Experimental Economics and Spontaneous Order

Turin (Italy), October 5-6, 2011Experimental Economics and Spontaneous OrderSeminar for Ph.D. students directed by Professor Vernon L. SmithIBL (Istituto Bruno Leoni), in co-operation with the Department of Economic and Financial Sciences “Giuseppe Prato” of the University of Turin and CIPESS (Centro Interuniversitario di Economia e Psicologia Sperimentali e Simulative), organizes in Turin a Seminar on “Experimental Economics and the Spontaneous Order”, directed by Professor Vernon L. Smith (Chapman University) and reserved to graduate students.
Professor Smith is the “father” of an important school of scholars using experimental methods to address economic questions. The notion that underpins this new branch of economics is that experiments can help to understand how economic agents behave. In a very formal environment, researchers create artificial monetary incentives to help understand why markets and other exchange systems work. In particular Professor Smith used experimental economics to deal with the spontaneous emergence of social norms.
The seminar will be held at the Department of Economic and Financial Sciences “Giuseppe Prato” of the University of Turin (Corso Unione Sovietica, 218). The Seminar will be conducted by Prof. Vernon Smith, Prof. Bart Wilson and Prof. David Porter (both from Chapman University). Participants to the two-days seminar are required to read a selection of texts as a necessary preparation to the common work. Materials will be provided to the participants by IBL in electronic form upon selection.
The number of participants is restricted to 20 students. Applicants must be under 30.Grants may be available—at the discretion of the selecting committee—to students that will also be participating to the Mises Seminar in Sestri Levante, covering travel and lodging in Turin.
The participation fee is € 250 (this also applies to any beneficiary of the above-mentioned grants).
Selective participation grants will be available at the discretion of organizers, for deserving studentsCandidates interested to apply for participating in this seminar should send their curriculum vitae (including participation to other relevant meetings, seminars, etc) to Carlo Lottieri, at carlo.lottieri@brunoleoni.it.
Applicants should also list their publications, if any, and attach a short cover letter explaining the reason of her interest in participating in the seminar.
Priority for acceptance to the Seminar will be given to participants to the Mises Seminar 2011 (Sestri Levante, 7-8 October 2011).The deadline for the application is July 31, 2011.
The applications will be evaluated by a commission composed by IBL scholars.
The judgment of the commission is unappealable.
Carlo Lottieri Director, Education and Political TheoryIstituto Bruno LeoniIstituto Bruno Leoni – via Bossi 1 – 10144 Torino – Italia Cod. Fisc./P.Iva 08899870011T: +39 (011) 070 2087 – F: +39 (011) 437 1384 – info@brunoleoni.it – http://www.brunoleoni.it/

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Qatar University orients its new international students

Qatar University (QU) welcomed over 50 international students at an orientation event held by the International Students Section. The Section assists international students in making a smooth transition into the life of QU and Qatar and provides support services to respond to academic, personal, financial, scholarship, visa and immigration questions and issues.

Qatar University (QU) welcomed over 50 international students at an orientation event held by the International Students Section.ts comprised those enrolled in the Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Program (ANNS), visiting students, and undergraduates enrolled in various QU Colleges. The students represented a number of different nationalities - US, Canada, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, Romania, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, China, France, Mongolia, Chad, Somalia, Sudan, Nepal, and Yemen.

Leading the event, Section Head Huda Dabbour gave an in-depth presentation on the information contained in the International Students Guide, explaining the status of international students as those admitted to the University with student visas under QU Sponsorship. She also addressed such topics as QU and State of Qatar laws, policies and regulations, and financial aid application.

"We want the students to enjoy their stay at QU and in Qatar and will make every possible effort to ensure that their needs and concerns are addressed promptly", Huda said. "We encourage them to become part of student life and contribute their cultural identities to the many events and activities that take place on the campus and in the community

Huda noted that every year the Section sees an increase in the number of international students entering QU especially to pursue the ANNS program.

Also present at the event to meet and greet the students were ANNS Director Dr Abdullah AbdulRahman, ANNS teacher Rasha Abbas Mahmoud, and Mr Khalifa Alyazeedi of QU Student Fund Section. Representative of Masraf Al-Rayyan bank Ms Noura Hussain Fawaz was on hand to assist students with opening bank accounts and to explain aspects of Islamic banking.
Copies of the Koran in Arabic were distributed to the students which Huda noted would be beneficial not only to the Muslim students but also to the ANNS students in their study of the Arabic language.
The students were later taken on a campus walk tour to orient them to the location of the colleges and key buildings, facilities and services.

