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  • BSLS 2012 Workshop Proposal: Experiments in Theatre

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    BSLS 2012 Workshop Proposal “Experiments in Theatre: New Directions in Science and Performance” In 2002, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews published a special issue on Theatre and Science that became the springboard for key debates that have helped to shape and define the field. Since then, several new books and dozens of articles have significantly expanded the…

  • University of Reading Modern Studies Seminars on literature and science

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    The next two research seminars in the Modern Studies (1800-present) series in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Reading are both on literature and science: Researching Literature and Science: A Roundtable Professor Nick Battey (Head of Environmental Biology, University of Reading), Dr John Holmes, Dr Andrew Mangham, Dr Ulrika Maude,…

  • University of London Interdisciplinary Discussion Group – Language

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    The University of London Interdisciplinary Discussion Group: ‘Language’ The programme for the next meeting of the University of London Interdisciplinary Discussion Group has now been finalised. Details are below and can also be found on our website. http://londoninterdisciplinarydiscussiongroup.wordpress.com/ Please email Susie Christensen (susie.christensen@kcl.ac.uk) if you would like to be added to the mailing list for this group.…

  • Situating and Interpreting States of Mind – Conference

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    Situating and Interpreting States of Mind 1700-2000 An Interdisciplinary Conference 14-16 June 2012 Northumbria University Keynote Speakers Professor Joel P. Eigen (Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania) Professor Melinda A. Rabb (Professor of English, Brown University, Rhode Island) Dr. Judith A. Tucker (Lecturer in the School of Design, Leeds University) This…

  • BSLS 2012 Conference: 12-14 April 2012, Oxford: call for papers

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    The British Society for Literature and Science invites proposals for papers and panels to be delivered at its seventh annual conference, to be held at the English Faculty, University of Oxford, 12-14 April 2012. The deadline for receipt of proposals is Monday 5 December 2011; we anticipate that announcements about acceptances/rejections will be issued 9…

  • SLSA Europe Supersonix Conference

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    Society of Literature, Science and the Arts Europe Exhibition Road Cultural Group London Supersonix Conference Exhibition Road London SW7 21 to 23 June 2012 www.litsciarts.org www.slsa-europe.eu www.exhibitionroad.com A partnership between Exhibition Road Cultural Group and SLSA EU the Supersonix conference will present new theoretical, scientific and artistic works and experiments that explore the complexity of sound,…

  • Science in Fiction: British Voices (17 October 2011, Paris)

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    A one-day meeting “Science in Fiction: British Voices” will take place in Paris on Monday October 17th, 2011 from 10 am to 4.00 pm, at Maison des Sciences de la Communication, 20, rue Berbier-du-Mets, Paris 75013, France. This is the second meeting of the international seminar series organised by the “Science en Fiction” research group,…

  • BSLS Book Prize

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    The British Society for Literature and Science is pleased to invite nominations for the annual BSLS Book Prize. The prize of £150, together with a year’s free membership of the BSLS, will be awarded for the best book published in English in 2011 in the field of literature and science. Monographs, edited volumes, editions and books…

  • BSLS Small Grants Scheme, Autumn 2011

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    Applications are invited for BSLS small grants to advance and/or promote the study of literature and science. Examples of things for which the awards might be used are expenses for visiting speakers, seminar series and debates, and other funding to stage events on literature and science. The scope of the scheme is being widened also…

  • ‘Breaking the Code’ by Hugh Whitemore 13-17 December 2011

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    Directed by Kevin Elliott.  To be performed in The Theatre at the Old Fire Station, Oxford. The mathematician Alan Turing broke the Nazi codes used in World War 2, and has the gratitude of the Prime Minister. His sheer passion for learning seems bound to lead him to even greater success. But can his private life remain…

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