. | Opening Session Welcome and Introduction Jake B. Schrum, President Benjamin Pierce, Lillian Nelson Pratt Chairholder |
| 9:30 a.m. | Christopher Bader
and Paul Froese "Images of God and Views on Science: Findings from the Baylor Religion Survey" |
| Noon | Lunch Break |
| 2 p.m. | Andrew Newberg "How God Can Change Your Brain" |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Simon Conway Morris "Darwin's Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Songs of Creation" |
| 4:45 p.m. | Christian Lavigne "The Science and the Spirituality as Sources of Inspiration and Questioning for the Digital Arts" |
| 5:30 p.m. | Art Exhibition and Reception Sarofim School of Fine Arts Gallery |
Friday, February 6, 2009
| 8:30 a.m. | Mary Evelyn Tucker "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology" |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10 a.m. | David Sloan Wilson "Evolution as the Theory of Choice for the Study of Religion" |
| 11:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
