0ncepts of embodied cognition have rather difficult CONFERENCE FEES / REGISTRATION : Evangelische Akademie relationships with different faith traditions. For ex- € 186,40 including accommodation, meals and fees. Students and doc - torators € 90. Costs of the sightseeing tour at the 23th September are ample, there has been a fruitful dialogue with Bud- C not included. Conference fees are to be paid in cash at check-in or trans - dhism going back at least 20 years. There has been no explicit ferred in advance to: Loccum dialogue with Judaism to date, but notions of embodied mind Kirchliche Verwaltungsstelle, account 6050 at Evangelische Kreditgenossenschaft, routing no. 52060410 seem very congenial to Jewish thinking about personhood. SWIFT/BIC GENODEF1EK1 VERANSTALTUNGSPROGRAMM Christianity seems to have most to gain from an explicit dia - IBAN DE36520604100000006050. logue with embodied cognition, given its close ties to western We request that you register with philosophy, where the problem of the relationship of the body - headword: “ISSR-Conference Loccum 2012” - name to the mind has been a problem for centuries. - address - institution/organization KIRCHE | RELIGION Furthermore it has been important in work on sci-ence and re - - e-mail address (so we can confirm the registration) by mail, fax or e-mail to: ligion to find ways to harmonise the physicalism about human Evangelische Akademie Loccum nature assumed by con-temporary science with the desire in Petra Fleischer many faith traditions to emphasise that, for all the importan - Münchehäger Str. 6 Human Nature and 31547 Rehburg-Loccum, Germany ce of Embodiment, humans are more than their bodies. Theo - Fax +49-5766-81-101; [email protected] Embodied Cognition ries o f ‘ embodied cognition’ have many attractions in this area. Registrations will be confirmed insofar as space is available. Against this background the conference will focus on the con - CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS : cept of embodiement, and especially on theories of embodied Dr. Christ Knight cognition, the focus of a current research profject, funded by Phone +44-(0)1328-820108; [email protected] ISSR – LOCCUM CONFERENCE 2012 Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Thomas the John Templeton Foundation and directed by ISSR Presi - Phone +49-(0)2343222506; [email protected] dent, Dr. Fraser Watts.. Dr. Stephan Schaede Phone + 49-(0)5766-81-100; [email protected] Petra Fleischer, Secretary You are cordially invited to discuss relevant questions and pro - Phone +49-(0)5766-81-101, Petra.Fleischer @evlka.de blems! MEDIA CONTACT : Reinhard Behnisch Phone +49-5766-81-105, [email protected] Dr. Christopher C. Knight , St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS : Participants will be accommodated in single rooms or double Dr. Fraser Watts , St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge rooms, if preferred. All meals are served at the Academy. By prior Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Thomas , University of Bochum arrangement, rooms and meals may be available before and af - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Welker, University of Heidelberg ter the conference. Please indicate vegetarian preference and die - Dr. Stephan Schaede, Director, Protestant Academy Loccum tary restrictions with your registration. TRAVEL : Loccum is located 50 kilometers west of Hanover in Lower Saxo - ny. The nearest airport is in Hanover (HAJ). The nearest train sta - tions are in Wunstorf, Minden and Nienburg. Detailed directions will be sent to all registered participants. HOUSE SCHEDULE : 08:15 Morning Prayer 8:30 Breakfast 12:30 Lunch 18:30 Dinner The Akademie online: http://www.loccum.de Medienpartner The International Society 20. - 23. September 2012 for Science and Religion, Cambridg www.ndr.de/info Thursday, 20 th September 2012 17:30 The Dynamics of emergence: structural issues Embodied Cognition in Christianity underlying embodiment and cognistion 18:00 Arrival and welcome Pranab Das , Elon University, North Carolina 16:00 Christianity and the postmodern body Wentzel van Huyssteen , Princeton Theological 18:30 Dinner 19:00 Dinner Seminary, New Jersey Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary, 20:30 Opening of the conference 21:30 Social evening Pasadena Fraser Watts and Stephan Schaede Embodied Cognition in interdisciplinary contexts Saturday, 22 nd September 2012 Friday, 21 st September 2012 17:45 Embodied vs. Outsourced Memory and 08:15 Morning prayer, Conversatio Morum Scientific Pespectives on Embodied Cognition breakfast Noreen Herzfeld , St. John’s University, Minnesota 08:15 Morning prayer, Religions Perspectives on Embodied Cognition Panetheism, cognitive science and breakfast transforming the science-religion dialogue 09:30 Embodied Cognition in Judaism Mikael Leidenhag , Uppsala University, Sweden 09:30 Philosophical background to embodied Daniel Weiss , University of Cambridge cognition 18:30 Dinner Alva Noe , City University of New York 10:45 Coffee break 20:30 A Christian theology of embodiment and the 10:45 Coffee break 11:45 Embodied Cognition in Islam Imago Dei: Techno-sapiens in Techno-nature Shiva Khalhli , World religions’ research Center, Ann Pedersen , Augustana College, South Dakota 11:15 Neuroscientific background to embodied Tehran cognition John Teske , Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania 12:30 Mittagessen Sunday, 23 rd September 2012 12:30 Lunch Embodied Cognition in Buddhism 09:30 Church Service 14:15 Embodied cognition, character formation, 14:00 Embodied Cognition and Buddhism and virtue John Pickering , University of Warwick, 10:30 Walk to Loccum Monastery (founded 1163), Warren Brown , Fuller Theological Seminary, guided Tour by Stephan Schaede Pasedena Embodiment and Rebirth in the Buddhist Cultural Programme and Hindu Traditions 15:30 Coffee break David Gosling , Edwardes College, Peshawar 11:30 Annual General Meeting of ISSR 16:00 Embodied cognition and the concept of 15:30 Coffee break 12:30 End of the conference personhood in theology and science Léon Turner , Centre for Advance religious and Theological Studies, University of Cambridge.