Author: bsls

  • Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars

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    The centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the Humanities and Science at the University of Reading is holding a one-day interdisciplinary workshop, funded by the British Academy, bringing together scholars working in the history of science with those working on literature and science. The workshop is aimed at PhD students, postdocs, and those in the early stages…

  • Science and Performance conference

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    Performing Science: Dialogues Across Cultures The Science and Performance Conference The Lincoln School of Performing Arts, The University of Lincoln, 23rd April – 25th April, 2014 The Science and Performance conference aims to bring together academic scholars from humanistic and scientific disciplines as well as practitioners and funders, to examine ideas and practices – past,…

  • SLSAeu conference

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    The 8th European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu) Conference, “Life, in Theory”,  will take place June 3-6, 2014, in Turin, Italy. To read the call for papers and the relevant information, visit http://litsciarts.eu/. The deadline for submission of proposals is February 16, 2014. The plenary speakers will be Claire Colebrook, Roberto Esposito, Giuseppe Testa,…

  • Science and Literature Commission conference

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    The following updates concerning the Athens International Conference on Science and Literature are available on the website of the Science and Literature Commission: The deadline for the submission of proposals has been extended up to 15th of February 2014. There is an initial list of invited speakers A list of hotels has been provided.

  • Botanical Ontologies conference

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    The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (TORCH) is holding a two-day conference on Botanical Ontologies in May. To read the call for papers, including further details, click here: Botanical Ontologies CFP

  • BSHS conference 2014

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    The British Society for the History of Science annual conference will be taking place at the University of St Andrews from 3rd to 6th July. The deadline for proposals is 10th February. To read more about the conference or to submit a proposal, click here.

  • Fashionable Diseases conference

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    The deadline for proposals for the conference on Fashionable Diseases: Medicine, Literature and Culture 1660-1832 to be held at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities in July has been extended to the end of February. To download full details of the conference, including how to submit a proposal, click below: Fashionable Diseases

  • Doctoral Studentships on Citizen Science

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    The Universities of Oxford and Leicester are recruiting  doctoral students to work on medical and natural history periodicals in the nineteenth century for their AHRC project on Citizen Science. For more information, click on the links below: English Doctoral Studentship at Oxford in Nineteenth-Century History of Science and Literature PhD Studentship in English at Leicester

  • Workshop on women scientific travellers

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    This is a reminder that the deadline for papers for the workshop on Women’s Scientific Travelling Before 1850 to be held in London in June is the end of this month. To read the call for papers, click here.

  • Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture

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    Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing, School of English, University of Kent, 9th-10th May 2014 Call for Papers Focusing on the literary and historical representation of irrational emotions or phobias, Fear and Loathing seeks papers on topics and authors from any period, which aim to demonstrate the…

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