Catholics and Science Series

 

Professor Celia Deane-Drummond, Ph.D

Chair of Theology and Biological Studies, University of Chester, UK

 

"A Case for Corporate Conscience:

Climategate, COP15 and Climate Justice"

   Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

   5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

   Warren Auditorium

   Mother Rosalie Hill Hall (SOLES)

   Free and open to the public

Celia Deane-Drummond flyer

Professor Drummond gave an additional lunchtime seminar:

"Genetic Therapies: Future Prospects and Ethical Quandaries "

   Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

   12:20 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

   Solomon Hall, Maher Hall

   Free and open to the public

      

        Professor Celia Deane-Drummond graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and obtained a doctorate in plant physiology at Reading University prior to two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and Cambridge University. She subsequently took up a lectureship in plant physiology at Durham University prior to turning her attention more fully to theological study, obtaining a degree in theology and then a doctorate in systematic theology from Manchester University. During her scientific career she lectured both nationally and internationally and published over thirty scientific articles.

        Since then she has published numerous articles, books, edited collections and contributions to books, focusing particularly on the engagement of theology and the biological sciences, but with a particular interest in exploring its usefulness in practical, ethical discourse. She has lectured widely both nationally and internationally on all areas relating theology and theological ethics with different aspects of the biosciences, especially ecology and genetics. She holds a chair in theology and the biological sciences at the University of Chester, is Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences that she founded in 2002 and in May 2009 was elected Vice Chair of the European Forum for the Study of Religion and Environment.