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Between fact and fiction: climate change fiction Fiction Meets Science Workshop Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany 22 – 23 April 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS   Since global warming seems, almost by definition, hard to imagine (after all, it’s never happened before) it gets short shrift. (…) And here science can take us only so far. The…

The Commission on Science and Literature are holding a workshop on Jules Verne, his science and his science fiction at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, on 17-18 December 2015. To see the full programme, click below: Programme Verne final For more details, please contact the Chair of the Commission George Vlahakis (gvlahakis@yahoo.com).

The recent BSLS Winter Symposium, Science in the Archives, held at Reading and hosted by Verity Burke and Claire Stainthorp, was extensively tweeted before and during the event. Verity and Claire have now captured those tweets on Storify, for those who can and those who cannot access Twitter. You can follow the narrative of the…

The Astrobiology Chair is a distinguished senior research position in residence at the Library of Congress for a period of up to twelve months. Using research facilities and services at the Library of Congress, the scholar engages in research at the intersection of the science of astrobiology and its humanistic and societal implications. The appointment…

As part of the ongoing series, ‘Teaching Romanticism’, I am seeking contributions on the topic of Literature and Science. This blog post will consider the opportunities for and challenges of teaching Literature and Science within the Romantic period (broadly defined). Contributors might explore approaches to a particular text, the challenges and advantages posed by interdisciplinary approaches, the use…

There remain a few places left for the next Winter Symposium – do sign up quickly if you wish to attend. The event is free. Science in the Archive Registration Sign up is taking place through Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-in-the-archives-bsls-winter-symposium-tickets-18860410997 Event Details: Location: Museum of English Rural Life and University of Reading’s Special Collections Date: Saturday 14th November…

Proposed Panel at the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Conference, at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Calgary Alberta, 28-31 May 2016. Museums, Collections, and Memory Objects: Literary Intersections Call for Papers: This panel, inspired by the recent intersections of literary and material culture studies, invites proposals that…

The Commission on Science and Literature is seeking nominations for the Council Board by Friday 30th October. We have received nominations for President, Treasurer and Secretary, and for the regional officers for Asia, Australasia and South America. We would especially welcome nominations for the Webmaster, the PhD student member of the council, and the regional officers for…