Board of Directors of the International Society for Twin Studies, Working Groups, and Organizing Committees of International Congresses

1980 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-79
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
International Society ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Working Groups

scholarly journals Symposium in Honor of Irving I. Gottesman (December 29, 1930–June 29, 2016)

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-284
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
International Society ◽  
Human Genetics ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
To Come ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Academic Positions

The June 2016 death of our esteemed colleague, Dr Irving I. Gottesman, was felt as an extreme loss at so many levels by colleagues, students, friends, and family across the globe. Irv's stellar contributions to the field of twin research will continue to be remembered and cited for many years to come. In commemoration of his life and work, I organized a symposium at the 16th meeting of the International Society for Twin Studies, held in Madrid, Spain, November 16–18, 2017. The panelists included mostly former students, as well as colleagues, who presented their scientific research and personal remarks reflecting Irv's profound influence in shaping their lives and careers. A chronology of Irv's academic positions and honors is included in the introduction to this special issue of Twin Research and Human Genetics, followed by brief sketches of the panel participants; their scholarly papers and personal reflections follow.

Moral Agency and International Society

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Brown
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Security Council ◽  
International Society ◽  
Moral Agency ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Governing Committee ◽  
Interesting Possibility ◽  
The Status

There is no body that has the legal right to exercise agency on behalf of international society (IS), even though the notion of “society” encapsulated in IS is, in principle, close to that conveyed by bodies such as clubs and associations that can be represented by, for example, a board of directors or governing committee. Some have argued that the UN or the Security Council can exercise agency on behalf of IS, but in view of the “underinstitutionalization” of IS in the UN, a more interesting possibility is that groups of states may authorize themselves to act on the behalf of IS as “coalitions of the willing.” However, the contrasting experience of the Gulf War of 1990/91 and the Kosovo campaign of 1999 suggest that the degree of ideological coherence of the coalition in question is an important variable here - in 1999, NATO was able with some plausibility to represent the wider international society because of its commitment to certain core democratic values, while in 1991 the Gulf War coalition could only act conservatively in restoring the status quo because of its diverse nature.

scholarly journals The 14th Congress of the International Society for Twin Studies: Selected Highlights/Research Summaries: Twin Study of Telomere Erosion; Genetics of Monozygotic Twinning; Developmental Dysplasia; Fertility of Mothers of Twins / General Interest: Video Portraits; Separated at Birth; Childhood Actors; Adult Twin Film Villains

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 685-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
International Society ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Developmental Dysplasia ◽  
International Congress ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Monozygotic Twinning ◽  
Telomere Erosion

Selected highlights from the 14th International Congress on Twin Studies, set in Florence, Italy in April 2012, are presented. This meeting, which traditionally occurred every three years, is now being held every two years. Reviews of research on the topics of stress and aging (telomere erosion), the genetics of MZ twinning, developmental dysplasia, and fertility of mothers of twins follow. The final section includes several public interest items, namely an exhibit of twins' video portraits, unusual physical look-alikes, and young and adult twin television and film actors.

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