Join field leaders from the sciences and humanities in an investigation of the influence of disgust on morality, politics, psychiatry, and public health. Registration is free.

Schedule of events:

Thursday, April 6, 2017
Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center

5:00-6:00pm
"Disgust: From Microbes to Manners to Morality"
Val Curtis, Ph.D, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Friday, April 7, 2017
DIBS Multipurpose Room, Levine Science Research Center
Please register here.

9:00-9:30am
Continental breakfast and coffee

9:30-9:35am
Opening remarks

9:35-10:35am
"Objection! The Evolution of Pathogen, Sexual, and Moral Disgust"
Debra Lieberman, Ph.D, University of Miami

10:45-11:45am
"From Biological Adaptation to Social Metaphor: The Expanding Influence of Disgust on Social Judgment"
David Pizarro, Ph.D, Cornell University

11:45-12:00pm
Break; pick up catered lunch

12:00-1:00pm
"Disgust: From Oral to Moral?"
Hanah Chapman, Ph.D, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Co-sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium Series

1:15-2:15pm
Student poster session, Research Triangle-area universities

2:15-3:15pm
"On the Origins of Disgust and the Nature of Moral Disgust"
Paul Rozin, Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania

3:15-3:30pm
Break

3:30-4:30pm
"Moral Disgust in a Cultural World"
Dan Kelly, Ph.D, Purdue University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy Speaker Series

4:30-5:00pm
Panel discussion

5:00-6:00pm
Cocktail hour, Featuring hors d’oeuvres both disgusting and delightful

Sponsors:

• Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM)
• Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
• Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
• Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
• Department of Philosophy
• Kenan Institute for Ethics