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Reminder: anatomical collections conference, registration deadline 1 Feb

2012-01-29T12:42:00.002+01:00

Cultures of Anatomical Collections

International conference, Leiden University, 15 > -> 17 February 2012

The conference 'Cultures of Anatomical Collections' will explore anatomical preparations and collections (preparations of human material as well as wax and other models) as important parts of cultural heritage.
This means that we treat them in a similar way as we would examine other historical artifacts stored in today's museum. Although the history of anatomy and anatomical illustrations has been a popular topic in the history of medicine during the last decade, the history of its material remains has been somewhat neglected. And yet, in particular when taking into account recent historiographies of materiality and medical practices, it offers challenging interdisciplinary questions on the history of anatomy as a whole.

The conference addresses questions such as:
How do the technical details of anatomical preparations tell us about the ideas of their maker; how do ideas on beauty and perfection shape preparations; how were preparations handled and used for teaching
purposes: how does the interest of non-medical audiences shape anatomical preparations? On collections as a whole we can ask: How are particular collections build up; how do decisions of curators affect the build-up of collections; how does the housing of a collection affect its outlook and popularity?

Keynote speakers: Andrew Cunningham, Ruth Richardson, Anita Guerrini, Sam Alberti, Simon Chaplin and Anna Märker.

Organisers: Rina Knoeff, Marieke Hendriksen, Hieke Huistra.

Registration deadline: 1 February 2012

For the program and registration form please visit www.culturesofcollecting.nl or contact Rina Knoeff on conference@culturesofcollecting.nl

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Ms H.M. (Hieke) Huistra MSc | PhD candidate Cultures of Collecting project
| Leiden University | Department of Art History

VA: Johan Huizingabuilding, room 2.19, Doelensteeg 16, Leiden | PA:
Postbus 9515, 2300 RA Leiden
t: +31 71 527 1629 e: h.m.huistra@hum.leidenuniv.nl w:
http://www.culturesofcollecting.nl

Isis Vol. 102, No. 4, December 2011 is now available online

2012-01-29T12:35:00.000+01:00

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Job Opportunity: Research Associates in History of Social Scienceand Communication of Science

2012-01-29T11:54:00.004+01:00

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge,

Research Associates in History of Social Science and Communication of
Science

Salary: £27,428–£35,788 pa

We wish to appoint two full-time post-doctoral research associates, for
4-years from September 2012, to be part of a European Research Council
funded project 'Economics in the Public Sphere: USA, UK, France, Poland and
Brazil since 1945' (ERC Grant:283754). The project is directed by Dr Tiago
Mata and will comprise of a research team of five members, including one
research assistant/administrator and two doctoral students.

Candidates must have an outstanding record in a field related to the
project (history of social science, communications studies, and sociology
of knowledge) and an excellent knowledge of the economic and political
history of the country case selected. Preferred applicants will have
experience in one or more of the research methods: archival research, oral
history, ethnographic observation, content and textual analysis of media.
Candidates must have completed their doctorate prior to taking up the
appointment.

In addition to pursuing their own original research, post holders are
expected to help maintain a project website, organize and participate in
project seminars and workshops, and provide editorial assistance. They will
be expected to produce at least one research paper a year on a topic
relevant to the project and assist in compiling and editing a collected
volume of papers. All staff will be based in Cambridge.

Project description
The project studies 'economic journalism' as a site for the production of
public economic knowledge. The practices of journalists will be examined to
reveal how they parse competing claims of expertise by academic economists,
other social scientists and by laymen. The project takes a cross-national
approach examining the economic press the in USA, UK, France, Poland, and
Brazil. Cultural standards of trust, the history and economics of the
media, and the history of economics and social movements will be used to
explain the emergence of distinct national genres of 'economic journalism'.
The project offers an original perspective on how public knowledge of the
economy is an iterative process engaging journalists, academics and laymen
and explores the implications of this knowledge formation for the
possibilities of public support for economic action and policies.

Relevant excerpts from the original ERC proposal can be found at
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/jobs/econpublic.pdf

The application, in hard copy only, should consist of:
§       cover letter.
§       up-to-date CV, including publications.
§       2 samples of original, written work in a related area (10,000 words).
§       2 references: applicants should ask their referees to post or email
references to the Administrator <hpsjobs@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, to arrive by
the closing date.
§       A description of your research plans and how your research will
contribute to the project (max 1,000 words).
§       Parts 1 and 3 of the University's CHRIS/6 application form.

Applications should be sent to Reception, Department of History and
Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge
CB2 3RH. Informal enquiries may be made to Tiago Mata <tjfm2@cam.ac.uk> or
the Administrator <th10001@cam.ac.uk>, (01223) 334540.

§       Limit of tenure: 4 years, or until 31 August 2016
§       Quote reference: JN12891
§       Closing date: 1 March 2012
§       Interview date: 22 March 2012

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Tamara Hug
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RH
Tel: 01223 334540/Fax: 334554
Mob: 07799405394
www.hps.cam.ac.uk
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CFP: Material culture in closed spaces