Fuente: Korea University

CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON BUDDHIST ETHICS CONFERENCE

Columbia University, October 6-7, 2011
Buddhist ethics aims to identify and evaluate the different ethical (and metaethical) positions advanced in Buddhist texts. Researchers in the mainstream of philosophy and psychology have begun to appreciate the promise of Buddhist ethical discourse on such topics as the nature of the persons, freedom, attention training, and emotional regulation. Moreover, the growth of Buddhist ethics as a discipline has also led Western teachers and practitioners of Buddhism to apply it's tenets to contemporary issues and problems. This conference endeavors to further advance the project of Buddhist ethics through constructive transdisciplinary dialogue.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Damien Keown (Professor of Buddhist Ethics, Goldsmith College, UK) &
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics, Duke University

PLENARY ADDRESS:Karl H. Potter (Professor Emeritus in Philosophy, University of Washington)

PARTICIPANTS:

Willoughby Britton (Brown University), Barbra Clayton (Mount Allison University, CA), Christian Coseru (College of Charleston), Georges Dreyfus (Williams College), Owen Flanagan (Duke University), Jonathan Gold (Princeton University), Charles Goodman (SUNY Binghamton), Christopher Gowans (Fordham University), William Grassie (Metanexus Institute), Charles Hallisey (Harvard Divinity School), Sallie King (James Madison University), Matthew Kapstein (University of Chicago), Sara McClintock (Emory University), Andrew Olendzki (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies), Jin Y. Park (American University), David Pizarro (Cornell University), Graham Priest (CUNY Graduate Center), Jesse Prinz (CUNY Graduate Center), Christopher Queen (Harvard University), Riccardo Repetti (Kingsborough College), Mark Siderits (Seoul National University, KR), Barry Schwartz (Swarthmore College), Evan Thompson (University of Toronto, CA), Lynne Tirrell (University of Massachusetts), Robert Thurman (Columbia University), Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego), Jan Westerhoff (University of Durham, UK)

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR:
Christopher Kelley (Columbia University)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:
Jake Davis (CUNY Graduate Center)

FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/buddhist_ethics/

Michele Sakow
(Executive Secretary)
Palden Sakya Centers
Ven. Lama Pema Wangdak, Director

KBS World Radio

Contenido

De lunes a viernes a las 22 hs, por FM Radio Palermo 94.7, podrán escuchar toda la


De lunes a viernes a las 22 hs, por FM Radio Palermo 94.7, podrán escuchar toda la programación de KBS World Radio en español.


Sobre KBS World Radio

KBS WORLD Radio, el servicio internacional de Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), es la única emisora internacional multilingüe y de onda corta de Corea. Su origen se remonta al 15 de agosto de 1953, cuando se denominaba La Voz de Corea Libre. La emisión de 15 minutos en inglés se amplió luego a los idiomas japonés (1 de diciembre de 1955), coreano (2 de septiembre de 1957), francés (10 de abril de 1958), ruso (13 de febrero de 1961), chino ( 10 de agosto de 1961), español (19 de agosto de 1962), indonesio (2 de junio de 1975), árabe (10 de septiembre de 1975), alemán (1 de mayo de 1981), portugués (inaugurado el 1 de junio de 1983 y cerrado el 1 de abril de 1994) e italiano (abierto el 1 de junio de 1985 y cerrado el 1 de noviembre de 1994). En 1973, la emisora cambió su nombre por Radio Corea y más tarde, en agosto de 1994, pasó a tener la denominación de Radio Corea Internacional. En el año 2005 se incorporó el undécimo idioma, el vietnamita, y se produjo el cambio de nombre a KBS World Radio. Actualmente KBS WORLD Radio ofrece servicios por onda corta, onda media, FM e Internet en 10 idiomas diferentes. KBS WORLD Radio cumple una importante labor en el afianzamiento de la amistad y la comprensión mutua entre los más de 40 millones de oyentes y cibernautas interesados en Corea, además de los 700 mil coreanos que se encuentran fuera del país, a través de programas que reflejan los aspectos sociales, culturales y políticos de una manera precisa y fiable en los servicios informativos.

