Final Call for Papers; deadline December 1
Newton and Empiricism
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
10-11 April 2010
Invited Speaker: Lisa Downing (Ohio State)
Program Committee: Zvi Biener (Western Michigan University), J. E. McGuire (University of Pittsburgh), and Eric Schliesser (University of Leiden)
Call for papers
Isaac Newton and John Locke are sometimes portrayed as dual fathers of the British Enlightenment, with Newton providing the exemplar of human knowledge and Locke providing the philosophical infrastructure required for understanding the merit and reach of that exemplar. Yet their union was neither simple nor unchallenged. Newton’s empiricism developed while defending and revising his Principia against philosophical critique, and Locke’s hospitability to Newtonian gravity and realization of Newton’s achievement developed through successive drafts of the Essay and other texts. Moreover, similar complexity exists in the work of Newton’s and Locke’s intellectual heirs. This conference will focus on the compatibility and incompatibility, tensions, and developing relations between Newton, Locke, and their successors in Newtonianism and Empiricism.
The conference will take place on 10-11 April 2010 at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. Possible conference participants should note that Catherine Wilson (University of Aberdeen) will deliver an Annual Lecture Series talk for the Center for Philosophy of Science on the afternoon of 9 April 2010. Conference participants are encouraged to attend.
Partial travel stipends will be available for young scholars, who are highly encouraged to submit abstracts.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (of approximately 750 words) is 1 December 2009. Email submissions are highly encouraged and can be sent to Zvi Biener at . If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your abstract within a week, please resubmit or contact the organizers.
For updates, visit the Center Web site.
Friday, November 20, 2009
SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL [SSRC]
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is designed to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals. Senior tenured faculty serve as research directors who identify research fields for groups of 12 graduate students. The faculty research directors design two workshops: one to prepare students to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation proposal, held in spring; the other to help students apply their summer research experiences to writing dissertation and funding proposals, held in the fall. Working together,
research directors and graduate students help shape emerging fields in the humanities and social sciences.
The DPDF program is open to second-and third-year graduate students in all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities who are currently enrolled full time in Ph.D. programs at accredited universities in the United States First and fourth year students may, under exceptional circumstances, be eligible.
For full descriptions of the research fields, eligibility and application requirements, and the DPDF program, along with links to the SSRC Online Application Portal, visit our Web site.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010, 6:00 P.M., EST
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program (DPDF) is pleased to announce the six selected research fields for the 2010 program cycle:
After Secularization: New Approaches to Religion and Modernity
Vincent P. Pecora (University of Utah, English)
Jonathan Sheehan (University of California - Berkeley, History)
Discrimination Studies
Samuel R. Lucas (University of California - Berkeley, Sociology)
Lisa G. Materson (University of California - Davis, History)
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Contentious Politics
Doug McAdam (Stanford University, Sociology)
Sidney Tarrow (Cornell University, Government)
Multiculturalism, Immigration, and Identity in Western Europe and the United States
Nancy Foner (City University of New York Graduate Center, Sociology)
Christophe Bertossi (Institut français des relations internationales, Political Science)
Spaces of Inquiry
Stuart W. Leslie (The Johns Hopkins University, History of Science and Technology)
Carla Yanni (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Art History)
Virtual Worlds
Tom Boellstorff (University of California - Irvine, Anthropology)
Douglas Thomas (University of Southern California, Communication)
For full descriptions of the research fields, eligibility and application requirements, and the DPDF program, along with links to the SSRC Online Application Portal, visit our Web site.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010, 6:00 P.M., EST
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is designed to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals. Senior tenured faculty serve as research directors who identify research fields for groups of 12 graduate students. The faculty research directors design two workshops: one to prepare students to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation proposal, held in spring; the other to help students apply their summer research experiences to writing dissertation and funding proposals, held in the fall. Working together,
research directors and graduate students help shape emerging fields in the humanities and social sciences.
The DPDF program is open to second-and third-year graduate students in all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities who are currently enrolled full time in Ph.D. programs at accredited universities in the United States First and fourth year students may, under exceptional circumstances, be eligible.
