Denis
Alexander
to
give
the
2008-09
Pascal
Lectures
We
are
pleased
to
announce
that
the
2008-09
Pascal
Lectures
on
Christianity
and
the
University
will
be
given
by
Denis
Alexander.
Biography
of
Denis
Alexander
Professor
Denis
Alexander
is
the
director
of
the
Faraday
Institute
for
Science
and
Religion,
St.
Edmunds
College,
Cambridge,
to
which
he
was
elected
a
Fellow
in
1998.
Professor
Alexander
is
also
a
senior
affiliated
scientist
at
The
Babraham
Institute,
Cambridge,
where
he
supervises
a
research
group
in
cancer
and
immunology,
and
where
for
many
years
he
was
chairman
of
the
Molecular
Immunology
Programme
and
head
of
the
Laboratory
of
Lymphocyte
Signalling
and
Development.
Professor
Alexander
was
previously
at
the
Imperial
Cancer
Research
Laboratories
in
London
(now
Cancer
Research
U.K.),
and
prior
to
that
spent
15
years
developing
university
departments
and
laboratories
overseas,
latterly
as
associate
professor
of
biochemistry
in
the
Medical
Faculty
of
the
American
University
of
Beirut,
Lebanon,
where
he
helped
to
establish
the
first
prenatal
diagnosis
clinic
in
the
Arab
World.
Professor
Alexander
was
initially
an
open
scholar
at
Oxford
reading
biochemistry,
before
obtaining
a
PhD
in
Neurochemistry
at
the
Institute
of
Psychiatry
in
London.
Professor
Alexander
writes,
lectures
and
broadcasts
widely
in
the
field
of
science
and
religion.
Since
1992
he
has
been
editor
of
the
journal
Science
&
Christian
Belief,
and
currently
serves
on
the
National
Committee
of
Christians
in
Science
and
as
a
member
of
the
International
Society
for
Science
and
Religion.
Schedule
of
events
Public
lecture:
Rescuing
Darwin
-
Wednesday,
February
25,
8:00
p.m.
-
Conrad
Grebel
College
Great
Hall
Public
lecture:
Is
Darwinism
Incompatible
With
Purpose?
-
Thursday,
February
26,
8:00
p.m.
-
Conrad
Grebel
College
Great
Hall
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