Author: bsls

  • The Fates of Frankenstein: Edinburgh Napier University, 23-24 November 2018

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    Brighten those dreary nights in November with a visit to Edinburgh and the lively Fates of Frankenstein conference: this is a 2-day conference about Frankenstein’s legacies in popular culture. We are thrilled to be hosting keynote speakers Dr Daniel Cook, University of Dundee, and Professor Catherine Spooner, University of Lancaster. For the full programme and…

  • CFP: BSLS Winter Symposium 2018: Environments of Literature and Science

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    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,…

  • Call for Papers: MLA International Symposium – Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

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    https://symposium.mla.org/lisbon/remembering-voices-lost/    

  • SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: BSLS/JLS Early Career Essay Prize – Deadline 31st August 2018

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    For those intending to submit an entry for this year’s essay prize, the JLS website is currently unavailable for technical reasons and is unlikely to be back online before the 31st August deadline. If you would like to view sample essays which have won the prize in previous years you may do so through the following…

  • CFP: ‘The Disease of Caring’: Medical Professionals and Activism from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

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    Friday 26 October 2018 School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London Supported by the Birkbeck/Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies Keynote speaker: Dr Anne Hanley (Birkbeck) In In Darkest London (1891), Margaret Harkness’s popular novel about activism to alleviate poverty conditions in late nineteenth-century London, a doctor practising…

  • Call for Reviewers – Journal of Literature and Science

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    The Journal of Literature and Science http://www.literatureandscience.org is once again looking for reviewers to review various articles in the field of literature and science published in the last year to 18 months. Please find below a number of articles that we would like to offer for review. The list is by no means definitive; there’s…

  • Postdoctoral position available in Fiction Meets Science Research Group, Oldenburg, Germany.

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    The Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, invites applications for a three-year position commencing on September 1, 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salaries are based on the German public service pay scale 13 TV-L. The position can be adapted for doctoral (completion of Ph.D.) or postdoctoral work,…

  • BSLS/JLS Early Career Essay Prize – Deadline 31st August 2018

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    Following the success of the JLS/BSLS essay prize in previous years, The JLS and the British Society for Literature and Science would like to announce the 2018 prize for the best new essay by an early career scholar on a topic within the field of literature and science. Essays should be currently unpublished and not under consideration by…

  • Frankenstein Unbound: An Interdisciplinary Conference Exploring Mary Shelley and Gothic Legacies

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    CALL FOR PAPERS Arts University Bournemouth Frankenstein Unbound: An Interdisciplinary Conference Exploring Mary Shelley and Gothic Legacies Dates: Wednesday 31 October and Thursday 1 November 2018 Venues: Conference – St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Keynote Speakers: Sir Christopher Frayling, Chancellor, Arts University Bournemouth Professor Elaine Graham, University of Chester Professor Sir Peter Cook, CRAB Studios (TBC)…

  • PhD Studentships at the University of Leuven

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    The MDRN research lab at the University of Leuven (Belgium) is launching a new research programme on “Literary Knowledge, 1890-1950: Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe”. Six competitive, full-time doctoral scholarships will be awarded within this programme supervised by Sascha Bru. A call for applications can be found on: http://mdrn.be/news/call-applications-mdrn-award-6-doctoral-scholarships The deadline for applying is…

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