Call for papers

[Kelley Sacco]

CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS, SYMPOSIA
Jean Piaget Society: Society for the Study of Knowledge and Development
Annual Meeting May 31-June 2, 2001, Berkeley, California
Website   www.piaget.org
				Les Smith, Lancaster University
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:   15 December 2000

The 31st Annual Meeting of The Jean Piaget Society will take place in
Berkeley,
California, May 31-June 2, 2001. The theme of the meeting will be "Biology
and
Knowledge Revisited: From Embryogenesis to Psychogenesis." The deadline for
submissions is December 15, 2000.
Scholars interested in the development of knowledge are invited to
participate,
whatever their discipline. The plenary sessions will be organized around a
general theme, but individual proposals do not have to be related to that
theme.

GENERAL THEME: The theme the of Jean Piaget Society 2001 is inspired by
Piaget's book Biology and Knowledge which explores the mutual implications
of
evolution and development. Whereas the 1995 symposium considered the
evolution
of human behavioral development as revealed through comparisons of human and
nonhuman primate species, JPS 2001 extends and elaborates the theme by also
considering the evolution of brain development in human and nonhuman
primates.
The theme focuses on the evolution of experience-contingent brain
development
underlying cognitive construction, language acquisition, and personal
identity.
The important implications of recent studies that emphasize the constructive
nature of brain development and evolution will be discussed by distinguished
plenary speakers that include Terrance Deacon, V. S. Ramachadran and Annette
Karmiloff-Smith. The evolution and acquisition of languages is given special
emphasis with the inclusion of Dan Slobin and Elizabeth Bates as plenary
speakers. In addition, a special feature seminar on Piaget's Biology and
Knowledge will be led by several Piagetian scholars. As in 1995, the
conference
site is located on the San Francisco Bay with spectacular views of the
Golden
Gate Bridge and easy access by ferry, bus or subway to San Francisco.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Proposals will be accepted in English only. Electronic submissions are
strongly
encouraged. Instructions and forms for on-line and mail-in program
submissions
are available below.

DEADLINE: To be considered, proposals must be received (not just post
marked)
by December 15, 2000.

NOTIFICATION
The Program Committee will notify those submitting proposals of its
decision in
February, 2001. Although every effort will be made to respect the
presenter(s)'s choice, the form of the presentation may be changed by the
Program Committee. Should this be necessary, the change will be indicated in
your letter of notification.


RESTRICTIONS
All presenters must register for the meeting.  Individuals may not be
listed as
authors on more than two presentations.  Presentations must not have been
presented at any other meeting having the same general audience as the Jean
Piaget Society. 				

Papers
Paper presentations (15 minutes) may be focused on either empirical
findings or
theoretical
			
Posters
Poster presentations may be focused on either empirical findings or
theoretical
analysis.		

Symposia
Symposium proposals (90 minutes) should suggest 3-4 presentations organized
around a single topic.

HELP
Questions concerning on-line submissions can be sent to Chris Lalonde
webmaster at piaget.org
Questions concerning mail-in submissions can be sent to Eric Amsel
eamsel at weber.edu