ALLELE Lectures are returning for 2021-2022!
We are being flexible with speakers, so please check this space for updates to the schedule.
Welcome to the ALLELE (ALabama LEctures on Life's Evolution) seminar series. The series organizing committee, the Evolution Working Group, is pleased to present the 15th series of lectures on evolution. The lectures are designed for a non-specialist audience and are free and open to the public.

2021-2022 Talks

November 11, 2021
Shannon Bennett
​"The Evolution of a Pandemic: Lessons from SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses"
7:30 pm, 2005 North Lawn Hall
November 18, 2021
Gavin Naylor
​"Why are there so many different forms of life?"
7:30 pm, 2005 North Lawn Hall
February 3, 2022
Cara Ocobock
​"The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway”: How Reindeer Herders of Sub-Arctic Finland Bioculturally Cope with the Cold"
7:30 pm, 2005 North Lawn Hall
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Are you a student interested in evolutionary concepts? Consider the Evolutionary Studies Minor, which can be added to any other major at the University of Alabama.