ESF Research Conferences

ESF-LiU Conference

PATHWAYS OF HUMAN DIGNITY: FROM CULTURAL TRADITIONS TO A NEW PARADIGM

Chaired by

CHAIR:

MarcusDüwellE-Mail

University of UtrechtFaculty of Humanities / ethics instituteDepartment of PhilosophyUtrechtNetherlands

http://www.phil.uu.nl/en/

VICE-CHAIR:

Guy G.StroumsaE-Mail

The Hebrew University of JerusalemFaculty of HumanitiesDepartment of Comparative ReligionCenter for the Study of ChristianityJerusalemIsrael

http://www.csc.huji.ac.il/OldApplication/gold_content.html

Dates

31 October - 4 November 2007

Location

Klosterhotel, Vadstena, Sweden
The conference will take place at Klosterhotel in Vadstena, Sweden. Vadstena is located in the south-eastern province of Östergötland, in a lovely natural setting on the shores of beautiful Lake Vättern, offering comfortable accommodation in a historic environment. During the Middle Ages, Vadstena was the location of a catholic monastery for monks and nuns of the Birgittine order and nowadays the conference center and hotel is largely located in the same medieval buildings that were once the monastery. With 5 600 inhabitants, Vadstena is 45 km from Linköping and 330 km from Stockholm. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Linköping airport, via Linköping train station, on arrival and departure days.

Final Programme & List of accepted participants

© Utrecht University, Ethics Institute

Human Dignity is a notion of central moral, legal, political and philosophical importance, as has been widely accepted since the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights nearly 60 years ago. There is much that remains unclear, however, regarding the historical roots of the notion of human dignity, its role in the history of different religions and cultural traditions, and its internal relationship to human rights. Moreover, within current debates over international justice and bioethics, both the implications of this notion and its precise content are deeply controversial.

Pathways to Human Dignity is the final conference in a series of workshops, organized by the European Science Foundation and the University of Linköping, the International Union of Academies, the UNESCO, the International Social Science Council, the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, the Institute for Catalan Studies and the Netherlands Research School for Practical Philosophy. The conference aims to bring together the various perspectives on and debates over human dignity and to identify, from the perspectives of different disciplines, what further research is needed.

Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions

There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme.

Posters can be fixed with magnets and pins onto poster panels. Poster size should be no more than 100 cm high x 70 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.

Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide

Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read it fully and carefully...

GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Two buses will be arranged on arrival day from Linköping airport, via the Linköping train station, to Vadstena. The journey takes approximately 1 hour.

Bus departure times - Wednesday 31 October:
- from Linköping airport: 16.00 – 18.00
- from Linköping train station: 16.15 - 18.15

Group transportation back to Linköping will be arranged in a similar way after breakfast on the departure day.

ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee (EUR 720) should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single (EUR 160) should be paid to Vadstena Klosterhotel. Should you wish to be put on waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Chiara Orefice.

Conference Fees

Registration Form

All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 4 October 2007 

ESF Contact

ChiaraOreficeE-Mail

European Science FoundationESF Conferences UnitBrusselsBelgium

Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2023
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 07-235 in any correspondence.

Partnership

This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with Linköping University.

With Support from

Links of Interest

• Ethical Perspectives - Journal of the European Ethics Network
• Ethics Updates: Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide resources and updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
• Ethics - An International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy (University of Chicago Press)

Back - ESF Conferences - Home Page