About Julian Jaynes

Born in West Newton, Massachusetts, Julian Jaynes did his undergraduate work at Harvard and McGill and received both his master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Yale. After Yale, Jaynes spent several years in England working as an actor and playwright. Jaynes later returned to the states, and lectured in psychology at Princeton University from 1964 to 1995, teaching a popular class on consciousness for much of that time. In addition, he had numerous positions as Visiting Lecturer or Scholar in Residence in departments of philosophy, English, and archaeology and in numerous medical schools. Julian Jaynes was an associate editor of the internationally renowned journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences and on the editorial board of the Journal of Mind and Behavior.

Professor Julian Jaynes

Professor Julian Jaynes (1920–1997)

Julian Jaynes published widely, his earlier work focusing on the study of animal behavior and ethology, which eventually led him to the study of human consciousness. His more recent work culminated in 1976 in his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, a nominee for the National Book Award in 1978. Articles on Jaynes’s theory appeared in Time magazine and Psychology Today in 1977. Criticized by some and acclaimed by others as one of the most important books of the twentieth century, it remains as influential, controversial, and widely read today as when it was first published. Expanding on his theory, Jaynes published articles in a variety of journals such as Canadian PsychologyBehavioral and Brain SciencesThe History of Ideas, and Art/World — most of these articles have been reprinted in The Julian Jaynes Collection, along with other interviews and lectures.

Lectures & Honorary Doctorates

Julian Jaynes

Julian Jaynes at his Prince Edward Island home
(From Richard Rhodes article in Omni, ~1978)

Julian Jaynes was in high demand as a lecturer, and was frequently invited to lecture at conferences and symposiums. He was also invited as a guest lecturer at many universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, Dalhousie, Wellesley, Florida State, the Universities of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, and Massachusetts at Amherst and Boston Harbor (see below).

Julian Jaynes gave a lecture on consciousness and the self at the Yellow Springs Institute in Pennsylvania in June 1980. His theory was the subject of several conferences and symposiums. The first was the McMaster-Bauer Symposium on Consciousness at McMaster University in November 1983, which also featured discussion of the theory by Daniel Dennett, Jonathan Miller, and George Ojemann. In 1984 he was invited to give the plenary lecture at the Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg, Austria. Jaynes gave six major lectures in 1985 and nine in 1986. Jaynes was an invited speaker at the “Exploring the Concept of the Mind” symposium, held at the University of Iowa in April 1985. A symposium on his theory was held at Harvard University in December 1988, and also included talks by Daniel Dennett and Willard Van Orman Quine. Later invited lectures include the Workshop on Consciousness at The Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, Italy in 1991. Jaynes was awarded an honorary doctorate by Rhode Island College in 1979 and another from Elizabethtown College in 1985.

Retirement and Later Conferences

After he retired from teaching at Princeton University, Jaynes went to live at his home on Prince Edward Island. He died of a stroke on November 21, 1997 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Jaynes donated funding for scholarships and conferences to the University of Prince Edward Island. He also donated his extensive psychology library to the Psychology Department there. The Dr. Julian Jaynes Memorial Scholarship in Psychology was established at the University of Prince Edward Island to create a lasting memorial to a renowned psychologist and author, in tribute to his achievement, and in respect of his wish to support and encourage young people in the study of psychology. The Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness was organized by Professor Scott Greer and has featured speakers such as Daniel Dennett, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Restak, Karl Pribram, and many others.

In June 2013, The Julian Jaynes Society Conference on Consciousness and Bicameral Studies was held in Charleston, West Virginia. This was the largest conference entirely dedicated to Julian Jaynes’s theory on consciousness and the bicameral mind ever held. The multidisciplinary program featured 26 speakers over three full days, including keynote talks by Professor Roy Baumeister, Professor Merlin Donald, and Dr. Dirk Corstens, and was entirely dedicated to exploring various aspects of Jaynes’s theory. The conference brought together Jaynes enthusiasts from around the U.S. as well as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Degrees

B.A., Harvard and McGill Universities (1941)

M.A., Yale University (1948)

Ph.D., Yale University (1977)

L.H.D. (Honorary), Rhode Island College (1979)

D.Sc. (Honorary), Elizabethtown College (1985)

Academic Positions

Reader in Psychology, Toronto University (1945-1946)

Research Assistant in Psychology, Yale University (1946-1950)

Instructor and Lecturer, Yale University (1954-1960)

Research Associate, Princeton University (1964-1966)

Lecturer with rank of Associate Professor, Princeton University (1966-1995)

Research Psychologist, Princeton University (1966-1995)

Administrative Positions

Master of Wilson College, Princeton University (1965-1969)

Trustee:
Mental Health Research Development Fund (1967-1973)
Archives of American Psychology (1969 – ?)
Honors Studies in Man’s Future (1968-1970)
Interfuture (Chairman of the Board) (1970-1971)
Brain-Bio Research Center (1973 – ?)

