Author: bsls

  • Doing Science conference cfp

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    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

    —

    by

    bsls

    in ,

    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

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    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

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    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

    —

    by

    bsls

    in ,

    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…

  • ASLE-UK conference 2015 on Green Knowledge

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    CALL FOR PAPERS: ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, UK AND IRELAND, (ASLE UK-I) BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: Green Knowledge ** New Submission Deadline 1st March 2015** Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge 2-4th September 2015 Plenary Speakers: Professor Ursula K. Heise (UCLA), Roger Harrabin (BBC), and Professor Louise Westling (University of Oregon) In…

  • Workshop on mimicry in medicine and culture

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (TORCH) is holding an interdisciplinary workshop on Reading and Replicating Bodies: Mimicry in Medicine and Culture, 1790-1914 on 26 March 2015. To read more about it, and to register, click here.

  • BSLS 2015 conference

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    Booking for the BSLS 2015 conference is now open here. Online registration will close on 20th March, and the venue requires confirmation of delegate numbers by this date. Late bookings won’t be accepted unfortunately. Delegates need to be members of the BSLS, and the booking form includes the option to join/renew. There is also the…

  • SLSAeu conference

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    The new website for the SLSAeu conference for 2015 has just been launched. The conference will be on the theme of Scale. It is taking place in Malta in June. For more details, click here to visit the website.

  • (Re)Imagining the Insect: Natures & Cultures of Invertebrates, 1700-1900. Booking now open!

    —

    by

    bsls

    in

    Booking is now open for the one day interdisciplinary conference: (Re)Imagining the Insect: Natures & Cultures of Invertebrates, 1700-1900, to be held at The University of Warwick on 7th March 2015. The conference programme and abstracts can be found on our website – https://reimaginingtheinsect.wordpress.com/programme-and-abstracts/

css.php