For full descriptions of the research fields, eligibility and application requirements, and the DPDF program, along with links to the SSRC Online Application Portal, visit our Web site.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010, 6:00 P.M., EST
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program (DPDF) is pleased to announce the six selected research fields for the 2010 program cycle:
After Secularization: New Approaches to Religion and Modernity
Vincent P. Pecora (University of Utah, English)
Jonathan Sheehan (University of California - Berkeley, History)
Discrimination Studies
Samuel R. Lucas (University of California - Berkeley, Sociology)
Lisa G. Materson (University of California - Davis, History)
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Contentious Politics
Doug McAdam (Stanford University, Sociology)
Sidney Tarrow (Cornell University, Government)
Multiculturalism, Immigration, and Identity in Western Europe and the United States
Nancy Foner (City University of New York Graduate Center, Sociology)
Christophe Bertossi (Institut français des relations internationales, Political Science)
Spaces of Inquiry
Stuart W. Leslie (The Johns Hopkins University, History of Science and Technology)
Carla Yanni (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Art History)
Virtual Worlds
Tom Boellstorff (University of California - Irvine, Anthropology)
Douglas Thomas (University of Southern California, Communication)
For full descriptions of the research fields, eligibility and application requirements, and the DPDF program, along with links to the SSRC Online Application Portal, visit our Web site.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010, 6:00 P.M., EST
Thursday, November 19, 2009
IGERT: Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society
A brochure with information about this funding opportunity can be viewed on the Science Studies website.
To learn more about this program, you may want to attend the following:
IGERT Research Mixer
Fri., December 4
3:00-5:00pm
Social Sciences Building, Room 101
To learn more about this program, you may want to attend the following:
IGERT Research Mixer
Fri., December 4
3:00-5:00pm
Social Sciences Building, Room 101
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SDSU Fall 2009 Symposium
From 20-22 November 2009, San Diego State University will host an academic symposium to mark 200 years since Charles Darwin's birth and 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species. Focusing on Darwin's impact on the Humanities and the Social Sciences, thinkers from various fields will debate and celebrate Darwin's enduring influence. For a complete schedule of events, visit http://www.darwin.sdsu.edu or contact Dr. Mark R. Wheeler, Symposium Chair.
Friday, November 20, 2009
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
Kaplan Auditorium
4:30pm– 6:30pm
Directions
FEATURING:
The Hidden Side of Female Desire
Martie Haselton (UCLA)
The Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Romantic Relationships: Are Social
Scientists and Humanists in Biological Denial?
Peter A. Andersen (SDSU)
Sex, Homicide, and the Meaning of Life: The Evolution of Darwinian
Psychology.
Douglas Kenrick (Arizona State University)
Sex, Love & Death: Socioevolutionary Theory & Science.
Brian H. Spitzberg (SDSU)
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
Arts and Letters Building
9:00am - 4:30pm
Directions
FEATURING:
Keynote Speaker
Michael Ghiselin
California Academy of the Sciences
Natural Selection, Teleology, and Unintended Consequences
3:30pm in AL 101
Invited Speaker
James Mallet
University College London
Darwin and Today's View of Species
12:00pm in AL 101
Plus many more lectures by faculty!
Come back on Sunday to hear more lectures by graduate students.
Friday, November 20, 2009
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
Kaplan Auditorium
4:30pm– 6:30pm
Directions
FEATURING:
The Hidden Side of Female Desire
Martie Haselton (UCLA)
The Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Romantic Relationships: Are Social
Scientists and Humanists in Biological Denial?
Peter A. Andersen (SDSU)
Sex, Homicide, and the Meaning of Life: The Evolution of Darwinian
Psychology.
Douglas Kenrick (Arizona State University)
Sex, Love & Death: Socioevolutionary Theory & Science.
Brian H. Spitzberg (SDSU)
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
Arts and Letters Building
9:00am - 4:30pm
Directions
FEATURING:
Keynote Speaker
Michael Ghiselin
California Academy of the Sciences
Natural Selection, Teleology, and Unintended Consequences
3:30pm in AL 101
Invited Speaker
James Mallet
University College London
Darwin and Today's View of Species
12:00pm in AL 101
Plus many more lectures by faculty!
Come back on Sunday to hear more lectures by graduate students.