2012-01-29T11:54:00.000+01:00

Material culture in closed spaces

      Interest for closed spaces played an important part in the critical renewal of the humanities from the 1960s on, as demonstrated in particular the work of Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault. For the past ten years, the spatial turn has provided new impetus for a greater consideration of space as a place of socialisation. These approaches, devoted to the empirical study of institutions such as the mental hospital and prison, have put the actors and social dynamics at the center of their interest. In keeping with this line of research, we propose to shift the gaze to the material cultures of these spaces.
Be it the prison, the convent, the boarding school, the nursing home, the
(psychiatric) hospital or the camp, the material culture of these institutions has gained little consideration till now. Objects, however, configure the experience of closed spaces as well for those who can leave them as for those who are locked up. They allow for a detailed classification of the different populations who constitute these places.
How does the staff working in confined spaces appropriate these workplaces? How do the inmates arrange this enclosing physical framework, a framework which among other things, prevents any intimacy of the daily rituals, which are open to the gaze of others. How do these two groups of actors interpret, confirm, deny and/or transform this reality?
These spaces are commonly perceived as hermetically closed. On closer inspection, it appears that they constantly open themselves up to the
outside: in particular, the maintenance of buildings and of the infrastructure requires the intervention of people (artisans, gardeners, surveyors, architects...), which are commonly not associated with these spaces. But there are also objects (letters, cigarettes, combs ...) that make these enclosed spaces porous. People use objects to occupy the space and to manage the time in those places. These material items provide the framework of the social construction of space. They shape the possibilities for acting of the multiple actors.
The biography of an object - the imagined object, the produced object and the acting object - allows us to rethink spatiality. Its materiality opens but also limits the actors' scope for manoeuvre. Professional items (medical devices, weapons, handcuffs ...) as well as the infrastructure (toilets, tables, beds ...) must be examined in relation with the people who use them. We would like to direct the attention at the techniques applied by the actors in order to use this arsenal of objects. The unspectacular objects and the daily rituals in using them are our main interest. The interaction between actor and the materiality of the objects produces focal moments where power relations become visible and that allow us to examine the material and bodily aspects of experiences and human practices.
      This workshop is aimed at social scientists and hopes to bring together two methodological trends: on one hand the interest for the analysis of social practices at the micro level and of the different meanings that actors give to their experiences and on the other hand the attention given to objects by assigning them a certain agency, an approach advocated currently by the science studies.
      The workshop will be held from 11 to 12 October 2012 at the University of Luxembourg. Proposals for papers (1 page) and a brief CV should be sent by 1 March 2012 to the following address:
culturematerielle@yahoo.com. The working language will be English.

Elissa Mailänder (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales / CIERA Paris) Benoît Majerus (University of Luxembourg)

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Benoît Majerus | Associate Professor |
University of Luxembourg | L-7201 Walferdange | +3524666446744 | http://majerus.hypotheses.org| http://benoit.majerus.googlepages.com | http://historypsychiatry.com | http://histoire.uni.lu |

CFP - ICOHTEC Symposium in Barcelona, 10-14. July 2012

2012-01-29T11:52:00.002+01:00

ICOHTEC will hold its next symposium in Barcelona in July 2012. Herewith I may remind that the deadline for paper & session proposals will expire on
31 January.

Please, note that I am looking for papers to a session proposal titled "Functionality of Homes and Their Appliances – Challenges for Design, Technology and Production".

You are welcome to send your paper proposal and free to distribute the attached announcement among your colleagues and students.

All the best

Timo Myllyntaus
Secretary General, ICOHTEC
http://utu.academia.edu/TimoMyllyntaus
http://www.icohtec.org/

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Call for Papers
Session on Confronting Views on Functional Housing, ICOHTEC, Barcelona, 10-14 July 2012

Invitation to contribute a Session of the Theme: Consumers’ Impact on the Dialogue between Technology, Arts and Architecture at the 39th Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC (Barcelona, Spain, 10-14 July 2012). Organised by Timo Myllyntaus.

Functionality of Homes and Their Appliances – Challenges for Design, Technology and Production

People furnish their homes with various connotations and give various emphases to their implications. While some appreciate the status value of their homes, others prefer cosiness and a relaxed atmosphere. Some aim to keep their homes as economical as possible, whereas others regard home as the primary investment object. Nevertheless, most people want to use home for expressing their personality. Hence there is a saying that “show me your home and I tell you what kind of a person you are”.

Despite its significance, functionality is seldom brought up as the foremost preference when people characterise their existing homes or their ideal residences. Nevertheless, an aim to reach functionality adapted to its purpose is always at present in one way or another, although the practicality of homes is a blurred concept. One reason for that is people’s tendency to see functionality from dissimilar perspectives.
Homeowners have their ideas of functionality, whereas providers of commodities attempt to anticipate what kind of home functionality consumers prefer at the moment and will expect in the near future.

This session aims to examine how consumers see functionality on one hand and how architects, house builders, designers and engineers of home appliances attempt, on the other hand to please the present sentiments of consumers or to set new trends for designing home interiors and equipping them with appliances. How much power consumers have in furnishing their homes and shaping household technology? These themes can be approached by contributors from various perspectives and time dimensions. A key viewpoint is to examine the dialogue of various stakeholders as a meeting point of challenging encounters and solving hitches innovatively.

Please, contact Timo Myllyntaus (timmyl@utu.fi) and submit an abstract
(200–400 words) of your paper and a one page CV by 28 January 2012.

Further information at: http://www.icohtec.org/annual-meeting-cfp-2012.html

Call for Abstracts: Edited volume on Medicine and Colonialism - Historical Perspectives in India and South Africa

2012-01-29T11:50:00.002+01:00

We are inviting contributions to a volume on Medicine and Colonialism:
Historical Perspectives in India and South Africa (editors P.Bala and
R.Viljoen)

The volume explores new perspectives in understanding colonialism and medicine, and healing practices in the context of India and South Africa. While studies in history of medicine over the past two decades have alluded to developmental trajectories of colonial and indigenous medicines, they have projected these against a broad canvas of engagement and alienation processes over a period of time. The study moves beyond these presentations to examine the nature of medicine, medical practices, strategies, and knowledge ‘transfers’ and exchange between India and South Africa. We aim to follow amulti-disciplinary approach within the area of history of medicine, drawing from analytical perspectives of history, sociology, anthropology and area studies.

We propose the following themes for proposed chapters and would welcome other suggestions. Themes include Doctors, Autonomy and Medical Profession, Medical Education, Epidemics and Medicine, Medical Market, Delivering Health Care, Colonial Strategies and Madness, Comparative perspectives relating to the above, or any other.

