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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Posted Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:32:59 This message was forwarded through MEDSOCNEWS. If you wish to make an announcement or publicise an event then please send the text to: [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Apologies for cross-posting. 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, cognitive neuroscientists, 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: [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] Paul Martin University of Nottingham [log in to unmask] This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ********************************************************************** 1. For general enquires or problems with the list or to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS send a message to: [log in to unmask] 2. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set medsocnews nomail 3. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set medsocnews mail 4. To leave MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): leave medsocnews 5. To join or subscribe to MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): SUBSCRIBE medsocnews firstname lastname 6. Further information about the medsocnews discussion list (including list archive and how to subscribe to or leave the list) can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medsocnews.html **********************************************************************