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     An international tribute to Francisco Varela
     Fwd: Interdisciplinary Studies Lecturer Positions (2) Available

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Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:57:49 -0500
From: "Elizabeth A. Wilson" 
Subject: An international tribute to Francisco Varela


This may be of interest to some SLSers... it's just prior to the Paris
SL=
S.


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Subject: An international tribute to Francisco Varela

Hi,

I'd like to inform all Alife researchers that there will be an
internatio=
nal tribute to Varela organised in Paris, June 18-20 of this year. You
ca=
n consult http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/bersini/Varela for all further
informat=
ion.

Hugues Bersini





 From Autopoiesis to NeuroPhenomenology

A Tribute to Francisco Varela

June 18-20, 2004
(Amphith=E9=E2tre Richelieu, University Paris-Sorbonne)



Introduction:

Over the past half century complexity theory has a seminal influence on
the entire framework of modern science, affecting all its domains from
physics and biology to cognitive science and the human and social
sciences. This radical reframing is powered by a new vision of
causality: a consequence arises from networks of multiple causes rather
than from a single, direct cause.

This transversal notion of non-linear or emergent dynamics has allowed
us to critically reexamine our models and to mobilize new approaches to
age-old questions such as the relations between the biological and the
mental, the physical and the lived, the personal and the social, etc.

 From Autopoiesis to Neurophenomenology : a Tribute to Francisco Varela
will bring together scientists and thinkers from the fields of
mathematics, neuroscience, immunology, theoretical biology, cognitive
science, philosophy and the social sciences who participate in what can
be loosely termed a complex-systems approach to fundamental processes of
life, mind and human relations. These researchers share a constellation
of concepts: self-organization, autopoiesis, autonomy, enaction, radical
embodiment. The goal of these notions is the acquisition of a deeper
understanding of non-living and living systems through the ongoing study
of emergent properties.

Francisco Varela's contribution to the understanding of these ideas was
devoted to conjugating non-linear dynamics with first person accounts,
constituting the neurophenomenology program which is a component of the
general program of naturalizing phenomenology. Francisco Varela's oeuvre
ramifies into an unusually large number of domains essential to
contemporary science. This tribute uses it as a basis for presenting new
and original work by thinkers of all origins.


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Elizabeth A. Wilson
Institute for Advanced Study
School of Social Science
Einstein Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540

Email: eaw@ias.edu 
Ph : (609) 734 8365
Fax : (609) 951 4434




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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:32:58 -0800
From: Carol Wald 
Subject: Fwd: Interdisciplinary Studies Lecturer Positions (2) Available


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Tanya Augsburg 
> Date: February 12, 2004 5:41:38 PM PST
> To: INTERDIS@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU 
> Subject: Interdisciplinary Studies Lecturer Positions (2) Available
> Reply-To: Interdisciplinary Studies 
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> Sender:       Interdisciplinary Studies 
> Poster:       Tanya Augsburg 
> Subject:      Interdisciplinary Studies Lecturer Positions (2)  
> Available
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> Arizona State University
>
>
> Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, a growing, dynamic program in  
> whic=
> h students
> choose two areas of two areas of study and integrate them into a  
> major, i=
> s seeking two
> full-time lecturers (non-tenure track positions). Most students  
> combine s=
> tudies in
> business and social sciences although many study in the arts,  
> humanities =
> and sciences.
> Lecturers teach four core courses per semester: introduction to  
> interdisc=
> iplinary studies,
> interdisciplinary methods, applied study, and senior seminar. Courses 

> are=
>  writing
> intensive and may be taught some evenings, off-campus, via TV or the  
> Inte=
> rnet.
> Individuals committed to undergraduate education sought as program  
> emphas=
> izes
> excellent teaching. Renewable three-year contracts reviewed annually. 

> Det=
> ails at
> www.asu.edu/duas/bis.
>
> Earned doctorate at time of application; demonstrated teaching,  
> training,=
>  or scholarship
> in multiple disciplines or interdisciplinary studies; and demonstrated
 
> te=
> aching excellence
> at the university level are required. Experience developing/teaching  
> on-l=
> ine and
> research methods courses; experience creating innovative course  
> design; e=
> xperience
> teaching/advising non-traditional students; experience teaching  
> students =
> from a wide
> range of academic disciplines; experience in academic administration, 

> and=
>  experiencing
> in managing a study abroad program are desired. Applicants must  
> submit: 1=
> ) curriculum
> vita, 2) a letter of application detailing candidate=92s  
> qualifications r=
> egarding job
> description, 3) three letters of recommendation (letters should focus 

> on =
> teaching ability,
> 4) a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, and 5) evidence of  
> teachi=
> ng excellence. 
> Applications need to be received by March 22, 2004; incomplete files  
> will=
>  not be
> considered. Send applications to: Chair, Search Committee, Bachelor of
 
> In=
> terdisciplinary
> Studies, P.O. Box 873801, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ  
> 85287-3801.=
>   AA/EOE.
>
>
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Carol Ann Wald, C. Phil.
UCLA Department of English
2225 Rolfe Hall
Box 951530
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1530
wald@humnet.ucla.edu 



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