Please send an abstract of 200-300 words and a short bio to p.bala@csuohio.edu

Abstracts should be sent by 25 February 2012 Full articles will be expected by September 2012

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Dr.Poonam Bala
Visiting Scholar/Faculty
Department of Sociology
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio
USA
Tel: 216-6874509

Exposición: Galería de retratos de los Presidentes de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina

2012-01-27T13:01:00.000+01:00

Desde el 17 de enero al 16 de marzo se puede ver la exposición: "Galería de retratos de los Presidentes de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina", realizados por el pintor JOSÉ ANTONIO ÁVILA para esta institución

Lugar: Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (C/Arrieta, 12. 28013. Madrid).

Horario:
-De Lunes a Jueves: 10:00 a 14:00 horas y de 16:00 a 19:00 horas.
-Viernes: 10:00 a 14:00 horas.

Entrada libre y gratuita.

CFP: Perspective as Practice - MPIWG, Berlin

2012-01-26T10:42:00.002+01:00

Call for Papers:
PERSPECTIVE AS PRACTICE:
An international conference on the circulation of optical knowledge in and outside the workshop - October 12-13, 2012, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Organizers: Sven Dupré, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin & Jeanne Peiffer, Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris
We invite proposals from scholars in the history of science and technology, the history of art, technical art history and conservation science and other related disciplines for an international conference on the production and circulation of optical knowledge in workshop and design practices of the visual and decorative arts and (garden) architecture between the fourteenth and seventeenth century.
This conference addresses both the practical optical knowledge produced in the context of artists’ workshops and artists’ appropriation and use of the science of optics (perspectiva), which included questions of psychology, physiology, anatomy, physics, and mathematics, for the production of art and architecture, including gardens. We welcome, in particular, papers which discuss the material practices of artists (as diverse as gardeners and goldsmiths) in imitating and representing the effects of light, creating the illusion of space and the shaping of landscape (from the use of paper and other instruments, also on real sites, to experimentation with the optical qualities of pigments and binding media). Equally welcome are papers which throw light on artists’ reading of texts on optics and their possible use in the context of the workshop.
We see this conference as a correction to the ways in which Erwin Panofsky’s „Perspective as Symbolic Form“ – written more than 80 years ago – has shaped the historiography of perspective up until the present day, despite more recent important interventions by a.o. James Elkins and Hans Belting). Therefore, instead of seeking connections with worldviews and philosophies of space, this conference takes into account the polysemy of perspective associated with the practice of perspective. The conference will bring out the variety of uses and different meanings of perspectiva – during the period between 1300 and 1700 and across different sites of artists’ appropriations of optical knowledge. By situating artists’ optical knowledge in workshop and design practices, we anticipate that the conference papers will be attentive to a variety of constructions that create the illusion of space, and pay as much attention to other types of optical knowledge as to the geometry of perspective. We especially welcome innovative approaches to the study of the circulation of optical knowledge within the artist’s workshop.
Invited speakers:
Marjolijn Bol (Utrecht), Filippo Camerota (Florence), Georges Farhat (Toronto), Francesca Fiorani (Virginia), Elaheh Kheirandish (Harvard), Dominique Raynaud (Grenoble), Pietro Roccasecca (Rome)

Submission guidelines:
Deadline for proposals: March 15, 2012
Please submit a 300-words abstract as e-mail attachment along with your name, institutional affiliation and email address to officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
Please indicate in the subject line of your message: submission optics workshop.

FPR-UCLA 2012 Conference on Culture, Mind, and Brain

2012-01-26T09:37:00.000+01:00

5th FPR-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference

Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications

October 19–20, 2012

UCLA

Website:   http://www.thefpr.org/conference2012/index.php

Description

Many lines of research on culture, mind, and brain can no longer be neatly separated. Some questions run together, thanks to our growing understanding of the genome, the biological roots of human sociality, and the mutual constitution of cultures and selves, as well as the complex interactions between the physical, cultural, and social environments underlying health and illness.

The aim of this 2-day conference is to highlight emerging concepts, methodologies and applications in the study of culture, mind, and brain, with particular attention to: (1) cutting-edge neuroscience research that is successfully incorporating culture and the social world; (2) the context in which methods are used as well as the tacit assumptions that shape research questions; and (3) the kinds and quality of collaborations that can advance interdisciplinary research training.

The conference is designed to appeal to a wide academic audience of biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and those in related fields interested in learning about cutting-edge interdisciplinary research at the intersection of culture, mind, and brain.

Confirmed Speakers and Discussants
•    Carlos D. Bustamante <http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Carlos_Bustamante> PhD, Department of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine
•    John Cacioppo <http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/index.shtml> PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
•    John Capitanio <http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Capitanio> PhD, Department of Psychology, UC Davis
•    Edith Chen <http://www.psych.ubc.ca/faculty/profile/index.psy?fullname=Chen,%20Edith&area=Health&designation=core&keyword> PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
•    Joan Chiao <http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/faculty_individual_pages/chiao.htm> PhD, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
•    Steve Cole <http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45359> PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA
•    Mirella Dapretto <http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=46838> PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
•    Greg Downey <http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_anthropology/staff/academic_staff-greg_downey> PhD, Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University
•    Clarence Gravlee <http://www.gravlee.org/> PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
•    Steven J. Heine <http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~heine/> PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
•    Douglas Hollan <http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=340> PhD, Department of Anthropology, UCLA
•    Marco Iacoboni <http://iacoboni.bmap.ucla.edu/> MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
•    Mary Helen Immordino-Yang <http://rossier.usc.edu/faculty/mary_helen_immordinoyang.html> EdD, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
•    Heejung Kim <http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/kim/> PhD, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, UCSB
•    Laurence J. Kirmayer <http://www.mcgill.ca/trauma-globalhealth/people/canada/kirmayer/> MD, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University
•    Shinobu Kitayama <http://sitemaker.umich.edu/shinobu.kitayama/home> PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
•    Brandon Kohrt <http://www.gwupsychiatry.org/training_residents.html> MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center
•    Robert Lemelson <http://www.thefpr.org/about/founders.php> PhD, Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
•    Daniel Lende <http://anthropology.usf.edu/faculty/dlende> PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
•    Tanya Luhrmann <https://stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/?q=node/105> PhD, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
•    Georg Northoff <http://www.imhr.ca/research/northofflab/Staff_.cfm> MD, PhD, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research
•    John Novembre <http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Novembre/> PhD, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
•    Denise Park <http://vitallongevity.utdallas.edu/people/center-faculty/park-fac.html> PhD, Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas (Dallas)
•    Beate Ritz <http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/faculty/britz/ritz.html> MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA
•    Carol Ryff <http://glial.psych.wisc.edu/index.php/psychsplashfacstaff/120> PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
•    Stephen Suomi <http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/staff/bio.cfm?nih_id=0010152932> PhD, Section on Comparative Behavioral Genetics, NICHD
•    Carol Worthman <http://www.anthropology.emory.edu/CHB/index.html> PhD, Department of Anthropology, Emory University

