{"id":16,"date":"2010-06-12T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nt.ntnu.no\/users\/iceorg\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2023-07-30T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:43:12","slug":"about-us-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ethologycouncil.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

50 Years of International Ethological Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Ethological Conference was born<\/strong> just after WWII when the organizers and participants wanted to resume the science they loved and renew the friendships they had built before the War.\u00a0 In July 1949 the Association for the Study of Animal Behavior and the Society for Experimental Biology organized a Symposium on \u201cPhysiological Mechanisms in Animal Behaviour.\u201d This meeting brought to Cambridge most of the key players in animal behavior at the time, such as Niko Tinbergen, Gerard Baerends (Netherlands), Konrad Lorenz (Austria), William Thorpe, J.Z. Young (UK), Erich von Holst, Otto Koehler (Germany), Paul Weiss, and Karl Lashley (USA), an international group representing both sides of the recent conflict in Europe.<\/p>\n

In the following year<\/strong>, von Holst invited some colleagues and their students to his lab in Wilhelmshaven for 10 days (Thorpe 1979).\u00a0 It was a small informal group, with no proceedings where \u201conly half-baked ideas\u201d were discussed (Nisbett 1976).\u00a0 The meeting was such a success that the group planned the first International Ethological Conference which was held at Buldern in 1952, a castle in Westfalia and the site of Konrad Lorenz\u2019s first institute\u00a0 (Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1985).\u00a0 The second IEC was held in Oxford in 1953 with about 80 participants (Dewsbury 1989) and it has been held at regular two-year intervals since then.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe early fifties were such a marvelous time to be an ethologist.\u00a0 The science was blossoming and practically everything one touched was new.\u00a0 Ethological meetings were filled with intense discussion…\u201d (Hinde 1985)<\/p>\n

From the first<\/strong>, the tradition of the IEC has been to hold an informal, international, 10-day conference where a great diversity of topics and ideas could be discussed.\u00a0 The early meetings were small, by invitation only, with a single session \u201cso that nobody need miss anything\u201d and they often went on late into the evening (Manning 1985).\u00a0 The two-way translation was provided by Lorenz, Tinbergen, and Baerends.\u00a0 Speakers would stop every 10 minutes or so to have a section translated, a mammoth task for the most senior researchers in the field (who, as a result, could not miss a single session).\u00a0 In fact, the meeting was so exhausting for the participants that a day off was provided mid-way through, a \u201cmerciful tradition\u201d (Manning 1985) that continues to this day.\u00a0 Although small meetings certainly have their advantages, by the late \u201970s many felt that a meeting by invitation only was no longer appropriate (Marler 1985) and so it was abandoned at the 1983 meeting in Brisbane.\u00a0 Although the IEC is now massively larger, requiring many concurrent sessions, it retains much of its earlier character.\u00a0 The IEC encourages international participation while retaining its European roots with alternate meetings held in Europe and abroad; the ICE (International Council of Ethologists which plans future IEC meetings) remains informal; the long format of the meeting still provides an important means of developing friendships and collaborations; the mid-conference field trips are still an important element; and all aspects of animal behavior are still considered and discussed.<\/p>\n

In its 50th year<\/strong>, the IEC returns to Germany where its initial conference was held, and to one of the centers for animal behavior research over the past 50 years.\u00a0 Like its predecessors, this Conference will emphasize integrative approaches to ethology: the adaptiveness of behavior as well as how behavior evolved, developed, and is controlled.<\/p>\n

The ICE would like<\/strong> to thank Raimund Apfelbach and the T\u00fcbingen Committee for their hard work and organizational skills in sponsoring the 2001 International Ethological Conference.<\/p>\n

H. Jane Brockmann<\/p>\n

Secretary General, ICE<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bateson, P.P.G. and P.H. Klopfer. 1989.\u00a0 Preface to Whither Ethology.\u00a0 Perspectives in Ethology<\/em> 8: v-viii.<\/p>\n

Dewsbury, D.A. 1989. A brief history of the study of animal behavior in North America. \u00a0Perspectives <\/em>\u00a0in Ethology<\/em>.\u00a0 8: 85-122.<\/p>\n

Dewsbury, D.A. 1995.\u00a0 Americans in Europe: the role of travel in the spread of European ethology after World War II.\u00a0 Anim. Behav<\/em>. 49:1649-1663.<\/p>\n

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. 1985. \u201cFishy, fishy, fishy\u201d Autobiographical sketches. In: D.A. Dewsbury (ed.)\u00a0 Leaders in the Study of Animal Behavior.\u00a0 Autobiographical Perspectives<\/em>. Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA.\u00a0 pp. 69-91.<\/p>\n

Frisch, K. von. 1967.\u00a0 A Biologist Remembers<\/em>.\u00a0 Pergamon Press.<\/p>\n

Hinde, R.A. 1989.\u00a0 Ethology in relation to other disciplines. In: D.A. Dewsbury (ed.) Leaders in the Study of Animal Behavior.\u00a0 Autobiographical Perspectives<\/em>. Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA.\u00a0 pp. 193-203.<\/p>\n

