HSTM Conference Registration Open

Registration is now open for the HSTM Network Ireland annual conference to be held at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland on 11 and 12 November. The programme is diverse and international and includes two key note addresses.  Peter Bowler (Queen’s University, Belfast) will speak on ‘Prophets of progress? Predicting the future of science and … More HSTM Conference Registration Open

HSTM Conference 2016 Programme

HSTM ANNUAL CONFERENCE  DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   11&12 NOVEMBER 2016 Download your copy here FRIDAY 9-10am: registration 10am-11am: Session 1 Session 1A: Soviet science Konstantin Kiprijanov, ‘Chaos and beauty in a beaker.  The early history of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction’ Elena Sinelnikova, ‘Scientific societies vs. research institutes in the first decade of Soviet power’ Session 1B: … More HSTM Conference 2016 Programme

Wellcome Seed awards in humanities and social science

  Seed Awards help researchers develop compelling and innovative ideas that may go on to form part of larger grant applications. Level of funding: £25,000 to £50,000 Duration of funding: 6 to 12 months Eligibility You can apply for a Seed Award as an individual or as part of a group. You must have a PhD … More Wellcome Seed awards in humanities and social science

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

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

2017 DHST Prize for Young Scholars

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZE The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST) invites submissions for the fourth DHST Prize for Young Scholars, to be presented in 2017. Initiated at the 22nd International Congress … More 2017 DHST Prize for Young Scholars

Reminder: Call for Papers HSTM Conference

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 … More Reminder: Call for Papers HSTM Conference

CFP: HSTM Network Annual conference in association with Celsius

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 … More CFP: HSTM Network Annual conference in association with Celsius

CFP Dublin Postgraduate History Conference

Postgraduate historians of science, technology and medicine in Dublin may be interested in the following postgraduate conference. DEADLINE: 4 March 2016   Call for Papers Dublin Postgraduate History Conference 2016 Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin 7-8 May 2016 This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students from Dublin City University, Trinity … More CFP Dublin Postgraduate History Conference