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  • BSLS 2015 conference – call for papers

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    The tenth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Liverpool, on 16-18 April 2015. Keynote talks will be given by Professor Keith Barnham (Imperial College London), Dr Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge), and Dr Claire Preston (Queen Mary University of London). The BSLS invites proposals…

  • The National Archives seeks proposals from university partners for collaborative doctoral studentships to start in October 2015

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    The National Archives seeks proposals from university partners for collaborative doctoral studentships to start in October 2015. The National Archives is a member of the Thames Consortium, supporting (in total across the Consortium) six new collaborative research studentships each year via the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Students are jointly…

  • Research Associate on Humphry Davy Letters Project

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    Lancaster University is recruiting a research associate to work on the Davy Letters Project. Here are the details of the post: Part-time Senior Research Associate English & Creative Writing Salary: £32,277 pro rata Closing Date: Monday 11 August 2014 Interview Date: Friday 29 August 2014 Reference: A1039 Working on the MHRA funded Davy Letters Project,…

  • Essay competition on science communication

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    At the recent PCST conference in Bahia, the issue of the deficit model was raised, in the session on science communication and its audiences. To stimulate the debate and to contribute to the community, the journal Public Understanding of Science would like to announce an essay competition. The essay title is as follows: “In Science Communication,…

  • BSLS Symposium on Teaching Literature and Science

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    The BSLS has voted to hold an annual one-day symposium in addition to its annual conference. Unlike the conference, the symposium will be on a specific theme each year. The BSLS will make a budget of £500 available to members each year in the first instance to fund the symposium. The theme of each symposium…

  • Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars

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    The centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the Humanities and Science at the University of Reading is holding a one-day interdisciplinary workshop, funded by the British Academy, bringing together scholars working in the history of science with those working on literature and science. The workshop is aimed at PhD students, postdocs, and those in the early stages…

  • 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…

  • Conference on Victorian Sustainability

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    Victorian Sustainability   British Association for Victorian Studies conference  University of Kent Canterbury September 4-6, 2014 Call for Papers From emerging ideas about the perils of environmental degradation to the establishment of the National Trust, the concept of sustainability began to take on a new importance in the Victorian period that remains relevant in 21st-century…

  • BSLS/JLS Essay Prize

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    The British Society for Literature and Science and the Journal of Literature and Science would like to announce a prize for the best new essay by an early career scholar on a topic within the field of literature and science. Essays should be currently unpublished and not under consideration by another journal. They should be between 6,000 and 8,000…

  • ESHS conference update

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    The deadlines on the call for papers for the European Society for the History of Science conference in Lisbon in September 2014 have been extended as follows: Symposia Submission (theme and rationale of symposium and abstract of papers) – 10 Jan 2014 Decision regarding accepted symposia – 10 February 2014 Abstract Submission for stand-alone papers)–…

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