SYMPOSIUM ON EUGENIFICATION+: A forthcoming book by Prof. Robert A. Wilson, University of Western Australia

SYMPOSIUM ON EUGENIFICATION+
A forthcoming book by Prof. Rob A. Wilson, University of Western Australia

19 October | 14:00–16:30

Leeuwenborch 0072, Wageningen University & Research

The book examines the history and contemporary persistence of eugenic thinking, exploring how ideas about human improvement continue to shape practices and institutions through nine chapters: +history, +philosophy, +mind, +transhumanism, +racialization, +dispossession, +ancestry, +disability, and +bioethics.

The symposium will feature commentaries by:

Prof. Rachel Ankeny — Philosophy, WUR
Dr. Geoffrey Hobbis — Knowledge, Technology and Innovation, WUR
Dr. Clemens Driessen — Cultural Geography, WUR
Dr. Hugh Desmond — Philosophy, WUR

The commentaries will be followed by a brief response from Prof. Wilson and discussion with the audience. All are welcome! Please register here.

Organized by Dr. Hugh Desmond and Dr. Lucia C. Neco, Philosophy Group, WUR