Interdisiciplinary Summer Course on “Problems of the Self”

Central European University (CEU)

Budapest, Hungary

June 25 to July 5, 2012

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 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
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Raboud University,
Nijmegen, Netherlands /Cognitive Science Department, CEU, Budapest, Hungary

Hong Yu Wong
CIN, Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, University of Tübingen, Germany

COURSE FACULTY:

Peter Callero
Department of Sociology, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, USA

Guenther Knoblich
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Beatrice Longuenesse
Department of Philosophy, New York University, USA

Christopher 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.