Marion Fourcade
UCSD Department of Sociology
Culture and Society Workshop Presents
Sponsored by Comparative Historical Workshop & IICAS European Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Marion Fourcade
“Cents and Sensibility: Economic Valuation and the Nature of 'Nature' in France and America"
Friday, November 20, 2009
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Social Sciences Building, Room 101
Abstract
How do we attribute a monetary value to "invaluable" things? In this presentation, I offer a general sociological approach to this question, using the value of nature as a paradigmatic case. I first propose a theoretical analysis of the cultural and institutional conditions through which the relationship between subjective value and objective (monetary) value gets constructed in society. I argue that a full-blown sociology of valuation must solve three problems: the “why,” which refers to the general place of money as a metric for subjective value in society; the “how,” which refers to the specific techniques and arguments laymen and experts might use in order to elicit monetary value where value is hard to produce; and the “then, what” or the feedback loop from monetary valuation to social practices and representations including, of course, subjective value. I use the case of nature to demonstrate how this sequence works empirically. I rely on an empirical investigation of three major environmental pollution legal cases –the maritime oil spills caused respectively by the tankers Amoco Cadiz and Erika in Brittany (France) in 1978 and 1999 respectively, and by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989– to study how French and American plaintiffs and institutions understood the damage done to nature and sought to turn it into monetary value. I then show how these processes of monetary valuation ended up, by and large, reproducing the very conceptions of nature that had motivated them in the first place.
Bio
Marion Fourcade (PhD Harvard University) is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. A comparative sociologist, she is interested primarily in investigating and theorizing about how individuals in different countries think about the world and act in it, where these differences come from, and what their macro-social consequences might be. She has worked comparatively on the formation of knowledge, disciplines and professions; the making of economic policies; the forms of political organization; and international processes and dynamics. Her first book, "Economists and Societies" (Princeton University Press 2009), explores the institutions and cultural forces that have shaped the professional identities, practical activities and disciplinary projects of economists in the United States, Britain, and France in the twentieth century. The place of economic expertise and measurement technologies across cultures is also at the core of her next book project on the roots and consequences of social classifications (tentatively titled "Measure for Measure: Social Ontologies of Classification"). Professor Fourcade’s work has appeared in numerous professional outlets, such as the American Journal of Sociology, the American Sociological Review, and Theory and Society.
Culture and Society Workshop Presents
Sponsored by Comparative Historical Workshop & IICAS European Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Marion Fourcade
“Cents and Sensibility: Economic Valuation and the Nature of 'Nature' in France and America"
Friday, November 20, 2009
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Social Sciences Building, Room 101
Abstract
How do we attribute a monetary value to "invaluable" things? In this presentation, I offer a general sociological approach to this question, using the value of nature as a paradigmatic case. I first propose a theoretical analysis of the cultural and institutional conditions through which the relationship between subjective value and objective (monetary) value gets constructed in society. I argue that a full-blown sociology of valuation must solve three problems: the “why,” which refers to the general place of money as a metric for subjective value in society; the “how,” which refers to the specific techniques and arguments laymen and experts might use in order to elicit monetary value where value is hard to produce; and the “then, what” or the feedback loop from monetary valuation to social practices and representations including, of course, subjective value. I use the case of nature to demonstrate how this sequence works empirically. I rely on an empirical investigation of three major environmental pollution legal cases –the maritime oil spills caused respectively by the tankers Amoco Cadiz and Erika in Brittany (France) in 1978 and 1999 respectively, and by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989– to study how French and American plaintiffs and institutions understood the damage done to nature and sought to turn it into monetary value. I then show how these processes of monetary valuation ended up, by and large, reproducing the very conceptions of nature that had motivated them in the first place.
Bio
Marion Fourcade (PhD Harvard University) is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. A comparative sociologist, she is interested primarily in investigating and theorizing about how individuals in different countries think about the world and act in it, where these differences come from, and what their macro-social consequences might be. She has worked comparatively on the formation of knowledge, disciplines and professions; the making of economic policies; the forms of political organization; and international processes and dynamics. Her first book, "Economists and Societies" (Princeton University Press 2009), explores the institutions and cultural forces that have shaped the professional identities, practical activities and disciplinary projects of economists in the United States, Britain, and France in the twentieth century. The place of economic expertise and measurement technologies across cultures is also at the core of her next book project on the roots and consequences of social classifications (tentatively titled "Measure for Measure: Social Ontologies of Classification"). Professor Fourcade’s work has appeared in numerous professional outlets, such as the American Journal of Sociology, the American Sociological Review, and Theory and Society.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Energy & Climate in the Hemisphere: The Road to Copenhagen AND Critical Issues in Latin America
Energy & Climate in the Hemisphere: The Road to Copenhagen
November 19, 2009 • 8:00-11:30 AM
Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas
Agenda
8:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Opening Framing Remarks & A View from Washington, D.C.
