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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BERGers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope everyone is safely enjoying the snow. I will send out the weekly BERG email on Monday as usual, but for now I’m sending out this message to provide interested persons with a short list of upcoming related conferences and workshops.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Mar-April: Edinburgh Science Festival. Details: <a href="https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/">
https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>April 2018: The 13th Conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA). Details:
<a href="http://psychology.pte.hu/ehbea2018">http://psychology.pte.hu/ehbea2018</a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>April 2018: The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). Details:  <a href="http://www.asab.org/conferences/">http://www.asab.org/conferences/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>May 2018: Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs, and Religious Minds. Details:
<a href="http://schools.centromajorana.it/relmind2018/">http://schools.centromajorana.it/relmind2018/</a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>June 2018: Culture Conference and Young Social Learning Research Group (see Christine Caldwell for details on both)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>July 2018: The 30th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) conference. Details:
<a href="https://www.hbes.com/conference/hbes2018/">https://www.hbes.com/conference/hbes2018/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>September 2018: International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE) Congress. Details:
<a href="http://ishe.org/chile-2018/">http://ishe.org/chile-2018/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Sophia Marieangela St Claire has kindly brought this calendar of talks on primate conservation to our attention. Details:
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimConsOBU/posts/2047196768623839">https://www.facebook.com/PrimConsOBU/posts/2047196768623839</a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Jade Hooper has kindly brought this workshop on pets and children to our attention. Details:
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pet-effect-a-reflective-workshop-tickets-42139485335">
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pet-effect-a-reflective-workshop-tickets-42139485335</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not a comprehensive list but hopefully useful nonetheless. If you know of other conferences not mentioned here, please feel to speak up/share.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy your weekend – see you on Wednesday!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paxton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">______________________________</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Paxton Culpepper</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,<b> BSc, MSc</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD Candidate </span></b><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">|</span></b><b><span style="color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Psychology</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<br>
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Office:
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3B134 Cottrell Building
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Phone:
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0) 1786 466852
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fax:
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0) 1786 467641
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Email:</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><u><span style="color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:p.d.culpepper@stir.ac.uk"><span style="color:#4F6228">p.d.culpepper@stir.ac.uk</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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