Thinking at Twilight, Wednesday 11 April 2018

Over 40 members and guests gathered at the Union, Universities & Schools Club to hear guest speaker Dr William Foster talk on The Joy of Insect Watching. Dr William Foster is Emeritus Curator of Insects, University Museum of Zoology and Fellow of Clare College.

Dr Foster discussed some episodes from over 40 years experience of observing the ecology and behaviour of insects in the field: from ocean striders in the mangrove lagoons of the Galapagos to soldier aphids in the parks and gardens of Kuala Lumpur; from social beetles in the high canopy of the Bornean rainforest to digger wasps in the sandy heaths of deepest Surrey.

Many Clare College alumni joined as William Foster has been a Fellow of Clare College since 1976. He was Director of Studies in Biological Sciences, Admissions Tutor, and Tutor for Widening Participation. He is currently the Secretary of the Clare Association. He has been a member of staff in the Department of Zoology since 1976, running research projects in the UK and Southeast Asia. He was also Curator of the Insect Collections in the University Museum of Zoology and Deputy Head of Department (Teaching).