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Psychology Club - "Richard A. Shweder: In Defense of Robust Cultural Pluralism"

Yeditepe University Psychology Club, in collaboration with Yeditepe University Psychology Department, invites you to a unique conference experience. One of the biggest figures in cultural psychology, Richard A. Shweder*, who paved the way for the field to re-emerge, will be giving a conference through Skype on 25th April (Wednesday) 2018, 18:00 at Yeditepe University Fine Arts Faculty Conference Hall (GSF Konferans Salonu) to discuss "Robust Cultural Pluralism". It will be moderated by Assistant Professor Mari Ito Alptürer and student moderator Kaan Dural. The conference will be held in English and there will be no translation into Turkish.

As the conference will be open discussion, it is crucial for those wishing to participate to have a sense of the reading (see the link below) before the event to join the discussion during the conference.

Reading

https://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/718/html

Also, it is mandatory to fill the form below for participants who are not from Yeditepe University.

 

Participant Registration Form:

https://goo.gl/forms/OtAGY138NIx8KvAx2

 

*Richard A. Shweder is a cultural anthropologist and cultural psychologist and the Harold Higgins Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, where he has taught for over 40 years. Please check for more information about Professor Shweder: 

https://humdev.uchicago.edu/directory/richard-shweder

 

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