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The British Society for Literature and Science 2014 Conference will be taking place Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 April 2014, hosted at the University of Surrey. To see the programme, click here. For information regarding getting to the University of Surrey, Stag Hill Campus please follow this link. The conference is taking place in the Lecture…

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 by 12 noon on next Tuesday, 1st April, 2014. Essays should be currently unpublished and not under consideration by another journal. They…

A reminder that the University of Reading is offering a PhD studentship based at the IRHS to study the relationship between zoology and literature in relation to the Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology. We welcome applications from students with backgrounds in either literature or biology or both. The studentship covers full fees and a bursary…

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 Essays should be currently unpublished and not under consideration by another journal.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