Unpacking Emotions: The Humanities and Sciences / Conference: NYU/CNRS (Sept. 23-24)

Unpacking Emotions: The Humanities and Sciences

CNRS/NYU
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 23 - 24, 2011

8:30 a.m - 5 p.m., Friday September 23
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday September 24

At the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, 972 5th Ave, New York N.Y., 10075

To register, email : unpackingemotions@gmail.com

Fee waived for students but PLEASE REGISTER AS SPACE IS LIMITED

http://sites.google.com/site/unpackemotions/

Co- organized by the "TRANSITIONS" Center for International Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Emotional Brain Institute, this conference inaugurates an interdisciplinary research program aimed at considering the nature of reason and emotions.

It will focus on the simple but fundamental question: "WHAT ARE EMOTIONS", from the perspectives of the HUMANITIES, SCIENCES and the ARTS.

Contacts:
Emilienne Baneth ebn216@nyu.edu
Joseph Ledoux joseph.ledoux@nyu.edu