Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP in SCIENCE STUDIES, open to HISTORIANS OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE, OR TECHNOLOGY

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run September 2012 - August 2014. Two Fellows will be selected. Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine from a variety of historical, philosophical, sociological, anthropological, or literary perspectives. Each Fellow will be affiliated with both the SHC program and an appropriate disciplinary department (History, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, etc.). Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship and teach two one-quarter undergraduate courses each year: a seminar and a lecture course. They will also help organize and run the SHC visiting lecturer series. Applicants must complete all the requirements for the Ph.D. before September 1, 2012 or have received their degree within the last five years. The annual stipend is $46,000, plus $3,100 per year to fund research and conference travel. In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by January 15, 2012.

Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment to shc-program@northwestern.edu, with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":

1) a cover letter that briefly situates your work in relation to the field and identifies the proposed departmental affiliation (please provide complete contact information);
2) a full curriculum vitae;
3) a two-page summary of your dissertation;
4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation);
5) titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses that you could teach;
6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or article (in English, maximum 50 pages); and
7) a graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution.

In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation, on institutional letterhead, to be sent either as email attachments (subject heading: "Postdoc application letter of reference"), or by mail to Science in Human Culture Program, 20 University Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2245. One letter should be from the dissertation Chair, and at least one should comment on teaching qualifications. If the Ph.D. has not yet been obtained, the letter from the Chair should indicate what remains to be completed and should discuss the completion schedule.  AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

Applicants will be informed by email when their applications are complete. Administrative questions should be addressed to Natasha Dennison at shc-program@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to Steven Epstein, program director, at s-epstein@northwestern.edu.

Job at UC Irvine: History of Knowledge

University of California, Irvine
Department of History

History of Knowledge 1400-1800
 The University of California, Irvine, seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank in the history of knowledge during the period from ca. 1400 to 1800, with a preference for eighteenth-century Europe.  However, those working on other areas of the world, excluding the Americas, will be seriously considered.  The candidate‚s area of expertise could include: the history of science, history of medicine, systems of knowledge and classification, magic and alchemy, scientific investigation and exploration, the Enlightenment in a global context, political economy, circuits of knowledge, religious thought, or secularism.  The ability to contribute to the department‚s curriculum in World History is desirable.

Please submit a letter of application, c.v., article or chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of recommendation.  Applications submitted on-line athttps://recruit.ap.uci.edu by November 30, 2011, will be guaranteed consideration.
 UCI is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and strongly encourages applications from all qualified applicants, including women and minorities. UCI is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, is dedicated to work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE Award for gender equity. Applicants who have questions about the on line application process should contact Marc Kanda, Department Manager at mhkanda@uci.edu or (949) 824-6522.

University of California, Irvine
Department of History
History of Knowledge Search Committee
200 Murray Krieger Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3275

Closing Date: November 30, 2011

2012 Switzer Fellowships

The Fellowship provides a one-year $15,000 cash award for graduate study as well as networking and leadership support to awardees. Switzer Fellows are highly talented professionals who have the ability, determination and integrity to effect positive change as environmental leaders in the 21st century.  This year's fellowship application deadline is January 15, 2012.

For more information: http://www.switzernetwork.org/grant-programs/fellowship-program

Postdoctoral Research Positions at Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB

Announcement from

Barbara Herr Harthorn, Feminist Studies/Anthropology/Sociology, UCSB

http://www.femst.ucsb.edu/harthorn.html

Director, UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society.

http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/people/barbara-herr-harthorn-0

Social Science/Humanities Postdoctoral Research Positions Available

at UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society

http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-seeks-postdoctoral-researchers

The National Science Foundation Center for Nanotechnology in Society

at the University of California, Santa Barbara has immediate openings

for 1-2 postdoctoral research positions for scholars interested in

societal aspects of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on

nanotechnology. Successful candidates will contribute to one of three

collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) addressing:

1) the historical context of nanoscience and technology;

2) the effects of nanotech R&D and policy on economic development in the global

economy, with regional focus on East Asia and Latin America; or

3) multiple party risk perception and public deliberation in US, Europe

and Asia.

Applicants may either propose a new project within the scope of the IRG or, in

some instances, apply to join an ongoing project. See cns.ucsb.edu for further

information about CNS-UCSB activities and application procedures.

