Scripture, science and 'race'

(Beginning 4.00pm on 26th, ending 12.00 on 27th)

Speakers are:

Professor Emeritus Michael Banton (University of Bristol) Author of Racial Theories

Professor J. Kameron Carter (Duke University) Author of Race: A Theological Account

Professor Colin Kidd (University of Glasgow) Author of The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000

Professor David Livingstone (Queen’s University of Belfast) Author of Adam’s Ancestors: Race, Religion and the Politics of Human Origins

All welcome, free (Registration is essential. Please register with: jon.cameron@abdn.ac.uk by Friday 20 March 09)

Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Research Institute of Irish-Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen

Programme

26th March (Chair John Brewer) 4.00-4.15 Welcome, tea, coffee 4.15-4.30 Professor John Brewer, Opening remarks 4.30-6.00 Professor Colin Kidd, Author of Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World Break 6.15-7.45 Professor J Kameran Carter, Author of Race: A Theological Account 7.45 Close 27th March (Chair Robert Segal) 9.00-9.15 Welcome, tea, coffee 9.15-10.45 Professor Michael Banton, Author of Racial Theories Break 11.00-12.30 Professor David Livingstone, Author of Adam's Ancestors 12.30 Professor Robert Segal, Closing thanks

 

Venue

University of Aberdeen, Humanity Manse