Welcome to ISHE08!
Source: Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1970)
Following the Conference in Detroit in 2006, the XIX Biennial Conference of the International Society for Human Ethology will be hosted in Italy, at the University of Bologna, the oldest University of the western world (founded AD1088), from 13th to 17th July 2008.
Submissions are welcome from every aspect of human ethology and evolutionary psychology. The Conference will be also the occasion to celebrate the 80th birthday of the founder of human ethology: Irenaeus Eibl-Eibesfeldt.
If you are interested in the Conference and you would like to be updated about it please send us your email address. We will send you the important information about the Conference
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The Conference will also host a symposium on:
The Biology of Religious Behavior: A Human Ethology Perspective on Religion
| Invited Speakers | Title |
| Claudio Cantalupo, Clemson University, USA | Brain Asymmetry in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): An Overview of MRI and Behavioral Evidence |
| Vittorio Gallese, University of Parma, Italy | Motor cognition and its role in the phylogeny and ontogeny of intentional understanding |
| Eckart Voland, University of Giessen, Germany | The Evolution of Morality. What is Conscience Good for |
| Polly Wiessner, University of Utah, USA | The Production of Rambos: Parent-offspring conflict and male hierarchies in New Guinea |
Carol Weisfeld is available to advise students on traveling to Italy,
preparing a talk for an international audience, the Linda
Mealey competition, congress registration procedures, and other questions about the Conference.
Eyebrow flash in a Eipo woman. Photo: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt
