Author: bsls
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CFP: Global Genetic Fictions, Weetwood Hall, University of Leeds, 25-26 April 2019
As genetic science develops at breakneck speed, cultural representations register in their form and content changing ideas about the self and personhood, consciousness, behaviour and motivation, heredity, and the boundaries of the human body. And yet, ‘western’ science is only one of a number of frameworks that provide explanations for these phenomena. Knowledge, assumptions and…
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Full Moon: A Night of Poetry and Science
***50% discount available to BSLS members***. An unmissable evening where poetry and science meet and share a stage, a night that will sparkle with readings and short talks, when we will hear the poetry of science and see how the scientific entreprise opens up realms of poetry. Join us on this epic journey of…
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TECHNE Collaborative Doctoral Project between the University of Roehampton and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew’s imperial archive: Cataloguing Economic Botany in the Miscellaneous Reports, 1841-1928 This studentship offers the opportunity to research and study the history, composition and arrangement of a major collection held in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: the…
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‘Men and Beasts’, Seminar with Maureen Duffy, 24th October.
On Wednesday 24th October, Maureen Duffy, D.Litt, King’s Fellow, author and pioneering activist will read several pieces from her own work, followed by a Q and A session. All welcome. 6-7:30pm, S8.08, Department of History, Strand Campus, King’s College London. Further information can be found at – https://animalhistorygroup.wordpress.com/ or by emailing animalhistorygroup@gmail.com No need to book,…
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EXTENDED DEADLINE: CFP: BSLS Winter Symposium 2018: Environments of Literature and Science
Date: Saturday 24th November 2018 (10:00 – 18:00) Location: Cardiff University Organisers: Joan Passey (Exeter, jp374@exeter.ac.uk), Louise Benson-James (Bristol, louise.bensonjames@bristol.ac.uk), Jim Scown (Cardiff, scownj@cardiff.ac.uk) Keynote: ‘Biggish Data: Friedrich Engels, Material Ecology, and Victorian Data’ by John Parham, University of Worcester The Environmental Humanities have gained momentum relatively recently, contributing to developing theories of the Anthropocene, responding to rapid changes in climate, and…
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BSLS/JLS ECR Essay Prize 2018 – The Results
We are delighted to announce that the British Society for Literature and Science and Journal of Literature and Science prize for an essay by an early-career scholar has been won by Lara Choksey for her essay “Peripheral Adaptation: Living with Climate Change in Doris Lessing’s The Making of the Representative for Planet 8”. We offer our congratulations to Lara…
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BSLS Book Prize 2018
Nominations are now being accepted for the BSLS Book Prize 2018. Inaugurated in 2007, the annual British Society for Literature and Science book prize is awarded for the best book in the field of literature and science published that year. Any book is eligible, but can only be considered if it is nominated either by…
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‘Humphry Davy: Laughing gas, literature and the lamp’
Free online course (MOOC) starting 29 October 2018 – Open to all Sign up today at http://www.futurelearn.com/courses/humphry-davy The MOOC is intended for anyone with an interest in Humphry Davy, or early nineteenth-century literature, science, or history. It will explore some of the most significant moments of Davy’s life and career, including his childhood in Cornwall,…
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‘Frankenstein at 200’, a Public Event in the city of Lincoln
Venue: the Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln. LN2 1EY Date: 31st October 2018 (9.30am-4pm) Keynote speaker: Professor Mark Jancovich (University of East Anglia) Ticket price: £7.50 (including a light lunch). Available from http://lncn.eu/frank In celebration of the bi-centenary of the publication of the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the University…
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CFP ‘Locating Health: Regional Historical Perspectives on Human Care 1800-1948’
‘Locating Health: Regional Historical Perspectives on Human Care 1800-1948’ University of Nottingham, Humanities Building, Friday 11 January 2019, 10.00 – 16.00. Keynote speaker: Professor Christine Hallett (University of Huddersfield) For further details see the CfP