Max Planck Institute Postdoctoral Research Positions

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin,

Department II (Lorraine Daston), announces two Postdoctoral Fellowships for up

to two years, starting date September 1, 2012.

http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/

http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html

Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply.

The fellowship will be awarded in conjunction with the following three

Working Group research projects:

The Archives of Deep-Time Sciences

http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_DastonLorraine-SciencesOfDeepTime

Machines of Memory: The archival technologies and the genealogy of datapower

(17th-20th century)

http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_ChamayouGregoire-MachinesOfMemory

Beyond the Academy: Histories of Gender and Knowlegde

http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_Oertzen_Using/index_html

Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science or a

related field at the time the fellowship begins; the Ph.D. degree

should have been awarded in 2009 or later.

Sustainability Conference - Vancouver, Canada, 10-12 January 2012 - Call for Papers

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY      

Robson Square, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada    

10-12 January 2012      

http://www.SustainabilityConference.com

This year's Sustainability Conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada at Robson Square, University of British Columbia. A satellite of the University of British Columbia, UBC Robson Square is located in downtown Vancouver.  The largest city on Canada's west coast, Vancouver is dedicated to incorporating sustainability in all of its practices, making it the ideal city to discuss the themes of the conference.

This conference aims to develop a holistic view of sustainability, in which environmental, cultural and economic issues are inseparably interlinked. It will work in a multidisciplinary way, across diverse fields and taking varied perspectives in order to address the fundamentals of sustainability.

The conference will include presentations by the following plenary speakers:

- Ian Bentley, Emeritus Professor, Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University, UK.      

- Sean Atleo, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations, Ottawa, Canada      

- Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Affiliated Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, UK;  Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL),  Montreal, Canada and Chief of the Environment and Sustainable Development Law Program of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) in Rome, Italy.      

- Jo Williams, Director of Sustainable Urbanism in the Built Environment Faculty, University College London, UK.

In addition to Plenary Presentations from leading speakers in the field, the conference will include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference call-for-papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and social Sustainability. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication, as well as access to the Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.  We also invite you to subscribe to our monthly email newsletter, and subscribe to our Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at http://www.SustainabilityConference.com.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 20 October 2011. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website - http://www.SustainabilityConference.com/.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Vancouver in January 2012.

Yours Sincerely,

Amareswar Galla      

Convener, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development

For the Advisory Board, The International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability and The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

8th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY      

University of California, Los Angeles, USA    

16-18 January 2012    

http://www.Technology-Conference.com

We are pleased to host the Technology Conference this year at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.  Los Angeles is a world economic center of business, science and technology as well as entertainment, art, media and culture.  With its diverse mix of industry and innovation Los Angeles is the ideal place to discuss Technology and Society.

This year's conference will include presentations from plenary speakers:

- Henry Jenkins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

- Christiane Paul, The New School, New York, USA

- Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

This cross-disciplinary conference is attracting scholars from all backgrounds, all over the world.  It is a meeting point for technologists with a concern for the social, and social scientists with a concern for the technological.  The focus is primarily, but not exclusively, on information and communications technologies.

Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society.  If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available.

Visit our website for more information about the conference, our submission process and this year's themes, to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, and to become an active member of our community.  It is all available at:  http://www.Technology-Conference.com.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 11 October  2011.  Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission.

OSU Center for Historical Research Opportunity

The Center for Historical Research at The Ohio State University
2011-2013 Program: Health, Disease, and the Environment in Global History

The Center for Historical Research brings together faculty, students, and the general public to examine the historical foundation and development of critical issues of global importance.  The Center offers resident fellowships for senior and junior faculty, as well as those completing dissertations.  We also invite members of the academic community and independent scholars to make presentations at our seminars.

The 2011-2013 CHR Program is exploring the problem of "Health, Disease, and Environment in World History."  All human groups have modified their environments and battled endemic and epidemic diseases.  Societies have collapsed due to environmental degradation or pandemics.  We will examine many of the key issues and events in the interaction of peoples with their planet from the Ancient World to the present.  This year (2011-2012) we are exploring demographic transitions and epidemiology in history.  The 2012-2013 program will focus on the state, environment and disease, and the relationship of race, poverty, and inequality to disease.  We are open to scholars from any discipline, and we are interested in exploring these issues on global, regional, and local levels.

