2nd Siberian Indian Summer School on Human Ethology (HESISS2003), September 7th-11th, 2003 (Med-Academy, Eltzovka, 2, Timakova Street, Lecture Hall on the 2nd floor)

Program

Sunday, 7th:
10:00-22:00 Voyage of the Lecturers and Students on the Ship "Octopus" with Ob' Island Picnic Please, see top of the page for more details.

Monday, 8th: 1st day of the school, Human Ethology Session (9-17)
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:50 Opening (Arcady Putilov, Frank Salter)
09:50-10:00 coffee break
10:00-10:50 Wulf Schiefenhovel. Human Birth: Evolutionary, Ethnomedical and Crosscultural Perspectives
10:50-11:00 coffee break
11:00-11:50 Wulf Schiefenhovel. Aggression and Aggression Control in Highland New Guinea and Beyond
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Wulf Schiefenhovel. Signals in the Face: On the Human Ethology of Nonverbal Communication
13:50-14:00 coffee break
14:00-14:50 Karl Grammer. Dynamic Systems in Human Communication
14:50-15:00 coffee break
15:00-15:50 Karl Grammer. The Role of Pheromones in Human Reproduction
15:50-16:00 coffee break
16:00-16:50 Karl Grammer. Darwinian Aesthetics and Beauty
17:30 - Poster Discussion, Buffet and Dancing Party the Students and Lecturers (Canteen, the same 2nd floor)

Tuesday, 9th: 2nd day of the school, Evolutionary Psychology Session (9-17)
09:00-09:50 Siegfried Frey. Backbone of Culture:The Social Appreciation of Personality Traits
09:50-10:00 coffee break
10:00-10:50 Siegfried Frey. New Developments in Communications Theory
10:50-11:00 coffee break
11:00-11:50 Siegfried Frey. The Unconscious Processing of Nonverbal Behavior Displays
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Pierre van den Berghe. The Unilineal Descent Puzzle
13:50-14:00 coffee break
14:00-14:50 Pierre van den Berghe. The Matrilineal Descent Puzzle
14:50-15:00 coffee break
15:00-15:50 Pierre van den Berghe. The Incest-Endogamy-Exogamy Muddle
15:50-16:00 coffee break
16:00-16:50 Juri Plusnin (in Russian) Социобиология дружбы
19:00 √ Concert for the Students and Lecturers (Musical Salon of the Scientists' House)

Wednesday, 10th: 3rd day of the school, Human Genetics Session (9-17)
09:00-09:50 Thomas Bouchard. Genetic Influence on Mental Abilities, Personality, Social Attitudes, Psychological Interests and Psychopathology
09:50-10:00 coffee break
10:00-10:50 Thomas Bouchard (continued)
10:50-11:00 coffee break
11:00-11:50 Thomas Bouchard (continued)
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Henry Harpending. Natural selection on personality and temperament traits
13:50-14:00 coffee break
14:00-14:50 Henry Harpending. The natural history of Ashkenazi IQ
14:50-15:00 coffee break
15:00-15:50 Henry Harpending. Some genetic loci likely to cause population differences in temperament and personality
15:50-16:00 coffee break
16:00-16:50 Ludmila Osipova (in Russian) Разнообразие генофондов человека в Сибири.

Thursday, 11th: 4th day, Biobehavioral, Biopolitical and Psychophysiological Session (9-17)
09:00-09:50 Zhanna Reznikova. Social learning in bipeds, quadrupeds, hexapods, octopods, and decapods
09:50-10:00 coffee break
10:00-10:50 Frank Salter. Genetic interests: Theory, strategies, and ethics
10:50-11:00 coffee break
10:00-10:50 Students' hour
11:50-13:00 lunch
13:00-13:50 Michael McGuire. Status, information, and physiology: The history of a finding
13:50-14:00 coffee break
14:00-14:50 Michael McGuire. Status, information, and physiology: Where the finding led
14:50-15:00 coffee break
15:00-15:50 Michael McGuire. Status, information, and physiology: Current outlook
15:50-16:00 coffee break
16:00-16:50 Mark Shtark (in Russian) Биоуправление, стресс и поведение
19:00 √ The Farewell Party for the Students and Lecturers (Lavrentjev's Cottage)

Special Announcement: The participants of the school are welcome to present their research results as posters. The posters will be evaluated by the lecturers and organizers throughout the first 3 days of the school (sessions 1 to 3). The authors of the selected posters will be asked to give a short talk at the 4th day of the school (Students' Hour). The best three poster&oral presentations will be awarded throughout the farewell party by one year membership of ISHE (International Society for Human Ethology). Good luck, guys!

Telephones: Organizer - Research Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics: office 321256. Students: Nadya Mihnevich, office 325473, home 343473, mobile: 8(zoom) 913-903-3901. Vasily Tararyshkin, home: 327450, mobile: 8 (zoom) 913-921-8805. Mike Onischenko, home: 36 66 91, mobile: 8(zoom) 9039070764, Camilla Urakaeva, home: 341123

School Address: 2, Timakova Street, Novosibirsk 630117, Russia. How to find us? If you travel to Eltzovka from Akademgorodok, this is the final stop of the bus #52 or "marschrutka" #52 (= #1152) "Med-Academy" (Medakademiya). If you travel from the city of Novosibirsk, it will be most convenient to take "marschrutka" #23 at its 1st stop "Metro Rechnoy Vokzal" (Subway River Station), and then, on its final stop "Cafe Ogonek", you have to change it for a short trip on the bus or "marschrutka" #52 (= #1152) in the direction of "Medical Academy".

Visa Support: If you are not a Russian citizen, pls consult on your visa and registration: Mrs. Tatyana Berezina, Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 2, Timakova Street, the 1st floor, office phone/fax 324339, home phone 343096

Accommodation from participants from other cities: Novosibirsk State University Campus, #9 ("Devyatka", 1st floor), Svetlana Fedorovna, phone: 397876, Michail Vladimirovich, 397896