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  • BSLS 2015 cfp – deadline approaching

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    This is a reminder that the deadline for the call for papers for next year’s BSLS conference, to be held at the University of Liverpool on April 16-18, is approaching. Please can you send your proposals to Greg Lynall at Liverpool by Friday 5th December. Here are the full details, from our earlier post: The…

  • David Amigoni speaking on Galton and Pearson

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    The next seminar in the UCL Science and Literature Seminar Series will be given by Prof David Amigoni of Keele University on ‘Francis Galton, Karl Pearson and the Biographical Laboratory’. Date, time and place: Tuesday, 2nd December, 5.30-7.30pm. G24 Foster Court, UCL – all welcome. Abstract: This talk will explore Francis Galton’s use of biography;…

  • Michael Whitworth on Poetry and Science

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    Michael Whitworth, Chair of the BSLS from 2009 to 2012, has recently given a talk on Poetry and Science in the 1920s and 1930s at the Oxford Literature and Science seminar. To watch Michael’s talk on video, click here.

  • Science and poetry: new review by Peter Middleton

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    Peter Middleton has written an extended review of Brian Walpert’s Resistance to Science in Modern Poetry, now available on the Reviews pages.

  • Symposium: Biomedical Sciences and the Maternal Body

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    One day free symposium organised by the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network with kind support from The British Society for Literature and Science. When engaging new audiences in contemporary women’s writing, an increasing awareness of the importance of interdisciplinary methods has served to draw attention to the ways in which literary expertise can be used…

  • David H. Levy lecturing on astronomy and poetry at the University of Sussex

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    The world famous astronomer David H. Levy will be giving a talk on ‘Poetry of the Night: Reading the Sky in English Poetry’ at the University of Sussex on 12th November 2014 from 17.00-18.30. The event is open and all are welcome. To read more about it, click on the link below: David H. Levy on astronomy and…

  • Call for reviews for the Oxonian Review

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    Reviews needed for Literature and Science Special Issue of the Oxonian Review:  The Oxonian Review is looking for short reviews (1000-2,000 words) of recently published work or essays (also 1000-2,000 words) on new developments in the field for our special issue on Literature and Science, which will be published on 8 December 2014. If you are interested in…

  • ‘People Power’ Event on Victorian Citizen Science

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    A ‘museum late’ at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford: this event will showcase the dynamic world of citizen science. Through short talks, quizzes and interactive sessions, visitors can discover how members of the public participate in science today, how they have done so in the past, and how citizen science is changing…

  • Reading and Reception Seminar – Science and Literature Series

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    University College London is launching a new series of Science and Literature talks this term with the following talk: Tuesday, 4th November, 5.30-7.30 pm Reading and Reception Seminar – Science and Literature Series G24, Foster Court, University College London, Malet Place, WC1 Prof Sally Shuttleworth (Oxford) ‘Animal instinct and whispering machines: Science in the Victorian periodical’

  • KCL seminars

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    The Department of English at King’s College London is running a series of research seminars on literature and science this term. For details, click on the link below: Dept research seminar 201415

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