Dear Colleagues,
I'm delighted to inform you about the launch of AppEEL - the Lisbon Applied
Evolutionary Epistemology Lab. AppEEL is part of the Lisbon Centre for
Philosophy of Science, and is located at the Faculty of Science of the
Portuguese University of Lisbon.
We will start our activities in September 2012. You can find us at
http://appeel.fc.ul.pt
We kindly invite you to the following events we're organizing.
1. TWO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS ON EVOLUTION FOR INTERNATIONAL MASTER, PHD, AND
POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Winter: March 11th to March 15th, 2013 | Summer: July 15th to July 19th,
2013
The Winter School courses will focus on Macroevolution and the Major
Transitions; Language Evolution; Symbiogenesis, Lateral Gene Transfer and
Hybridization. The courses will be taught by: Michael Arnold, Folmer Bokma,
William Croft, Daniel Dor, Bruce S. Lieberman, William Martin, Eörs
Szathmáry, Mónica Tamariz and Douglas P. Zook. Registration opens in
September 2012.
The Summer School courses will focus on Evolutionary Theory, Sociocultural
Evolution and Philosophy of Biology. The courses will be taught by: Frédéric
Bouchard, Nathalie Gontier, Fiona Jordan, Emanuele Serrelli, Derek D.
Turner, Luis P. Villarreal, and Michael Ruse. Registration opens in Winter
2012.
Information on the Schools can be found at http://evolutionschool.fc.ul.pt
2. A 3-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS
Horizontal and Vertical Transmission and Micro- and Macroevolutionary
Patterns of Biological and Sociocultural Evolution, May 27th to May 29th,
2013
Plenary talks are provided by Michael Benton, Tal Dagan, John Jungck, Carl
Knappett, Daniel McShea, Alex Mesoudi, Mark Pagel, Tyler Volk and Richard
Watson.
Information on the conference can be found at
http://evolutionarypatterns.fc.ul.pt
3. A SESSION FOR THE 2012-AAA MEETING ON TREE AND NETWORK MODELS OF CULTURAL
TRANSMISSION
November 15th, 2012
The symposium will be part of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society meeting,
and is scheduled for Thursday, November 15th , 2012, from 08:00 AM to 09:45
AM, at the Hilton San Francisco, Golden Gate 3, San Francisco, USA.
The full program can be found at
http://appeel.fc.ul.pt/sub/eve/dir/aaa/aaa2012.html
4. TWO SESSIONS FOR THE 2013-AAAS MEETING ON HOW TO EXTEND THE MODERN
SYNTHESIS
February, 2013
The focus of the sessions will be how Symbiogenesis, Horizontal Gene
Transfer, Virolution and Macroevolutionary studies call for an Extended
Synthesis. The sessions will be part of the AAAS History and Philosophy of
Science meeting, and will take place in Boston, in February, 2013.
The full program can be found at
http://appeel.fc.ul.pt/sub/eve/dir/aaas/aaas2013.html
We look forward to meeting you!
Nathalie Gontier
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Nathalie Gontier, PhD
Director - Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab
http://appeel.fc.ul.pt | [email protected]
Centre for Philosophy of Science | http://cfcul.fc.ul.pt
Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal
