Newsletter #270

AGENDA

Conference discusses philosophy and neuroscience

The development of neuroscience has brought a strong tendency to seek solutions to problems of any kind from the study of the neuron. A conference at the IEA will try to answer the following questions on November 6, from 2:00 pm: Can neuroscience serve as an epistemological foundation to other sciences? What are its own epistemological foundations? Where do the research results in this field point to? From research to clinical practice, what implications arise from the search for solutions in the study of the neuron? This will be the fourth meeting of the cycle "Reflections on Philosophy and Medicine," promoted by the IEA in partnership with the publishing house FiloCzar.

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Applications for the 2nd Congress on the History of Science and Technology

Those interested in presenting oral communication or a poster at the 2nd Congress on the History of Science and Technology have until November 25 to submit abstracts of contributions to the coordination of the meeting. Organized by USP's Intercultural Center for the History of Science (CHC) and the Khronos Research Group: History of Science, Epistemology and Medicine, the congress will be held from April 10 to 12, 2019, with the theme "Contemporary Challenges." A notification of acceptance of the works will be sent on December 16.

Further information on how to apply can be requested by sending an e-mail to Richard Meckien.

Seminar addresses the memory of Nazifascism and resistance to it

Researchers from various fields of German studies will participate in the seminar "Memory, Democracy and Resistance: Reflections on Nazifascism in Germany," which will take place on November 8, at 2:30 pm, at the IEA. The event recalls the 80th anniversary of the "Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night). The presenters will discuss the repercussions of the Nazi regime now and then from different perspectives. The initiative is an achievement of IEA's Quality of Democracy Research Group and the Martius Chair for German and European Studies.

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Researchers debate the pernicious effects of endocrine disruptors

Present in countless retail products, endocrine disruptors affect the functioning of various human glands. Their effects will be analyzed at the "Talk about Endocrine Disruptors," on November 12, at 3:00 pm, at the IEA. The presenters will be Elaine Maria Frade Costa, a professor at USP's School of Medicine, and member of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology, and Maria Izabel Chiamolera, from UNIFESP's School of Medicine.

Researchers interested in participating, please send us an e-mail for further information.

Seminar reflects on the memory and diversity of bibliophilia in Brazil

Collectors and curators of public and private libraries will address the main issues related to collecting, preserving and memory of books in the seminar "Bibliophilia: Circuits and Memories," to be held on November 12 and 13, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, in the Villa-Lobos Room of USP's Brasiliana Guita and José Mindlin Library (BBM). The meeting is an accomplishment of the research group Time, Memory and Belonging, linked to the IEA and BBM-USP.

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REPORT

Document stresses urgency for changes in Brazilian universities

The document "USP: Proposals for the Future," organized by the Work Group "USP in the Face of the 21st Century's Challenges," was presented by two of its authors: Luiz Bevilacqua, currently a visiting professor at the IEA and former president of UFABC, and Naomar de Almeida Filho, former president of UFBA and UFSB. They discussed proposals for changes in Brazilian universities with seven other specialists at the meeting "USP in front of the Mirror," on October 10.

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IEA ON THE RADIO

The challenges for Brazil and the president-elect

One day after the second round of the presidential election, USP's radio news program, a partnership between the IEA, "Rádio USP" and the School of Medicine (FMUSP), presented a special edition to discuss the challenges of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. The interviewees were André Singer, from the Department of Political Science of USP's Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences (FFLCH), José Álvaro Moisés, political scientist and coordinator of IEA's Quality of Democracy Research Group, and Jacques Marcovitch, from USP's School of Economics, Business and Accounting (FEA), former director of the IEA and former president of the University.

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