Category: News
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PhD studentships in Literature and Science at University of Westminster
The Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster is pleased to offer two studentships to prospective PhD students to begin in September 2015. In the UK Government’s REF 2014 assessment of research activity, English at Westminster was ranked 28th out of 89 departments in Britain, with 79% of its work…
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Postdoctoral position at University of Liverpool
William Noble Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool For more details please click on the link below- http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/research/r-587941/
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PhD Studentship at the Centre for the History of the Sciences, University of Kent
The Centre for the History of the Sciences, University of Kent, offers a fully-funded PhD to work with Dr Rebekah Higgitt. Literary angles on the following suggested topics are welcome (the final topic is specifically textual in nature): History of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Royal Greenwich Observatory, especially in the 20th century Science and/or…
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Lecturer in Medical Humanities
The University of Bristol invites applications to a full-time permanent Lectureship (Lecturer B) in Medical Humanities. Candidates who can demonstrate excellence in the teaching and research of Medical Humanities as it intersects with any area or period of English Literature are eligible to apply. For more information please follow this link.
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Reading Group on the Pseudo/Sciences of the Long Nineteenth Century
The next session of the reading group will take place on Monday 20 April at 6.00pm at the Lit and Phil Library, Newcastle upon Tyne. Everyone is welcome, refreshments provided. Dr. Peter Garratt, Durham University, will introduce two readings on: The Science and Art of Atmosphere Clouds turn the eye upwards towards the indeterminate,…
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BSLS and JLS Essay Prize
The British Society for Literature and Science and the Journal of Literature and Science would like to announce our annual prize for the best new essay by an early career scholar on a topic within the field of literature and science. The deadline for this year’s prize will be 19th June, in order to give…
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BSLS 2015 Conference Programme
The full programme for the BSLS 10th annual conference in Liverpool is now available here BSLS 2015 Programme. For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website.
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Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
The Royal Society invites entries for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. The 2015 prize will celebrate the best of outstanding popular science books from around the world. This prestigious prize is open to authors of science books that are accessible and compelling accounts of the world around us or inside us,…
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Tuberculosis workshop
‘Tuberculosis as a Romantic Disease: Artistic, Historical & Literary Perspectives’ A Workshop funded by the Leverhulme Trust Thursday, 18 June 2015, 4.00 – 6.30pm Room 2.21, Research Beehive, Old Library Building (Level 2), Newcastle University Speakers: Dr Helen Bynum (Historian), ‘Tuberculous Lives – Conforming to the Stereotype?’ Anna Dumitriu (Artist) ‘The Romantic Disease: An Artistic…
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Thomas Hardy Arts and Creative Technology PhD studentship
Fully-funded three-year AHRC Research and Enterprise in Arts and Creative Technology (REACT) Collaborative PhD Studentship: Thomas Hardy and Heritage Based at Dorset County Museum and the University of Exeter (Centres for Literature and Archives and for Victorian Studies, College of Humanities), this studentship will be focused on Thomas Hardy and his correspondents. The letters to…
