Tag: Related Events
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Colloquium: Charles Darwin in Europe
A one-day colloquium on Charles Darwin in Europe will be held at Darwin’s college Christ’s, Cambridge, on Thursday 26 February 2009 to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth as well as the launch of *The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe*, edited by Eve-Marie Engels and Thomas F. Glick. The colloquium will continue the discussions…
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LAUNCH OF THE JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN, CARDIFF, SEPTEMBER 12 THE JLS The Journal of Literature and Science is a new, peer-reviewed, online journal hosted by Glamorgan’s Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science, founded in 2006. The Centre directors are Professors Andrew Smith & Jeff Wallace, and Dr Martin Willis, who is also the Journal of Literature and…
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The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures
St Mary’s College, Durham 4-6 April Programme Friday 4 April 15.00-17.00: Registration Section One: The Anglophone World 17.30-18.30 David Amigoni (Keele): Down the Darwinian Line(s): Inherited Characteristics in Biology, Literature and Culture *20.00-21.00 A. S. Byatt and Patricia Waugh (Durham): Darwinian Fictions (Elvet Riverside 140) This event is open to the public – admission free.…
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‘Between the Lines’ lecture: Philip Ball on his book on Paracelsus
Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford Tuesday 19 February, 7 pm In the next in an occasional series of lectures by authors of successful books in the history of science, Philip Ball will talk about his book, The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science. Philip Ball has…
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BSLS panel at RED conference, July 2008
The conference organised by the Reading Experience Database will include a guest panel from the BSLS. Titled ‘Scientists Reading Literature’, the panel will feature papers by Gowan Dawson (Leicester), Mary Noble (Princeton) and Stephen Jacyna (UCL) and will be chaired by Alice Jenkins (Glasgow): Gowan Dawson, ‘The novelist puts this and that together’: Richard Owen’s…
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History of Science Society conference 2008
HSS 2008 Annual Meeting Call for Papers Pittsburgh, PA, USA 6-9 November 2008 (Joint meeting with PSA) The History of Science Society will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA in the Omni William Penn hotel (site of the 1999 annual meeting). Proposals for sessions, contributed papers, and, for the first time, posters, must…
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Popular Science Books event, Imperial College
Registration is now open for a one-day event discussing Popular Science Books to be held at Imperial College’s South Kensington Campus, 22nd February 2008. Literary critics, historians, writers, illustrators, publishers, prize-givers, reviewers, readers, booksellers, teachers (and others) are all invited to take part in what we hope will be a day of lively discussions. Places…
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EVENT: Workshop on Popular Science Books
We are looking for contributors for a one-day event on popular science books to be held at Imperial College, London on 22nd Feb 2008. Literary critics, historians, writers, illustrators, publishers, prize-givers, reviewers, readers, booksellers, teachers (and others) are all invited to take part. Contributors will be asked introduce a book, collection, theme, or popular science…
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EVENT: ‘Science and the Public’ conference, May 2007
BSLS member Alice Bell writes to say: We’ve just put together a draft programme for the 2007 “Science and the Public�? conference (Imperial College London, 19th May). It’s going to be diverse and exciting day. Registration is now open, registration details and the draft programme are available from the Science and Communication Group site at…