• Reno Harnish
Ambassador in Residence & Director, Center for Environment
and National Security, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
9:00
How do we get there from here?
Panel discussion of coal & nuclear issues moderated by: Jeremy Martin,
Director, Energy Program, Institute of the Americas
• David G. Victor
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD & Director, Laboratory on International Law and
Regulation
• Eric Westberg
Consultant, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station & Board
Consultant, Brazil Independent Power Producer Association (APINE)
9:45 Coffee Break
10:00
What about biofuels?
Panel discussion of advanced biofuels moderated by: Jeremy Martin,
Director, Energy Program, Institute of the Americas
• Kirk L. Haney
President & CEO, SG Biofuels
• Joel Velasco
Chief Representative, North America, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry
Association (UNICA)
10:45
What about energy efficiency?
Panel discussion of demand side management, moderated by David Weaver,
Managing Partner & Chairman of the Board, Intercap Institutional
Investors, LLC & Chairman of the Board, Institute of the Americas
• Andres Gluski
Chief Operating Officer, AES Corporation
• J. Patrick Kennedy
Founder & CEO, OSIsoft, Inc.
11:30 Closing
November 19 evening event
Annual Commemorative Dinner: $130 per person (UCSD rate)
7:00 – 9:30 PM, UCSD Faculty Club
More information and registration at: www.iamericas.org.
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Critical Issues in Latin America
November 20, 2009 • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium, Institute of the Americas
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Registration – Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM
Introduction: Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow – President, Institute of the
Americas. Discussions will follow a Davos-Style format.
9:00 – 10:00 AM
China and Latin America
President Hu Jintao’s 2008 trip to Latin America signaled a new resolve by
the Chinese government to increase its economic influence in the Western
Hemisphere. Since President Hu’s meeting with Latin American leaders at
the APEC summit, his populous nation has strengthened trade, investment,
technology, security and cultural ties with countries in the region.
Moderated by S. Lynne Walker, Vice President, Institute of the Americas.
• Enrique García
President of the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• Sergio Ley-López
President, Asian Pacific Institute, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Former
Mexican Ambassador to China
• Richard Feinberg
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD
10:15 – 11:15 AM
The Assault on Democracy
A discussion on the meaning of neo-populism, the role of Chavez, the
responsible left, the erosion of freedoms, institutional weakness, the
role of the press and civil society, and the coup in Honduras. Moderated
by Jeffrey Davidow.
• Teodoro Petkoff
Editor, Tal Cual newspaper, prominent anti-Chavez politician and former
presidential candidate of Venezuela
• Manuel Camacho Solís
Former Mayor of Mexico City
• Richard Feinberg
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD
Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:30 AM
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Drugs and Violence
Has the war on drugs failed? Are there alternative policies available?
What is the impact of gang violence on societies’ with weak institutions?
What does the future hold for Plan Colombia and the Merida Initiative?
Moderated by Jeffrey Davidow.
• Robert Bonner
Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and former
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
• Ethan Nadelmann
Founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance
• Peter Hakim
President of the Inter-American Dialogue
• David R. Mares
Professor of Political Science, UCSD
November 19, 2009 • 8:00-11:30 AM
Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas
Agenda
8:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Opening Framing Remarks & A View from Washington, D.C.
• Reno Harnish
Ambassador in Residence & Director, Center for Environment
and National Security, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
9:00
How do we get there from here?
Panel discussion of coal & nuclear issues moderated by: Jeremy Martin,
Director, Energy Program, Institute of the Americas
• David G. Victor
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD & Director, Laboratory on International Law and
Regulation
• Eric Westberg
Consultant, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station & Board
Consultant, Brazil Independent Power Producer Association (APINE)
9:45 Coffee Break
10:00
What about biofuels?
Panel discussion of advanced biofuels moderated by: Jeremy Martin,
Director, Energy Program, Institute of the Americas
• Kirk L. Haney
President & CEO, SG Biofuels
• Joel Velasco
Chief Representative, North America, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry
Association (UNICA)
10:45
What about energy efficiency?
