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Winter 2009 Schedule

Seminar Title: Co-evolution of Language and Culture
Faculty Organizer: Farrell Ackerman (Linguistics)
Time/Location: Fridays at noon in CSB 003 

Description:
This quarter's seminar will focus on reading through the book Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb. This is in some ways a natural continuation of last quarter's topic on the relevance of biological models to behavioral science research. Evolution in Four Dimensionsrepresents an effort to develop a unified analytic approach to cross-disciplinary research. The weekly discussion of chapters will revolve around participant organizers: class participants will be reponsible for leading weekly discussions of assigned chapters. This will require the presentation of some summary remarks and guiding discussion questions. Given the variety of fields covered in the book, discussion of chapters will demand active participation of all attendees. 


Course Reading: 
Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb. The MIT Press. 2005. [Available at UCSD Bookstore and Amazon.com

For any questions concerning the CHD seminar, please contact Janet Shin at jshin@ucsd.edu.

Date Discussion Leader Readings
1/16/09 Farrell Ackerman
UC San Diego
Department of Linguistics
Prologue
Part I: The First Dimension
Chapter 1: The Transformations of Darwinism

1/23/09 Christopher Wills
UC San Diego
Division of Biological Sciences
Chapter 2: From Genes to Characters
Chapter 3: Genetic Variation
 
1/30/09 Joan Stiles
UC San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
Chapter 4: The Epigenetic Inheritance Systems
Jablonka.2007
Liu.2008
Morgan.2008
Peaston.2006
Pembrey.2002
Youngson.2008

2/6/09 John Haviland
UC San Diego
Department of Anthropology
Chapter 5: The Behavioral Inheritance Systems
Emery.2004
Gray.2003
Laland.2007
Weir.2002

2/13/09 Robert Kluender
UC San Diego
Department of Linguistics
Chapter 6: The Symbolic Inheritance System
Brandon.1986
Herder.1770
Hockett.1960
Peirce.1878

**Please note that the 2/20/09 class will be moved from CSB 003 to CSB 180 (this week only)
 
2/20/09 Farrell Ackerman
UC San Diego
Department of Linguistics
Chapter 7: Interacting Dimensions - Genes and Epigenetic Systems
Gottlieb.2007
Pigliucci.2003
Pigliucci.2008
Waddington.1942
Waddington.1953

2/27/09 Farrell Ackerman
UC San Diego
Department of Linguistics
CONTINUED: Chapter 7: Interacting Dimensions - Genes and Epigenetic Systems
 
3/6/09   Chapter 8: Genes and Behavior, Genes and Language
Ritchie.Kirby.2007
Yamauchi.2007

3/13/09   Chapter 9: Lamarckism Evolving
Hare.Tomasello.2005

West-Eberhard.2005
West-Eberhard.2006