Registration for our conference will open soon. Current registration information can be found here:
http://www.thefpr.org/conference2012/registration.php

We hope to see you this October 19-20, 2012.

Durham: Funding for HPSM PG Degrees

2012-01-26T09:05:00.000+01:00

DURHAM UNIVERSITY
FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
(including history and philosophy of science and medicine degrees)

The following funding opportunities are available for postgraduate students beginning degree courses in autumn 2012:

•       1 AHRC Doctoral Award
•       A number of Durham Doctoral Studentships (distributed throughout all departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
•       A number of MA Scholarships (distributed throughout all departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
•       For the first time in 2012, the Philosophy Department also offers a newly inaugurated Butler-award of £3,000 p.a. for a period of three years, for outstanding PhD applicants who have no other external source of funding.

Information on the AHRC awards, the Durham Doctoral studentships and the MA Scholarships including guidelines for applying, is available at http://www.dur.ac.uk/arts.humanities/funding_opportunities/

For further information on any of the above awards, please contact Jonathon Gilderoy, Postgraduate Secretary, on +44 [0]191 334 6553 or philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.uk. Applicants for a research degree are advised to get in touch with potential supervisors and/or the director of postgraduate research, Prof. Wolfram Hinzen, at wolfram.hinzen@dur.ac.uk, prior to submitting their application.

THE DEPARTMENT

Situated in the centre of a beautiful, historic city, the Department of Philosophy has a thriving postgraduate community, one of the largest in Britain. Our 17 full-time members of staff and 9 research fellows have interests and expertise in an exceptionally broad range of topics, from applied ethics to the philosophy of action, and from Buddhist philosophy to aesthetics. For more information, please see http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/

THE DEGREE PROGRAMMES

We offer five postgraduate degrees:

•       PhD (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/research/)
•       MA by research (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/research/)
•       Taught MA in Philosophy (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/taughtphil/)
•       Taught MA in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (http://www.dur.ac.uk/hpsm.ma/)
•       Graduate Diploma in Philosophy (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/diploma/)

POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY

If you would like to visit our Department, do come along to our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 1st February 2012. If you wish to attend this event, or would like more information on it, please contact Jonathon, our Postgraduate Secretary, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 50 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK; +44 [0]191 334 6553; philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.uk

Dr Matthew D Eddy
Durham University, Department of Philosophy, 50/51 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/ http://durham.academia.edu/MatthewEddy

New STS programme now accepting applications

2012-01-25T17:22:00.002+01:00

Apologies for cross-posting

The new University of Glasgow MSc Programme in Environmental Science, Technology and Society (E-STS) is accepting applications for its first entering class (autumn 2012).

This postgraduate degree programme addresses the wider social and political dimensions behind our scientific and technological choices concerning the environment. Teaching is at the Dumfries campus in southwest Scotland, situated in proximity to a natural living laboratory, relevant non-governmental organisations, renewable energy companies and a range of partnership organisations.

Much more information can be found at:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/environmentalsciencetechnologysociety/

Dr Sean Johnston
Programme leader for the MSc in Environmental STS
School of Interdisciplinary Studies
College of Social Sciences
University of Glasgow
Rutherford-McCowan Building
Bankend Road
Dumfries, DG1 4ZL, UK
Tel +44 (0) 1387 702038
www.glasgow.ac.uk/interdisciplinary

Call for Papers: The Two Cultures: Visual Art and Science c.1800-2011

2012-01-25T11:44:00.001+01:00

Call for Papers: The Two Cultures: Visual Art and Science c.1800-2011

In his 1959 lecture "The Two Cultures" C.P. Snow asserted that the intellectual life of western society was increasingly being split into two polar groups: the sciences, and the humanities. The notion that visual artists and scientists are two entirely isolated strata of human activity and experience has proliferated since the nineteenth century, and continues to plague academic institutions and political policy today. The term "scientist" was coined in 1834 as a means of designating those who worked professionally in the various sciences. The "scientist" was described by direct analogy to the artist; suggesting that these now seemingly dichotomous areas of scholarship were in fact intended to exist in direct relationship to one another.

This conference seeks to challenge Snow's separatist assertion, and explore the ways in which visual artists have acknowledged, appropriated and assimilated the ideas and theories of the ever-expanding field of "science" in their work since c.1800, the moment at which the professionalization of the sciences engendered a seemingly irrevocable split in the academy. As a result, we hope to recoup a sense of interdisciplinary fluidity amongst the international fields of visual arts and sciences, in order to build as complex and nuanced a picture as possible of the exchanges and interconnections between the "two cultures"
over the past two centuries.

