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| Lawson Leads Master Class on "Race and Otherness" |
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Prof. Bill Lawson will conduct a master class at University College Cork (Ireland) on articulations
of race and racism in policy and cultural contexts. Held on March 7-8, 2012, the workshop
will be guided by specialists from the fields of philosophy, education, social policy,
and film studies. Lawson, who will be visiting UCC as part of the Fulbright Inter-Country
exchange, will deliver a keynote address entitled "President Obama, Public Policies,
and Colorblindness." Further information is available here.
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| Gallagher Wins Humboldt Foundation Award |
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Prof. Shaun Gallagher is the recipient of one of this year's Anneliese Maier Research Awards from the Humboldt Foundation. Valued at 250,000 EUR, these awards are given to researchers "whose scientific achievements
have been internationally recognised in their research area and from whose research
collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany a sustainable contribution is
expected towards the further internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences
in Germany." The award will allow Gallagher to spend one month at Ruhr-Universität Bochum for the next five years. He will collaborate with colleagues there and at the newly
established Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution. The award will also support
two post-doctoral students, one at the Univeristy of Memphis, the other at Ruhr-Universität
Bochum. Humboldt Foundation press release here. Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release here.
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| Gallagher Leads Investigation into Space Flight |
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Moss Professor of Philosophy Shaun Gallagher is currently the Principal Investigator on a new Templeton Foundation grant entitled "Space, Science and Spirituality." The two-year $300,000 grant (plus
$160,000 in extra funding) supports phenomenological and empirical research on experiences
reported by astronauts during space flight. These experiences are variously described
in aesthetic, spiritual, or, in some cases, religious terms. With an interdisciplinary
research team comprised of philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, simulation
engineers, and art historians at the University of Central Florida and the Humboldt
University in Berlin, as well as a NASA astronaut and three philosophy graduate students
at the University of Memphis, Gallagher will conduct experiments in a simulated environment,
measuring and analyzing the test subjects’ experiences using physiological, neurophysiological,
and phenomenological methods.
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