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Main Areas

Plenary Speakers

Alfredo Dinis
Catholic University of Portugal
“Darwin’s impact on science, society and culture”

Ana Leonor Pereira
Coimbra University
“The reception of Darwin in Portugal"

Augusto Silva
Catholic University of Portugal
“Replication, selection and language change. Why an evolutionary approach to language variation and change?”

Eric Charmetant
Centre Sèvres, Paris
“Darwin and ethics: the history of an early encounter”

Fiorenzo Facchini
Bologna University
“Culture and its philosophical implications in an evolutionary view”

Francisco Ayala
University of California
“The biological foundations of ethics”

George Coyne
Vatican Observatory
“Evolution and Intelligent Design: What is science and what is not”

Godehard Bruentrup
Hochschule für Philosophie, München
"Darwinism and Naturalism - a Perfect Fit?"

Haiyan Yang
Peking University
“The reception of Darwin in China”

Henrique Teotónio
Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Genetics)
“Reevaluating the Origin of Species: the genetic constraints of evolution”

Isabel Varanda
Catholic University of Portugal
“Ecology as an hermeneutic key of both Creation and Evolution”

Jim Salmon
Loyola University in Maryland
“Evolution of information”

João José Fraústo da Silva
Technical University of Lisbon.
“Reevaluating the Origin of Species: the chemical constraints of evolution”

John F. Haught,
Georgetown University
“Darwin challenges to Christianity”

José Miguel Dias Costa
Catholic University of Portugal
“Evolutionary aesthetics”

Luis Miguel Parreira e Correia
Lisbon University
“From natural to artificial life”

Manuel Sumares
Catholic University of Portugal
“Evolution, transcendence and the nature of thought: Blondel and Teilhard”

Michael Ruse
Florida State University
“The Origin, yesterday, today and tomorrow”

Paul Gabor
Vatican Observatory
“Darwin space mission”

Rodrigo de Sá Nogueira Saraiva
Lisbon University
“Evolutionary Psychology”

Roland Cazalis
École d’Ingénieurs of Purpan, Toulouse
"Darwin as a pedagogical principle in the interaction between biological evolutionism and religion”

Scientific Committee

Organizing Committee

Call for Papers

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

To be considered for a paper presentation at the Congress, please submit all the following items in ENGLISH

A separate COVER SHEET that lists the author(s) full name(s), name of institutions(s), complete postal address, telephone number(s), and email address, along with both the PAPER TITLE, and the THEMATIC AREA.

On a different SEPARATE sheet, a 200 word BIOGRAPHY for each author of the paper, written in a third-person form (“She is professor….” rather than “I am professor…”)

An ABSTRACT of between 500 and 1000 words. The ABSTRACT must not contain any self-references, in order to facilitate blind review. Include main bibliographical references

The abstract should be as informative as possible:

a) state specific object of study

c) summarise results obtained

b) state method used, if pertinent

d) state conclusions reached

e) main references

f) thematic area

Bibliographical references are included at the end of the abstract/paper according to the following examples:
Singer, P., “Ethics and Sociobiology”, Zygon 19 (1984) 142-151.

Moreland, J.P. and J.M. Reynolds, eds. Three Views on Creation and Evolution, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.

Haught, J., God after Darwin, Philadelphia: Westview Press, 2008.

Maynard Smith, J. “A Darwinian View of Symbiosis”, in Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation: Speciation and Morphogenesis, ed. L. Margulis and R. Fester, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991: 26-39.

ALL SUBMISSION ELEMENTS MUST BE SENT VIA EMAIL AS ATTACHMENTS written in WORD (NO .pdf files will be accepted). WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL MESSAGE.

As this is an international congress, the official language is ENGLISH. However, there will be some sessions of the congress that will be conducted in PORTUGUESE, SPANISH AND FRENCH. Please submit at least the ABSTRACT in ENGLISH.

LENGTH LIMIT OF FULL PAPERS: 10,000 words (approximately 20 single-spaced 8.5”x11” typed in 12 pt. Arial or Times New Roman font).

READING TIME: approximately 20 minutes, followed by up to 10 minutes of question and answer.

DEADLINE for submitting abstract and biography:  JULY 10, 2009.

DEADLINE FOR NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:  JULY  15, 2009.

DEADLINE for completed versions of SELECTED papers: JULY 30, 2009

FORMAT for papers: Final Papers must be submitted in ELECTRONIC format (WORD).

Please, submit cover sheets, abstracts, bios and (if selected) completed papers via email to darwinpapersbraga@gmail.com

Call for Posters

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

To be considered for a poster presentation at the Congress, please submit all the following items in ENGLISH

A separate COVER SHEET that lists the author(s) full name(s), name of institutions(s), complete postal address, telephone number(s), and email address, along with both the POSTER TITLE, and the THEMATIC AREA.

