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 Envall troll has his own blog 17 Feb 2009 Once upon a time, I made mention, simply a mention, of a paper by one Matts Envall, which I said I would later comment on. I did so because a friend of mine, Malte Ebach, told me about him and the paper. I have yet to appropriately thank Malte. My… Read More
Administrative On blogging while tenure tracking 20 Jul 2008 John Hawks has an excellent essay up (I don’t know how correct it is, never having been on a tenure track) on the merits and problems of being an academic blogger. Do read it. Read More
Administrative Ideas for papers 19 Jul 2009 So I was reading through some of my colleagues’ bibliographies recently and getting mildly depressed at their productivity relative to mine, and wondering, what can I do to publish more papers? And it hit me: I need to write my papers in haiku. When I recovered from that image, I… 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