Tag: Call For Papers

CFP: Edited volume on Science, Technology, and 20th-century Irish Literature

July 25, 2016

Submissions are welcomed for a volume focused on science, technology, and Irish literature of the revival and modernist period. The deadline for initial proposals is August 15th.

About the volume
Since W. B. Yeats infamously wrote in 1890 that “the man of science is too often a person who has exchanged his soul for a formula,” the anti-scientific and Luddite bent of the Irish literary and cultural revival has often been taken as a given.  Recent scholarship, however, has questioned this perspective and has begun to tease out a more complicated vision of Irish writers’ relationship to scientific and technological development. This collection seeks to provide a more nuanced view of Irish writers’ engagement with science and technology as well as the relationship between Irish revival writers and Irish modernism. It aims to capture not only the varied ways that Irish writers were plugged into the scientific and technological impulses and networks of the age but also the myriad outcomes of their representations – the ways that they shaped modern Irish attitudes, aesthetics, ideologies, and more.

Submission details
We welcome submissions on canonical and non-canonical authors, as well as those that interpret the category of “literature” in new ways. We also welcome submissions from both emerging and established scholars.

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How to submit
The editors seek 250-500 word proposals for original contributions and a 100-word biography (included selected publications) by August 15, 2016.

Please copy all editors:
Kathryn Conrad, kconrad@ku.edu
Cóilín Parsons, Coilin.Parsons@georgetown.edu
Julie McCormick Weng, mccormi5@illinois.edu

Reminder: Call for Papers HSTM Conference

April 4, 2016

Call for Papers: Annual conference of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland in association with Celsius

HSTM Network Ireland and Celsius will host this year’s conference at Dublin City University, on November 11th-12th 2016.

Professor Peter Bowler will deliver the keynote address entitled ‘Prophets of Progress?: Predicting the future of science and technology from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov’.

The meeting will bring together researchers across disciplines in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. We welcome proposals of papers addressing science, technology and medicine in the context of history, society, culture, ethics or the law. Papers do not necessarily need to be historical nor do they need to have Ireland as their subject. Proposals of thematic sessions and roundtables are also welcome.

Individual papers will be twenty minutes in duration, with an additional ten minutes for questions and answers. To propose a paper please send a 200 word abstract by email to hstmnetworkireland@gmail.com with the subject line ‘conference abstract’. Session proposals should include a short abstract on the session as a whole as well as individual paper abstracts (c. 100 words). The deadline for abstracts is Monday, 17 April, 2016.

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CFP: HSTM Network Annual conference in association with Celsius

March 1, 2016

Call for Papers: Annual conference of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland in association with Celsius

HSTM Network Ireland and Celsius will host this year’s conference at Dublin City University, on November 11th-12th 2016.

Professor Peter Bowler will deliver the keynote address entitled ‘Prophets of Progress?: Predicting the future of science and technology from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov’.

The meeting will bring together researchers across disciplines in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. We welcome proposals of papers addressing science, technology and medicine in the context of history, society, culture, ethics or the law. Papers do not necessarily need to be historical nor do they need to have Ireland as their subject. Proposals of thematic sessions and roundtables are also welcome.

Individual papers will be twenty minutes in duration, with an additional ten minutes for questions and answers. To propose a paper please send a 200 word abstract by email to hstmnetworkireland@gmail.com with the subject line ‘conference abstract’. Session proposals should include a short abstract on the session as a whole as well as individual paper abstracts (c. 100 words). The deadline for abstracts is Monday, 17 April, 2016.

 

CFP Three Societies Meeting – extended deadline Dec 10th

December 2, 2015

Final Reminder
and
Extended Submission Deadline
December 10, 2015

Eighth Joint Meeting of the BSHS, CSHPS, and HSS

22-25 June 2016
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The eighth joint meeting of the British Society for the History of Science, the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science Society will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Previous successful meetings were in Philadelphia (2012), Oxford (2008), Halifax, Nova Scotia (2004), St Louis (2000), Edinburgh (1996), Toronto (1992), and Manchester (1988).

The theme of the meeting will by ‘Transitions’.  Although presenters are not confined to this theme, the Program Committee is seeking papers or sessions that reflect this theme and encourages participants to consider the broader scientific, scholarly and social implications associated with moments of scientific transition.

The conference will take place at the University of Alberta. Founded in 1905, U of A is located in Edmonton, Canada’s most northern major city. U of A has 37,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty and academic staff. Accommodation will be available on campus and near campus.

The programme will include parallel themed sessions, plenary lectures, education and outreach activities, a reception at the Art Gallery of Alberta and a Conference Dinner (TBA).  Delegates can explore the vibrant arts scene, and there are many festivals in June, including the Edmonton International Jazz Festival.

The Programme Committee welcomes proposals for sessions or individual papers based around the conference theme from researchers at all stages of their careers. Participation is in no way limited to members of the three organising societies, but there will be a discount for members.  Intending participants should also note that the usual HSS rules concerning presenting at successive conferences do not apply to this meeting.

