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The Anscombe Memorial Lecture 2019: ‘Twinning and Human Individuality’
8th November 2019: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
The 10th Anscombe Memorial Lecture
The lecture is an annual lecture in honour of the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe who taught at Oxford and Cambridge.
This year’s Lecture will be delivered by Dr Maureen Condic, on the subject of identical twinning and the status of the human embryo.
Dr Maureen Condic is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is also a member of the US National Science Board and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Her current research involves the control of human stem cell potency and differentiation. In 2018 she co-authored a book entitled Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach.
The Lecture is co-sponsored by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and will be followed by a wine reception.
Registration (free of charge): admin@bioethics.org.uk
Venue: Blackfriars -
St Giles
Oxford,
OX1 3LY
United Kingdom
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