Application information for fellowships can be found on our website, http://chr.osu.edu/, and are due by March 15, 2012.  Those interested in making presentations at the seminars should contact the CHR director, John Brooke, at osuchr@osu.edu<mailto:osuchr@osu.edu>.

The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer.  Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Fellowships at the Huntington

Dibner History of Science Program

2012-13 Fellowships

http://www.huntington.org

The Dibner History of Science Program offers historians of science and

technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and the other

history of science and technology resources at the Huntington.

Short-Term Awards

Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.

Tenure of fellowship:  One to five months.

Amount of award:  $2,500 per month.

Long-Term Awards

Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent.

Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2011.

Tenure of fellowship:  Nine to twelve months.

Amount of award:  $50,000.

Applicants may either be conducting research in the collections; or

already be at the writing stage and require access only to reference

materials.

The deadline for submitting an application is December 15, 2011.  For

more details and instructions on how to apply, visit our website at

http://www.huntington.org

Max Planck Institute fellowships

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG-Berlin) is advertising six fellowships for advanced graduate students and postdocs in connection with a new project organized by Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Glenn Most (Scuola Normale, Pisa/University of Chicago) on "Learned Practices of Canonical Texts" (see description at http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_GraftonMost_Canonical ). The project will apply the practice-centered approach that has proved so fruitful in the history of the natural sciences to the world's great philological traditions (including Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit). The six junior fellows will spend six weeks during the summer of 2012 with six distinguished senior fellows investigating these questions in seminars and intensive discussions.
http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html

CFP: Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

New Science - New Risks
How do we and should we take risks under great epistemic uncertainty?

Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
30-31 March 2012
Call for papers

Organizing Committee:  Nils-Eric Sahlin (Chair), Melissa Finucane, John D. Norton, Teddy Seidenfeld, and Paul Weirich.

Questions can be directed to Nils-Eric Sahlin, NIS50@pitt.edu or Karen Kovalchick, rubus@pitt.edu.

Assistant Professor in Technology Studies Faculty Search at UNC - Chapel Hill

Announcement of Tenure-Track Faculty Position

Department of Communication Studies

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

POSITION

Assistant Professor in Technology Studies, beginning July 1, 2012.

Responsibilities include

teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in technology studies,

conducting research,

supervising dissertations, and performing departmental, university, and

public service. We

particularly encourage applicants who can also teach undergraduate classes

in media production

or in new media production. Salary is competitive.

QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. (completed or near completion by July 2012) in Communication Studies

or related

discipline, with a specialization in technology studies. Scholars who work

at the intersection of

media and technologies studies and production, and whose work engages

creatively with digital

projects, are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in a

scholar with a cultural

approach to technology who focuses on the following, alphabetically-listed,

fields or related

specialties: algorithmic culture, biomedia, critical code studies, critical

digital humanities, game

studies, internet studies, social and locative media, software studies,

technology and the

environment, and technology and social movements. Candidates should have a

record of, or

potential for, outstanding teaching, research, and service.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Department of Communication Studies has 27 full-time faculty with areas

of emphasis in

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Rhetorical Studies,

Performance Studies,

Media and Technology Studies, and Communication and Cultural Studies.

Approximately 850

undergraduate and 60 graduate students major in the department. The

department is committed to

critical studies and engaged scholarship, broadly conceived. Additional

information can be found

at http://comm.unc.edu.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in one corner of

the Research Triangle

and has an enrollment of approximately 28,000 undergraduate, graduate, and

professional

students. The university enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’s leading

universities (ranked 5th

among public universities). The Triangle area, including Raleigh, Durham,

and Chapel Hill, has a

population of over one million and is ranked as one of the best places to

live in the United States.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Qualified applicants should submit: a letter of application, curriculum

vita, research statement,

teaching philosophy, evidence of scholarly activity, evidence of teaching

effectiveness, and

course evaluations online at http://jobs.unc.edu/2501794. Four letters of

recommendation should

be sent directly to Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication

Studies, University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 115 Bingham Hall, Campus Box 3285, Chapel

Hill, NC 27599-

3285. Women and minority applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

Applications will be reviewed beginning November 15, 2011. The University of

North Carolina

is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Indiana University, Bloomington: Faculty positions in Social Informatics

