In this email:
1. New England Institute Lectures and Conference
2. KLI Scholarships
3. Dibner Institute Seminar in History of Biology
--------Message 1 of 3: New England Institute Lectures and Conference---------
The New England Institute
Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology
Events 2001-2002
Opening: Friday, November 2nd, 2001, 7pm
The Cognitive Unconscious: an Evolutionary Perspective
Arthur Reber, Ph.D,
Dr. Reber is Broeklundian Professor of Psychology and Head of the
Ph.D. program in Experimental Psychology at Brooklyn College of CUNY.
His current research focus is implicit learning and unconscious
cognitive processes. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological
Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New
York Academy of Sciences, and serves on the Executive Council of the
Society for Philosophy and Psychology and has authored numerous
books, including the well received Implicit Learning and Tacit
Knowledge: An Essay on the Cognitive Unconscious, and over sixty
articles and book chapters, including, 'The cognitive unconscious: An
evolutionary perspective'.
Venue: University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine
Room: Parker Pavilion
Admission: Free
1st Annual William D. Hamilton Memorial Lecture
Friday, May 10th 2002, 7:00 PM
The Evolution and Biology of Self-Deception
Robert L. Trivers, Ph.D.
The late William D. Hamilton has been described as 'one of the
greatest evolutionary theorists since Darwin'. Hamilton died in 2000
as a result of complications from malaria, contracted in the Congo,
where he was seeking to investigate the population of chimpanzees who
donated HIV-1 to human beings, as well as the mode of transmission. A
distinguished biologist and sociobiologist, Trivers was a friend of
Hamilton, and is an NEI Fellow. Dr. Trivers has authored seminal
theoretical papers social evolution, the evolution of deception and
self deception, reciprocal altruism and parental investment theory
that have had a huge impact on biological thinking, evolutionary
psychology, evolutionary anthropology and ethics. He is the author of
Social Evolution (Benjamin Cummings) and the forthcoming Genes in
Conflict (Harvard University Press)with A. Burt.
Venue: University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine
Admission: Free
1st Annual International Conference
August 23-24, 2002
This historic interdisciplinary conference will explore unconscious
cognition and related processes, a notion which has been highly
contentious for at least the past two hundred years.
Directors
Director and Co-Founder: David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Co-Founder: Robert E. Haskell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellows
Christopher R. Badcock, Ph.D. University of London, LSE
Steven Kosslyn, Ph.D, Harvard University
Linda A. W. Brakel, M.D. University of Michigan
George Lakoff, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Wilma S. Bucci, Ph.D. Adelphi University
Steven Mithen, Ph.D. University of Reading
David M. Buss, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin.
Randolph M. Nesse, M.D. University of Michigan
Noam Chomsky, Ph.D. MIT
Steven Pinker, Ph.D., MIT
Daniel C. Dennett, Ph.D.Tufts University
Arthur Reber, Ph.D., City University of New York
Richard Dawkins,Ph.D. Oxford University
Mark Solms, Ph.D., University of London, UCL
Edward Erwin, Ph.D.University of Miami
Robert L.Trivers, Ph.D. Rutgers University
Paul Gilbert, Ph.D. University of Derby
Mark Turner, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Douglas Hofstadter, Ph.D.University of Indiana
George C. Williams, Ph.D., SUNY Stoneybrook
Ray S. Jackendoff, Ph.D. Brandeis University
Affiliates
The Journal of Mind and Behavior
New York City
Theoria et Historia Scientiarum,
Institute of Philosophy, Nicolas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Metaphor and Symbol
University of Toronto
New England Institute
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
U.S.A.
Telephone: 207-797-7688, ext. 4539
Fax (207)878-4897
Email: [log in to unmask]
http:/www.une.edu/nei (under construction)
--------Message 2 of 3: KLI Scholarships---------
KLI Scholarships Available
The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
(KLI) in Altenberg/Vienna (Austria) invites applications to two of
its scholarship programs: the KLI Postdoctoral Grant program and the
KLI Visiting Scholarship program.
