posted by user: relcfp || 3426 views || tracked by 3 users: [display]

human-diff 2015 : The Human Difference? –– 2015 IRC Summer Conference, Oxford University

FacebookTwitterLinkedInGoogle

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/664950926965862/
 
When Jul 22, 2015 - Jul 25, 2015
Where Oxford, UK
Submission Deadline Apr 15, 2014
Categories    philosophy   religion   animal studies   science
 

Call For Papers

See: https://www.facebook.com/events/664950926965862/

Is a human being little more than an animal, or little less than a god? Do human and non-human animals differ in degree or in kind? Humans often name themselves with Latin binomials—homo sapiens, economicus, scientificus, socialis, moralis, or liturgicus—are any or all of these terms compelling? Or are they inadequate to capture the complexity of our self-understanding in a post-Darwinian world? By what kind of processes or events did species differences arise? Is it sufficient to say that, courtesy of our distinctive biology, we have come in part to escape our biology? How does the question of species change our understanding of religion—in humans and other animals? Is the term ‘person’ just a label for a human being, or is it, too, troubled by the Darwinian revolution? Are the human capacity for moral choice and a bent towards ‘evil’ distinctive to our species? The 2015 Conference “The Human Difference?” will bring together experts from anthropology, biology, philosophy, psychology, and theology to present and debate the implications of recent research.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Alister McGrath (University of Oxford)
Anna Peterson (University of Florida)
Barbara King (College of William and Mary)
Barbara Smuts (University of Michigan)
Merlin Donald (Case Western Reserve University)
Nancy Howell (St Paul School of Theology)
Raymond Tallis (University of Manchester)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Short papers are invited on topics relevant to the conference themes, to be delivered in parallel sessions of 30 minutes duration (20 minutes for the paper, 10 minutes for discussion).

To submit, please send a title, a 200-word abstract, and institutional affiliation by email to the Ian Ramsey Centre administrator:

irc.admin@theology.ox.ac.uk

with the subject line “Human Difference conference abstract.”

Closing date for submission of abstracts is Tuesday 14th April, 2015.

Notification of accepted papers will be made by Thursday 23rd April 2015.

For any questions on paper submissions, please contact donovan.schaefer@theology.ox.ac.uk

REGISTRATION

All those wishing to attend the conference are invited to register as soon as possible via the University of Oxford online shop:

http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=90&catid=125&prodid=320

The basic registration fee (£120) includes lunch, tea and coffee for each day. Online registration also offers the following options to purchase accommodation and meals at St Anne's College:

(1) Book a room at St Anne’s College, Oxford, arriving Wed 22 July, departing Sun 26 July in the morning. This option includes the cost of all the dinners during the conference; or

(2) Purchase individual dinners only, without accommodation.

see: https://www.facebook.com/events/664950926965862/

Related Resources

AI&S 2024   Call For Papers: Special issue of the Journal AI & Society - The Impact of Generative AI on Human Creativity
ANaNO 2024   International Conference on Advanced Nanoscience and Technology
CONVERSATIONS 2024   International Workshop on Chatbots and Human-Centred AI
PBIJ 2024   Pharmaceutical and Biomedical sciences: An International Journal
ACM ICAAI 2024   ACM--2024 The 8th International Conference on Advances in Artificial Intelligence (ICAAI 2024)
Sensuality and Robots: An Aesthetic Appr 2024   Call for Papers - Sensuality and Robots: An Aesthetic Approach to Human-Robot Interactions
PJA 72(1) 2024   Ideas in Pop Culture – Potential and Risks
VSI-HFCS 2024   Computer Standards & Interfaces Special Issue 2024 - Human Factors in Cyber Security
ICCH 2024   2024 8th International Conference on Culture and History (ICCH 2024)
IMSA, Challenges of Intelligent Systems 2024   Intelligent Methods, Systems, and Applications​