Member of The Academy of Sciences in Stavanger

I have been notified that I have been appointed as a member of The Academy of Sciences in Stavanger (Vitenskapsakademiet i Stavanger) - after having been nominated some weeks ago. The academy was established in 2004 (cf. news story in Norwegian).

Member of Nordic Wittgenstein Society

I have registered as a member of the Nordic Wittgenstein Society.

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Wittgenstein and Uexküllian phenomenology paper accepted for presentation

Second Minding Animals Norway newsletter composed and distributed

About four weeks ago I composed and distributed newsletter no. 2 from Minding Animals Norway (6 pp). To receive the newsletter you have to be a member (of which there are currently 40 something).

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First newsletter of Minding Animals Norway distributed (July 25th)

First newsletter of Minding Animals Norway distributed

Two days ago I composed and distributes the very first newsletter of Minding Animals Norway (in Norwegian) - 6 pp. The newsletter is sent to members, some 33 people by the last count. The MAN newsletter will appear approximately twice every semester (= four times a year).

Cognitive semiotics membership

I have become a member of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), which was founded May 29th in Aarhus, Denmark, during the Eight Conference of Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS).

Minding Animals International to incorporate in the US

The Board of Directors of Minding Animals International has decided that the organization will incorporate as an NGO in the United States. I voted for, as representative of Minding Animals Norway. There were 13 affirmative votes and 6 not voting among board members and patrons. 

The exact form/structure of the organization is still to be discussed. Minding Animals Norway is organized as a democratic membership organization (currently with 20+ paying members). A membership model is now being considered for the international body as well.

Web page of Minding Animals Norway under construction

The homepage of Minding Animals Norway is under construction. You'll find a simple English language version here.

For those who understand Norwegian, here's a page where you can register as a member, and here's a presentation of the board members (including me, as the chair of MAN - see my Norwegian language blog Utopisk Realisme for the academic blurb on me).