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  • Cfp: Thomas de Quincey, Manchester and Medicine 1785-1859

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    A one-day conference on this subject will be held at the University of Salford on Friday 4th December 2009. It has been 150 years since Thomas de Quincey died on the 8th December 1859. Conference papers are invited on any topic concerning his work, Manchester, and medicine, during the period of his lifetime (1785-1859). Plenary…

  • Special Issue of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net

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    Science, Technology and the Senses, edited by Sibylle Erle and Laurie Garrison We are delighted to announce the release of this special issue of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net available at http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/. Contributors to the volume include: Laurie Garrison and Sibylle Erle,, ‘Introduction’ Sibylle Erle, ‘Blake, Colour and the Truchsessian Gallery: Modelling the Mind…

  • Student Essay Prize: Darwin, Science and Religion

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    The Darwin Correspondence Project will award two prizes of £1000 each for the best student essays on science and religion that use materials from Darwin’s letters. The competition is open to students from all disciplines, nationalities, and stages of education. One prize will be awarded to a university or post-graduate student; the maximum length for…

  • Conference announcement: Sex, Ethics and Psychology

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    Sex, Ethics and Psychology: The Networks and Cultural Context of Albert Moll (1862-1939). A two-day conference examining the work of Albert Moll in the context of late Imperial and Weimar Germany medicine, culture and society and also looking at the international impact of his work. Sponsored by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine…

  • Cfp: Conference on Numeracy

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    Numeracy: Historical, philosophical and educational perspectives St Anne’s College, Oxford Wednesday 16 to Friday 18 December 2009 (lunchtime to lunchtime). In recent years studies of the history of mathematics have turned increasing attention to the mathematical experiences of ordinary people and to the teaching, learning and using of mathematics which takes place outside elite contexts…

  • BSLS Book Prize for 2008: The Shortlist

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    The British Society for Literature and Science is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2008 book prize. The four shortlisted books are: Armstrong,Isobel. Victorian Glassworlds (Oxford University Press, 2008) Jackson, Noel. Science and Sensation in Romantic Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, no.73) (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Levine, George Lewis. Realism, ethics and secularism :…

  • Euroscience Open Forum, Turin, 2010

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    The European Science Open Forum will be held in Turin, Italy, 2-7 June 2010. It’s a large, very international meeting of scientists, journalists, policy makers and members of the public. The call for proposals emphasises interdisciplinary research and includes strands on science and language and science and culture. The deadline for proposals is June 15,…

  • ‘ “Romantic Biographies” c.1770-1835’ May 2009

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    “Romantic Biographies”: Writing Lives and Afterlives, c.1770-1835 The Early Careers and Postgraduate Conference for The British Association for Romantic Studies 8 May 2009 at Research Institute for the Humanities, Keele University “As little more than an infant, he was walking through a graveyard with his sister, Mary, ten years his senior, and reading the epitaphs…

  • CFP: Cultivating Empire: Exploration, Science and Literature

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    Cultivating Empire: Exploration, Science and Literature An Interdisciplinary Conference featuring the work and influence of Sir Joseph Banks Lincoln, UK, 17-18 April 2009 Featured speakers: Richard Holmes (biographer of Shelley and Coleridge and author of The Age of Wonder); G.S. Rousseau (historian of medicine: co-author of Gout: the Patrician Malady); Stephen Daniels (geographer: biographer of…

  • BSLS 2009 programme now available

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    A provisional programme for our March 2009 conference at the University of Reading is now available along with information for delegates to register and book accommodation.

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