Job Announcement: Indiana University, Bloomington

The School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) at Indiana University
Bloomington is accepting faculty applications for a position at any
level in Social Informatics (SI), defined as the field of study that
seeks to understand how the computational sciences and digital
technologies shape society and human experience, and how society and
culture, in turn, shape the development of science and technology. We
are especially interested in senior applicants who are internationally
recognized leaders in SI and can help us develop the program further
by building on our existing strengths in social studies of computing,
in which they should have a strong research and teaching profile. The
successful senior candidate should also have interest in at least one
additional area of social informatics in which we are active
(organizational informatics, social media and Internet research,
policy, or social computing). We are also interested in junior
applicants who can move the social studies of computing in new
directions to take it beyond analytical critique and toward the design
and development of new technologies.  The position will begin in Fall
2012. Additional information on the SoIC and Bloomington, and
application requirements and submission instructions, are available at
http://hiring.soic.indiana.edu.  To receive full consideration
applications must be received by November 15, 2011.  Inquiries can be
directed to John Paolillo (Assoc. Prof. Informatics), SI Search
Committee chair (paolillo@indiana.edu).

Postdoc at Science in Human Culture Program Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Fellowships, Science in Human Culture Program Northwestern University

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run September 2012 - August 2014. Two Fellows will be selected. Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine from a variety of historical, philosophical, sociological, anthropological, or literary perspectives. Each Fellow will be affiliated with both the SHC program and an appropriate disciplinary department (History, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, etc.). Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship and teach two one-quarter undergraduate courses each year: a seminar and a lecture course. They will also help organize and run the SHC visiting lecturer series. Applicants must complete all the requirements for the Ph.D. before September 1, 2012 or have received their degree within the last five years.
The annual stipend is $46,000, plus $3,100 per year to fund research and conference travel. In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by January 15, 2012.

Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment to shc-program@northwestern.edu, with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":

1) a cover letter that briefly situates your work in relation to the field and identifies the proposed departmental affiliation (please provide complete contact information);
2) a full curriculum vitae;
3) a two-page summary of your dissertation;
4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation);
5) titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses that you could teach;
6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or article (in English, maximum 50 pages); and
7) a graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution.

In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation, on institutional letterhead, to be sent either as email attachments (subject
heading: "Postdoc application letter of reference"), or by mail to Science in Human Culture Program, 20 University Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2245. One letter should be from the dissertation Chair, and at least one should comment on teaching qualifications. If the Ph.D. has not yet been obtained, the letter from the Chair should indicate what remains to be completed and should discuss the completion schedule.

Applicants will be informed by email when their applications are complete.
Administrative questions should be addressed to Natasha Dennison at shc-program@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to Steven Epstein, program director, at s-epstein@northwestern.edu.

AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

Visit our website: http://www.shc.northwestern.edu

Job announcent: Gender, Bodies & Technology, Virginia Tech

Advanced Assistant Professor in Gender, Bodies, & Technology, Virginia Tech

Review of applications begins October 14, 2011

The Women's and Gender Studies Program (an interdisciplinary program housed in the Department of Sociology) at Virginia Tech invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, beginning August 2012. We seek an Assistant Professor at an advanced level with an emphasis in Gender, Bodies & Technology. The candidate will help build this unique initiative and increase the visibility of the nexus of interdisciplinary expertise for which WGS at Virginia Tech is nationally known. Courses to teach include gender and science, gender and biology, and others. Specific areas of research are open, but we look for a scholar and teacher who uses feminist approaches to embodiment and technology; an expertise in sexuality is a plus. The candidate must have a strong record of scholarship and teaching excellence, and an interest in administering programs. A Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, or another interdisciplinary degree is required and must be in hand at the time of appointment. The Department of Sociology offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, and includes the Women's and Gender Studies, Africana Studies, and American Indian Studies programs, each of which offer their own minors, degree options, and graduate-degree emphases. We also have two departmental centers, the Center for Race and Public Policy and the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention. A Research I university located in the mountains of Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia Tech is the largest state-supported university in Virginia. Blacksburg was voted by Outside Magazine as one of the ten best places to live in the United States. Please complete an online application at www.jobs.vt.edu. Please upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests (use research statement field) and sample of written work (use other doc field). Have three letters of recommendation sent (they cannot be uploaded) to Women's and Gender Studies Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, 560 McBryde Hall (0137), Blacksburg VA 24061. Any additional material that cannot be submitted online should also be sent to the same address. Review of materials will begin on October 14, and the position will remain open until filled. If you have questions about this position contact Professor Katrina Powell, Director of the WGS Program, kmpowell@vt.edu. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Encourages applications from women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities. www.wgs.clahs.vt.edu and www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/

