| 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the
History of the Neurosciences (ISHN)
Wednesday, 18 June - Sunday, 22 June 2008
The 13th annual meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN) will be held Wednesday through Sunday, 18-22 June 2008 at the Harnack House, Berlin and nearby venues. The ISHN encourages contributions about all of the history of all of the neurosciences, including basic and clinical specialties, ancient and non-Western topics, technical advances, and broad social and cultural aspects.
A preliminary schedule of papers and events is available as a printable PDF file. The completed, final program and all abstracts will be available soon at: http://www.ishn.org/ishn2008.htm.
The structure of the ISHN meeting will be platform and poster papers
as well as thematic symposia, all to be refereed by the program committee.
Platform papers are normally about 15-20 minutes in duration
followed by 5-10 minutes for discussion. Thematic symposia consist
of 3 or 4 platform papers submitted together on a specific theme. Poster
papers will be displayed on a poster board whose size is yet to
be determined. The program will include several invited papers. The opening day of the program (June 18) includes a pre-conference workshop, led by Samuel Greenblatt on Teaching Neuroscience History. The opening day concludes with the Opening Reception (buffet dinner).
Some of the highlights will include: An inaugural Welcome Address by the meeting patron, Professor
Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, former Minister of Science and
Technology of the Federal German Republic (1982 to 1992 in the Cabinet
of Chancellor Kohl). A special session in the Virchow Museum of the Charité,
Lecture by Bert Sakmann (Nobelist in Medicine or Physiology, 1991). The social program will include an Annual Banquet.
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) We thank the following sponsors for their generous financial
support:
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE:
JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF THE NEUROSCIENCES: We especially urge members to recommend the journal to their institutions' libraries, as the core English-language journal of the history of the neurosciences. Institutional subscriptions include both print and online editions.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: A preliminary schedule of papers and events is available as a printable PDF file. The completed, final program and all abstracts will be available soon at: http://www.ishn.org/ishn2008.htm. LANGUAGE: The official language of the ISHN conference is English.
 Harnack guest-house: Front entrance A block of rooms has been reserved at the Harnack House guest-house (http://www.harnackhaus-berlin.mpg.de). All room reservations at Harnack House for the meeting must be made by you. Always use the keyword ISHN2008 when making room bookings. The latest date you can reserve your room is April 22, 2008! Address: The Guest-house contains the following room types:
Please note that these quoted room prices are netto
and include breakfast.
We regret that dormitory rooms will not be available. Detailed accommodation information will be available later on the ISHN website. The following information about estimated registration fees is to help you plan your budget; note that fees listed here are approximate. The preliminary ISHN Full Member fee is €100. This includes the use of conference facilities, coffee breaks, and social events. Non-member registration will be a higher fee; accompanying person fees will be lower. The fee for the annual banquet at the Virchow "Ruin" building at the Charité will be €35. There will be a 50% discount on all registration costs (but not accomodation costs) for bona fide students. Lectures, papers, and poster sessions will be freely open to the public, to encourage attendance by other historians as well as neuroscience researchers and clinicians. Registration will be required for attendance at the social events. In order for the organizers to arrange for adequate seating and refreshments at social events, and transportation to special events, registration fees will be due on or before a later-announced date in 2008. Registration fees received after that time or at the door -- without prior notification to Georg Kreutzberg (ISHN President) or another designated Local Arrangements Committee member, and confirmation by one of them -- will not guarantee seating at the social programs. REGISTRATION QUESTIONS To see/download the credit card payment form, click CC Payment Form. [Please note: the credit card form must be printed, completed and returned by snailmail/surface mail/airmail! Some countries--for example, the United States--no longer permit transmission of credit card numbers by Fax.] Please note that program content, times and locations are subject to
change.
 Charlottenburg Palace (Hohenzoller family property)  The restored Federal German Government seat- The "Reichstag"  Schloss Bellevue, German President's Residence (Horst Köhler) PRE & POST-MEETING CONFERENCES (June & July 2008): ISHN members may be interested in planning their conference travels
to include other neuroscience meetings in Europe. Pre-meeting Conferences
Post-Meeting Conferences
ISHN 13th Annual Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts http://www.ishn.org/ishn2008-prelim.htm Last modified: 31 March 2008 |
