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  • CFP: Science, Pure and Applied: Oliver Lodge, Physics and Engineering

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    CFP University of Liverpool October 31,2014 Deadline: September 1, 2014 Oliver Lodge was a defender of pure science, particularly in the modern university, yet he took a keen interest in how science might be applied throughout his career, taking out patents and setting up businesses. This workshop, which will take place in the University of…

  • BSLS Teaching Literature and Science Symposium

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    We are delighted to announce that the BSLS will be awarding a grant of £500 to Will Tattersdill of the University of Birmingham to organise the first annual BSLS symposium, on Teaching Literature and Science, supported by Martin Willis (Westminster), Janine Rogers (Mount Allison), Allyson Purcell-Davis (St. Mary’s) and Cian Duffy (St. Mary’s). The Symposium will be held…

  • Research Associate on Humphry Davy Letters Project

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    Lancaster University is recruiting a research associate to work on the Davy Letters Project. Here are the details of the post: Part-time Senior Research Associate English & Creative Writing Salary: £32,277 pro rata Closing Date: Monday 11 August 2014 Interview Date: Friday 29 August 2014 Reference: A1039 Working on the MHRA funded Davy Letters Project,…

  • BSLS Small Grants Scheme – Call for Applications July 2014

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    Applications are invited for BSLS small grants of up to £400 to promote the study of literature and science. We are open to all sorts of proposals other than personal conference expenses. Examples of activities for which the awards might be used are expenses for a visiting speaker, a seminar series or a symposium. Applications…

  • BSLS/JLS essay prize winner

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    We are delighted to announce that this year’s essay prize, offered jointly by the British Society for Literature and Science and the Journal of Literature and Science, has been won by Emilie Taylor-Brown of the University of Warwick for her essay ‘(Re)Constructing the Knights of Science: Parasitologists and Their Literary Imaginations’. The judges commented: “This is an…

  • BSLS 2015 conference

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    We are delighted to announce that the next BSLS conference will be held at the University of Liverpool on 16th-18th April 2015. The call for papers will be posted in September 2014.

  • Symposium of Teaching Literature and Science reminder

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    The deadline for the competition to host the BSLS symposium on Teaching Literature and Science is in a week’s time. Please can you submit completed bids to the Chair of the BSLS, John Holmes, by 14th July. For full details of the grant and the application process, click here.

  • Diseases of Modern Life website

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    A new website has been launched for Oxford University’s Diseases of Modern Life project, funded by the European Commission.

  • Constructing Scientific Communities – New Web Site Launched

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    Oxford University’s collaborative project ‘Constructing Scientific Communities’ now has a web site. For information, videos, calls for proposals and more, click here

  • JLS call for reviews

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    The Journal of Literature and Science (http://www.literatureandscience.org) is now looking for reviewers to review a wide range of articles in the field literature and science published in the last year to 18 months. The JLS is unique in reviewing journal articles rather than books in the fields of literature and science and the history and philosophy of…

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