Author: bsls
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Beckett and Brain Science Symposium
Beckett and Brain Science AHRC-funded Symposium University of Reading 27 April 2012 10:00-10:30 Coffee and registration 10:30-11:30 “…but the brain…”: Professor James Knowlson (University of Reading) and Dr Ulrika Maude (University of Reading) in Conversation 11:30-12:30 Dr Peter Fifield (St John’s Oxford): “Seeing Things: The Brain and the Archive” 12:30-1:15 Lunch…
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Science and Literature 1800-Present: Two Cultures or Co-evolution?
Postgraduate conference at Keele University, 12th May 2012 Keynote Speakers: Prof. Joanna Verran (MMU), Prof. Sharon Ruston (Salford) & Prof. David Amigoni (Keele) This one-day postgraduate conference will consider links between science and literature from the 1800s to the present day. Despite the lacuna that is traditionally posited between these two subjects, from the Romantic…
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Putting the Science in Fiction
University of Manchester Wednesday 25 April 2012, 9.30am-5.30pm Many people look suspiciously at science in fictional media and may ask themselves: Why don’t the creators of fiction ever talk to real scientists? In fact, those who write novels, craft television scripts, create movies, and produce stage plays do speak with scientists on a regular basis.…
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Dr Andrew Mangham (University of Reading): “Science and Storytelling: the Burden of Truth in Nineteenth-Century Medical Jurisprudence and Popular Literature”
Please note this forthcoming event on 30 April 2.15pm at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, 45-47 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE .
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BSLS book prize
The winner of the BSLS prize for the best book in the field of literature and science published in 2011, as announced at the BSLS conference in Oxford, is Martin Willis, for Vision, Science and Literature, 1870-1920: Oculars Horizons (Pickering and Chatto). To read the book prize committee’s endorsement of this book, go to the BSLS…
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The new BSLS Executive Committee
The BSLS AGM in Oxford on April 14th 2012 elected Dr John Holmes as Chair, Dr Daniel Cordle as Treasurer, Jessica Evans as Membership Secretary, Dr Stuart Robertson as Communications Officer, Prof. Sharon Ruston as a Member at Large, and Dr Peter Garratt as a Member at Large. The Committee membership is now: Dr John…
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Mathematicians and their gods
Sat 15 to Sun 16 Sep 2012 Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford The historical intersection between mathematicians and theism is rich in culture and character. This weekend event will be made up of talks surveying a diverse and fascinating range of topics including the sect of the Pythagoreans, Newton’s…
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BSLS 2012: What’s On in Oxford
If you’re making an extended stay in Oxford, some of the following events and places may be of interest. See also the Oxford City Guide and Visit Oxfordshire websites. EXHIBITIONS Museum of the History of Science, Broad St, OX1 3AZ: ‘Time Machines’. Open 12.00-17.00, and 10.00-17.00 on Saturdays. Time Machines MUSEUMS Oxford University Museum of…
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BSLS 2012: travelling to Oxford
FOR: BSLS 2012 delegates For those of you unfamiliar with Oxford, there is basic travel advice on the University webpages: http://www.ox.ac.uk/visitors_friends/maps_and_directions/directions.html You are strongly advised to come to Oxford by train or bus, unless your hotel has car-parking facilities, as car parking in Oxford is limited; there is none at the St Cross building except…
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BSLS Executive: nominations
We have received the following nominations for the vacancies on the BSLS Executive. We will update this page if and when further nominations arrive. CHAIR: Dr John Holmes (University of Reading), nominated by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and Sharon Ruston. TREASURER: Dr Daniel Cordle (Nottingham Trent), nominated by Martin Willis and Sharon Ruston. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Jessica Evans…
