Summer Institute in Cognitive Sciences, "The Origins of Language" @UQAM, June 21-30 2010

Theme of the Summer Institute: The Origins of Language

Dates: June 21st to 30th 2010

Website: http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/page/intro.php

Program: http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/page/programme.php

Participating disciplines:

- Anthropology

- Archaeology

- Computer Sciences

- Linguistics

- Neurosciences

- Paleontology

- Philosophy

- Psychology

- Zoology

Language: Due to its international character, the Summer Institute will be held entirely in English.

The Institute is intended for:

- graduate and post-graduate students from the participating disciplines,

- faculty members, scholars, engineers, and professionals from these disciplines.

Academic activities: Contents will be presented through lectures, group discussions, and poster sessions.

Materials: All participants will receive the following:

- a summary of each lecture,

- a course package of complementary articles for each of the lectures.