For Scholars
New Visions Core Participants Selected
The New Visions Steering
Committee is pleased to announce its selection
of core scholarly participants, featuring a diverse, internationally-recognized
group drawn from the natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and
humanities
and
theology.
These core participants will, starting fall 2004, pursue an intensive project
of collaborative research focusing on contemporary metaphors of biophysical
and human nature
across the science-humanities spectrum,
exploring ways to harmonize these diverse visions of nature and their
scientific and
religious dimensions. The results of this two-year collaboration will be
presented and discussed in a major public conference scheduled to take place
at UC Santa Barbara spring 2006.
For background information our New Visions core participants, click here. For details on the first core participant workshop, which took place in Santa Barbara on Oct. 22 and 23, 2004, click here.
New Visions Visiting Professors and Guest Scholars To Be Named
The Steering Committee will soon announce a distinguished list of visiting
professors drawn from our core participant group, who will reside
in UC Santa Barbara between fall 2004 and spring 2006 in order to present
public lectures, collaborate with fellow scholars,
lead
graduate seminars, and interact with undergraduate students.
Additionally, we are recruiting a high-caliber group of guest scholars drawn from across the academic spectrum to briefly visit UC Santa Barbara in pairs between fall 2004 and spring 2006 and present distinguished public lectures and conversations, as part of a series entitled Dialogues in Nature, Science, and Religion. Each of the Dialogues series will feature two prominent guest scholars representing very different disciplines whose work nonetheless converges on a common theme. More information on the Dialogues series will be presented in spring 2004.
Opportunities for Scholars
Scholars broadly interested in the relationship
between biophysical and human nature, science, and/or religion are welcome
to visit UC Santa Barbara
to attend any of our public events. They are especially invited to participate
in our spring 2006 conference and exchange ideas with core scholarly participants
and others. In addition to UC Santa Barbara's reputation as a premier research
institution, Santa Barbara is a world-class beachside resort,
offering a rich assortment of natural and cultural amenities to its guests.
Registration
information will be available late 2004.