A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersection of Culture, Brain, & Behavior (CfP, UCLA, October 23-24 2015)

Research Summary: Sex/Gender Research Conference

Event Type: Interdisciplinary Academic Conference

Date & Location: October 23-24, 2015, UCLA

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita, Brown University

Core Themes: Sex/gender across biological, historical, and cultural contexts; brain-behavior relationships; systems of power; partnerships and sexual orientations

Foundational Speakers: Sarah Richardson (Harvard), Art Arnold (UCLA), Gilbert Herdt (CIIS), Alice Wexler (UCLA)

Confirmed Speakers: 19 confirmed with additional speakers pending; includes evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, and humanities scholars

Format: Foundational talks, topical sessions, panel discussions, film screening (Bitter Honey), and audience Q&A throughout 2-day event

Registration: Early registration pricing available through June 30, 2015; previous conferences sold out before early registration period ended

Early Registration is Now Open: click here

Confirmed Keynote Speaker is Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies, Brown University, and author of the pioneering books, Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World (2012) and Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality (2000).

Foundational Talks will place sex and gender within larger historical (Sarah Richardson, Harvard University), biological (Art Arnold, UCLA), and cultural (Gilbert Herdt, California Institute for Integral Studies) contexts, highlighted by a vibrant panel discussion with these speakers and Alice Wexler, UCLA.

Topical Sessions covering the Humanities and Sciences, with several more speakers:

*Evolutionary and Cultural Contexts of Sex/Gender Differences in Brain and Behavior (Donald Pfaff, James Rilling, Kathy Huang, Michael Peletz)
*Toward a Culture-Brain-Behavioral Understanding of Partnerships, Marriage, Sexual Orientations, Desires, and Practices (Daniel Fessler, Sari van Anders, Lisa Diamond, Tom Boellstorff)
*What Counts as Adequate Function? (Melissa Hines, Hillard Kaplan, Marcia Inhorn, Carol Worthman)
*Sex/Gender and Systems of Power (Matthew Gutmann, Carol Worthman)
*Film: Bitter Honey (Robert Lemelson)

Panel discussions and question/answer sessions with the audience throughout this 2-day event. We have 19 confirmed speakers, with more names to be added soon.

Take advantage of the lower cost EARLY Registration fees and REGISTER NOW (Ends June 30, 2015). Our last two conferences sold out before the end of Early registration.