SAHMS Call for Papers

Call for Papers
SAHMS Fourteenth Annual Meeting
March 2-3, 2012, Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia
DEADLINE:  October 15, 2011


The Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science (SAHMS) invites paper proposals for its fourteenth annual meeting on March 2-3, 2012, at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

SAHMS welcomes papers on the history of medicine and science, broadly construed to encompass historical, literary, anthropological, philosophical and sociological approaches to health care and science including race, disabilities and gender studies. Participants may propose individual papers of panels of several papers on a particular theme.

Each presenter is limited to 20 minutes, with additional time for questions and discussion. Please do not submit papers that have already been published, presented or scheduled for presentation at another meeting. All participants are responsible for their own travel expenses and must pay registration costs in advance of the meeting.
NOTICE TO STUDENTS:  Student travel awards are available each year; for more information and to submit applications, contact SAHMS President Michael Flannery at flannery@uab.edu.  Click here for Student Travel Award Guidelines.  All applicants must submit paper proposals; the deadline for both is October 15.
   
To submit proposals, please visit the online submission site at:
http://www.uab.edu/lister/sahms

Required elements for the online proposals include Title, Purpose Statement, Rationale and Significance, Methodology, Sources, Findings & Conclusions, and Three Learning Objectives.  For questions or problems with the submission site, contact Dr. Lisa Pruitt (lpruitt@mtsu.edu), Program Committee Chair.

Postdoctoral Position in Paris

One two-year postdoctoral position is available with the History of
Social Science Group (H2S) at École normale supérieure de Cachan,
France, starting October/December 2011.

We are currently looking to hire one postdoctoral fellow for a newly
funded grant from the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) to study
cross-disciplinary research ventures in postwar American social science.

* Requirements

Candidates should have completed their doctoral degree (within the
past two years) in a relevant discipline or field, such as history of
economics, history of science, history of social science, American
Studies, U.S. history, American Civilization, higher education,
sociology of science, and should have interest or expertise in
cross-disciplinary research ventures in social science after WWII.

* Start date

Flexible

* Stipend (net)

2120 euros (monthly) plus research money for archival work and
conference participation.

* Application Instructions

Please send an email describing briefly background, previous training
and interests along with a CV and contact information for two
references. Journal publications or other samples of scholarly writing
may also be included. Please send application materials to Philippe
Fontaine at «philippe.fontaine@ens-cachan.fr».

* Deadline to Apply

Flexible

Diversity Fellowships at Cornell University

http://as.cornell.edu/academics/opportunities/diversity-fellowships/index.cfm

Cornell University Doctoral/Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships

The College of Arts and Sciences of Cornell University is pleased to announce the establishment of doctoral/postdoctoral diversity fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

The fellowships are funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Cornell diversity fellowships are designed to support the early development of scholars who show promise of distinguished research careers. Eligible applicants might be from underrepresented groups, have faced economic hardship, be first-generation college graduates, or work on topics related to these areas. This list is not meant to be exhaustive. Each application should include a brief statement of the grounds of eligibility in the cover letter.

The fellowships come in two forms. Applicants who expect to complete their Ph.D.'s in 2012-13 are eligible for three-year fellowships consisting of a doctoral completion year followed by two postdoctoral years. Those who expect to complete their degrees in 2011-12 may apply for two-year postdoctoral fellowships. There is no teaching associated with the doctoral completion fellowship year. Postdoctoral fellows teach one course per year.

All fellows will also attend a weekly research seminar, in which they will be joined by an annually changing group of Cornell faculty who have similar scholarly interests.

A fellowship will be awarded only if the home department believes the applicant would make a very strong candidate for a tenure-track position that the department expects to have open in the next two-to-three years.

Cornell is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator.

RWJF Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program is pleased to announce a call for postdoctoral fellowship applications.