We invite abstracts for papers of 20 minutes by postgraduates that address the theme of relationships between the visual arts and the sciences 1800-2011. We welcome submissions from students working across the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, and applied sciences, but ask that the papers specifically address such relationships from the perspective of visual or material culture. Possible themes for discussion might include, but are by no means limited to:

-- Collaborations and communications between artists and scientists.
-- Representation and/or use of scientific concepts, vocabularies or technologies by an artist in the creation of works.
-- Modern medicine and representations of the body.
-- Representations of warfare, machinery and technological development - their physical and psychological effects/treatments.
-- The influence of post-Darwinian structures/theories on the visual realm.
-- The effect of/responses to new media such as photography, film, and internet.
-- The advent of cybernetics and computers, from early experimental use to contemporary digital media.
-- The ways in which the relationship between art and science intersects with issues of class, gender, sexuality and ethnicity.
-- The attitude of art education to science and vice versa.
-- How established genres such as landscape and still-life have responded to scientific developments.

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. We ask that applicants also submit a brief biography in addition to their abstract. The deadline for submission is February 24th 2012. All submissions should be sent to Kirstin Donaldson and Robert Sutton at TwoCultures2012@gmail.com along with any questions regarding the conference or abstracts.

Kirstin Donaldson
History of Art Department
Vanburgh College
University of York
York
UK
Email: twocultures2012@gmail.ac.uk<mailto:twocultures2012@gmail.ac.uk>

CFA: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The University of Sydney -Unit for History and Philosophy of Science

2012-01-25T11:40:00.000+01:00

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The University of Sydney - Unit for History and Philosophy of Science

Faculty of Science

Reference No. 2055/1111

*   Explore the history and philosophy of time throughout the
sciences
*   New grant funded research project
*   Full-time, 2 year fixed term, attractive remuneration package:
$92.6K p.a. (which includes salary, leave loading and up to 17% super)

The University of Sydney has received a prestigious grant from the John Templeton Foundation<http://www.templeton.org/> to explore the nature of time and streamline worldwide academic research on the subject.

The project, entitled New Agendas for the Study of Time: Connecting the Disciplines, will focus on asking which aspects of time belong to which disciplines in order to reinvigorate, and perhaps resolve, age- old puzzles. In achieving this, a new clarity will be brought to the study of time in a global sense, setting the agenda for the subject's future.

As part of the project the University will be making four appointments, each in different disciplinary areas.

This particular Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PRF) will work on the history and philosophy of time, focussing on the way time is understood across a wide variety of disciplines, including economics, psychology, anthropology, cognitive science, and biology. The position will be situated in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science<http://sydney.edu.au/science/hps/index.shtml> (HPS) and in this role you will:

*   produce a catalogue of concepts of time across various
scientific disciplines, with a view to finding commonalities and differences.
*   publish in journals of high standing, and possibly contribute to
chapters in books related to the project.
*   take an interdisciplinary perspective on your research, which in
part will involve continued communication between this role and the other three PRF appointments (which will deal with the philosophy of the physics of time; the psychology and neurobiology of time and the metaphysics of time respectively) as well as participation in two of the three international meetings.
*   contribute to a public discussion on the nature of time.
*   contribute to administration of the project, possibly including
its conferences, outreach, and books.

To be successful in this role you will have:

*   completed your PhD in HPS (or a relevant discipline) by the
project start date of 1 January, 2013;
*   a strong research record in HPS with a promising research
trajectory;
*   expertise in history and/or philosophy of science, especially
relating to the study of time;
*   an interdisciplinary perspective.

Desirable for appointment is your:

*   administrative experience, especially in organizing
workshops/seminars.

This position represents an outstanding opportunity to capitalize on your previous training and advance your research career.

Please note that the start date for this position will be early January 2013.

Remuneration package: $92,604 p.a. (which includes a base salary of
$78,252 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer's contribution to superannuation).

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/positions <http://usyd.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?
event=jobs.checkJobDetailsNewApplication&returnToEvent=jobs.listJobs&j
obid=68d0ac6a-3516-4337-896e-65115557805b&CurATC=EXT&CurBID=949319BC-
8898-4F11-AC4B-9DB401358504&JobListID=A218B974-AA19-4889-821F-
9BC90126FFAA&jobsLi> and search by the reference number for more information and to apply.

CLOSING DATE: 1 March 2012 (11:30pm Sydney time)

Geography,Science and Machines c. 1750-1960- RGS-IBG. AnnualConference, Edinburgh, 3-5 July 2012

2012-01-25T11:39:00.002+01:00

RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 3-5 July 2012

Organisers: Jochen F. Mayer and Luise Fischer ( University of Edinburgh )

Call for Papers

Geography, Science and Machines c. 1750-1960

This session is concerned
with the role of machines within the history and geography of scientific knowledge-making c. 1750-1960. Our proposal is informed by the belief that scholarship within historical geography and the work on the geography of science has largely neglected the material and technological bases to scientific knowledge-making and to the ordering of the social world more broadly. Scholarship has been interested in the technology and instruments of exploration on earth (Driver 2001) , and in outer-space (MacDonald 2007) . There has been less attention, however, to historical and sociological work that emphasised the role of material infrastructure in the organisation of state power and the role of material cultural practice in the manufacture of scientific knowledge (Shapin and Schaffer 1985/2011; Callon 2004; Latour 2005; Bennett and Joyce 2010) .

This proposal builds on such
attempts to bridge the history of technology and the history/geography of science. We explicitly ask about the relationship between 'machines' and practices of knowledge making in the wider social and cultural contexts. We apply a broad understanding of 'machines'. They can be considered a (seemingly) independently functioning structure and a human construction and device. 'Machines'
may describe 'small' instruments or 'large' technologies (mechanical systems, or electronic systems) . In the attempt to avoid material determinism, we are particularly interested in studies that explore the inclusion of human design and practice into the meaning of 'machines', and that investigate the spatiality of such human- machine relationships. We especially welcome papers that explore the networks of technologies, institutions, and human practices that allow a given society to select, store and produce scientific knowledge.