Panel discussion of demand side management, moderated by David Weaver,
Managing Partner & Chairman of the Board, Intercap Institutional
Investors, LLC & Chairman of the Board, Institute of the Americas
• Andres Gluski
Chief Operating Officer, AES Corporation
• J. Patrick Kennedy
Founder & CEO, OSIsoft, Inc.
11:30 Closing
November 19 evening event
Annual Commemorative Dinner: $130 per person (UCSD rate)
7:00 – 9:30 PM, UCSD Faculty Club
More information and registration at: www.iamericas.org.
=====================================
Critical Issues in Latin America
November 20, 2009 • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium, Institute of the Americas
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Registration – Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM
Introduction: Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow – President, Institute of the
Americas. Discussions will follow a Davos-Style format.
9:00 – 10:00 AM
China and Latin America
President Hu Jintao’s 2008 trip to Latin America signaled a new resolve by
the Chinese government to increase its economic influence in the Western
Hemisphere. Since President Hu’s meeting with Latin American leaders at
the APEC summit, his populous nation has strengthened trade, investment,
technology, security and cultural ties with countries in the region.
Moderated by S. Lynne Walker, Vice President, Institute of the Americas.
• Enrique García
President of the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• Sergio Ley-López
President, Asian Pacific Institute, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Former
Mexican Ambassador to China
• Richard Feinberg
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD
10:15 – 11:15 AM
The Assault on Democracy
A discussion on the meaning of neo-populism, the role of Chavez, the
responsible left, the erosion of freedoms, institutional weakness, the
role of the press and civil society, and the coup in Honduras. Moderated
by Jeffrey Davidow.
• Teodoro Petkoff
Editor, Tal Cual newspaper, prominent anti-Chavez politician and former
presidential candidate of Venezuela
• Manuel Camacho Solís
Former Mayor of Mexico City
• Richard Feinberg
Professor, IR/PS, UCSD
Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:30 AM
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Drugs and Violence
Has the war on drugs failed? Are there alternative policies available?
What is the impact of gang violence on societies’ with weak institutions?
What does the future hold for Plan Colombia and the Merida Initiative?
Moderated by Jeffrey Davidow.
• Robert Bonner
Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and former
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
• Ethan Nadelmann
Founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance
• Peter Hakim
President of the Inter-American Dialogue
• David R. Mares
Professor of Political Science, UCSD
Monday, November 16, 2009
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers: Progress in Medicine
University of Bristol 13 - 15 April 2010
The aims of this conference are:
• To examine the nature, scope, causes, and grounds of progress in medicine.
• To provide a forum for developing the unified study of the history and philosophy of medicine, and in particular raising the profile of the philosophy of medicine in the UK and its engagement with the history of medicine.
• To create interdisciplinary bridges between the medical, philosophical, and historical professions, enabling medical professionals to become more theoretically engaged, while philosophers and philosophically-minded historians of medicine engage with the actual practice of medical professionals, so that their research reflects the realities and needs of modern medicine.
• To facilitate the wider dissemination of research in the philosophy and history of medicine beyond the boundaries of those disciplines, and especially in medical practice.
• To identify opportunities for public engagement concerning the relation between medical progress and changing attitudes to medical knowledge, the medical profession, and medical authority.
Conference homepage
Call for papers
The organising committee are:
Professor Alexander Bird (University of Bristol)
Michael Bresalier (University of Bristol)
Dr Alex Broadbent (University of Cambridge)
Dr Havi Carel (University of the West of England)
Dr Jeremy Howick (Oxford/UCL)
advised by: Professor Donald Gillies (UCL) and Dr Rachel Cooper (Lancaster)
This conference is generously supported by the Mind Association, the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the Aristotelian Society.
The aims of this conference are:
• To examine the nature, scope, causes, and grounds of progress in medicine.
• To provide a forum for developing the unified study of the history and philosophy of medicine, and in particular raising the profile of the philosophy of medicine in the UK and its engagement with the history of medicine.
• To create interdisciplinary bridges between the medical, philosophical, and historical professions, enabling medical professionals to become more theoretically engaged, while philosophers and philosophically-minded historians of medicine engage with the actual practice of medical professionals, so that their research reflects the realities and needs of modern medicine.
• To facilitate the wider dissemination of research in the philosophy and history of medicine beyond the boundaries of those disciplines, and especially in medical practice.