In the 2012 - 2014 cohort, the Program will enable up to 9 outstanding young social scientists to spend two years in residence at one of three nationally prominent universities:  Harvard University; the University of California, Berkeley (in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco); or the University of Michigan.

However, please do not be misled by the Program’s name.  It is not intended only or primarily for individuals who have done work in health.  Rather, preference is given to applicants who have not previously worked in health-related research, and past fellows have come from diverse backgrounds within the three core disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.  The Program may be especially beneficial for tenure-track junior faculty members for whom a two-year fellowship experience would enrich and facilitate their research and scholarly work.

The deadline for receipt of applications is October 12, 2011 (5 PM EDT).  Additional details about the Program are available on our web site: http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org

Faculty Search at George Washington University

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND AMERICAN CULTURE:  The Department of American Studies at The George Washington University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor beginning Fall 2012. Basic Qualifications: All requirements completed for Ph.D. in American Studies or related discipline by August 1, 2012. Research experience/potential as demonstrated by works in progress or scholarly publications, and teaching experience at the college level. Preferred Qualifications: Research and teaching interests in the history and/or meaning of science or technology in American culture, environmental history, urban sustainability, medical humanities, environmental anthropology, ethnography of science, or the geopolitical impact of American scientific enterprise. Please send a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and a thirty-page writing sample to: Science and Technology Search Committee, Department of American Studies, The George Washington University, 2108 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052.  Review of applications will begin October 15, 2011, and continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered. The George Washington University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and particularly encourages applications from women and persons of color. Visit our website: http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/americanstudies/

Conference on Biomass and Energy Efficiency

Dear Colleagues

We are very pleased to announce the 'WSED next!' conference for young researchers and young professionals on biomass and energy efficiency.

It will be held as one of the conferences of the World Sustainable Energy Days 2012 from 29 February - 2 March 2012 in Wels/Austria.

The event will: - present the work and achievements of young researchers in the fields of biomass and energy efficiency - offer a platform for interaction with experts and decision makers from industry and institutions

We invite senior students, young researchers and young professionals to submit contributions at www.wsed.at/call by 5 October 2011. Submissions are invited from any scientific field (e.g. technology & engineering, economic and social sciences, law, arts, etc.).

The organisers will cover the costs for accommodation, meals, participation and local transport for up to 60 selected participants for 3 conference days.

We would be very grateful, if you were able to help us to promote this event and the opportunity offered by it!

With more than 800 participants every year, the World Sustainable Energy Days conference is one of the largest annual conferences on sustainable energy in Europe. In the last 10 years, the conference attracted more than 10,000 participants from 99 countries!

Further information: www.next.wsed.at

We are looking forward to receiving contributions by 5 October and to welcoming you to the World Sustainable Energy Days Conference 2012!

Best regards

Christiane Egger

Conference Director

Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick Faculty Search

The Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick invites applications for the following new post: Wellcome Trust University Award Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine

Further details on the post can be found via the University website: https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job9124.html.

Further information about our the Centre for the History of Medicine at Warwick and our History Department can be found via: www.go.warwick.ac.uk/chm www.go.warwick.ac.uk/history

Threat to NSF funding for STS

From Laurel Smith-Doerr:

Dear Colleagues,

The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice & Science (CJS) is considering changing the 2012 appropriation to eliminate the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate at the NSF, which includes the STS Program.  The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), a coalition to which the ASA belongs supporting Federal funding for the social sciences, is encouraging its members to write to their House Representatives and Senators, urging the House to continue to support the human sciences at NSF.  Having had the privilege of serving recently as one of the Program Officers at the NSF in the SBE directorate, I want to endorse COSSA's request, believing that eliminating SBE would be disastrous for the social sciences in the US and for sociology in particular.

So I encourage you to write to your House Representatives and US Senators, ideally before the CJS Subcommittee meeting on 7 July, or before the full House Appropriations Committee meeting on  13 July, and at least before the floor discussion scheduled for the week of 25 July.

You may want to copy Subcommittee Chair Frank Wolf R-VA and Ranking Member Chakah Fattah D-PA and perhaps other members of the Subcommittee (http://www.appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/Subcommittee/?IssueID=34794) and Appropriations Committee Chair Harold Rogers (R-KY) and Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-WA) (http://www.appropriations.house.gov).  You can find contact information for your representative using the ?Write Your Representative? feature at https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml, and you will find a list of Senators, sortable by state, at http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm.

