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Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850-1950
Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850-1950 deadline for submissions: April 2, 2018 full name / name of organization: University of Kent, Canterbury, UK contact email: sciencesofthemindconference@gmail.com 17-18 July, 2018 – University of Kent Keynote Speakers:Professor Helen Small, Pembroke College, University of Oxford Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University This…
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BSLS 2018 Conference Registration now open
Registration is now open for the British Society of Literature & Science at Oxford Brookes, 5-7 April 2018. Registration will remain open until Monday 26th March. Please make sure you select the right option – there are two booking sites – one for postgraduate students/unwaged and the other the full standard option for those of us…
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PERSONIFICATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES An interdisciplinary conference at Durham University September 17-19, 2018
***EXTENDED DEADLINE FEBRUARY 23, 2018*** Humans have a flair for attributing intentions, traits, agency, emotions and mental states to beings or things – either real or imagined. Whether anthropomorphising natural or abstract shapes, playing with imaginary companions, (re) constructing fictional characters and dialoguing with gods or hallucinatory presences, the attribution of an agentive mentality…
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CFP: Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850-1950
17-18 July, 2018 – University of Kent Keynote Speakers:Professor Helen Small, Pembroke College, University of Oxford Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University This conference aims to stimulate a wide-ranging discussion about the interactions between British and American literature, education, and the sciences of the mind between 1850-1950. We welcome paper and panel proposals on any aspect…
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New Historical Perspectives on Ageing and the Life Course 19 March 2018
University of Leeds Registration is now open for “New Historical Perspectives on Ageing and the Life Course”. This free two-day interdisciplinary conference at the University of Leeds, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), will bring together speakers in the humanities and social sciences from Europe, America, and Asia to share new perspectives on…
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FAO ECRs: 13th Forum Literature and Science History, Berlin
29 June 2018, 10:00–18:00 Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, in collaboration with the Institute for German and Dutch Philology and Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of the Free University of Berlin, invites early career scholars to take part…
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CFP Reminder – special issue of Foundation devoted to the cultural legacy of Frankenstein.
For further information, see: http://www.sf-foundation.org/node/233
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BSLS Small Grants Scheme and Postgraduate Conference Fund
Applications are now invited for the next round of both competitions, each with a deadline of 1st March 2018.
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CFP ‘The Gut-Brain Axis’: Cultural and Historical Perspectives
4-5 May 2018, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Research into the so-called ‘gut-brain axis’ has seen extraordinary growth in the past decade as microbiologists, neurologists and nutrition scientists have discovered new ways in which these supposedly separate parts of the body interact. Whereas our guts, brains, nervous systems, and behaviour were thought to be distinct,…
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COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND LITERATURE 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on SCIENCE & LITERATURE 2-4 July 2018 Paris, France
First call for papers Following the successful two International Conferences on Science and Literature which took place in Athens and Poellau this Conference is the third to be organized under the aegis of the Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST. The third International Conference will be co-organized by the Université Pierre et Marie Curie -…
