Travel Diary 3 6 Oct 2009 Here I am in Erlangen, after two whirlwind days with Thony Christie, seeing Albert Speer’s version of the Coliseum, lots of Nurnberg and Erlangen sites, and some originals of Conrad Gesner’s never-completed Historia Plantarum. That man was a damned good artist. I owe Thony some serious thanks. But I signed his copies of The Books. Tomorrow I go to Göttingen for the Hybridization in Primates conference, where I will talk on the impact of lateral heredity on the species concept. Thence to Oxford. More later. Administrative
Administrative Wilkins hides in fear 1 Dec 20111 Dec 2011 I haven’t been engaging much recently. There is an Official Story and a Privileged Narrative. The Official Story is that I have submitted, revised or refined several recent papers for publication, met with a coauthor in Canberra (eight hours due north) for a paper, a talk of which I am… Read More
Administrative I’m traveling and moving… again. 6 Dec 2009 So for the next week or so I will be either in New Zealand at a conference or moving to Queensland. I cannot say how much internet I will have at my disposal in that time, so the best I can do is follow the example of Granny Weatherwax: I… Read More
Administrative Testing… is this thing on? *tap, tap* 22 Mar 2011 Can you all hear me? Up the back? Just testing to see if the new host is working. We have some unfinished trimmings, like the blogroll, but if you can see this, put a comment below. If you can’t, don’t. Read More
Hi there, I am here in Göttingen, enjoying my day, studying biology and I am wondering how the heck I can listen to the talks without invitation. Bummer, they wont let anyone into the Hotel, I guess.
you just follow the link that the Aussie Anthropoid provided and click on registration and then follow the instructions. Simple really! Warning participation in such conferences usually is dependent on the payment of a fee!
There’s a public lecture at 6 tonight: Public lecture by Prof. Mike Arnold from the University of Georgia: “Why the web of life, and not the tree of life?” Venue: Lecture Hall, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, University Göttingen