koglist January 2012

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[koglist] invitation to a talk on 'Toleration, Groups and Multiculturalism' by Sune Laegaard (Roskilde University)- Tuesday, 17 January, 5.30 PM Popper room

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy and Department of Political Science cordially invite you to a talk (as part of the Philosophy Departmental Colloquium series) by Sune Laegaard (Roskilde University) on 'Toleration, Groups and Multiculturalism' Tuesday, 17 January, 5.30 PM Monument building Popper room (1st floor/102) ABSTRACT The paper considers how groups might be relevant as objects of policies of toleration and the different senses 'group' might have in relation to questions of toleration. The paper argues that groups can be relevant to toleration in several different ways as objects of toleration. Toleration is routinely defined as involving an objection component, a power requirement and an acceptance component. The objection and acceptance components refer to reasons or dispositions of the subjects of toleration, e.g. public authorities deciding how to act in relation to groups. The power condition refers to the political and social relationship between the subject and the objects of toleration. Finally, toleration is often argued to be a normative requirement on the basis of the way it affects the object or receiver of toleration, e.g. on the basis of the good of or right to freedom from non-interference which toleration allows receivers of toleration to enjoy. The paper shows how groups may be objects of toleration in different ways in relation to each of these components or conditions of toleration. The sense of 'group' relevant to toleration may differ when the group is an object of power, i.e. when others have the ability to interfere with the group’s activities, an object of dislike or disapproval, an agent enjoying non-interference or a moral patient. This means that 'toleration of groups' can mean quite different things depending on the exact meaning of 'group' in relation to each component. The paper relates the different possible meanings of groups toleration to widespread criticisms of multiculturalism for being excessively 'groupist' (e.g. to essentialise or reify groups), to promote group rights over individual rights, or to deny or ignore the internal heterogeneity of groups or the multiple identity affiliations of individuals. The paper suggests that some of these standard criticisms of multiculturalism for being overly tolerant of minority groups, or being so in a way elevating groups over individuals, are less pressing on some understandings of the meaning of 'group' as an object of policies of multicultural toleration than on others. So the paper both contributes to the conceptual understanding of toleration and groups and to the normative debates about multiculturalism insofar as these turn on the toleration of groups. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CEU Cognitive Science talks

by Gergely Csibra

>From January 2012 the Department of Cognitive Science (DCS) at CEU initiates a new series of public colloquia with intited speakers. These talks will not replace, but supplement, the seminar series at the Cognitive Development Center (CDC) of CEU. Both the DCS Colloquia and the CDC Seminars will be held at 5pm on Wednesdays (with some exceptions), and will be coordinated not to clash with each other. The venue for DCS Colloquia is room G15 in the CEU building in Frankel Leo utca, while the CDC Seminars remain at Hattyuhaz (Hattyu u. 14). The talks last for an hour, and are followed by 30 minutes discussion. Below you will find a list of planned talks for the next 7 months or so. Note that the program may change. Up to date program will be available at http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events , and all talks will be announced on this list. Everyone is welcome to attend these events. Note that we tend to start our talks on time. --- 25 Jan, CDC Seminar Kai Vogeley, University of Cologne 1 Feb, DCS Colloquium Szabolcs Kéri, Semmelweis University, Budapest 15 Feb, DCS Colloquium Thom Scott-Phillips, University of Edinburgh 21 Mar, CDC Seminar Sang Ah Lee, University of Trento 23 Mar (FRIDAY), DCS Colloquium Vanja Kovic, Novi Sad 28 Mar, DCS Colloquium Francsco Guala, University of Milan 11 Apr, CDC Seminar Emmanuel Dupoux, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris 20 Apr, (FRIDAY), CDC Seminar Heidi Keller, University of Osnabrück 25 Apr, CDC Seminar Jukka Leppanen, University of Tampere 2 May, DCS Colloquium Dana Samson, Université catholique de Louvain 9 May, CDC Seminar Katharina Rohlfing, University of Bielefeld 16 May, CDC Seminar Jenny Saffran, Unversity of Wisconsin-Madison 30 May, DCS Colloquium Jane Ridoch and Glyn Humphreys, Oxford University 13 Jun, DCS Colloquium Alex Pouget, University of Geneva 27 Jun, DCS Colloquium Michael Waldmann, University of Göttingen 11 Jul, DCS Colloquium Peter Kardos, The New School for Social Research, New York 25 Jul, DCS Colloquium Giorgio Coricelli, University of Southern California _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] CEU Summer University Problems of the Self