Papers may include themes
such as:

-         The role (whether present or absent) of machines in
scientific knowledge making, e.g., machines in geographical knowledge production, circulation, and reception
-         Geographies of knowledge technologies (e.g., their
construction, meaning, and application) and human-machine relationships
-         GIS as a 'machine' and the history of GIS within (the)
geographical discipline (s)
-         Government/bureaucracy as machine, and machines within
government/bureaucracy (office machines such as typewriters etc.)
-         Spatial interaction and scalar effects of 'machines' and
human practices

Please submit your abstract of 250 words (max. and including key
words) to both organisers Jochen Mayer (J.Mayer@sms.ed.ac.uk) and Luise Fischer (L.Fischer@sms.ed.ac.uk) by 26 January 2012.

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Science Studies Dissertation Reviews: New review online

2012-01-25T11:29:00.002+01:00

A new review has been posted on Science Studies Dissertation Reviews:
- Alistair Kwan, "Architectures of Astronomical Observation: From Sternwarte Kassel (ca. 1560) to the Radcliffe Observatory" (1772), reviewed by Rebekah Higgitt

Previous reviews include:
- Bonnie Evans, "Mental Defectives, Childhood Psychotics and the Origins of Autism Research at the Maudsley Hospital, 1913-1983", reviewed by Stephen Casper.
- Salim Al-Gailani, "Teratology and the Clinic: Monsters, Obstetrics, and the Making of Antenatal Life in Edinburgh, c.1900", reviewed by Tatjana Buklijas.
- Michal Meyer, "Speaking for Nature: Mary Somerville and the Science of Empire", reviewed by Claire Jones.

Please visit us at www.dissertationreviews.org.

To contribute a review, or to have your dissertation reviewed, please email dissertationreviews@gmail.com

With best wishes,

Leon Rocha (University of Cambridge)
Tom Mullaney (Stanford University)

--
Dr Leon Antonio Rocha
Research Fellow, Emmanuel College
Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge Free School Lane Cambridge CB2 3RH United Kingdom LAR29@cam.ac.uk

Centro de Estudios Andaluces: Abierto el plazo de la VIII Convocatoria de Proyectos de Investigación 2012

2012-01-24T16:21:00.000+01:00

El Centro de Estudios Andaluces abre, del 18 de enero al 14 de febrero, la plataforma on line para la presentación de solicitudes. Entre las principales novedades, se encuentran la propuesta de nuevas líneas de investigación, así como la ampliación del plazo de ejecución de proyectos, hasta una duración máxima de 18 meses, y de la cuantía de las ayudas a solicitar hasta 30.000 euros.

Se adjunta enlace para más información:

http://www.centrodeestudiosandaluces.es/?mod=actividades&id=2398&cat=22&idm=

The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS and... - 18-20 July 2012, Ron Cooke Hub, University of York, UK

2012-01-23T17:47:00.000+01:00

Call for Papers (deadline 29 February 2012):
The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS and ...

18-20 July 2012, Ron Cooke Hub, University of York, UK

The ubiquitous social and cultural adoption of social media, such as
Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube and Facebook can be seen to present a
significant example of scientific and technological innovation in
many contemporary societies. While some studies of social media and,
more specifically, Web 2.0 platforms built around user-generated
content, have made reference to the importance of the field of
science and technology studies (STS) for understanding their
development and diffusion, scholars working within this academic
framework have yet to fully turn their focus on this area.

This three-day symposium is intended to explore the intersection
between STS and social media inquiry, with a specific focus on how
Web 2.0 is both generative and challenging of different forms of
knowledge (co-)production and the authority it commands.

Speakers Include:

Geof Bowker, UC Irvine

Leah Lievrouw, UCLA

Adrian MacKenzie, Cesagen, University of Lancaster

Rob Proctor, e-Research Centre, University of Manchester

Robin Williams, ISSTI, University of Edinburgh

Sally Wyatt, e-Humanities Programme, Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences

Questions related to co-production, citizen science, the power of
data algorithms and metrics to shape or bypass human agency, and the
possibility of participatory forms of surveillance are just some of
the issues that are raised. The conference is intended to bring
together leading scholars in the fields of STS, communication and
social media analysis, and the history and philosophy of science to
critically explore these issues.

We invite either individual papers or a suggested panel including 3
papers.

Further details on submission of papers and registration information
is at: www.york.ac.uk/satsu/news-
events/ics<http://www.york.ac.uk/satsu/news-events/ics> Or email the
conference administrator, Sarah Shrive-Morrison, at sarah.shrive-
morrison@york.ac.uk<mailto:sarah.shrive-morrison@york.ac.uk>

Please note: the deadline for this Call for Papers is 29 February
2012.

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Dr Graham Lewis
Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), Department of Sociology
University of York York YO10 5DD UK
t: +44 (0)1904 433055
e: graham.lewis@york.ac.uk<mailto:graham.lewis@york.ac.uk>

ESHS Athens 2012 - Symposia

2012-01-23T13:59:00.000+01:00

The list of accepted ESHS symposia for ESHS Congress, Athens 2012:

http://5eshs.hpdst.gr/symposia

•    Deadline for grant application: January 20, 2012 (Notification of acceptance by 27 April 2012)
•    Registration fees and opening: http://5eshs.hpdst.gr/registration
•    Deadline for early registration: May 4, 2012
•    Opening: November 1st, 2012

Best Wishes,
Raffaele Pisano

European Society for the History of Science
http://www.eshs.org
Inter-divisional Teaching Commission of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science
http://www.idtc-iuhps.org/officers

"Thought does not respect national frontiers. Yet scientific ideas are far from stateless citizens". (Thackray, A. (1970). Atoms and Powers. An Essay on Newtonian Matter and the development
of Chemistry. Cambridge MA: The Harvard University Press, p. 4, line 4).
_________________

Entrevista a Simon Schaffer

2012-01-23T13:57:00.003+01:00

Està disponible entrevista a Simon Schaffer, realitzada per Clara Florensa per a UABDivulga, arran de les conferències impartides per Schaffer a Barcelona al setembre de 2011.

Vegeu també el vídeo produït per l’Institut de Ciències de l’Educació i Àrea de Comunicació i de Promoció de la UAB.

