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  • British Society for Literature and Science Conference 2014: Registration Open

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    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…

  • PhD studentship at the University of Reading on literature and zoology

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    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…

  • SLSAeu conference

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    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,…

  • Science and Literature Commission conference

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    The following updates concerning the Athens International Conference on Science and Literature are available on the website of the Science and Literature Commission: The deadline for the submission of proposals has been extended up to 15th of February 2014. There is an initial list of invited speakers A list of hotels has been provided.

  • Botanical Ontologies conference

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    The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (TORCH) is holding a two-day conference on Botanical Ontologies in May. To read the call for papers, including further details, click here: Botanical Ontologies CFP

  • Doctoral Studentships on Citizen Science

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    The Universities of Oxford and Leicester are recruiting  doctoral students to work on medical and natural history periodicals in the nineteenth century for their AHRC project on Citizen Science. For more information, click on the links below: English Doctoral Studentship at Oxford in Nineteenth-Century History of Science and Literature PhD Studentship in English at Leicester

  • Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture

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    Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing, School of English, University of Kent, 9th-10th May 2014 Call for Papers Focusing on the literary and historical representation of irrational emotions or phobias, Fear and Loathing seeks papers on topics and authors from any period, which aim to demonstrate the…

  • AHRC Science in Culture event

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    Applications are now open for an AHRC Science in Culture Theme Ignite event to be held at the Natural History Museum on Wednesday 26th March 2014. The event is an opportunity for Early Career researchers and will showcase the best of interdisciplinary research across the Arts, Humanities and Sciences. Further information about the event, including a call…

  • New journal issue on Space in the Nineteenth Century

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    19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century Volume 17 (2013) SpaceThis issue, guest edited by Isobel Armstrong, is dedicated to concepts of space and to nineteenth-century spaces. From the verbal constructions of space that pattern nineteenth-century novels, to the n-dimensional space of philosophic speculation and popular genre fictions, and from astronomy to the spaces…

  • SLSAeu relaunch and conference

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    SLSAeu, the European branch of the international Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, has recently been relaunched. Its executive office is now located at the English Department, University of Basel, Switzerland. To read more about the Society, please visit the website at: http://engsem.unibas.ch/research/research‐projects/slsaeu You can also download a flier for SLSAeu, including details of their next…

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