Conferences & Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
2012
Toward A Science of Consciousness
For those who are attending the Toward A Science of Consciousness conference (April 10–14, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona), Prof. Brian J. McVeigh will be giving a talk on Jaynes's theory titled "Hallucinations as Adaptation: Divine Voices, Visions, and Autoscopy as Neuropsychological Vestiges" on Wednesday, April 11 during the 4:30pm - 6:35pm "Evolution and Free Will" session.
Executive Director Marcel Kuijsten will be attending the conference, and an informal gathering of Jaynes enthusiasts will be arranged if there is sufficient interest. If you are planning on attending please send an e-mail to info@julianjaynes.org
PAST EVENTS
2010
Toward A Science of Consciousness
Tucson, Arizona
April 13–17, 2010
Jaynes-Related Conference Talks
There were several talks given by Julian Jaynes Society members during the conference:
Robert J. Sawyer - "Consciousness in Science Fiction" (Sat., April 17, 11:00am)
Science fiction writer Robert Sawyer will be one of the keynote speakers. Mr. Sawyer incorporates Jaynes's ideas into two of his novels: WWW: Wake and Mindscan.
Brian J. McVeigh - "The Unconscious in History: Why Did It Appear When It Did?"
Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona
Evolution of Consciousness Session, Fri., April 16, 4:30-6:30pm
Carole Brooks Platt - "Voices from the Other Side: Neuroscience, Attachment Theory and the Creative Self"
Evolution of Consciousness Session, Fri., April 16, 4:30-6:30pm
Gary Williams - "What is It Like to Be Unconscious?"
Dept. of Philosophy, Louisiana State University
Poster Session
2009
Toward A Science of Consciousness
Hong Kong
June 11-14, 2009
Related talks: Jan Sleutels, "Help, My Parents Are Gutenborgs!"; Stefan Pernar, "The Emergence of Gods in the Bicameral Mind"
2008
The 2008 Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
August 7-9, 2008
The Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness is an inter- and transdisciplinary conference coordinated by Professor Scott Greer at the University of Prince Edward Island.
For more information please see: http://www.upei.ca/~sgreer/jaynesconference08.html
Toward A Science of Consciousness
Tucson, AZ
April 7-12, 2008
At the 2008 "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conference, Brian J. McVeigh and Marcel Kuijsten presented a four-hour pre-conference workshop titled "Reappraising Julian Jaynes's Theory of Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: 30 Years of New Evidence." In addition, there were 6 speakers presenting talks related to Jaynes's theory.
A 5-speaker session, "Consciousness and Julian Jaynes," took place on Wednesday, April 9th. Speakers for the session were:
- John Limber, Professor of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, "Consciousness Is Just a Word: Julian Jaynes and Contemporary Psychology"
- Brian McVeigh, Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, "The Lost Voice of God: Julian Jaynes and Neurotheology"
- Marcel Kuijsten, Executive Director, Julian Jaynes Society, "Auditory Hallucinations and the Bicameral Mind: New Evidence for Julian Jaynes’s Neurological Model"
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Scott Greer, Professor of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island, "Julian Jaynes, Historical Psychology, and the Role of Metaphor in the Generativity and Discontinuities of Concepts of Identity"
- John Hainly, Lecturer in Philosophy, Southern University, "Mythological Consciousness: Jaynes’ Bicameral Mind & Vico's Imaginative Universals"
An additional talk on Jaynes's theory was be given by Jan Sleutels, Professor of Philosophy at Leiden University, during the "Evolution of Consciousness" session. It was titled "Recent Changes in the Structure of Consciousness?"
A CD of these presentations is available on the Audio CDs page.
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