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Natural science in contemporary fiction and non-fiction: Darwinian paradigms and the myth of Darwin in popular science and popular culture

2011/03/B/HS2/03570

Keywords:

Darwinism (Modern Synthesis) popular science contemporary English novel popular culture

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour

Panel:

HS2 - Culture and cultural production: literary theory and comparative literature, history of literature, linguistics, library science, cultural studies, arts, architecture

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Neofilologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Dominika Oramus 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 1

Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 50 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-17

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-16

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Articles in post-conference publications (2)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. The Voyage of Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle in recent fiction and non-fiction
    Authors:
    Dominika Oramus
    Conference:
    From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Readings in 18th and 19th Century British Literature and Culture (rok: 2012, ), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Warszawski: Ośrodek Studiów Brytyjskich
    Data:
    konferencja 24-29 września
    Status:
    Published
  2. Orangutans, Savages, and Babies: Darwin's Problem with Human Ancestry as Reflected in Recent Fiction
    Authors:
    Dominika Oramus
    Conference:
    - From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Readings in 18th and 19th Century British Literature and Culture" Warszawa 18-21 września 2013 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
    Data:
    konferencja Warszawa 18-21 września 2013
    Status:
    Published
  1. książka Charles Darwin's Looking Glass. The Theory of Evolution and the Life of its Author in Contemporary British Fiction and Non-Fiction
    Authors:
    Dominika Oramus
    Book:
    Charles Darwin's Looking Glass. The Theory of Evolution and the Life of its Author in Contemporary British Fiction and Non-Fiction (rok: 2015, tom: 1, strony: 150), Wydawca: Peter Lang
    Status:
    Published
  2. książka Darwinowskie paradygmaty. Mit teorii ewolucji w kulturze współczesnej
    Authors:
    Dominika Oramus
    Book:
    Darwinowskie paradygmaty. Mit teorii ewolucji w kulturze współczesnej (rok: 2015, tom: 1, strony: 398 stron), Wydawca: Copernicus Centre Press
    Status:
    Published