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  • New BSLS international officers

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    The BSLS executive has appointed two new international officers to sit on the executive committee. We are delighted to announce that Janine Rogers (Mount Allison University) and Folkert Degenring (Universität Kassel) have agreed to take up these new posts. Their role will be to promote the work of the BSLS in fostering research in the field…

  • Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society doctoral studentships

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    The RGS-IBG and the Royal Society have been awarded an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP), which will support three doctoral studentships each year for three years from 2013.  Academics from universities with potential projects, or with an interest in discussing opportunities, please contact Dr Catherine Souch at the RGS-IBG or Keith Moore at the…

  • Oxford Literature and Science seminar, November 2013

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    The Oxford Literature and Science seminar resumes activity this term with papers from Dr Andrew Mangham (University of Reading), Dr Cathryn Setz (St Anne’s College), and Dr Peter Fifield (St John’s College). The seminar will be in Seminar Room A, the English Faculty, St Cross Building, Manor Road. Details for this term are: Friday 1…

  • Interdisciplinary Research into the Humanities and Science

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    The University of Reading has launched a new research initiative on Interdisciplinary Research into the Humanities and Science. To launch this theme, we will be holding a public roundtable discussion of Science and Storytelling at the University of Reading’s London Road campus on Wednesday 6 November at 6.30 p.m., preceded by a wine reception from…

  • BSLS Conference 2014: updated Call for Papers

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    The ninth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, on 10-12 April 2014. Keynote talks will be given by Professor Jim Al-Khalili (University of Surrey), Professor Bernard Lightman (York University, Toronto), and Professor Mary Orr (University of Southampton). The conference will finish with…

  • Literature and science event at the Geological Society

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    Ask the Mountains Their Story: an evening of science and literature On Friday 18th October the Geological Society of London celebrates different forms of writing that address geology, climate change and scientific discovery with an evening of talks and readings celebrating the links between science and literature. Marking the end of an Arts Council England funded project…

  • Commission on Science and Literature conference cfp

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    The new Commission on Science and Literature has announced that it will be holding its first international conference in Athens, Greece, in July 2014. To read the call for papers, click here: Science and Literature Commission cfp 1

  • Women in Science Research Network Conference

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    The Women in Science Research Network is holding an international conference on Revealing Lives: Women in Science 1830-2000 at the Royal Society in London in May 2014. To read the call for papers, click here: WISRNet_Conference_Call_2014

  • CFP for INCS 2014

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    INCS annual conference, 27-30 March 2014, Houston, Texas The annual conference of the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCS) is scheduled for March 27-30, 2014, in Houston, Texas. We invite wide responses to the conference theme, “Nineteenth-Century Energies.” November 15, 2013, is the deadline for proposals, which should be submitted via the conference site. Additional information about…

  • Science and Literature Commission

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    We are glad to announce that, during the last International Conference of History of Science, Technology and Medicine held in Manchester in July 2013, the Science and Literature Commission was established. The Commission has been approved by the General Assembly of the Division of History of Science and Technology of the International Union for the…

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