CONF CFP: International Darwin Conference, University of Bradford, UK

The University of Bradford, in conjunction with Bradford City Council, will hold an International Darwin Conference at the University’s Norcroft Centre, on September 24-26, 2009. Confirmed keynote speakers are Gerald Edelman, Steve Jones, Anthony O’Hear and Denis Walsh. This conference will focus on the following themes:

1.      Darwinism in Approaches to the Mind: Evolutionary Psychology, neural Darwinism, emergentist models of the mind.

2.      Darwinism in the Social Sciences: Darwinian approaches in economics, the evolution of social cooperation, social Darwinism, meme theory, ethics.

3.      Darwinism in the Life Sciences: the unit of selection problem, Darwinian methodology; human evolution, non-genomic inheritance.

4.      Reception of Darwinism: the reception of Darwinism in Britain and Europe today and in the 19th century.

The organizers invite all those interested in presenting a paper to submit an abstract (250-300 words). The deadline for abstracts is May 15, 2009. Please submit your abstracts to

Darwin2009@brad.ac.uk

Decision on acceptance: June 19, 2009

The full conference fee will be £85, which includes a conference pack and conference dinner. Details of how to pay will be announced by May 15. Concessions will be available.

The following website contains further information:

http://www.brad.ac.uk/ihs/Darwin2009/

Please circulate as widely as possible, if you can.

Please note also that Bradford City Council is holding a number of Darwin-related events throughout the year and there will be activities complementary to the conference (public lectures etc.) coinciding with this meeting. Further details of these will be announced separately.