• To identify opportunities for public engagement concerning the relation between medical progress and changing attitudes to medical knowledge, the medical profession, and medical authority.
Conference homepage
Call for papers
The organising committee are:
Professor Alexander Bird (University of Bristol)
Michael Bresalier (University of Bristol)
Dr Alex Broadbent (University of Cambridge)
Dr Havi Carel (University of the West of England)
Dr Jeremy Howick (Oxford/UCL)
advised by: Professor Donald Gillies (UCL) and Dr Rachel Cooper (Lancaster)
This conference is generously supported by the Mind Association, the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the Aristotelian Society.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Grantwriting for the Sciences, Thu. Nov. 2, 12:15-1:45pm
GRANTWRITING FOR THE SCIENCES * – Thursday, Nov 12, 2009, 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Garren Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, SOM
Success in academe, particularly in a research institution, can often be correlated with success in grant-writing. CTD is providing this opportunity for graduate students, TAs, and postdoctoral fellows to explore the issues involved in effective grant-writing--what are the components that, if known and well-executed, can equate with success?
Peter Wagner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, will lead this session. Dr. Wagner has written on this topic for The Physiologist and will share copies of his article, "On writing a grant application: a personal view."
Although this presentation is geared to grant-writing in the sciences, you may attend even if you are in another discipline. Several participants from other disciplines have indicated that the information provided has been very useful.
Garren Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, SOM
Success in academe, particularly in a research institution, can often be correlated with success in grant-writing. CTD is providing this opportunity for graduate students, TAs, and postdoctoral fellows to explore the issues involved in effective grant-writing--what are the components that, if known and well-executed, can equate with success?
Peter Wagner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, will lead this session. Dr. Wagner has written on this topic for The Physiologist and will share copies of his article, "On writing a grant application: a personal view."
Although this presentation is geared to grant-writing in the sciences, you may attend even if you are in another discipline. Several participants from other disciplines have indicated that the information provided has been very useful.
150 Years After The Origin of Species: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives
Victoria College, University of Toronto, November 21-24 2009
November 24, 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto are mounting a celebratory conference, “150 Years after Origin: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives,” on November 21-24.
Keynote speakers include Spencer Barrett, Evelyn Fox Keller, James Moore, Alison Pearn, and Michael Ruse and Brian K. Hall.
The conference will culminate in a gala dinner, Origin at 150: A Toast to Charles Darwin, on Tuesday November 24, 8:00-10:30pm at the Colony Grande Ballroom, 89 Chestnut St., Toronto. There are limited tickets available, each at $60.
For more information, please call 46-978-5131 or visit the website, where the full conference program is posted. You may also contact the Secretary for any questions or additional information at conference.ihpst@utoronto.ca
Victoria College, University of Toronto, November 21-24 2009
November 24, 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto are mounting a celebratory conference, “150 Years after Origin: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives,” on November 21-24.
Keynote speakers include Spencer Barrett, Evelyn Fox Keller, James Moore, Alison Pearn, and Michael Ruse and Brian K. Hall.
The conference will culminate in a gala dinner, Origin at 150: A Toast to Charles Darwin, on Tuesday November 24, 8:00-10:30pm at the Colony Grande Ballroom, 89 Chestnut St., Toronto. There are limited tickets available, each at $60.
For more information, please call 46-978-5131 or visit the website, where the full conference program is posted. You may also contact the Secretary for any questions or additional information at conference.ihpst@utoronto.ca
Thursday, November 5, 2009
PACHS Dissertation Fellowships for 2010-11
The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS) invites applications for one- or two-month DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS and nine-month DISSERTATION WRITING FELLOWSHIPS for doctoral students in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS are intended specifically for students who wish to use the collections of two or more institutions in the PACHS consortium.
WRITING FELLOWSHIPS are for dissertations in the history of science, technology, or medicine, broadly construed.
The PACHS consortium includes the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute, the Hagley Museum and Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the
Library Company of Philadelphia, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science. For descriptions and links to consortium members' collections, see http://www.pachs.net/members.
The deadline for applications is 11 JANUARY 2010.
For detailed information and to apply online, go to http://www.pachs.net/fellowships.
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS are intended specifically for students who wish to use the collections of two or more institutions in the PACHS consortium.
WRITING FELLOWSHIPS are for dissertations in the history of science, technology, or medicine, broadly construed.
