1st International Summer School on Evolution

The International Summer School on Evolution aims to better prepare a future generation for inter- and transdisciplinary evolution research by providing courses on cutting edge research in biological and sociocultural evolutionary sciences for Master, Doctoral and Postdoctoral students. Emphasis lies on topics that are currently underrepresented in (post)graduate curricula.

About the Summer School

The School is organized by the Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab of the Centre for Philosophy of Science of the University of Lisbon, in collaboration with Ciência Viva and with the support of the John Templeton Foundation.

During one week, international experts will teach 9 courses on critical aspects of biological and socio-cultural evolution.

About the courses

Module 1: EVOLutionary theory
Courses are taught by: Luís Villarreal, Ilya Tëmkin, Frietson Galis.

Module 2: sociocultural Evolution
Courses are taught by Fiona Jordan, Marion Blute, Nathalie Gontier &
Emanuele Serrelli.

Module 3: philosophy of biology
Courses are taught by Derek Turner, Frédéric Bouchard, Michael Ruse.

The course program is online at:
http://evolutionschool.fc.ul.pt/summer/sub/pro/program.php

Target Audience

All courses are taught at a level accessible to Master, PhD and post-doctoral students in the exact, life, human and sociocultural evolutionary sciences. Students of evolutionary biology, evolutionary developmental biology, virology, paleontology, evolutionary linguistics, evolutionary anthropology, and philosophy of biology will especially benefit from these courses. Students will be provided a mandatory reading list which will form the basis of lectures and discussions. There are neither examinations nor paper assignments.

REGISTRATION FEE
350 euro for the whole week, regardless the number of courses you chose.

Early Bird registration until May 31st, 350 euro
Late Registration until June 15th, 450 euro

HOW TO ENROLL
You can enroll for a specific module (therefore following a 30-hour course on the subject) or you may choose three courses of your specific interest.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL MAILINGLIST
http://eepurl.com/n2EGb

Credits

Students from the University of Lisbon are able to receive credits for attending the courses. All other participants will receive official certificates of attendance that will include the suggested credit amount attributed by the university to the enrolled students.

Websites
http://evolutionschool.fc.ul.pt, http://appeel.fc.ul.pt

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