Emotions in History — online Aug 10-11, 2023

UCSB’s Hongbo Yu (psychology) and Ya Zuo (history) have organized a symposium called “Emotions in History: Boundary-Crossing Adventures.” It will be held online August 10-11, 2023. The animating idea is that theories of emotion in each field–psychology and history–can be enriched by knowledge from the other.

The keynotes will be August 10 (Leda Cosmides (UCSB) representing Psychology, Anna Shields (Princeton) representing the Humanities.  Aug 11 features a roundtable discussion between Team History and Team Psychology (which features evolutionary psychologists, including CEP alumnus Daniel Sznycer), followed by a discussion open to all. See below for more.

Keynotes: August 10, 8-10AM (PDT), Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/87899179073?pwd=c0hPYWxyT0JMZDFuSmNSTUhhYy9rQT09

Symposium: August 11, 7-10AM (PDT), Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/88393915476?pwd=bTVzVlM4NGQvZVVaWkpKQ3hrWDVMUT09

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Leda Cosmides elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Leda Cosmides was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023. More details here and here.

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Talking Stories by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Michelle Scalise Sugiyama (University of Oregon) is a CEP alum who earned her doctorate in literature. Recently she has created Talking Stories: An Encyclopedia of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and made it available to all who are interested in evolutionary psychology and the arts.

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Roney, Wertz win Symons Adaptationism Award

HBES gave its inaugural Don Symons Adaptationism Award at the 2023 Palm Springs conference. The award is bestowed for the best paper exemplifying the adaptationist program written or published in the last three years.

Although many excellent papers were nominated, three were so outstanding that the judges could not rank them. Two are CEP faculty—Jim Roney and Annie Wertz—and Larry Sugiyama (CEP alum ’96!), is senior author on the third.

Jim Roney

Jim Roney won the award for his lead chapter on “Hormones and Human Mating” in the 2023 Handbook of Human Mating,

Annie Wertz won for her paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, How Plants Shape the Mind.

Larry Sugiyama won for his paper, Lassitude: The emotion of being sick, by Schrock, Snodgrass, & Sugiyama in Evolution and Human Behavior.

Human Behavior and Evolution Society

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Dan Conroy-Beam named HBES “Rising Star”

Dan Conroy-Beam was honored with one the first ever Rising Star Awards at the 2023 meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Palm Springs, California.

The HBES Rising Star Award is presented to outstanding HBES members in the earliest stages of their research careers post-PhD. This designation recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.

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HBES creates the Don Symons Adaptationism Award

The Don Symons Adaptationism Award was created by the Human Behavior and Evolution Society in honor of UCSB Professor Emeritus, Don Symons. Professor Symons was a founder of the field of evolutionary psychology, starting with his breakout book in 1979, The Evolution of Human Sexuality. He was widely known for his careful use of adapationist thinking, especially when evaluating alternative hypotheses about the adaptive function of a mechanism.

The Don Symons Adaptationism Award is bestowed for the best paper exemplifying the adaptationist program written or published in the last three years. The inaugural award was announced at the 2023 Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting in Palm Springs, California.

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HBES May 31-June 3, 2023 in Palm Springs, California

The Human Behavior & Evolution Society will be meeting in Palm Springs, California from May 31 to June 3, 2023.

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Leda presented @ Centro de Estudios Públicos de Chile

During this unique event that took place on May 8th at CEP (Centro de Estudios Públicos de Chile), attendees had the opportunity to witness an engaging dialogue between Isabel Behncke and Leda Cosmides. While some participants enjoyed the experience in person, those unable to attend physically could still join the conversation through the live stream on Emol TV. The event focused on the topic of Political Tribes (Evolution and Society), with both experts sharing their knowledge, perspectives, and insights.

The conversation can be seen in Youtube.

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Tooby and Cosmides awarded Jean-Nicod Prize

Tooby and Cosmides received the 2020 Jean-Nicod Prize, “awarded annually to a leading philosopher of mind or philosophically-oriented cognitive scientist”

For details and the lectures visit here.

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Dan Conroy-Beam receives Harold J. Plous Award

Dan Conroy-Beam receives 2022-2023 Harold J. Plous Award for most outstanding young professor. See https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020694/outstanding-performance

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