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Applications are invited for BSLS small grants of up to £300 to advance and/or promote the study of literature and science. Examples of things for which the awards might be used are expenses for visiting speakers, seminar series and debates, and other funding to stage events on literature and science.  The scheme is not intended…

The first annual Fulcrum Southampton festival in March is a celebration of science and the arts, with performances, debate, and panel discussions between cultural figures, social commentators and scientists, with work from two of the UK’s most innovative theatre companies. Included in the programme are talks and debates covering everything from rickets to nostalgia and…

A special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews on Poetries and Sciences in the 21st Century has just been published. To take a look at it what covers, and to whet your appetite for the articles, click here.

Submissions for the British Society for Literature and Science and Journal of Literature and Science prize for the best new essay by an early career scholar on a topic within the field of literature and science are due in four weeks. Essays should be currently unpublished and not under consideration by another journal. They should be between 6,000 and 8,000…

Science as the spark: literature inspired by science Anglia Ruskin University, Thursday 20 March, 7:00pm – 8:30pm How has scientific inquiry lead to literary works? Why is the literary presentation of science relevant to scientists and society?  A panel sponsored by the BSLS, including Chris Beckett, Dave Clements, Laura Dietz and Kelley Swain, and chaired by…

Jeff Wallace will be giving an Inaugural Lecture on ‘Literature and Science: Beyond the Two Cultures’ at Cardiff University on March 19th at 5.45pm. For further information see – http://www.uwic.ac.uk/staffemails/lectureseries2014/jeff-wallace.html

The Journal of Literature and Science (http://www.literatureandscience.org) is looking for reviewers to review a wide range of articles in the field literature and science published in the last year to 18 months. To download the call for reviewers, click below: JLS Call for Reviewers

Registration is now open for the ninth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science, which will take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, on 10-12 April 2014. Keynote talks will be given by Professor Jim Al-Khalili (University of Surrey), Professor Bernard Lightman (York University, Toronto), and Professor Mary Orr (University of…

The University of Reading is offering a PhD studentship to study the relationship between zoology and literature in relation to the Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology. The studentship covers full fees and a bursary of £2000 per year. The project will begin in October, and the deadline for applications is 29th March. For the full…

The 8th European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu) Conference, “Life, in Theory”,  will take place June 3-6, 2014, in Turin, Italy. To read the call for papers and the relevant information, visit http://litsciarts.eu/. The deadline for submission of proposals is February 16, 2014. The plenary speakers will be Claire Colebrook, Roberto Esposito, Giuseppe Testa,…