Memory Day 2015: Memory and Skill Across Time
University of Otago (Margaret Bartley Theatre, Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand)
6-9 December 2015
Memory Day is an annual interdisciplinary showcase of research and scholarship on memory, sponsored by the Department of Cognitive Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders. This year for the first time the University of Otago will be hosting the colloquium, which will be sponsored by The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund.
This year’s exciting program focuses on memory and skill across time, conceived of as historical time; the experience of time in high-pressure, high-stakes events such as sport and performance; and the developmental life course.
Organising committee: Evelyn Tribble (English, Otago); Amanda Barnier (Cognitive Science, Macquarie; Elaine Reese (Psychology, Otago); Kirk Michaelian (Philosophy, Otago)
- Sunday 6 December: Keynote #1 and opening reception
- Monday 7 December – Wednesday 9 December: Further keynotes, panels, and roundtables
Keynote Addresses by:
- Professor of Cognitive Science David Kirsh, University of California, San Diego http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/
- Developmental psychologist, Professor Qi Wang http://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=qw23
- Historian and Macarthur Fellow Pamela O. Long http://www.pamelaolong.com
- Dr. Chris Button, School of Physical Education, University of Otago http://physed.otago.ac.nz/staff/cbutton.html
And presentations by: PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, early career researchers and other staff, researchers at the University of Otago, members of the Collective Cognition Team at Macquarie as well as collaborators and colleagues from across and beyond Macquarie and Otago and within and across disciplines.
Call for Papers:
Limited space is available for brief papers on any aspect of the topic. Please email an abstract (200 words) along with a very brief biography to Evelyn Tribble (evelyn.tribble@otago.ac.nz) no later than 31 August. Acceptances will be notified on a rolling basis, so please submit your proposal as soon as possible.
