Category: News
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Nuclear Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Theorising the Anthropocene after Quantum Physics
A workshop at The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh 29th May 2017 Keynote: Professor Peter Middleton, University of Southampton ‘Poetry at the Frontiers of Physics’ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nuclear-nature-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-theorising-the-anthropocene-after-quantum-physics-tickets-33614562060?aff=ampmlt
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New book series on Literature and Science
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new series of books entitled Explorations in Science and Literature, to be published by Bloomsbury. Here is the call for proposals: Explorations in Science and Literature We look forward very much to hearing your ideas for exciting new books in our field that speak to audiences across literary scholarship and the…
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Oxford Science, Medicine and Culture seminars
Here is the schedule for this term’s seminars on Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century at St Anne’s College, Oxford: Wednesday 10 May 2017, 5.30 – 7.00 Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College. Professor Ursula Martin, University of Oxford – Ada Lovelace in her Mathematical Context Wednesday 25 May 2017, 5.30 – 7.00…
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March 2017 in BSLS Reviews
Reviews that have appeared on the British Society for Literature and Science website in March 2017 Rosalind Ridley, Peter Pan and the Mind of J M Barrie: An Exploration of Cognition and Consciousness Karen Bourrier, The Measure of Manliness: Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-Victorian Novel Laura Marcus, Dreams of Modernity: Psychoanalysis, Literature, Cinema Deborah Lupton,…
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Collective Knowledge: Museums, Scientific Inquiry, and Literature
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…
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BSLS Book Prize Shortlist announced
The following books have been shortlisted for the BSLS Book Prize for 2016: Gowan Dawson, Show Me the Bone: Reconstructing Prehistoric Monsters in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America (Chicago) Devin Griffiths, The Age of Analogy: Science and Literature between the Darwins (Johns Hopkins) Ursula K. Heise, Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species (Chicago) David Thorley, Writing Illness…
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BSLS 2017 Conference Programme
The full programme for the BSLS 2017 conference at the University of Bristol is now available here. For further details, please see the conference website.
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for ‘The Memory of Trees’ Conference hosted by the Literature & Science Hub, University of Liverpool
Date: 20th April 2017 Timings: 9.30am – 5.30pm Venue: School of the Arts Library, University of Liverpool, 19-23 Abercromby Square, L69 7ZG Registration is now open for ‘The Memory of Trees’, an interdisciplinary, one-day conference with the Literature and Science Hub on the cultural representation, study, and conservation of trees and woodlands. Our keynote speakers…
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Victorian literature and the subconscious – Little Atoms Radio Show
The Little Atoms radio show is looking for academics to interview about Victorian literature and the subconscious. Please get in touch with Caroline Christie (caroline@89up.org) if interested.
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BSLS Elections to the Executive Committee
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…
