4th Estoril Vigotsky Conference

07.11.2015

The Vegotskyan League of Portuguese Language and the Quintino Aires Institute, in collaboration with the Russian State University for the Humanities, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, IPAF - Vigotsky Institute (São Paulo, Brazil), along with Andricard (Luanda, Angola), are preparing the 4th Estoril Vigotsky Conference that will be held in Estoril/Portugal, from June 9th to 11th, 2016.

Important dates:

Deadline for Abstract submission: March 1st, 2016.

Earlybird registration: January 31st, 2016.

Three days of keynote and state of the art lectures and oral presentations is the hallmark of this personal and interactive conference. The EVC16 edition has the following confirmed Keynote Speakers: Antonio E. Puente (USA), Janna Glozman (Russia), Alfredo Ardila (USA), Eugene Subbotsky (UK), Dorothy Robbins (USA), Aleksander N. Veraksa (Russia), Nicolay Veresov (Australia), Bella Kotik-Friedgut (Israel), Igor M. Arievitch (USA), Anton Yasnitsky (USA), Konstantin V. Anokhin (Russia) and Joaquim Quintino Aires (Portugal). This is a unique opportunity to interface with colleagues from different disciplines all over the world.

Started in 2010, the ESTORIL VIGOTSKY CONFERENCE is a biennial international meeting of professionals from different disciplines such as Psychology, Pedagogy, Linguistics, Anthropology, Medicine, and Health Sciences. These professionals come together with the common bond of an interest and focus on Vigotsky, Luria and Leont’ev.

The Honor Vigotsky Prize is to be awarded to distinguish the contemporary applications of these three luminaries. The awards have previously been granted to: Yuri Zinchenko, (Russia), Janna Glozman (Russia), Dorothy Robbins (USA), Elena Kravtsova (Russia), Gennady Kravtsov (Russia) and Margarida César (Portugal).