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[Castiello U]

The Laboratorio di Scienze Cognitive and the Dipartimento di Scienze della
Cognizione e della Formazione - University of Trento announce the symposium:


"SHADOWS: FROM ART TO NEUROSCIENCES"

Organised by 

Umberto Castiello and Daniel Kersten

A Symposium held at the MART (Modern Art Museum of Rovereto and Trento) in
Rovereto, Trento, Italy.


Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to attend the symposium "Shadows: from art to neurosciences"
which will take place on the 8th of November 2003 in Rovereto (Trento,
Italy). This symposium aims to bring together art historians, experimental
psychologists and neuroscientists to discuss issues concerned with the use
and investigation of shadows in a diversity of fields such as visual
perception, history of art, cinema, photography and neurosciences.

The Symposium will be held at the new Museum of Modern Art in Rovereto
(Trento), Italy (<http://www.mart.tn.it>).

Four keynote speakers from multidisciplinary backgrounds will present issues
of mutual interest related to the theoretical theme of shadow perception:

Daniel Kersten, Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA.

David Perrett, Professor of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Victor Stoichita, Professor of History of Modern and Contemporary Art,
University of Freibourg, Switzerland.

Carlo Alberto Zotti Minici, Professor of Media Arts, University of Padua,
Italy.

Participants are encouraged to submit proposals for the Poster presentation
session, which we believe will be a central and exciting feature of the
symposium. Please note that poster topics must be focused on the main theme
of the meeting and targeted to a wider audience. Submitted proposals will be
reviewed.

Posters will be available for viewing throughout the day and especially
during the refreshment and lunch breaks. Formal Poster Sessions will take
place between 13.00-14.30 and between 17.30-18.30.

Poster proposal submission should be sent to Umberto Castiello
(u.castiello@rhul.ac.uk) and Daniel Kersten (kersten@umn.edu
<mailto:kersten@umn.edu>).

No participation fee is required.

DEADLINE FOR POSTER SUBMISSION

August 30th, 2003

We look forward to meeting you at the symposium and to receiving your poster
submission.

Information concerned with programme, registration, guidelines for poster
submission, accommodation, travel and a flyer describing the symposium, can
be found from the symposium website: www.unitn.it/convegni/neuroscienze.htm
<http://www.unitn.it/convegni/neuroscienze.htm> . 

Simultaneous translation will also be provided (two lectures will be in
Italian and two lectures will be in English).

If you have any further queries regarding registration, poster presentation,
accommodation and travel arrangements please do not hesitate to contact Mrs.
Daniela Selvatico (selvatico@form.unitn.it ).

Best wishes,

Umberto Castiello & Daniel Kersten