by Gyorgyne Finta

Re: Summer Course “Problems of the Self ( http://www.summeruniversity.ceu.hu/self-2012 )” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, from June 25 to July 5, 2012 CEU's summer school invites applications from graduate students, junior faculty, researchers and practitioners in universities and other institutions from all over the world. The course aims to present the state of the art in research on the self from philosophy, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sociology, and cognitive anthropology. Themes revolve around the nature of the self, as revealed through self-consciousness, body perception, action and joint action, and its embedding in society and culture. Historical and developmental perspectives provide other angles on the self. The course presents a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion on the self from multiple perspectives. It is directed at advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty working in philosophy, psychology, cognitive neuroscience and cognate disciplines. Course Directors: Natalie Sebanz, Cognitive Science Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary/Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Raboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Hong Yu Wong, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, University of Tubingen, Germany Faculty: Peter Callero, Department of Sociology, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, USA; Guenther Knoblich, Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Budapest, Hungary Beatrice Longuenesse, Department of Philosophy, New York University, USA; Christopher A. B. Peacocke, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, USA; Phillipe Rochat, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA; Paul Snowdon, Department of Philosophy, University College London, UK; Manos Tsakiris, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; Guest Speakers: Maurice Bloch, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics, UK; Gyorgy Gergely, Department of Cognitive Science/Cognitive Development Centre, CEU, Budapest, Hungary The application deadline is February 15, 2012. Financial aid is available. More detailed information available at http://summer.ceu.hu/self-2012 . Györgyné Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Central European University Department of Cognitive Science H-1023 Budapest Frankel Leó út 30-34. tel: (36-1) 887-5138 fax: (36-1) 887-5010 http://www.ceu.hu http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu email: szabor(a)ceu.hu

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[koglist] WSLST 2012: final announcement

by GRLMC

********************************************************************* 2012 INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES WSLST 2012 (formerly International PhD School in Language and Speech Technologies) Tarragona, Spain January 23-27, 2012 Organized by: Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/ ********************************************************************* AIM: WSLST 2012 offers a broad and intensive series of lectures on language and speech technologies at different levels. The students choose their preferred courses according to their interests and background. Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The School intends to help students initiate and foster their research career. The previous event in this series was SSLST 2011: http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/ ADDRESSED TO: Graduate (and advanced undergraduate) students from around the world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and Linguistics. Other students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy, or Cognitive Science) are welcome too. The School is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on developments in the field. There is no overlap in the class schedule. COURSES AND PROFESSORS: - Eneko Agirre (U Basque Country), Semantic Processing of Text: Word Sense Disambiguation, Entity Linking and Semantic Similarity [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours] - William J. Byrne (Cambridge), Weighted Finite State Transducers in Statistical Machine Translation [introductory/advanced, 6 hours] - Marcello Federico (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento), Statistical Language Modeling [introductory/advanced, 8 hours] - Ralph Grishman (New York), Information Extraction [intermediate, 8 hours] - Geoffrey K. Pullum (Edinburgh), The Formal Properties of Human Languages: Description with a View to Implementation [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours] - Jian Su (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Coreference Resolution and Discourse Relation Recognition [advanced, 4 hours] - Christoph Tillmann (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Simple and Effective Algorithms and Models for Non-hierarchical Statistical Machine Translation [intermediate, 6 hours] - David R. Traum (U Southern California), Approaches to Dialogue Systems and Dialogue Management [introductory, 8 hours] REGISTRATION: It has to be done on line at http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/Registration.php FEES: They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student takes. The rule is: 1 hour = - 10 euros (for payments until November 13, 2011), - 15 euros (for payments after November 13, 2011). PAYMENT PROCEDURE: The fees must be paid to the School's bank account: Uno-e Bank bank’s address: Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain IBAN: ES3902270001820201823142 SWIFT/BIC code: UNOEESM1 account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide GRLMC account holder’s address: Av. Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain Please mention WSLST 2012 and your name in the subject. A receipt will be provided on site. Remarks: - Bank transfers should not involve any expense for the School. - People claiming early registration will be requested to prove that the bank transfer was carried out by the deadline. - Students may be refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled due to the unavailability of the instructor. People registering on site at the beginning of the School must pay in cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is much recommended to do it earlier. ACCOMMODATION: Information about accommodation is available on the website of the School. CERTIFICATES: Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended, their contents, and their duration. IMPORTANT DATES: Announcement of the programme: September 26, 2011 Starting of the registration: September 26, 2011 Early registration deadline: November 13, 2011 Starting of the School: January 23, 2012 End of the School: January 27, 2012 QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: Florentina-Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu(a)urv.cat WEBSITE: http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/ POSTAL ADDRESS: WSLST 2012 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34-977-559543 Fax: +34-977-558386 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Diputació de Tarragona Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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[koglist] Fwd: [Ganglion] Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

by Krajcsi Attila

Kedves Kollegak! Minden PhD hallgatot es postdoc-ot batoritok, hogy jelentkezzen az alabbi elektrofiziologia/imaging kurzusra, melyet kozeli kollegam, Florin Albeanu szervez Erdelyben! A kurzus ideje 2012 junius 1-15, jelentkezesi hatarido marcius 15. Eloadok: Burrone, Juan - King's College, London, UK Buzsáki, György - Rutgers University, NJ, USA Chelazzi, Leonardo - University of Verona, Verona, Italy Engert, Florian - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Hübener, Mark - Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany Kampff, Adam - Champalimaud Foundation, Institute for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal McNaughton, Bruce - Lethbridge University, Lethbridge, Canada Monyer, Hannah - University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Tomáš, Hromádka - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA Mrsic-Flögel, Tom - University College London, London, UK Murthy, Venkatesh - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Nikolic, Danko - Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Roska, Botond - Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland Rumpel, Simon - Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP),Vienna, Austria Singer, Wolf - Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Reszletes informaciok es jelentkezes: http://tenss.ro/index.php Udvozlettel, Hangya Balazs

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