Founding Chairman of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences (1969-1970); Review Committee (1974-1978);

Chairman, Publications Committee (1978-1982)

Chairman, Princeton Conference on Brain Laterality (1972)

Chairman, Wundt Centennial, APA (1973)

Consultant on Grants, Canada Council (1975 – ?)

National Research Council: Committee on Brain Sciences Panel (1972-1977)

Advisory Board, Association for the Study of Dreams (1984-1986)

Editorial Positions

Editor, Basic Topics in Comparative Psychology (a series of books under the general editorship of E.G. Boring (1967-1971)

Consulting Editor, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (1973-1976)

Editorial Board, International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology (1974-1977)

Associate Editor, The Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1976 – ?)

Advisory Board, Imagination, Cognition, and Personality: The Scientific Study of Consciousness (1981 – ?)

Editorial Board, International Review of Mental Imagery (1982 – ?)

Editorial Board, Play, Mimesis, and Culture (1983 – ?)

Editorial Board, Journal of Mind and Behavior (1985 – ?)

Selected Lectures and Appearances (partial list)

“The History of Comparative Psychology,” National Science Foundation Summer Institute on the History of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, June 17-July 26, 1968.

Co-Founded Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, October 1968.

“Journey to Golgotha,” Play written by Julian Jaynes, debuts at the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey, April 4-5, 1969.

“Rationalism and Empiricism in Linguistic Theory,” (with Sheldon Kalick), and “Knight Dunlap and the Founding of Behaviorism,” (with Harvey Waxman), Inaugural Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Chaired by Julian Jaynes), Princeton University, May 9-11, 1969.

Lecturer, Frontiers in Social Science Series, State University of New York, 1969

“Evolutionary Universals, Continuities and Alternatives” (with Marvin Bressler), Smithsonian Institution, Third Annual Symposium on “Man and Beast: Comparative Social Behavior,” Washington D.C., May 14-16, 1969.

“A New Theory of Consciousness,” Invited address at the American Psychological Association conference, Washington, D.C., August 31-September 4, 1969.

“In Memory of Edwin G. Boring,” Session chair, American Psychological Association conference, Washington, D.C., August 31-September 4, 1969.

“Origins of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, December 12, 1969.

“A New Theory of Consciousness,” (series of three lectures), Symposium on “Mechanism, Man and Nature: The Data and the Inference,” Hope College, Holland, Michigan, April 13-14, 1970.

Distinguished Lecturer, Undergraduate Psychology Conference, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York, 1970.

“Origins of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1970.

“Voices of the Gods,” Guest on ZBS Radio, New York, 1970.

Session Chairman, 3rd Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, May 8-10, 1970.

Session Chairman, 2nd Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, New School for Social Research, Fordham University, New York University, New York, New York, April 29-May 2, 1971.

Adjunct Professor, A series of eight lectures on the nature of mind, Hunter College, New York, New York, 1971-1972.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, The MacLeod Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, June 3, 1972.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture and informal dinner, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1973.

“The Nature of Consciousness,” “The Bicameral Mind,” and ” The Consequences of Consciousness,” (The Origin of Consciousness lecture series), Invited lectures, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 10-12, 1973.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” lecture presented at the Transformations of Consciousness Conference, sponsored by the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society and the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October 1973.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, State University of New York, Geneseo, Geneseo, New York, February 7, 1974.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, American Association for the Advancement of Science Lecture Series, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1974.

Scholar in Residence, A series of four lectures on the nature of consciousness, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, Spring 1974.

“Seven Alternatives for UPEI,” University of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada, March 13, 1975. On metaphors and developing interaction between the university and the PEI community.

Moderator, “Changing Constructions of Historical Consciousness” Symposium at the 7th Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottowa, Canada, June 5-8, 1975.

“The Evolution of Language in the Late Pleistocene,” Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech conference, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York, September 22-25, 1975.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, Centenary of Psychology Speaker, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1975.

“The Nature of Consciousness,” “The Bicameral Mind,” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lecture series, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, January 6-9, 1976.

Session Chairman and Discussant, “German Psychology and Ethology,” 8th Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 28-30, 1976.

Trip to Exeter, Durham, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 1976.

