FYI From: Rabinowich, Shana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:52 AM To: Science and Democracy Network Mailing List Subject: EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Summer School: The Human Animal, 1-6 August 2011
Hello Everyone, Please see the below announcement regarding a summer course opportunity with EMBL/EMBO in Heidelberg this August led by Sheila Jasanoff, Halldor Stefansson, and Giuseppe Testa. Registration is now open. All the best, Shana ________________________________ Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Summer School: The Human Animal, 1 - 6 August 2011 Registration is now open, please register at: www.embl.de/training/events/2011/SSS11-01<http://www.embl.de/training/events/2011/SSS11-01>. The summer school will take place in Heidelberg, Germany at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre<http://www.embl.de/atc>. Registration deadline: 18:00 CET on 29 May 2011 Please note that registration requires submission of your CV and a motivation letter. The aim of the Summer School is to bring together PhD students and postdocs from the life sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences with senior researchers and scholars from a range of different fields for a week of intensive interdisciplinary communication. The main emphasis of the course will be on encouraging discussion and exchange of ideas and insights across disciplinary boundaries. Each day during the course senior scholars/researchers will give overview presentations addressing the different themes of the program. This will be accompanied by interactive, in-depth discussion sessions throughout the day. Junior participants in the summer school are expected to be actively involved throughout the course There are a limited number of fellowships available, you will find further information on the website<http://www.embl.de/training/events/2011/SSS11-01/info/index.html>. You are welcome to circulate this announcement to interested members and groups within your institute. We look forward to welcoming you in Heidelberg, Germany. Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School, USA Halldór Stefánsson, EMBL, Germany Giuseppe Testa, European Institute of Oncology, Italy If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ruth Hazlewood. European Molecular Biology Laboratory Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Please subscribe at www.embl.de/events/newsletter<http://www.embl.de/events/newsletter> for our newsletter This summer school is jointly sponsored by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the European Molecular Biology Organization, and it will take place at their headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. It is organized by faculty from three academic institutions: EMBL, European School of Molecular Medicine, and Harvard Kennedy School. EMBL/EMBO 4S will explore how new know-how and technologies emerging from the biological sciences are forcing us to re-examine our views of the human species, including the nature of rationality and the boundaries of being human. science-democracy-network [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> leave-55212-86586.93b8a4d5638f9c2384557e84df010...@lists.ksg.harvard.edu<mailto:leave-55212-86586.93b8a4d5638f9c2384557e84df010...@lists.ksg.harvard.edu> http://lists.ksg.harvard.edu/u?id=86586.93b8a4d5638f9c2384557e84df0101d6&n=T&l=science-democracy-network&o=55212
