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University of Kent, 1-4 July  Keynote Speakers Maaike Bleeker, Utrecht University Margrethe Bruun Vaage, University of Kent Eric Clarke, Oxford University Amy Cook, Stony Brook University      Call for Papers Organisers: Melissa Trimingham and Nicola Shaughnessy, in association with the Centre for Cognition, Kinaesthetics and Performance. Building on the conferences associated with the network…

Configurations, the journal of SLSA (The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts) is seeking submissions for a special issue on Science Studies and the Blue Humanities, edited by Stacy Alaimo. We are interested in essays, position papers, provocations, and artist statements that explore the significance of science studies for the development of the blue…

Ordering knowledge, from Bacon to the Shelleys International conference 16-17 March 2018 University of Strasbourg Organised by Pôle Grand-EST-SEAA XVII-XVIII (Société d’Etudes Anglo-Américaines du XVIIe et XVIIe siècles) in collaboration with IDEA (Interdisiciplinarité dans les Etudes Anglophones, Univ. de Lorraine) and SEARCH (Savoirs dans l’Espace Anglophone : Représentations, Culture, Histoire, Univ. de Strasbourg). Confirmed keynote speakers:…

The Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University has extended its application period for Visiting Fellowships under the theme of ‘Imagining Science and Technology 200 Years after Frankenstein’ until 23 June 2017 http://hrc.anu.edu.au/2018-annual-theme

Interdisciplinarity in Practice: Medical Humanities Research Workshop for PGRs Thursday 7th September, University of Leeds, 11am – 6pm We warmly invite participants for a one-day workshop addressing the scholarly challenges and collaborative opportunities surrounding postgraduate research in the medical humanities. Increasing numbers of postgraduate students from a wide range of disciplines are undertaking work on human…

2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF “HERMOUPOLIS SEMINARS”, SYROS, 5-8 JULY 2017 “Beyond Nature in Science and Literature” The International Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST, the Hellenic Open University and the Institute of Historical Research/ National Hellenic Research Foundation organize a two-days’ workshop to study “Beyond Nature in Science and Literature”. The CoSciLit workshop is…

SCIENCEHUMANITIES INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, UK MONDAY 30 APRIL – FRIDAY 4 MAY 2018 Keynote Speaker: Professor N. Katherine Hayles (Duke University) In 2018 Cardiff University’s ScienceHumanities research group will host a week-long International Summer School dedicated to the examination of the relations between the humanities and the sciences. The Summer School programme features…

The Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University presents Imagineers in Circus and Science: Scientific knowledge and creative imagination Tuesday 3 – Thursday 5 April 2018   Scientists seek to investigate the ways in which nature works and to ask how humanity can best comprehend different aspects of the universe. By challenging conventional wisdom,…

This year at the BSLS Annual Conference in Bristol members of the society will be part of an experimental format linking panels, conferences, learned societies and countries. The panel “Collective Knowledge: Museums, Scientific Inquiry, and Literature” (Friday, April 7 at 9am) is part of a trans-Atlantic, 2-panel event that pairs a panel at the British…

BSLS Executive Committee Positions Three positions on the BSLS Executive Committee will be either vacant or up for renewal in April: International officer (North America), Communications officer, and Member at Large. Present incumbents in two of the positions (Communications officer, and Member at Large) are seeking to continue in their roles, but all three posts…