Category: Events
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BSLS Teaching Symposium reminder
British Society for Literature and Science Symposium on Teaching University of Westminster, Regent Street, London – 8th November, 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION – REMINDER DEADLINE 10th OCTOBER (open registration details to follow) Literature and Science is currently gaining popularity amongst undergraduates, but opportunities for discussing how – and why – to teach it…
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BSLS 2015 conference – call for papers
The tenth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Liverpool, on 16-18 April 2015. Keynote talks will be given by Professor Keith Barnham (Imperial College London), Dr Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge), and Dr Claire Preston (Queen Mary University of London). The BSLS invites proposals…
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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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BSLS Symposium on Teaching Literature and Science
The BSLS has voted to hold an annual one-day symposium in addition to its annual conference. Unlike the conference, the symposium will be on a specific theme each year. The BSLS will make a budget of £500 available to members each year in the first instance to fund the symposium. The theme of each symposium…
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BSLS conference deadline
A quick reminder, the call for papers for the BSLS conference closes this Friday. Proposals of no more than 250 words, together with the name and institutional affiliation of the speaker, should be sent in the body of messages (not in attachments) to g.tate@surrey.ac.uk. For full details, click here.
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BSLS conference 2014 CFP
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…
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The next BSLS conference
We are delighted to announce that the next BSLS conference will take place at the University of Surrey in Guildford on 10-12 April 2014. The call for papers will be posted with more details at the beginning of September.
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Discovering John Lubbock
‘Discovering John Lubbock’ Saturday 1st June 2013, 11am — 1pm, Bromley Museum ‘Discovering John Lubbock’ is a unique event at Bromley museum marking the centenary of Sir John Lubbock, 1st Lord Avebury. Marie Louise Kerr will be in conversation with Lyulph Lubbock, the great grandson of John Lubbock and Dr. Janet Owen, author of Darwin’s…
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BSLS conference registration and provisional programme
The next BSLS conference will be taking place in Cardiff by Cardiff University and the University of Westminster from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th April. You can download a registration form and provisional programme here. For more details, including advice on travel and accommodation, please visit the conference website hosted by Cardiff University. BSLS Conference 2013 Registration…
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Royal Society History of Science Friday lunchtime lectures
The following lectures in our Autumn 2012 programme may be of interest to BSLS members: Friday 28 September, 1pm Prof. Sharon Ruston Natural History and the Rights of Woman During the two-year period of the composition and publication of her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley and early advocate…
