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Dear Colleague,
You are invited to participate in a national multidisciplinary seminar
on 'Governing risky individuals: Disordered personalities in a
neurobiological era'. This is the fifth meeting in an ESRC funded
seminar series on Neuroscience, Identity and Society, jointly organised
between the Institute for Science and Society (ISS, formerly IGBiS,
University of Nottingham) and the BIOS Centre for the Study of
Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society (BIOS, LSE). It aims
to bring together social scientists, psychologists, philosophers,
psychiatrists, anthropologists, and scholars from a range of other
disciplines to discuss the implications of recent work in the
neurosciences for the management of personality disorders associated
with antisocial and criminal behaviour. Further details of the seminar
will be available soon.
Date: Thursday 17th May 2007
Time: 11.00 - 17.00, followed by a reception
Venue: CARR Seminar Room, London School of Economics.
Speakers:
* Professor Nigel Eastman (Forensic Psychiatry, St George's
Hospital Medical School)
* Martyn Pickersgill (ISS, University of Nottingham)
* Dr Essi Viding (Psychology, UCL, and Institute of Psychiatry,
KCL)
The meeting will be introduced and chaired by Professor Nikolas Rose
(Sociology, LSE).
Organisers: Dr Paul Martin and Professor Robert Dingwall (ISS,
University of Nottingham) and Professor Nikolas Rose and Dr Ilina Singh
(Sociology and BIOS Centre, LSE).
Booking details: Numbers will be strictly limited to ensure plenty of
opportunity for participation, so please book early. To register your
interest and request a registration form please contact:
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The series can be found at www.neuroscienceandsociety.org
We hope you will be able to attend and look forward to seeing you in
London.
Yours sincerely
Nikolas Rose
London School of Economics
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Paul Martin
University of Nottingham
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