The PACHS consortium includes the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute, the Hagley Museum and Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the
Library Company of Philadelphia, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science. For descriptions and links to consortium members' collections, see http://www.pachs.net/members.
The deadline for applications is 11 JANUARY 2010.
For detailed information and to apply online, go to http://www.pachs.net/fellowships.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
CFP: Spontaneous Generations Volume 4: Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture
Call for Papers - Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science - Volume 4: Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture.
Spontaneous Generations is an open, online, peer-reviewed academic journal published by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.
In addition to articles for peer review, opinion essays, and book reviews, Spontaneous Generations is seeking contributions to its focused discussion section. This section consists of short peer-reviewed and invited articles devoted to a particular theme. This year, the theme is "Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture." See below for submission guidelines.
We welcome submissions from scholars in all disciplines, including but not limited to HPS, STS, History, Philosophy, Women's Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Religious Studies. Papers from all periods are welcome.
The journal consists of four sections:
A focused discussion section devoted to Scientific Instruments (see below). (1000-3000 words recommended.)
A peer-reviewed section of research papers on various topics in the field of HPS. (5000-8000 words recommended.)
A book review section for books published in the last 5 years. (Up to 1000 words.)
An opinions section that may include a commentary on or a response to current concerns, trends, and issues in HPS. (Up to 500 words.)
With the “practical turn” in history and philosophy of science came a renewed interest in scientific instruments. Although they have become a nexus for worries about empiricism and standards of evidence, instruments only rarely feature as primary sources for scholars in the history and philosophy of science. Even historians of technology have been accused of underutilizing the evidence embodied in material objects (Corn 1996). The fundamental questions are not settled. First, there is no general agreement as to what counts as a scientific instrument: Are simulations instruments? Can people function as instruments? Do economic or sociological instruments operate in the same way as material instruments? There is a second, related debate about how scientific instruments work: Is there a unified account? Do instruments produce knowledge or produce effects? Do they extend our senses (Humphreys 2006) or embody knowledge (Baird 2006)? Third, HPS has seen a variety of approaches to fitting instruments into broader historical and philosophical questions about scientific communities and practices: Shapin and Schaffer (1985) relate instruments to the scientific life, Galison (1997) gives instrument makers equal footing with theorists and experimentalists within the trading zone of scientific discourse, and Hacking (1983) elevates instruments to central importance in the realism-antirealism debate. Finally, it seems plausible that there are methodological concerns specific to scientific instruments: What lessons can we draw from anthropology, material culture, and other allied fields?
We welcome short papers exploring the history and philosophy of scientific instruments for inclusion in Spontaneous Generations Volume 4. Submissions should be sent no later than 26 February 2010 in order to be considered for the 2010 issue.
For more details, and a preview of Volume 3 (2009): Epistemic Boundaries, please visit the journal homepage
Spontaneous Generations is an open, online, peer-reviewed academic journal published by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.
In addition to articles for peer review, opinion essays, and book reviews, Spontaneous Generations is seeking contributions to its focused discussion section. This section consists of short peer-reviewed and invited articles devoted to a particular theme. This year, the theme is "Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture." See below for submission guidelines.
We welcome submissions from scholars in all disciplines, including but not limited to HPS, STS, History, Philosophy, Women's Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Religious Studies. Papers from all periods are welcome.
The journal consists of four sections:
A focused discussion section devoted to Scientific Instruments (see below). (1000-3000 words recommended.)
A peer-reviewed section of research papers on various topics in the field of HPS. (5000-8000 words recommended.)
A book review section for books published in the last 5 years. (Up to 1000 words.)
An opinions section that may include a commentary on or a response to current concerns, trends, and issues in HPS. (Up to 500 words.)
With the “practical turn” in history and philosophy of science came a renewed interest in scientific instruments. Although they have become a nexus for worries about empiricism and standards of evidence, instruments only rarely feature as primary sources for scholars in the history and philosophy of science. Even historians of technology have been accused of underutilizing the evidence embodied in material objects (Corn 1996). The fundamental questions are not settled. First, there is no general agreement as to what counts as a scientific instrument: Are simulations instruments? Can people function as instruments? Do economic or sociological instruments operate in the same way as material instruments? There is a second, related debate about how scientific instruments work: Is there a unified account? Do instruments produce knowledge or produce effects? Do they extend our senses (Humphreys 2006) or embody knowledge (Baird 2006)? Third, HPS has seen a variety of approaches to fitting instruments into broader historical and philosophical questions about scientific communities and practices: Shapin and Schaffer (1985) relate instruments to the scientific life, Galison (1997) gives instrument makers equal footing with theorists and experimentalists within the trading zone of scientific discourse, and Hacking (1983) elevates instruments to central importance in the realism-antirealism debate. Finally, it seems plausible that there are methodological concerns specific to scientific instruments: What lessons can we draw from anthropology, material culture, and other allied fields?