The 2011 AABS

The 2011 AABS conference will be held in conjunction with the New ZealandAssociation for the Study of Religions <http://www.nzasr.ac.nz/> (NZASR)Conference from December 7, 2011 - December 9, 2011 at the MercureQueenstown Resort, Queenstown, New Zealand. The conference is to be hostedby the Department of Theology and Religion<http://www.otago.ac.nz/religion/> at the University of Otago.
We would like to invite AABS members, and interested scholars generally, topresent their latest research and enjoy the opportunity to exchangeinformation and ideas with their colleagues. Please also encourage and, ifpossible, make arrangements for your postgraduate students to participate.
Call for Papers
The conference will consist of two parallel streams of plenary lectures andpanel discussions. For the AABS stream contributions are welcome from allacademic perspectives of Buddhist studies including textual studies,history, sociology, religious studies, cultural studies, psychology, music,performance and art history
Speakers in both conference streams have 30 minutes, approximately 20minutes to deliver their paper and the remainder for questions anddiscussion. Postgraduates are particularly welcome to submit papers foreither conference stream
Calls for papers and proposals for panel discussions (3 papers) for bothAABS and NZASR streams can be found at http://www.nzasr.ac.nz/conference/.The call for papers will close on 31 October 2011.
Post Graduate Sponsorships
AABS will offer up to 4 post graduate sponsorships of $500 each to assistAustralian based post graduate students with travel and accommodationexpenses.
Sponsorship will be awarded competitively based upon the submission of draftpaper. Candidates must submit full papers by 31st October. The AABSExecutive committee will assess the applications over the following 2 weeks.The winners will be notified by 15th November.
Kind regardsAABS
Executive Conference
DetailsVenue: Mercure Queenstown Resort, Queenstown, New Zealand
Date: December 7, 2011 - December 9, 2011 Full details of conference outline, registration, accommodation and contactscan be found at http://www.nzasr.ac.nz/conference/

ITECHLAU

• ITechLaw is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for two upcoming ITechLaw conferences: the 8th International Asian Conference, taking place in Bangalore, India on February 23-24, 2012, and the 2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting, taking place in Washington, D.C., USA on May 3-4, 2012. -->
  




• Please submit your proposal online as directed below for one or both of the upcoming conferences. Each conference's submission form requires the following details for your proposal:
  



• A topic title
  The area of law and/or industry to which the topic relates
  





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• A brief description of why you consider this to be timely and relevant for inclusion in the conference, and The speaker's name, organization, and a summary of the speaker qualifications and experience to address the proposed topic





• Please submit your proposal for the 8th International Asian Conference by July 28, 2011, either via email to Shibani Josephs, or online.
  
  The 8th International Asian Conference is co-chaired by Alexander Blumrosen of Bernard-Hertz-Bejot, Rajiv Patel of Fenwick & West, Sajai Singh of J. Sagar Associates, and Ursula Widmer of Dr. Widmer & Partners, attorneys at law, as well as Program Committee Chair Jenna Leavitt of Pillsbury.
  
  For more information on this conference, please visit http://www.itechlaw-india.com/.

The Voices of Ten Million: Anti-Nuclear Petition Movement Launched in Japan 千万人の声−−反原子力陳情運動、日本で始まる

A group of Japan’s most prominent public intellectuals have launched a movement to amass ten million signatures calling for an end to Japanese nuclear power. The group, which includes Uchihashi Katsuto, Ooe Kenzaburo, Ochiai, Kamata Satoshi, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Sawachi Hisae, Setouchi Jakucho, Tsujii Takashi and Tsurumi Shunsuke, also plan a nationwide series of protests on September 11, the six month anniversary of the tsunami and the beginning of the Fukushima crisis.

Affected by the earthquake on 11th March, the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant of TEPCO is suffering meltdown, the worst possible situation, in its reactors number 1 to3.

This has become an unparalleled disaster, where high level radioactive materials have been released, following hydrogen explosions and the damages to the reactor buildings, into sea water, air and soil, contaminating the environment.

Even two months after the earthquake, the reactors show no sign of coming back to control and the situation continues to be extremely unstable. It is feared that there would be immeasurable effects on the health and lives of not only the local residents and the workers at the power plant but also the future children yet to be born.

We have always been aware that humans cannot live with nuclear. We are deeply regretting that even though we knew this fact, our protesting voices and actions against nuclear energy have been far too weak.

We are determined to take actions for a “peaceful and sustainable society”, reconsidering our lifestyles that exploit nature and waste limitless energy, and focusing on natural energy.

For that purpose, we set the following goals:
1. Cancellation of construction plans for new nuclear power plants
2. Planned termination of existing nuclear power plants, including the Hamaoka nuclear power plant.
3. Abolition of “Monju” and nuclear reprocessing plants which use plutonium, the most dangerous radioactive material.We will achieve these goals in order to save our own lives, and fulfill our responsibilities to the future children.

We will hold the “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants” Rally as follows. Please join with your friends and families.

Date: September 19th, 2011, Starting at 13:00Place: Meiji Park, Tokyo (Five minutes walk from JR Sendagaya station, two minutes walk from metro Oedo line Kokuritsu Kyogijo station (Exit E25)Expected number of participants: 50,000(There will also be a parade after the rally.)

Fuente: Asia-Pacific Journal Editors