The KLI is a private, non.profit institution which primarily supports
theoretical research in evolutionary developmental biology as well as
in evolutionary cognitive science. The KLI also runs a small animal
facility for selected empirical projects in evolution and cognition
research.
Candidates for Postdoctoral Grants must have received their Ph.D. or
equivalent within the previous five years; substantial publications
are required at the time of application. Postdoctoral grants run for
one year, extendable for a second year pending review. Postdoctoral
Grants are to be used for subsistence, travel, and other costs
related to conducting research at the KLI.
Candidates for Visiting Scholarships should have advanced degrees in
one or more disciplines relevant to their research and show evidence
of substantial scholarly accomplishment and/or professional
experience in the areas they propose to work in. They may apply for
visits whose duration ranges from one week to several months, and
which are renewable at the discretion of the KLI Board of Directors.
Visiting Scholarships cover travel and nearby accommodation provided
by the Institute.
--------Message 3 of 3: Dibner Institute Seminar in History of Biology---------
Dibner Institute Seminar in History of Biology:
The Business of Life: Life Science and Industry in the 20th Century
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
May 15-22, 2002
The Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology announces
its Seminar in the History of Biology, to be held from the evening of
May 15 through the morning of May 22, 2002, at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This year's seminar will
examine the history of collaborations between academic and industrial
life scientists.
Throughout the past century such collaborations have been commonplace,
giving rise to many new agricultural and medical products. The
technologies that have arisen from these collaborations have transformed
society dramatically, as much as any technologies stemming from the
physical sciences. Examples include the antisera and antibiotics that
helped to put infectious diseases into retreat, and the new breeds of
crops and fertilizers that have helped forestall famine in many areas of
the world. Yet the nature and significance of technological developments
based on the life sciences, and brought to fruition by cooperative work
between academic and industrial biologists, have received only piecemeal
attention (and relatively little at that). There has been no concerted
effort to examine these issues.
We will explore a range of collaborations across various life sciences
and industries throughout the 20th century. The goals of the seminar
include stimulating new research on the history of industrial life
science, and gaining historical perspective on the recent controversies
surrounding the intimate relations between biologists and industrialists
that have developed in relation to genetic engineering. Among the
questions to be addressed are the following. In the past, what types of
benefits have businesses offered in return for the technical advice and
intellectual property of the biologists with whom they collaborated, and
what restrictions on academic freedom have they imposed? In what ways
have biologists transformed the businesses in which or with which they
worked? In what ways (beyond merely providing technical advice) have
life scientists contributed to transforming their ideas into products
and making them successful in the wider social context? How have the
interactions between basic life scientists and industry differed in
agricultural versus medical arenas? What (if any) distinctive changes in
biologist-industrialist relations have occurred recently in the
commercial applications of molecular genetics? By bringing together
historians, sociologists, and life scientists, we will be able to
explore such questions in provocative and multidisciplinary ways.
Participation by leading biologists who have had practical experience in
biotechnology will provide important perspectives on the sorts of issues
that arise from these types of collaborations.
We seek a diverse interdisciplinary group in order to promote rich,
productive discussions and cross-fertilization of ideas and approaches.
Many collaborative projects have resulted from past Dibner seminars, and
we expect the same this year. Organizers for the Dibner History of
Biology Seminars are John Beatty, James Collins, and Jane Maienschein;
for this seminar, John Beatty ([log in to unmask]) will serve as the main
contact. For further information about the seminar series and for
application materials and financial aid applications (note deadline of
January 15, 2002), please contact: The Dibner Institute for the History
of Science and Technology, Dibner Building, MIT E56-100, Cambridge MA
02139 (tel. 617-253-8721), or email Carla Chrisfeld ([log in to unmask]).
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Professor Roberta L. Millstein
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History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology
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California State University, Hayward
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