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PRESS RELEASE        Department of Art History and Performing ArtsDepartment of Physiology and Farmacology “V. Erspamer”Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesFifth International ConferenceDialogues between Theatre and Neuroscience promoted by Clelia Falletti, Luciano Mariti and Giovanni Mirabellaorganised by Gabriele Sofia and Victor Jacono  6-7 June 2013Ex Vetrerie Sciarra, via dei Volsci 122 (San Lorenzo), Rome  FREE ENTRANCE For the fifth consecutive year, the Sapienza University of Rome will host…See More

We invite 20-minute paper submissions for the first international conference organized on the Cognitive Futures in the Humanities.What is the ‘cognitive humanities’? In what ways is knowledge from the cognitive sciences changing approaches to language, literature, aesthetics, historiography and creative culture? How have practices in the arts and humanities influenced the cognitive sciences, and how might they do so in the future?This first international conference to focus on the cognitive…See More

On the 6 and 7 June 2013, for the fifth consecutive year, Sapienza Università di Roma will be organising the International Conference “Dialogues between Theatre and Neuroscience”. This year, the interdisciplinary dimension of the event will be supported through a collaboration involving the Department of Art History and Performing Arts, the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “V. Erspamer”, and the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts, Humanities and Oriental Studies of Sapienza Università di…See More

Gabriele Sofia, University of Rome, is discussing his latest research exploring the effect of theatre training on cognitive functions, to include a movement based intervention for Parkinsons.Gabriele will conduct a practical workshop 2-3.30 pm and give a presentation followed by questions  5-6.30 pm. Venue: Studio 2, Jarman Building, University of Kent Canterbury campus. If you would like to attend the practical workshop from 2-3.30pm , please email Melissa Trimingham …See More

Fourth International ConferenceDialogues between Theatre and NeuroscienceRome, 11-12-13 April 2012 FREE ENTRY As in the last three years, the University of Rome “La Sapienza” will be hosting artists, performers, directors, scholars and neuroscientists, hailing from various European and American centres of research for the International Conference Dialogues between theatre and neuroscience. Topics will vary from Theatre anthropology to Ethnoscenology; from studies on mirror neurons to the…See More

Fourth International ConferenceDialogues between Theatre and NeuroscienceRome, 11-12-13 April 2012 FREE ENTRY As in the last three years, the University of Rome “La Sapienza” will be hosting artists, performers, directors, scholars and neuroscientists, hailing from various European and American centres of research for the International Conference Dialogues between theatre and neuroscience. Topics will vary from Theatre anthropology to Ethnoscenology; from studies on mirror neurons to the…See More

Fourth International ConferenceDialogues between Theatre and NeuroscienceRome, 11-12-13 April 2012 FREE ENTRY As in the last three years, the University of Rome “La Sapienza” will be hosting artists, performers, directors, scholars and neuroscientists, hailing from various European and American centres of research for the International Conference Dialogues between theatre and neuroscience. Topics will vary from Theatre anthropology to Ethnoscenology; from studies on mirror neurons to the…See More

Fourth International ConferenceDialogues between Theatre and NeuroscienceRome, 11-12-13 April 2012 FREE ENTRY As in the last three years, the University of Rome “La Sapienza” will be hosting artists, performers, directors, scholars and neuroscientists, hailing from various European and American centres of research for the International Conference Dialogues between theatre and neuroscience. Topics will vary from Theatre anthropology to Ethnoscenology; from studies on mirror neurons to the…See More