POSTHUMAN Seminar: Dr. Fred Spier: "Big History as a Context for Posthumanism"
In this the second lecture, we are happy to present Fred Spier, Senior Lecturer, Amsterdam University. Dr. Spier is noted for his founding research on Big History: an interdisciplinary field, working on the longer time frames from the big bang to the present, and exploring human existence in the context of this bigger picture.
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Langelandsgade 139, 8000 Aarhus C, building 1584, room 212
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In this the second lecture, we are happy to present Fred Spier, Senior Lecturer, Amsterdam University. Dr. Spier is noted for his founding research on Big History: an interdisciplinary field, working on the longer time frames from the big bang to the present, and exploring human existence in the context of this bigger picture.
Fred Spier is Senior Lecturer in Big History at the University of Amsterdam. He has organized and taught the annual 'Big History Course' at the University of Amsterdam since 1994; the annual 'Big History Lecture Series' at Eindhoven University of Technology since 2003; and the 'Big History Course' at Amsterdam University College since 2009. As of August 2014, he is president of the International Big History Association (IBHA).
The title of his lecture is "Big History as a Context for Posthumanism"