On a different SEPARATE sheet, a 200 word BIOGRAPHY for each author of the poster, written in a third-person form (“She is professor….” rather than “I am professor…”)

An ABSTRACT of between 250 and 300 words. The ABSTRACT must not contain any self-references, in order to facilitate blind review. Include main bibliographical references.

The abstract should be as informative as possible:

a) state specific object of study

b) state method used, if pertinent

c) include main references

d) summarise results obtained

e) state conclusions reached

f) indicate the poster’s thematic area

As this is an international congress, the official language is ENGLISH. However, posters may be presented also in PORTUGUESE, SPANISH AND FRENCH. Please submit at least the ABSTRACT in ENGLISH.

DEADLINE for submitting abstract and biography:  JULY 10, 2009.

DEADLINE FOR NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:  JULY 15, 2009.

Please, submit cover sheets, abstracts, bios and (if selected) completed papers via email to HYPERLINK "mailto:darwinpostersbraga@gmail.com" darwinpostersbraga@gmail.com

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING POSTER PRESENTATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DARWIN’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE. A 21st CENTURY REASSESSMENT (18PT, ARIAL BOLD),

UPPERCASE

1Ayu Rahman, 2Teh Siew Cing,    (14pt.)
1Department of Information Technology & Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pulau Pinang, Malaysia ← 11pt.
2 School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
e-mail: 1ayurahman@ppinang.uitm.edu.my, 2tehscing@usm.my

Abstract (14pt., Arial bold)
Abstract should be clear and written in 12 pt Arial, between 250 – 300 words.

1. Format (14pt., Arial bold)

The font type used in the content of poster is Arial. The font size is 12 point. The text is presented in 2 columns. Please note that there is a 10 pages upper limit on the length of each poster, in A4 size paper.

1.1 Margin (12pt., Arial bold)

The margin for the general text is 1 inch on the top, bottom, left and right.

1.2 Header

The following header is positioned at 0.5 inch from the top of the first page only. Font size is 8-point, regular.

“International Congress on
Darwin’s impact on science,
Society and culture (2009)”

2. Content of Poster

The content of the poster should include introduction, summary of literature review, methodology, analysis, discussion, summary and conclusion. References are also to be included.

3.Presentation of Poster

The poster should be printed in white A4 paper and laminated. The participants with an accepted poster (only one per participant) should report to the organizing committee of the Congress on the first day of conference. An exhibition area will be assigned to the participants to paste their poster presentation.

Please, submit posters proposals via email to darwinpostersbraga@gmail.com

Registration

Program

Practical Information

Venue

The venue of the conference is the Faculty of Philosophy of Braga (Faculdade de Filosofia de Braga) http://www.facfil.braga.ucp.pt, located in the center of the town.

All roads lead to Braga...

Faculty of Philosophy of Braga
Praça da Faculdade, 1
4710-297 Braga - Portugal

Geographical note

Braga is the capital of Minho, the most northern and ancient province of Portugal. Having a history that goes back more than 2,250 years, the city is an important religious, social and cultural center, and is one of the oldest Christian towns, being known as “The Portuguese Rome”. Braga offers a very diversified touristic-cultural program, a civilizable route, provided with documents since the Pre-Historical period to our days. Here we can find the most different and important monumental concentration predominating the Romanic, the Baroque, the Religious Art presented in most of the Churches and Convents, the Civil Art of Palaces and Manor Houses, the "Castros" and Archaeological ruins where the unchangeable secular tranquility remains. The city is 50 km from Oporto and 75 km from the Spanish boarder, and is linked to other European cities via railway (with some shortcomings), highway and Oporto international airport (half an hour from Braga). Click here for a brief historical and geographical note on Braga and Minho.

The Catholic University of Portugal was established in 1967, and has a regional configuration. It was born in the North, extended to Lisbon, where the Rector’s office is located, and continued its expansion to Oporto, Viseu, Figueira da Foz, Leiria and Sintra (in that order) in response to local needs. It has a total of nearly 10,000 students.

The Faculty of Philosophy of Braga was founded by the Jesuits in 1945 and in 1967 it became the first Faculty of the newly created Catholic University of Portugal. It offers undergraduate studies in Philosophy and in Humanities (Portuguese and Classical languages, literatures and cultures). It also offers a first degree that combines Philosophy and Humanities, and another that combines Philosophy and Business Administration. The four main post-graduation areas are Bioethics, Portuguese Literature and Linguistics, Cognitive Sciences and Documental Sciences. There are two main Research Centers: Philosophy (which includes a Cognitive Sciences Group) and Humanities (Linguistics, Portuguese Literature and Classical Studies).

Social Program

Proceedings

Important Dates

Contacts

1 : DARWINISM

2 : DARWIN’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE

3 : DARWIN’S IMPACT ON PHILOSOPHY

4 : DARWIN’S IMPACT ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES

5 : DARWIN’S IMPACT ON RELIGION

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS