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CFP: Medicine and Modernity in the Long Nineteenth Century St Anne’s College, Oxford 10th – 11th September 2016   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: CHRISTOPHER HAMLIN AND LAURA OTIS   In our current ‘Information Age’ we suffer as never before, it is claimed, from the stresses of an overload of information, and the speed of global networks. The…

What does it mean to ‘regenerate’, and what are the scientific, social, cultural and ethical implications of regeneration in its various forms? From biomedical engineering to stem cell therapy, the growth of regenerative medicine in the modern context has the potential to address challenges raised by stretched supplies of organ donors, chronic diseases and ageing…

The next meeting of the group will be at the Lit and Phil Library, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 28 October between 6.00 pm  and 7.30 pm. Dr. Emily Alder, Edinburgh Napier University, will introduce a session entitled ‘Edith Nesbit’s Dreadful Researches’.   Edith Nesbit is best known for her children’s stories (Five…

Nominations are now being accepted for the BSLS Book Prize 2015. 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…

The Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities project at the University of Glasgow are holding their first workshop, Science Fiction and Public Engagement with Medicine, to be held on Friday the 27th of November 2015 at the University of Glasgow. Our invited speakers are Jenny Kitzinger of Cardiff University and David Lawrence of the Costumed Visions of Enhanced Bodies project.  Those…

University of Pennsylvania Literature and Science, Pre-1900 The English Department invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with expertise in literature and science before 1900. Conferral of Ph.D. by July 1, 2016 is expected. All applicants working in the medieval, early modern, long eighteenth-century, Romantic, and Victorian periods will be…