3^rd Siberian Indian Summer School on Human Ethology, (HESISS2004), September 19^th-28^th, 2004, Novosibirsk -Tomsk - Irkutsk

The 2004 Siberian School program is designed to advance the study of human ethology, and behavioural biology in general. This will be a series of lectures by visiting professors from Europe and USA in three cities: Novosibirsk, Tomsk, and Irkutsk. The School will last for two days in each city.

For anyone younger than 33 the online registration and further participation in all general school events is FREE!

Program in Detail

Night from Saturday to Sunday, September 18^th/19^th:

Nighttime travel: Main arrival in Novosibirsk: Frank Salter, Kevin MacDonald at 5:00 a.m. (S7 856), Bobbi Low and Carl Simon at 5:20 a.m. (Aeroflot, SU 721), stay in the city of Novosibirsk

Sunday, 19^th:

Afternoon (14:00-19:00): Welcome to Siberia: Picnic in Novosibirsk Zoo with Arcady Putilov, Uri Plusnin, Olga Lisichenko, Frank Salter, Kevin MacDonald, Bobbi Low, Carl Simon, and students

Night from Sunday to Monday, 19^th/20^th:

Nighttime travel: Arrival of Michael McGuire at 7:15 a.m. (Siberian Airlines S7 852), stay in the city of Novosibirsk

Monday, 20^th:

1^st day of the Novosibirsk school. Host organization: The Medical Academy of Novosibirsk (buss stop ⌠Dom Byta■ (⌠Everyday Life House■) on the corner of Krasnii Prospect (Red Avenue) and Ulizha Frunze (Frunze Street), Main Building, Main Conference Hall)

09:45-10:00 Opening (Arcady Putilov, Olga Lisichenko, Frank Salter)
10:00-10:50 Bobbi Low: Human resource ecology: Why there are no noble savages, and why the sexes behave so differently
10:50-11:00 break
11:00-11:50 Bobbi Low: The evolutionary ecology of warfare
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Bobbi Low: The evolutionary ecology of demography
13:50-14:00 break
14:00-14:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Personality Psychology
14:50-15:00 break
15:00-15:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Psychology and General Intelligence
15:00-16:00 break
16:00-16:50 Kevin MacDonald: ═Group Evolutionary Strategies and the Psychology of Ethnocentrism
16:50-17:00 break
17:00-17:50 Zhanna Reznikova: Tool use: effective tool for studying animal intelligence but not so effective to separate man from beast
17:50-18:00 break
18:00-18:50 Students▓ Hour: PhD Students: 1) Task allocation in social insects: the role of social and individual experience (Tatyana Novgorodova), 2) Should killers go to school? Insight from insects (Sofia Panteleeva), and 3) Poster Discussion and/or Orals for the Selected Poster Presentations of the Undergraduate Students

Night from Monday to Tuesday, 20^th/21^st:

Nighttime travel: Arrival of Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang at 5:20 a.m. (Aeroflot, SU 721), stay in the city of Novosibirsk

Tuesday, 21^st:

Morning: some within city social program (i.e. sightseeing tour in the city of Novosibirsk)

2^nd day of the Novosibirsk school

13:00-13:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part I
13:50-14:00 break
14:00-14:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part II
14:50-15:00 break
15:00-15:50 Michael McGuire: ═Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part III
15:50-16:00 break
16:00-16:50 Harald A. Euler: Family Relationships: √ Part I: Grandparent-parent relationships and the
iddle of the mother-in-law
16:50-17:00 break
17:00-17:50 Harald A. Euler: ═Family Relationships √ Part II: How important is genetic paternity? Better test it?
17:50-18:00 break
18:00-18:50 Frank Salter: The Inclusive Fitness Theory and Ethnic Solidarity in Contemporary Industrial Societies
18:50 - Final break, and (possibly) Buffet

Wednesday, 22^nd:

Whole day: Travel of the lecturers▓ team to Tomsk, some within city social program (i.e. sightseeing tour in Tomsk)

Thursday, 23^rd:

1^st day of the Tomsk school. Host organization: the State University of Tomsk (address: Main Building?, Lecture Hall ???)

09:40-10:00 Opening (Uri Plusnin, Arcady Putilov, Alexander Ksenz, Frank Salter)
10:00-10:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Partt I
10:50-11:00 break
11:00-11:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part II
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part III
13:50-14:00 break
14:00-14:50 Bobbi Low: Human resource ecology: Why there are no noble savages, and why the sexes ehave so differently
14:50-15:00 break
15:00-15:50 Bobbi Low: The evolutionary ecology of warfare═
15:50-16:00 break
16:00-16:50 Bobbi Low: The evolutionary ecology of demography (how environment shapes fertility and mortality, and how "external" events-like Kamchatkan forestry collapse-affect age-specific fertility, mortality, and migration).
16:50-17:00 break
17:00-17:50 Frank Salter: The Success of Inclusive Fitness Theory as a Heuristic of Ethnic Solidarity in Contemporary Industrial Societies

Friday, 24^th:

2^nd day of the Tomsk school.