Attended the American Psychological Association 84th Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., September 3-7, 1976.

Guest on the CBC Radio program “Ideas,” “Consciousness: The Matter of Mind — Students of Consciousness,” Canada, October 25, 1976. Author Wilson Van Dusen was also a guest.

Scholar in Residence, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1976.

Trip to England, November 25 – December 2, 1976.

Additional lectures on “The Origin of Consciousness” (dates TBD, 1970-1976): Columbia University; Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia); Florida State University; Massachusetts at Amherst and Boston Harbor; Northwestern University (Illinois); State University of New York at Brockport, Genesco, and Plattsburg; The New School (New York); The Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (New York); Wellesley College (Massachusetts); William Allison White Institute (New York); York University (Toronto)

Book Release Celebration for The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, at the home of Walter and June Tower, West Newton, Massachusetts, January 16, 1977.

Trip to England, October 28 – November 10, 1977.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, Aramco, Saudi Arabia, November 14 (?) 1977. Visit to Greece on the return trip.

Visiting Scholar, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1977.

Guest on WPRB Princeton University Radio, Princeton, New Jersey, Spring 1977?

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, October 13, 1977.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, November 14, 1977.

Guest on CKWM Radio, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 1977?

Winter Lecture Series, Series of four lectures, four seminars, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November – December (?), 1977.

Guest on University of Waterloo Radio, Ontario, Canada, November 28, 1977

Guest on The Dick Cavett Show, December 20, 1977. (Re-aired on December 21, 1977 and May 9, 1978 in some markets.)

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Four-part invited lecture series, Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, January 23, 25-27, 1978.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” “The Narratization of Consciousness,” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lecture series, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, March 20-21, 1978.

Visiting Distinguished Scholar, Series of three lectures, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, April 1-6 (?), 1978.

“The Metaphors of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Rutgers University, New Jersey, April 19, 1978.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” “The Consequences of Consciousness,” and a Q&A/Discussion Session, Scholar in Residence, Emory University, May 22-24, 1978.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Symposium on the Bicameral Mind, 86th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 31, 1978

“The Nature of Consciousness,” “The Bicameral Mind,” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” (Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind lecture series), Invited seven-part afternoon seminar and evening lecture series, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, October 23-26, 1978.

Series of four lectures, California Institute of Technology colloquium, Pasadena, California, November 1978.

Invited Guest Lecturer (January Term), Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, January 3-20,1979. Included a course (JT109, “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” January 3-7) and lecture series (“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” January 3-6).

“Creativity and the Bicameral Mind,” Invited Lecture, The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi, March 13, 1979.

“Individual Consciousness,” “The Bicameral Mind,” “Religion and Madness,” and “Memory, Feelings, and Dreams,” The Individual and Society Invited lecture series, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, March 26-29, 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited Address, Eastern Psychological Association, March (?) 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited Address, Western Psychological Association, April (?) 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture series, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, May 1979.

Julian Jaynes receives honorary doctorate from Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, May 1979.

Graduate Commencement Speech, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, May 1979.

Fall Convocation Lecturer, State University of New York, Fredonia, Fredonia, New York, September 1979.

“The Wells of Consciousness,” Invited Lecture, First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, California, September 28, 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” “Lives, Feelings, and Dreams,” and “The Self and Its Icons,” Three-part invited lecture, Lawrence lecture series, The First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, California, September 30, 1979.

Extension Professor, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Fall 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” First Annual N.J. Conference on Educating Both Our Brains, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey, November 17-18, 1979.

 Guest on WUHY Philadelphia, “Fresh Air,” 30-minute radio interview, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1979.

 Guest on David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things, “Left Brain, Right Brain,” December 19, 1979.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” The Unitarian Society of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, January 27, 1980.

Guest on KUOM Minneapolis, “Intelligence,” speaking on “The Origin of Consciousness,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 13, 1980.

Afternoon get together with authors Joyce Carol Oates and Jerome Charyn (as documented in her journal), February 28, 1980.

“The Nature of Consciousness,” “The Bicameral Mind,” “Lives, Feelings, and Dreams,” and “The Self,” Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Seven-part invited lecture and discussion series, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, March 17-21, 1980.

Series of three lectures, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1980.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and “Imagination and the Dance of the Self,” Invited lectures, Six Saturdays: Explorations in Archetypal Themes Lecture Series, Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1980.

Trip to Greece, including Santorini, (summer?) 1980.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), Westminster, Maryland, September 25, 1980.

Read the Christmas Lessons, Christmas Eve Service, Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey, December 24, 1980.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), Ewing Township, New Jersey, ~1980.

