Category: CFP

  • British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference 2014

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    The BSHS Annual Conference will take place from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July 2014 at the University of St Andrews. The Programme Committee now invites proposals for individual papers and for sessions from historians of science, technology and medicine, and from their colleagues in the wider scholarly community, on any theme, topic or period.…

  • Interdisciplinary conference on horror and the supernatural in Victorian culture

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    The University of Sussex is hosting a one day interdisciplinary conference on 19 June 2014 to explore and interrogate cultural cross-currents between nineteenth-century visual culture, science and social practice, particularly where these concern attitudes to, and instances of, the supernatural and horrific. To download the call for papers, click below: Sights and Frights CFP

  • Science and Technology in the European Periphery

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    The 9th meeting of STEP (Science and Technology in the European Periphery) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 1-3 September 2014. It is organized by the Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT), a research centre associated with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and the Faculty of Sciences and Technology…

  • Neuroscience and Modern Fiction cfp

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    Modern Fiction Studies Call for Papers: Upcoming Special Issue Neuroscience and Modern Fiction Guest Editor: Stephen J. Burn Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2014 The Editors of MFS seek essays that consider how modern fiction has evolved in dialogue with the neuroscientific revolution. In the aftermath of the so-called “Decade of the Brain” (the 1990s),…

  • SLSA-EU conference

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    The 8th SLSA-EU Conference, “Life, in Theory” will take place June 3-6, 2014, in Turin, Italy. For details, including the call for papers , see http://litsciarts.eu/. Plenary speakers are Claire Colebrook, Roberto Esposito, Giuseppe Testa, Paolo Vineis, and Cary Wolfe — leading scholars in political philosophy, critical theory, epidemiology, stem cell genetics, media theory, and…

  • Workshop on women’s scientific travelling to 1850

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    Women’s Scientific Travelling Before 1850: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, London, UK 27-28 June 2014 Speakers to include: Professor Barbara Gates (University of Delaware), Professor Londa Schiebinger (Stanford University), and Professor Ann Shteir (York University, Ontario, Canada) Scholars have long been familiar with the scientific endeavours of late 19th-century women travellers…

  • BSLS conference 2014 CFP

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    The ninth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, on 10-12 April 2014. Keynote speakers will include Professor Bernard Lightman (York University, Toronto) and Professor Mary Orr (University of Southampton). The conference will finish with an opportunity to visit Down House, the home…

  • CFP: Altered Consciousness, 1918-1980

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    Date of event: 16-17 November 2013 Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, E1 4NS Closing date for submissions: 14 June 2013 Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University) http://altconscious.wordpress.com This meeting will explore the theme of altered consciousness in relation to popular culture, psychology, philosophy, religion, medicine and literature during the period 1918-1980. Many literary and…

  • CFP: Speculative fiction conference

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    Diversity in Speculative Fiction, Loncon 3, Call for Papers 72nd World Science Fiction Convention Thursday 14 to Monday 18 August 2014 London, UK http://loncon3.org/ Guests of Honour: Iain M. Banks, John Clute, Malcolm Edwards, Chris Foss, Jeanne Gomoll, Robin Hobb, Bryan Talbot The academic programme at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, is offering…

  • BSHS Postgraduate Conference 2013

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    The British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference 2013 University of Kent, Canterbury 3 – 5 January 2013 This annual 3-day event gives postgraduates in the history of science, technology and medicine a chance to get to know each other and to present their work to a wider audience. The conference is organised…

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