Category: CFP
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BSLS Symposium on Teaching Literature and Science
British Society for Literature and Science Symposium on Teaching University of Westminster, Regent Street, London – 8th November, 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION Literature and Science is currently gaining popularity amongst undergraduates, but opportunities for discussing how – and why – to teach it remain thin on the ground. This one-day symposium, led by…
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Bergen conference on Ageing
The call for papers for the interdisciplinary conference on AGEING: HISTORIES, MYTHOLOGIES, TABOOS at the University of Bergen in January 2015 closes on 1st September. To see the details, click below Bergen Ageing conference cfp
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The Poetics of Knowledge cfp
The Poetics of Knowledge University of Bern, 5-7 November 2015 One very common narrative about Victorian Britain is that it was an age of ground-breaking scientific discoveries: Charles Lyell significantly extended the age of our planet; Charles Darwin forced a rethinking of the origins and development of life; Michael Faraday and James Maxwell Clark paved the way…
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CFP on Science and Culture in the early 20th century
Being Modern: Science and Culture in the early 20th century Institute of Historical Research, London 22-24 April 2015 Engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of “Being modern”, across culture in Britain and the western world in the years around the First World War. Today, historical studies of literature, art, design, lifestyle and…
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CFP: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology
Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology 10-12 July 2015 Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London Call for Papers Papers are sought on all aspects of ‘Science, Magic and Technology’ in late medieval literature and culture and particularly within Chaucer studies. Approaches might include: The presentation of scientific ideas in myth and poetry…
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CFP: Science, Pure and Applied: Oliver Lodge, Physics and Engineering
CFP University of Liverpool October 31,2014 Deadline: September 1, 2014 Oliver Lodge was a defender of pure science, particularly in the modern university, yet he took a keen interest in how science might be applied throughout his career, taking out patents and setting up businesses. This workshop, which will take place in the University of…
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Conference on Ageing
This is a reminder of the call for papers on the interdisciplinary conference on Ageing: Histories, Mythologies and Taboos to be held in Bergen on 30-31 January 2015. To read the call, click below: Bergen Ageing conference cfp For further information please visit the website: http://www.uib.no/fg/litt_vit/70975/interdisciplinary-conference-ageing-histories-mythologies-and-taboos
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Sustainable development and culture symposium
The international Routes to Sustainability network is holding a symposium at the University of Ferrara on Routing Sustainable Development towards a Culture of Wellbeing on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 October 2014. It will investigate sustainability and wellbeing in the domains of economics, environment, politics and culture, addressing theoretical issues and case studies in an interdisciplinary…
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Conference on Ageing
CALL FOR PAPERS Interdisciplinary Conference 30 and 31 January 2015 University of Bergen (Norway) AGEING: HISTORIES, MYTHOLOGIES, AND TABOOS The Research group “Literature and Science” invites scholars of literature, the arts, and the medical humanities, as well as philosophers, cultural historians, historians of religion, sociologists, and anthropologists to explore the symbolic aspects of ageing and…