The EXTENDED DEADLINE for submitting a session or paper proposal is 10 December 2015

Full details of how to submit your session or abstract can be found at:www.uab.ca/3societies

Enquiries concerning the program should be directed to aede@ualberta.ca

Enquiries concerning the conference should be directed tothreesocieties2016@ualberta.ca

REMINDER: DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 29TH JUNE

June 19, 2015

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED TO THE HSTM NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 29TH JUNE

Applicants should email an abstract (of no more than 300 words) and a short biography (no more than 100 words) to hstm.conf.2015@gmail.com by 29 June 2015. Informal enquiries should also be sent to this address. Individual papers shall be of twenty minutes duration with an additional ten minutes for questions and answers. Proposals for panels and roundtables (of one and a half hour duration) are also encouraged.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HSTM NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE CAN BE FOUND ON THE CONFERENCE PAGE LINK BELOW:

https://hstmnetworkireland.wordpress.com/history-of-science-technology-and-medicine-network-ireland-conference/

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Call for Papers: History of Science Technology & Medicine Network Ireland Inaugural Conference

April 9, 2015

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Network Ireland Inaugural Conference

Maynooth University

13-14 November 2015

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Supported by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme

Organised by: HSTM Network Ireland

In co-operation with: Department of History, Maynooth University, HSTM Network Ireland

The HSTM Network Ireland fosters research, teaching and public engagement in the history of science, technology and medicine (HSTM) in Ireland.  It brings together researchers based in Ireland and welcomes overseas members with relevant interests. We aim to raise the profile of HSTM in Ireland and link Irish-based researchers to an international community of scholars. The Network is organising an inaugural conference to promote awareness of archival sources for HSTM on the island, advocate HSTM as a subject at all levels of education, support and develop public events with an HSTM element, and produce an accessible bibliography of HSTM research.

Inaugural Conference

The conference committee (composed of Ida Milne (Queen’s University Belfast), Ian Miller (Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster) and Adrian James Kirwan (Maynooth University)) is accepting abstracts for the HSTM Network Ireland’s inaugural conference to take place at Maynooth University on 13-14 November 2015. The event will showcase innovative, original research currently being pursued by established and early-career researchers working in HSTM in Ireland (broadly defined).

While the theme of the event is open, the committee proposes to prioritise research that is original, unpublished, interdisciplinary and methodologically innovative.

Potential areas include (but are not restricted to):

  • History of biomedical sciences
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • History of military technology
  • Medical Humanities
  • Medieval science and technology
  • Early-modern science and technology
  • Computing history
  • History of telecommunications
  • History of psychiatry and psychology
  • Cartographic History
  • Maritime science and technology
  • History of medical ethics and bioethics
  • History of Mathematics
  • History of the body
  • History of earth sciences
  • History of engineering
  • HSTM in education
  • HSTM archival resources
  • HSTM heritage

Applicants should email an abstract (of no more than 300 words) and a short biography (no more than 100 words) to hstm.conf.2015@gmail.com by 29 June 2015. Informal enquiries should also be sent to this address. Individual papers shall be of twenty minutes duration with an additional ten minutes for questions and answers. Proposals for panels and roundtables (of one and a half hour duration) are also encouraged.

Further information

The conference committee have organised several roundtable discussions and presentations. These will include panels on HSTM education, the promotion of HSTM heritage, and the compilation and promotion of HSTM resources, potential contributors to these are welcome. 

A limited number of travel bursaries are available and may be awarded to presenters without access to other sources of funding.

All correspondence in relation to the conference should be sent to hstm.conf.2015@gmail.com

Health, Healthcare and Society

April 3, 2015

Call for Papers PDF

‘Health, Healthcare and Society: Environment, Markets, Lifecycle and Location: Ten Years On’

        Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, Glasgow, 18-19 June 2015

The CSHHH was established in 2005 as a collaborative venture between historians at Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde Universities. Our activities focus on the way in which health, medicine, medical science have developed over time and have come to shape our contemporary experience. As part of a programme of events to celebrate its tenth anniversary, the Centre is staging a two-day conference in June on a theme which has guided much of its research over the past decade and which was the title of its Wellcome Trust Enhancement Grant: ‘Health, Healthcare and Society: Environment, Markets, Lifecycle and Location’.

Keynote speakers

Professor Linda Bryder, University of Auckland

Professor John Stewart, CSHHH Glasgow

Call for papers

The aim of this conference is to examine the historical relationship between health and the provision of healthcare in the broader society; to consider how the historical development of healthcare has shaped current healthcare provisions and dilemmas, and to explore how we might engage different audiences with this history. We invite proposals which explore the following issues:

What is the impact of the environment on individual and collective health and what responses does this elicit?

How is healthcare provision, in the shape of drugs and pharmaceuticals and institutions such as hospitals, shaped by wider socio-economic factors?

What are the medical and cultural responses to issues surrounding specific points in the lifecycle?

What impact does geographical location – whether in the former colonies or in Scotland – have on health and healthcare?

Submissions (up to 500 words) should be sent to e.newlands@strath.ac.uk by Friday 24 April 2015.