Author: bsls

  • Reading Group on the Pseudo/Sciences of the Long Nineteenth Century

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    The next session of the reading group will take place on Monday 20 April at 6.00pm at the Lit and Phil Library, Newcastle upon Tyne. Everyone is welcome, refreshments provided. Dr. Peter Garratt, Durham University, will introduce two readings on: The Science and Art of Atmosphere   Clouds turn the eye upwards towards the indeterminate,…

  • BSLS 2015 Conference Programme

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    The full programme for the BSLS 10th annual conference in Liverpool is now available here BSLS 2015 Programme.   For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website.

  • CFP: Julia Margaret Cameron: A Bicentenary Conference

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    3-5 July 2015, University of Portsmouth    Keynote Speakers: Professor Joanne Lukitsh (Massachusetts College of Art and Design) Professor Marion Wynne-Davies (University of Surrey) Professor Lindsay Smith (University of Sussex)    The 2015 bicentennial anniversary of Julia Margaret Cameron’s birth is a timely opportunity for a reappraisal of the interdisciplinary significance of her work. The…

  • SLSAeu Conference – Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 15 March 2015

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    SLSAeu conference in Malta, 15-18 June 2015, extended CFP. Please visit www.scale2015.com

  • Romanticism and the South-West ** Extended Deadline**

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    The English department at the University of Bristol invites submissions for a 1-day conference to be held on the 29th of June, 2015, on the subject of ‘Romanticism and the South-West’. The conference aims to explore the importance of the South-West for Romantic writers, with a particular emphasis on the following topics: 1) ecologically aware…

  • Doing Science conference cfp

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    A conference on Doing Science: Text, Patterns, Practices will be held at the University of Cologne on 20.-21. November 2015. To read the cfp, click below: CfP_Doing_Science

  • International Conference on Science and Fiction CFP

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    An international conference on Science and Fiction: A Creative Exploration of Real and Fantastic Worlds will be hosted by the Catalan Society for the History of Science and Technology and the Catalan Society for SF and Fantasy on September 2-5, 2015. The main goal of the conference is to analyze and discuss the relations between science and…

  • Names in science fiction CFP

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    The American Name Society will be devoting a special issue of their peer-reviewed linguistics journal, NAMES, to the subject of Naming in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. See below for the call for papers for this special issue: ANS CFP2015 SCI-FI

  • Scientific Study of Literature journal

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    The Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) journal publishes empirical studies that apply scientific approaches to investigate the structure and function of literary phenomena. The journal welcomes contributions from many disciplinary perspectives (psychological, developmental, cross-cultural, cognitive, neuroscience, computational, linguistic and educational) to deepen our understanding of literature, literary processes, and literary applications. The journal offers a forum…

  • Science and culture in the early C20th conference

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    Being Modern: Science and Culture in the early 20th century Institute of Historical Research, London 22-24 April 2015 Registration is now invited. See http://www.qmul.ac.uk/being-modern/ for programme and link to the registration page. Engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of “Being modern”, across culture in Britain and the western world in the years…

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