Psi Chi (The International Honor Society in Psychology) Invited lecture, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1981.

Guest on WRVO-FM-90, Oswego Public Radio, State University of New York, Oswego, Oswego, New York, 1981.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” The Lennox Lecture, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, January 28, 1981.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Modes of Understanding Human Existence lecture series, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1981.

“The Magic Wells of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, First Unitarian Society, West Newton, Massachusetts, May 17, 1981.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, November 11, 1981.

Luncheon with authors Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen Koch (as documented in her journal), March 4, 1982.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Palace of the Fine Arts, San Francisco, April 1-4, 1982.

Guest on Portland Radio, Portland, Oregon, April 19, 1982.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Portland State University, Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture series, April ?, 1982.

“The Healing Brain: Evolution of the Bicameral Mind,” Invited lecture at the “Healing Potential of the Human Brain: Exploration of a New Frontier” Conference, organized by The Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior, September 10-12, Tampa, Florida.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon, October 7-10, 1982.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited address, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, October 14, 1982.

“The Healing Brain: Evolution of the Bicameral Mind,” Invited lecture at the Healing Potential of the Human Brain: Exploration of a New Frontier conference, organized by The Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior, Boston, Massachusetts (Bedford), October 15-17, 1982.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Sheraton-O’Hare, Chicago, Illinois, October 21-24, 1982.

“The Healing Brain: Evolution of the Bicameral Mind,” Invited lecture at the “Healing Potential of the Human Brain: Exploration of a New Frontier” Conference, organized by The Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 22-24, 1982.

Guest on WIYY Baltimore, Interviewed by Robert E. Lopez, Baltimore, Maryland, November 6, 1982.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” plus “The Consequences of Consciousness,” and “Effigy Theory” (combined in one lecture), Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Sheraton Denver Tech Center, Denver, Colorado, November 18-21, 1982.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Keynote Speaker, A Symposium on the Evolution of Consciousness, University of California, Davis, February 26-27, 1983.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Clearwater Beach, Florida, March 17-20, 1983.

“Consciousness, the Bicameral Mind, and Mental Health,” March 29, 1983.

“The Origin of Consciousness” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lectures, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, March 31-April 1, 1983.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Houston. Texas, April 14-17, 1983.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, April 21-24, 1983.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited address, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, April 28, 1983.

“Imagery and the Bicameral Mind: Implications for Healing,” Invited lecture, The Power of Imagination Conference: Uses of Imagery in the Healing Arts, presented by Marquette University, Arlington, Virginia, May 12-15, 1983.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, New Jersey, September 8, 1983.

“The Origin of Consciousness, The Bicameral Mind,” Talk given to young students ages 7-14 at a program called “On the Shoulders of Giants,” Talcott Mountain Science Center, Avon, Connecticut, mid-October 1983.

“The Uses of Consciousness,” and “Mental Imagery and Healing,” Invited Symposium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, October 21-22, 1983. Additional talks by Brian Ahern, MSW on the bicameral paradigm and ego states in transactional analysis and Don McLaughlin, MD, on the applications of the bicameral paradigm in psychotherapy and Zen meditation.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, University of Texas Health Science Center, Texas, November ?, 1983.

“In Search of the Origin of Consciousness,” Invited lecture, The Institute for the Humanities at Salado, Salado, Texas, November 6, 1983.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Robert A. Welch Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, November 7, 1983.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Keynote address, “Language: Crucible of Consciousness” Humanities Forum, Southeast Missouri State University, November 20, 1983. With additional commentary by four SMSU professors, including Michael Hogan, James Scanlon, Fred Goodwin, and Dennis Holt.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and additional discussion, McMaster-Bauer Symposium on Consciousness, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 22, 1983. Additional lectures and discussion at this symposium were by Daniel Dennett, Jonathan Miller, and George Ojemann.

Invited lecture, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, early April 1984.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lectures, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, April 5-6, 1984.

Lectures in Denver, Colorado and at California State University, Fresno, California, early April 1984 (between the Lewisburg and St. Louis lectures).

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Series of two invited lectures, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, April 11, 1984

“Four Hypothesis on the Origin of Mind,” Plenary lecture at the 9th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria, August 19-26, 1984. Jaynes’s trip also included stays in England and France.

Attended the last two days of the Ninety-Second Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 24-28, 1984 where Jaynes attended what he described as two excellent talks on brain laterality and the corpus callosum, among others.

“The 100th Anniversary of Julian Clifford Jaynes’s Ordination,” First Unitarian Society in West Newton, Massachusetts, January 28, 1985.