Trobareu els enllaços a:
http://blocs.iec.cat/arban/2012/01/18/entrevista-a-simon-schaffer-per-clara-florensa/

Science Studies Dissertation Reviews: New review online

2012-01-23T13:57:00.000+01:00

A new review has been posted on Science Studies Dissertation Reviews:
- Bonnie Evans, "Mental Defectives, Childhood Psychotics and the Origins of Autism Research at the Maudsley Hospital, 1913-1983", reviewed by Stephen Casper.

Previous reviews include:
- Salim Al-Gailani, "Teratology and the Clinic: Monsters, Obstetrics, and the Making of Antenatal Life in Edinburgh, c.1900", reviewed by Tatjana Buklijas.
- Michal Meyer, "Speaking for Nature: Mary Somerville and the Science of Empire", reviewed by Claire Jones.

Please visit us at www.dissertationreviews.org.

To contribute a review, or to have your dissertation reviewed, please email dissertationreviews@gmail.com .

With best wishes,

Leon Rocha (University of Cambridge)
Tom Mullaney (Stanford University)

--
Dr Leon Antonio Rocha
Research Fellow, Emmanuel College
Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge Free School Lane Cambridge CB2 3RH United Kingdom LAR29@cam.ac.uk

Plaza para un doctorado en Berna: ‘We’re hibernating! An artistic and social scientific exploration of the human - animal boundaries in zoological gardens'

2012-01-23T13:56:00.000+01:00

The Bern University of the Arts (BUA) unites a multitude of artistic disciplines under one roof and develops multi-discipline perspectives in teaching and research. It offers a programme of courses and further education in the fields of Design and Fine Arts, Conservation and Restoration, Music, Opera/Theatre and Literature.
The inter-disciplinary research focus ‘Intermediality’ is part of the research department. It tests translation processes between different mediums and, in particular, explores interferences between scientific and artistic methods of approach and representation.
Within the framework of a three-year interdisciplinary project ‘We’re hibernating! An artistic and social scientific exploration of the human - animal boundaries in zoological gardens, funded by the Swiss National Fund and affiliated with the ‘Intermediality’ research focus, we are looking for a
doctorate student (in the social sciences)
starting from 1.3.2012 or by arrangement.
The aim of the project is to investigate, using an interdisciplinary combination of artistic-installation methods and a social scientific approach, the handling of human – animal relationships in and of the spatial arrangements of the zoo. This will be carried out with the help of two doctorate students, one of which should have a background in the arts and the other in social sciences. The methodology is to include artistic and ethnographic explorations.
Further information can be found at http://www.hkb.bfh.ch/de/hkb/stellenangebote/ . Please be aware that we are only accepting online applications for this position.
The project leader, Priska Gisler (Leader of Research Focus ‘Intermediality’) can also be contacted at priska.gisler@hkb.bfh.ch with any further questions.

Arnau de Vilanova Tractat sobre amor heroic

2012-01-23T13:55:00.000+01:00

Benvolguts col•legues,

Us faig arribar una notícia bibliogràfica d'una novetat apareguda amb data de 2011, en el setè centenari de la mort d'Arnau de Vilanova

Arnau de Vilanova, Tractat sobre l'amor heroic, introducció i text llatí de Michael McVaugh, traducció i notes de Sebastià Giralt, Barcelona, Barcino (Biblioteca Barcino, 7), 2011, 81 pp.

Edició del text original llatí i traducció catalana en pàgines oposades, acompanyades d'un extens estudi, de Tractatus de amore heroico, el primer tractat llatí de què és té constància dedicat monogràficament a l'amor hereos o amor heroicus. Així s'anomenava en la medicina medieval la malaltia de l'amor-passió, de la qual parlaven els poetes medievals i que es considerava potencialment mortal. El tractat d'Arnau explica les causes els símptomes d'aquesta malaltia d'acord amb les teories mèdiques de l'època i proposa alguns remeis per curar-la.

http://www.editorialbarcino.cat/index.php/tractat-sobre-l-amor-heroic.html

Salutacions cordials,

Sebastià Giralt

http://pagines.uab.cat/sebastiagiralt
Professor agregat de Filologia llatina
Coordinador del grau d'Estudis Clàssics
Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i l'Edat Mitjana
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Call for papers: Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History

2012-01-23T13:42:00.005+01:00

Call For Papers: Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History Max Planck Institute for Human Development, November 29 to December 1, 2012

The emotional upbringing and education of children is a topic of acute historical as well as contemporary concern for policy makers and politicians. The main goal of this conference is to draw together new research in the history of childhood and youth, in the history of education and the important interventions from the emerging discipline of the history of the emotions. The conference seeks to build a comparative history of the education of the emotions through an exploration of formal and informal educational contexts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The intent of the conference is to focus broadly on both formal and informal educational strategies, both inside and outside of the family, and at the level of the State. How far did the State exercise control over the education of the emotions? To what extent did governmental strategies inform, and to what extent were they informed by, political, ideological, cultural, familial and religious understandings of children and their emotional states? What was the role, from the late nineteenth century, of voluntary societies in informing official state policy on childhood? Also at this time, did the increasingly professionalized scientific, psychological, educational fields fundamentally alter ideas and policies related to children and emotions?

Schools, youth associations, religious institutions and family structures all contributed, and sometimes competed, in providing children and youth with the necessary emotional and moral framework in order to shape the next generation of men, women, workers and citizens. How did children and youth navigate this range of emotional contexts, feelings and expressions in different phases of growing up? To what extent were various forms of childhood education informed by questions of emotion? How did changing historical perceptions of childhood interact with changing conceptions of emotions and vice versa? Is there such a thing as a distinct set of emotions in childhood and how does this change over time? In what ways can the history of emotions and the history of childhood and youth be integrated to allow deeper insight in both? What are the methodological challenges here and what sorts of source material can be marshalled?

