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update: 
See conference programme here:
http://www.mapping-humanities.dk/news/conference-1/conference-1-announcement.html

Goal of the Conference

The aim of this conference is to present the latest scholarly debates about contemporary knowledge production in the humanities and map the societal fields that call upon research in the humanities. A particular aim of the conference is to understand the humanities as situated between disciplinary science and other modes of research.

Keynote speakers include Nico Stehr, Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies at Zeppelin University, and Nikolas Rose, Head of Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine, King's College, London.

Registeration: Participation is free of charge, but registration is required at www.conferencemanager.dk/humanities. Deadline for registration is November 7, 2012.

Conference Announcement

The Humanities towards a New Agenda
Conference 1:
MAPPING THE HUMANITIES
November 21-22, 2012

What characterises the humanities today? Which methods and questions are at stake and developing? How do the humanities contribute to and negotiate today’s societal challenges, and how do they interact with and influence other scientific traditions and research fields?  What is the outline of the new human sciences that are developing at the borders between the humanities and other scientific fields?

Two newly established research programmes in Denmark, The Human Turn and Humanomics, are pleased to invite scholars, researchers and stakeholders to participate in this three-year international conference series, beginning with the inaugural conference Mapping the Humanities at Copenhagen Business School, 21-22 November 2012.

Goal of the conference

The conference series continues in 2013 with Part 2: Negotiating the Humanities, and in 2014 with Part 3: The Future of the Humanities. The 2012 conference constitutes an opening for all interested parties to contribute to the discussion of the quality and potentials of the humanities in contemporary society. The aim of the conference is to present the latest scholarly debates about contemporary and historical knowledge production in the humanities and map the societal fields that call upon research in the humanities.

A particular aim of the conference is to understand the humanities as situated between disciplinary science and other modes of research. The conference presents different perspectives on the relationship and flow between research in the humanities, and between the humanities and the social and natural sciences.  Live interviews with researchers operating in interdisciplinary fields will be a key part of the conference. 

Reserve the Date

Anyone with interest in attending the conference is strongly encouraged to reserve the date and submit an email indicating their interest in participating (dvh.lpf@cbs.dk). The main conference programme with the list of keynote speakers will be forthcoming in late September 2012.

Organisers
The Human Turn examines the new call for knowledge of the human in the natural sciences, the life sciences and the social sciences. The common drive is the realisation that knowledge of the human plays a decisive factor in handling societal challenges and the advancement of science. Focusing on a number of exemplary interdisciplinary fields such as political science, welfare science, health science, environmental science and the science of management, The Human Turn investigates the consequences and potentials of this new human turn.

Humanomics is an interdisciplinary research programme that studies the historical, conceptual and institutional dynamics of the humanities. The programme seeks to provide insight into which humanist theories, methods and concepts that are operative in today’s science system, and in doing so seeks to develop an empirically-based philosophy of the humanities. The programme consists of a consortia comprising Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University and is led by Frederik Stjernfelt and David Budtz Pedersen.

Both research programmes are supported by the VELUX FOUNDATION as integrating initiatives within its humanities programme.

For more information, please contact
David Budtz Pedersen, Co-Director, Humanomics, Aarhus University (davidp@hum.ku.dk)
Ditte Vilstrup Holm, Project Manager, The Human Turn, Copenhagen Business School (dvh.lpf@cbs.dk).

Please circulate this announcement in order to reach all prospective participants of a wide range of disciplines and fields of specialisation.

Kind regards

David Budtz Pedersen Ph.D.

Co-Director, Research Fellow

Humanomics Research ProgrammeAarhus University

Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7
8000 Aarhus CPhone: +45 35 32 88 95
Mobile: +45 30 29 29 74

Mail: davidp@hum.ku.dk
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