Jaynes, J. 1969.\u00a0 The historical origins of \u2018ethology\u2019 and \u2018comparative psychology\u2019.\u00a0 Anim. Behav<\/em>. 601-606.<\/p>\n

Klopfer, P.H. 1999.\u00a0 Politics and People in Ethology<\/em>.\u00a0 Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg, PA.<\/p>\n

Manning, A. 1989.\u00a0 The ontogeny of an ethologist. In: D.A. Dewsbury (ed.) Leaders in the Study of Animal Behavior.\u00a0 Autobiographical Perspectives<\/em>. Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA.\u00a0 pp. 289-313.<\/p>\n

Marler, P. 1989.\u00a0 Hark ye to the birds: autobiographical marginalia. In: D.A. Dewsbury (ed.) Leaders in the Study of Animal Behavior. Autobiographical Perspectives<\/em>. Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA.\u00a0 pp. 315-345.<\/p>\n

Nisbett, A. 1976.\u00a0 Konrad Lorenz<\/em>.\u00a0 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.<\/p>\n

Podos, J. 1994.\u00a0 Early perspectives on the evolution of behavior: Charles Otis Whitman and Oskar Heinroth.\u00a0 Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution<\/em> 6: 467-480.<\/p>\n

Thorpe, W.H. 1979.\u00a0 The Origins and Rise of Ethology.\u00a0 The science of the natural behaviour of animals<\/em>.\u00a0 Praeger Scientific.<\/p>\n

Tinbergen, N. 1989.\u00a0 Watching and wondering. In: D.A. Dewsbury (ed.) Leaders in the Study of Animal Behavior.\u00a0 Autobiographical Perspectives<\/em>. Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA.\u00a0 pp. 431-463.<\/p>\n

International Ethological Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n

1952\u00a0 Buldern, West Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I<\/p>\n

1953\u00a0 Oxford, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0II<\/p>\n

1955\u00a0 Gronigen, Netherlands \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0III<\/p>\n

1957\u00a0 Freiberg, Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 IV<\/p>\n

1959\u00a0 Cambridge, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0V<\/p>\n

1961\u00a0 Stamberg, Germany\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VI<\/p>\n

1963\u00a0 The Hague, Netherlands \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VII<\/p>\n

1965\u00a0 Zurich, Switzerland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VIII<\/p>\n

1967\u00a0 Stockholm, Sweden \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0X\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (IX is missing)<\/p>\n

1969\u00a0 Rennes, France\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XI<\/p>\n

1971\u00a0 Edinburgh, Scotland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XII<\/p>\n

1973\u00a0 Washington DC, USA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 XIII<\/p>\n

1975\u00a0 Parma, Italy \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XIV<\/p>\n

1977\u00a0 Bielefeld, Germany\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XV<\/p>\n

1979\u00a0 Vancouver, Canada \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XVI<\/p>\n

1981\u00a0 Oxford, UK \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XVII<\/p>\n

1983\u00a0 Brisbane, Australia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XVIII<\/p>\n

1985\u00a0 Toulouse, France \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XIX<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0 Madison, USA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XX<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0 Utrecht, Netherlands\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XXI<\/p>\n

1991\u00a0 Kyoto, Japan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXII<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0 Torrelominos, Spain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XXIII<\/p>\n

1995\u00a0 Honolulu, USA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXIV<\/p>\n

1997\u00a0 Vienna, Austria\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 XXV<\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 Bangalore, India \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXVI<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0 Tubingen, Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXVII<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 Florianopolis, Brazil \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXVIII<\/p>\n

2005\u00a0 Budapest, Hungary \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXIX<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0 Halifax, Canada \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXX<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0 Rennes, France\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XXXI<\/p>\n

2011 Bloomington, USA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXXII<\/p>\n

2013 Newcastle, UK\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXXIII<\/p>\n

2015 Cairns, Australia\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XXXIV<\/p>\n

2017 Estoril, Portugal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XXXV<\/p>\n

2019 Chicago, US\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0XXXVI<\/p>\n

2023 Bielefeld, Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 XXXVII<\/p>\n

Secretaries General<\/strong><\/p>\n

Niko Tinbergen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1953- ??<\/p>\n

Gerard Baerends\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a019??-1968<\/p>\n

Aubrey Manning\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01968-1975<\/p>\n

Peter Marler\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1975-1981<\/p>\n

Marie-Claire Busnel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01981-1987<\/p>\n

Glenn McBride\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01987-1991<\/p>\n

Lee Drickamer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1991-1995<\/p>\n

Marian Dawkins\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01995-1999<\/p>\n

Jane Brockman\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01999-2003<\/p>\n

Michael Taborsky\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02003-2007<\/p>\n

Judy\u00a0 Stamps\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2007-2011<\/p>\n

Gunilla Rosenqvist\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2011-2015<\/p>\n

Barbara K\u00f6nig\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02015- 2019\/CoVid19 interim: 2019 – 2023<\/p>\n

Raghavendra Gadagkar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02023-<\/p>\n

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