“The Origin of Consciousness,” Ocean County College, Toms River, New Jersey, January 29, 1985.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1, 1985.

Julian Jaynes receives honorary doctorate from Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1985.

“The Dream of Agamemnon,” Plenary Lecture, 2nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams, University of Virginia, June 17-18, 1985.

“How Old Is Consciousness?”, Invited Lecture, Exploring the Concept of the Mind Symposium, University of Iowa, April 11-13, 1985.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, William James Symposium, Harvard Medical School Amphitheater, Harvard University, May 1, 1985.

 “The Self,” New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York, December 9, 1985

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” “The Consequences of Consciousness” (and two other lectures), Invited series of four lectures, Seminar organized by Professor of Linguistics Dorothy Siegel, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, April 14-17, 1986.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” 1st International Congress of The F.M. Alexander Technique, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, August 1986.

Participant, “Images and Understanding,” Royal Society, London, United Kingdom, October 1986.

Keynote Address, “The Nature of Culture” conference, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, October 1986.

Plenary Lecture, World Conference of Imagery, Toronto, June 25-28, 1987.

Two Workshops and Keynote Lecture, Alberta Psychological Association, Calgary, Edmonton and Jasper, Canada, October 16-18, 1987.

Invited Lecture Series, University of Alabama – Birmingham, November 15-18, 1987.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” “The Consequences of Consciousness: Time, Memory, and Emotion,” and an informal discussion session, Inaugural Lectures of the John E. and Rhea Y. Fetzer Lecture Series, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, January 11-13, 1988.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lectures, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, February 27-28, 1988.

Morning Prayer and Sermon (11 am) and “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” (4:30 pm), Theodore Parker Ferris Lecture, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland, March 12, 1988.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” 92nd Street Y, New York, New York, March 23, 1988.

Local Arrangements Chair, 20th Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, June 15-19, 1988.

“Auditory Hallucinations and the Bicameral Mind,” Invited lecture, Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, New Jersey, 1988.

Invited lecture, “Het grote gebaar” conference, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, October 13th or 14th, 1988.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Harvard Conference on Julian Jaynes, Harvard University (Days 1-2, Harvard Faculty Club; Day 3, Dartmouth Medical School), December 2-4, 1988. Additional lectures by Daniel Dennett, Ray Jackendoff, Russell Seitz, Michael Witzel, and commentary by William Culp, Willard Van Orman Quine and others.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Chicago House, Luxor, Egypt, January 1989. Trip from January 13 – 30th. Visited Luxor and The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Traveled with or also present: Walter and June Tower, Willard Van Orman Quine and Marjorie Quine, Mary Cross, Lanny and Martha Bell.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited Humanities Lecture Series, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, March 10 – 11, 1989.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” and “The Consequences of Consciousness,” Invited lectures, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, February 27-28, 1989.

Guest on AM 590 KRSO radio, interviewed by host Ed Scannell on his research on hearing voices in the normal population, and callers discuss their experiences with hearing voices (with mention of the movie Field of Dreams), produced by Ted Lane, San Bernardino, California, July 3, 1989.

Guest on KNBR 68 radio, interviewed by host Leo Laporte on his research on hearing voices in the normal population, and callers discuss their experiences with hearing voices, San Francisco, California, July 10, 1989.

Guest on AM 850 WHDH radio, interviewed by host Steve Martorano on his research on hearing voices in the normal population, and callers discuss their experiences with hearing voices (with mention of the movie Field of Dreams), Boston, Massachusetts, July 14, 1989.

Guest on AM 960 WFIR radio, interviewed by host Gary Minter on his research on hearing voices in the normal population, Roanoke, Virginia, July 1989.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, The University of Illinois, Urbana, May 24, 1990.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Keynote address, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico, late July or early August, 1990 (traveled in Mexico from July 23 – August 11).

“Hearing Voices and the Bicameral Mind” (approximated title), Psi Chi Invited lecture, Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), Ewing Township, New Jersey, ~September 1990.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Dean’s Lecture Series, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, (university unknown), 1991.

“The Diachronicity of Consciousness,” Invited address, Workshop on Consciousness, The Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy, June 1991.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Colloquia on Consciousness series, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, April 22, 1992.

Trip to England, November 23 – October 5, 1992.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 26, 1994.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited lecture, Donn Roll Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, April 29, 1994.

“Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind,” Invited address, Einstein meets Magritte conference, Brussels, Belgium, May 28-June 3, 1995. (Invited but Julian Jaynes cancelled due to illness.)

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