Symposia/Conferences

13th Japanese Occupational Science Symposium
A pre-conference workshop on 21 November 2009 will be held at the University of West Kyushu, Saga Prefecture. The topic is: "Nature, Occupation and Culture: Global Environmental Change and Human Activity".

The symposium, to be held November 22-23, is being organised by Mami Aoyama and Mark Hudson. Moses Ikiugu is a keynote speaker. The main lectures are Bruce Batten "The environment and lifestyles in Japanese history" (in Japanese but with English text available); Moses Ikiugu "Occupational performance and survival of the human species: why does it matter what we do from dawn to dusk?" (English presentation with Japanese translation); and Kazuo Aoyama "Environmental change and human activities as seen from Maya civilization" (in Japanese). Further details can be obtained from Mark Hudson (hudsonm@nisikyu-u.ac.jp).

Colorful Views of Research Methods in the Northeast
8th Annual Research Conference of the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA. Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut. October 14-16, 2009. www.sso-usa.org
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