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Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard University in 2011. On these pages …
- … of gender ideology in 'real life'? Featured Harvard student projects from …
- … Sarah is a recent Harvard graduate. Her interest in the relationship between …
- … Miranda graduated from Harvard with a degree in Government. She was drawn to …
- … Vanessa graduated from Harvard with a degree in Computer Science, …
- … and playful. Featured Harvard student projects from 2011-12: …
- … sophomore student in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, focussing on the field of …
- … by Cassidy Bommer, a visiting undergraduate student at Harvard. Cassidy will graduate from Mount …
Orchids
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
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Instinct and the Evolution of Mind
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of the ant Formica sanguinea in the On the Origin of Species to show how instinct operates—how…
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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- … Here is an example of a classroom activity performed at Harvard: After reading about and …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … by his widow Jane the final days of Professor Asa Gray, Harvard Botanist. A series of strokes affect …
- … 70s. JANE GRAY: [Jane Loring Gray’s journal. Harvard. November 1887] 1 Dr Gray …
- … A younger Asa Gray (now in his mid 40s) arrives in his Harvard study and removes his coat. He is …
- … Asia’… GRAY: 9 May 22 nd 1855. Harvard University. My Dear Sir, I remember with …
- … GRAY: 174 On Friday… we welcomed back our Harvard men who had been in the war. Over 500 of …
- … him a botanical specimen or two which he is confident the Harvard man will find to be of interest. …
- … more active than ever. Gray is back working in his Harvard study, beginning to feel his age …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
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< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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- … In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or …
Variation under domestication
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A fascination with domestication Throughout his working life, Darwin retained an interest in the history, techniques, practices, and processes of domestication. Artificial selection, as practiced by plant and…
Getting to know Darwin's science
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One of the most exciting aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the opportunity it gives to researchers to ‘get to know’ Darwin as an individual. The letters not only reveal the scientific processes behind Darwin’s publications, they give insight…
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- … modules was created in collaboration with a teaching team at Harvard University in Cambridge, …
- … Correspondence Project joined in a new Freshman Seminar at Harvard called “Getting to Know Darwin.” …
- … William (Ned) Friedman, Director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and Arnold Professor …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
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- … example of an activity to accompany this lesson performed at Harvard University: To learn …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Hartsen, F. A. von (2) Harvard University Library (1) …
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … An example of course activity performed at Harvard University: To prepare for this week’s …
Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
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- … An example of classroom activity performed at Harvard: In this week of the course the …
Asa Gray
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Darwin’s longest running and most significant exchange of correspondence dealing with the subjects of design in nature and religious belief was with the Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Gray was one of Darwin’s leading supporters in America. He was also a…
3.4 William Darwin, photo 1
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< Back to Introduction In the 1860s Darwin increasingly turned to two of his sons - first to William and later to Leonard - for the fashioning of his image. William, the eldest, apparently took up photography c.1857, when still in his teens, and…
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
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- … An example of this activity performed at Harvard University: To learn about Darwin’s work …