We welcome short papers exploring the history and philosophy of scientific instruments for inclusion in Spontaneous Generations Volume 4. Submissions should be sent no later than 26 February 2010 in order to be considered for the 2010 issue.
For more details, and a preview of Volume 3 (2009): Epistemic Boundaries, please visit the journal homepage
Center for Teaching Development
PREPARING PROFESSIONAL FACULTY
Tuesday, Nov 10, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
CTD, 307 – 309 Center Hall
PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Overview: This session is intended as an introduction to the rationale for,
and nature of, the various responsibilities imposed by academic careers
following graduate school. Although a specific framework will be provided
as a way to think about the range of responsibilities, much of the session
will include open discussion to address specific questions and concerns.
Outline of key topics:
I. Survival vs. Iintegrity
II. Roles and Responsibilities:
research, teaching, and service
III. Academic and other Institutions:
Research universities, other colleges and universities, community colleges,
industry, research foundations, government, K-12 teaching
IV. Tenure:
UCSD academic tracks, tenure elsewhere
V. Mentoring
This session will be led by Professor David Jordan, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, and former provost of Warren College. Professor Jordan has contributed to the professional development of PPF participants since the inception of the program. He brings experience as a tenured professor in a major research university as well as experience as a provost who spent many years evaluating promotionand tenure files for college faculty.
This is an encore session for the Preparing Professional Faculty series and we encourage you to attend.
GRANTWRITING FOR THE SCIENCES * – Thursday, Nov 12, 2009, 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Garren Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, SOM
Success in academe, particularly in a research institution, can often be correlated with success in grant-writing. CTD is providing this opportunity for graduate students, TAs, and postdoctoral fellows to explore the issues involved in effective grant-writing--what are the components that, if known and well-executed, can equate with success?
Peter Wagner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, will lead this session. Dr. Wagner has written on this topic for The Physiologist and will share copies of his article, "On writing a grant application: a personal view."
Although this presentation is geared to grant-writing in the sciences, you may attend even if you are in another discipline. Several participants from other disciplines have indicated that the information provided has been very useful.
Tuesday, Nov 10, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
CTD, 307 – 309 Center Hall
PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Overview: This session is intended as an introduction to the rationale for,
and nature of, the various responsibilities imposed by academic careers
following graduate school. Although a specific framework will be provided
as a way to think about the range of responsibilities, much of the session
will include open discussion to address specific questions and concerns.
Outline of key topics:
I. Survival vs. Iintegrity
II. Roles and Responsibilities:
research, teaching, and service
III. Academic and other Institutions:
Research universities, other colleges and universities, community colleges,
industry, research foundations, government, K-12 teaching
IV. Tenure:
UCSD academic tracks, tenure elsewhere
V. Mentoring
This session will be led by Professor David Jordan, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, and former provost of Warren College. Professor Jordan has contributed to the professional development of PPF participants since the inception of the program. He brings experience as a tenured professor in a major research university as well as experience as a provost who spent many years evaluating promotionand tenure files for college faculty.
This is an encore session for the Preparing Professional Faculty series and we encourage you to attend.
GRANTWRITING FOR THE SCIENCES * – Thursday, Nov 12, 2009, 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Garren Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, SOM
Success in academe, particularly in a research institution, can often be correlated with success in grant-writing. CTD is providing this opportunity for graduate students, TAs, and postdoctoral fellows to explore the issues involved in effective grant-writing--what are the components that, if known and well-executed, can equate with success?
Peter Wagner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, will lead this session. Dr. Wagner has written on this topic for The Physiologist and will share copies of his article, "On writing a grant application: a personal view."
Although this presentation is geared to grant-writing in the sciences, you may attend even if you are in another discipline. Several participants from other disciplines have indicated that the information provided has been very useful.
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