10:00-10:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Personality Psychology
10:50-11:00 break
11:00-11:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Psychology and General Intelligence as a Non-Modular, Domain-General Adaptation
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Kevin MacDonald: ═Group Evolutionary Strategies and the Psychology of Ethnocentrism
13:50-14:00 break
14:00-14:50 Harald A. Euler: Family Relationships √ Part I: Discriminative care by grandparents, aunts, and uncles
14:50-15:00 break
15:00-15:50 Harald A. Euler: ═Family Relationships √ Part II: Grandparent-parent relationships and the riddle of the mother-in-law
15:50-16:00 break
16:00-16:50 Harald A. Euler: ═Family Relationships √ Part III: How important is genetic paternity? Better test it?
16:50 -17:00 break
17:00-17:50 Reserved hour (the last previous day lecture might be moved on this hour: Frank Salter: The Success of Inclusive Fitness Theory as a Heuristic of Ethnic Solidarity in Contemporary Industrial Societies)
17:50 - Final break

Saturday, 25^th:

Whole day: Some out of the city social program with Uri Plusnin and others

Sunday, 26^th:

Travel of the lecturers▓ team to Novosibirsk. Bobbi Low and Carl Simon stay in Akademgorodok.

Nighttime travel: Uri Plusnin, Frank Salter, Kevin MacDonald, Michael McGuire, Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang leave Novosibirsk at 21:50 for Irkutsk

Night from Sunday to Monday, 26^th/27^th:

Nighttime travel: Arrival in Irkutsk: Uri Plusnin, Frank Salter, Kevin MacDonald, Michael McGuire, Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang (Siberian Airlines, 2:00 a.m.)

Nighttime travel: Bobbi Low and Carl Simon leave Novosibirsk at 6:50 a.m. (Aeroflot 722)

Monday, 27^th:

1^st day of the Irkutsk school. Host organization: the State Technical University of Irkutsk (address: ???)

12:45-13:00 Opening (Uri Plusnin, Eugene Ineshin, Frank Salter)
13:00-13:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part I
13:50-14:00 break
14:00-14:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part II
14:50-15:00 break
15:00-15:50 Michael McGuire: Can the neurosciences inform ethology - Part III
15:50-16:00 break
16:00-16:50 Harald A. Euler: Family Relationships √ Part I: Discriminative care by grandparents, aunts, and uncles
16:50-17:00 break
17:00-17:50 Harald A. Euler: ═Family Relationships √ Part II: The riddle of the mother-in-law
17:50-18:00 break
18:00-18:50 Harald A. Euler: ═Family Relationships √ Part III: How important is genetic paternity? Better test it?

Tuesday, 28^th:

2^nd day of the Irkutsk school

10:00-10:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Personality Psychology
10:50-11:00 break
11:00-11:50 Kevin MacDonald: Evolutionary Psychology and General Intelligence as a Non-Modular, Domain-General Adaptation
11:50-12:00 break
12:00-12:50 Kevin MacDonald: ═Group Evolutionary Strategies and the Psychology of Ethnocentrism
12:50-13:00 break
13:00-13:50 Frank Salter: The Success of Inclusive Fitness Theory as a Heuristic of Ethnic Solidarity in Contemporary Industrial Societies
13:50 √ Final break

Afternoon: some within city social program (i.e. sightseeing tour in Irkutsk)

Afternoon travel: Michael McGuire, Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang leave Irkutsk at 15:45 for Novosibirsk (Siberian Airlines)

Afternoon travel: Michael McGuire, Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang arrive in Novosibirsk at 16:15 (Siberian Airlines), stay in Akademgorodok

Night from Tuesday to Wednesday, 28^th/29^th:

Nighttime travel: Michael McGuire, Harald Euler and Yingzi Huang leave Novosibirsk at 6:50 a.m. (Aeroflot)

Wednesday, 29^th

Whole day: Some out of the city social program with Uri Plusnin and others in Irkutsk

Night from Wednesday to Thursday, 29^th/30^th:

Nighttime travel: Kevin MacDonald leaves Irkutsk at 8:00 a.m. for Moscow (Aeroflot)

Friday, October 1^st:

Afternoon travel: Uri Plusnin and Frank Salter leave Irkutsk at 15:40 for Novosibirsk (Siberian Airlines, arrive in Novosibirsk at 16:05)

Afternoon travel: Uri Plusnin and Frank Salter arrive in Novosibirsk at 16:05 (Siberian Airlines), stay in Akademgorodok

Saturday, 2^nd:

Midday travel: Frank Salter leaves Novosibirsk at 14:00 (S7 855)

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