Author: John Holmes

  • Diseases of Modern Life seminar series

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    For the summer term seminars in Oxford University’s Diseases of Modern Life series, click here.

  • Science in Public conference

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    Call for Papers and Panels: Science in Public 2016 University of Kent, Canterbury, 13-15 July 2016 The annual Science in Public conference is an occasion for cross-disciplinary debate and discussion and a forum for sharing all work considering the relationships between science, technology, medicine and their multiple publics. We welcome submissions from scholars of, for…

  • Commission on Science and Literature website

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    The Commission on Science and Literature (CoSciLit) has launched its new website. Click here to take a look. The website includes the list of the newly elected Officers of the Commission, and the call for papers for the next CoSciLit conference to be held in Pöllau, Austria on 7-9 September 2016.  

  • EJES special issue: Poetry, Science and Technology

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    The European Journal for English Studies will be publishing a special issue on Poetry, Science and Technology, edited by Irmtraud Huber (Berne) and Wolfgang Funk (Mainz). The deadline for proposals is 31 Oct 2016; the deadline for completed articles is 31 March 2017. In addition to the Editors’ judgements, EJES follows a rigorous double blind peer-review process. To read the…

  • A Poetic View of William Rowan Hamilton

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    William Rowan Hamilton, the great 19th century mathematical physicist, tried his hand at poetry, so it is entirely appropriate that he should be celebrated in that form. Iggy McGovern, physicist and poet, has written a sonnet sequence which reflects views of Hamilton by his contemporaries. McGovern’s work is characterised by a wry sense of humour.…

  • Cities and Science Summer school

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    The Central European University in Budapest is holding its annual Summer University for graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals on the theme of Cities and Science: Urban History and the History of Science in the Study of Early Modern and Modern Europe. The course will take place on 18-27 July 2016, and the…

  • CoSciLit conference

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    COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND LITERATURE, DHST/IUHPST 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on SCIENCE & LITERATURE 7-9 September 2016 Pöllau, Austria Following the successful 1st International Conference on Science and Literature which took place in Athens this Conference is the second to be organized under the aegis of the Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST. The second International Conference will be…

  • Oxford Science, Medicine and Culture seminars

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    In Spring Term 2016 there will be two seminars in the Oxford University series on Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century at St Anne’s College. Drinks will be served after each seminar and all are welcome.   Wednesday 3 February 2016 (Week 3) Dr Sam Alberti, Director of Museums and Archives, Royal College of Surgeons of England…

  • Jules Verne workshop

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    The Commission on Science and Literature are holding a workshop on Jules Verne, his science and his science fiction at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, on 17-18 December 2015. To see the full programme, click below: Programme Verne final For more details, please contact the Chair of the Commission George Vlahakis (gvlahakis@yahoo.com).

  • Oxford Science, Medicine and Culture Seminars

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    The Oxford University seminars on Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century will be starting again on 28th October. To read this term’s programme, click on this link: http://diseasesofmodernlife.org/category/events/

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