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The Houston Centre invites you to a public lecture, “Cosmology and Misanthropology: The Unscientific Denigration of Humanity in the Name of Science.” Join us on Thursday, October 8, to hear from Dr. Dennis Danielson.

About the Event 

In this lecture, Dr. Dennis Danielson asks the question: What does our planet’s smallness imply for our and Earth’s “place” and meaning within the cosmic scheme? Dennis argues that for centuries, there has been a tendency among scientists to read earthly smallness as entailing triviality or insignificance. The lecture will illustrate the persistence of this glib tendency and offer tools for reimagining Earth’s and humankind’s significance despite their cosmic smallness.

Location: 

Regent College Chapel (5800 University Blvd, Vancouver)

Parking: 

Regent College does not have its own parking lot. Paid parking options are available nearby with metered parking on Western Parkway, among other locations, and covered pay parking at the Thunderbird Parkade. See parking.ubc.ca for more info.

About the Speaker

Dr. Dennis Danielson, Professor Emeritus of English at UBC, is an intellectual historian who seeks to fuse the insights of science and the humanities, especially as illustrated in the enduring legacy of Copernicus’s attempt to reimagine Earth amid the universe. Dennis received the 2011 Konrad Adenauer Research Prize from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and was named 2023 Honored Scholar by the Milton Society of America.