Possible topics include the history of emotions and:

•         Theory and methodology linked with the history of childhood and
youth

•         Imperial/colonial and postcolonial childhood and cross-cultural
perspectives

•         Education in school and outside of institutional settings
(professional and lay)

•         Professionalization of disciplines related to childhood and
youth and child welfare

•         Family and community networks

•         Popular culture (media, music, literature, movies, television
and visual culture)

•         Religious and secular norms of behaviour and feeling, and
resistance to them

•         Material culture (clothes, toys, spaces, advertising)

•         Gendered and racialized childhood and youth

•         Experiences in infancy, childhood, and adolescence (e.g.,
intensity or variability of emotional experiences; mixed emotions)

•         Expression and control of emotions in infancy, childhood,
adolescence

•         Particular emotions (e.g. anger, fear, love)

•         Moral development and moral education

This three-day international conference will bring together scholars interested in the intersection of childhood, youth, education and the emotions in historical perspectives. Multi-disciplinary perspectives are welcome and encouraged. The conference will be held at the Institute for Human Development, Centre for the History of Emotions, in Berlin and is organized by Stephanie Olsen and Juliane Brauer. Peter N. Stearns, Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University, will give the keynote address.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Interested applicants should send a short CV and a paper abstract (max. 250 words) to cfp-emotions@mpib-berlin.mpg.de<mailto:cfp-emotions@mpib-berlin.mpg.de> by April 1, 2012.

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Christina Becher, M.A.
Sekretariat Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert
Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung Max Planck Institute for Human Development Lentzeallee 94
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
Phone:   +49-30-82406 261/262
Fax:       +49-30-8249939
E-Mail:   sekfrevert@mpib-berlin.mpg.de<mailto:sekfrevert@mpib-berlin.mpg.de>
               becher@mpib-berlin.mpg.de<mailto:becher@mpib-berlin.mpg.de>
Website: http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
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Announcement: The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) Student Paper Award, 2012

2012-01-23T13:42:00.002+01:00

THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS

RICHARD SCHARCHBURG STUDENT PAPER AWARD, 2012

In order to encourage research and writing effort among university students in the area of automotive history, the Society confers its annual award for the best student paper in the auto history field.
The award is named for Richard Scharchburg, the late Professor of History at Kettering University, eminent automotive historian, and past president of the Society of Automotive Historians. Persons submitting papers must be enrolled at educational institutions (upper-class undergraduate or graduate level) at the time of submission. This competition is international in scope, but papers must be in the English language. Papers already published or scheduled for publication will not be accepted.

Manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words, and should be double-spaced. An abstract is requested. Judging criteria include clear statement of purpose and testable hypothesis, accuracy and thoroughness of research, originality of the research, documentation, quality and extent of bibliographic resources, and writing style.
Diagrams, graphs, or photographs may be included. Submissions are to be electronic, in Word 1997-2003 format or pdf files only, to the e-mail address below.

Possible subjects include but are not limited to historical aspects of automobile companies and their leaders, regulation of the auto industry, financial and economic aspects of the industry, the social effects of the automobile, highway development, environmental matters, and automotive marketing, design, engineering and safety.

A cover letter should be included stating the student’s address, school, program, advisor, and stage in studies. The student should indicate how the paper submitted will relate to his or her professional future. Submissions must e-mail dated by June 11, 2012.
All papers submitted will be acknowledged.

Upon recommendation of the judges, the winning paper will considered
for publication in the Society’s Automotive History Review.   The
award consists of a plaque and a cash prize of $500.00.

Submissions should be sent to:    John A. Heitmann, Ph.D, Chair, Student
Awards Committee
                Department of History
                University of Dayton        Tel: 937-229-2803
                300 College Park             Fax: 937-229-2816
                Dayton, OH 45469-1540        e-mail: jheitmann1@udayton.edu

IHPST january newsletter

2012-01-23T13:38:00.002+01:00

The January issue of the IHPST Newsletter is now available on the web at:

http://ihpst.net/newsletters

Its Contents are listed below.

Regards,

Michael Matthews

CONTENTS

                Editorial: Can Write Better
1.            Science & Education Journal, Volume 21 Number 1
2.            Science & Education Journal, Report
(a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal
(b) Journal on the Web
(c) Manuscript Submissions
(d) Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors
(e) Article Downloads
(f) Journal Indexing
(g) Thematic Issues
(h) Journal Reviewing
3.         Journal Special Issue: Science & Literature
4              Journal Special Issue: Energy Conservation: History, Philosophy & Education
5.            Journal Special Issue: History of Science in Museums
6.            First IHPST Asian Regional Conference, Seoul October 18-20, 2012
7.            Second IHPST Latin American Regional Conference, Mendoza, 3-6 October 2012
8.            5th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Athens November 1-3, 2012
9.         Ninth International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education, Flensburg July 30 – August 3, 2012
10.          Book Reviews

(i)    Ken Springer (2010) Educational Research: A Contextual Approach. Wiley
[KEITH S. TABER]
(ii)          George Terzis and Robert Arp (eds) (2011) Information and Living Systems: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives. MIT Press,
[STEFAN ARTMANN]
(iii)    Troy D. Sadler (ed) (2011): Socio-scientific Issues in the Classroom: Teaching, Learning and Research.Springer
[LAURENCE SIMONNEAUX]
(iv)         Panagiotis V. Kokkotas, Katerina S. Malamitsa & Aikaterini A. Rizaki (eds.) (2011) Adapting Historical Knowledge Production to the Classroom. Sense Publishers.
[CHARBEL N. EL-HANI AND NEI F. NUNES-NETO]
(v)          Mario Bunge (2010): Matter and Mind: A Philosophical Inquiry, Springer
[PETER SLEZAK]
(vi)       Décio Krause & Antonio Videira, eds. (2011), Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science: An Account of Recent Work Springer
[HUGH LACEY]

11.          Miscommunication Corner
12.          Coming Conferences
13.          IHPST Council (2011-13)
14.          IHPST Email List
15.          Newsletter Items