We all lead busy lives and if you prefer to send something more or less ready made I suggest something along the lines of the letter made available by the previous Assistant Director of SBE (a linguist) at http://www.lsadc.org/info/NSFSBEletter.pdf.  You may copy and paste the text from this letter (make sure the formatting has copied appropriately) and if you have the opportunity, elaborate and tell your representatives something about our field. Furthermore, you might strengthen your argument by pointing to NSF-supported work being conducted at a university in the representative's area.

Support will be particularly valuable from the Republican party. I wrote to Scott Brown, using the AD's letter as a starting point. My letter is pasted below (unformatted).

Please feel free to forward this request to colleagues, I have taken parts of it from the linguists but obviously it is important for representatives to hear from all of the social sciences.

Laurel Smith-Doerr


July 1, 2011
Scott Brown
US Senator
2400 JFK Federal Building
15 New Sudbury St.
Boston, MA 02203

Dear Senator Brown,
I am alarmed to hear that the House Commerce, Justice & Science Committee is considering eliminating or severely cutting back the directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF).

In the US, basic research in the social sciences is funded alongside the natural sciences and engineering, through the same agency. This is unusual from an international perspective and means that the social sciences are done better here, by being more closely integrated with work in the other sciences. Having the full range of basic science funded within one agency has led to more collaborative, interdisciplinary work, with better results on all sides.

One major example of this integration is our study of scientific innovation itself, one of the most important drivers of a strong economy (as acknowledged in the 2007 America COMPETES Act, which was led by the Bush Administration but supported across parties). Somehow basic science conducted at lab benches and engineering projects started in garages produce new knowledge products that spark new industries like biotechnology and information technology which give the United States a real competitive edge in the global marketplace. This innovation process is not yet well understood but is a central concern across social sciences including sociology, economics, psychology, and science policy studies. The importance of better understanding the innovation process (in order to facilitate it) has generated the new interdisciplinary area called the science of science and innovation policy (SciSIP). This program at NSF is funding research to scientifically understand the innovation process and which policies are more effective at producing beneficial outcomes in science and technology.

NSF is unique in combining experts from the social sciences with experts in natural sciences and engineering. For example, social scientists and chemists in Massachusetts (and other states) have received grants in a collaborative initiative at NSF between SciSIP (in Social/Behavioral/ Economic Sciences directorate) and Chemistry (in Math/Physical Sciences directorate). An article in this week?s Chemical and Engineering News ('Measuring Chemistry's Impact') announces the initiative and its importance to understanding the chemical sciences. This initiative 'Pathways to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences' would not have been possible if social sciences were not part of NSF. More information about this initiative and others in the study of innovation and science policy can be found at the following website: (http://www.scienceofsciencepolicy.net/page/about-sosp).

The integration of all the basic sciences at the NSF represents one of the national treasures of the US, which has yielded much competitive advantage. Massachusetts has been at the forefront of this kind of interdisciplinary research, as it has led innovation and science in general.  I urge you to oppose any efforts to weaken that integration, which will be detrimental to our state and our nation.

Sincerely,
Laurel Smith-Doerr
Associate Professor of Sociology
Boston University

Two-year Postdoc Fellowship in Research Ethics and Integrity

Biological Futures in a Globalized World
A joint initiative of the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Research Ethics/Research Integrity
Deadline: Friday, July 22, 2011

Biological Futures seeks applications from recent PhD’s for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, beginning in September 2011. The Postdoctoral Fellow will play a pivotal role in developing an integrated, cross-campus research ethics training initiative in the (non-medical) natural and social sciences at the University of Washington. The position is open with respect to discipline, but a strong background in analytic value theory is necessary and familiarity with practice-grounded research ethics, particularly in the biological sciences, is an asset. We especially encourage applications from scholars who have a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across disciplines.

This Postdoctoral Fellowship carries a salary of $50,000 a year (calculated on a monthly basis); the appointment is initially for one year, beginning September 2011, renewable for a second year pending budgetary approval. 
• For application guidelines and qualifications:  http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/biofutures1011.html
• Questions? Please contact Alison Wylie: aw26@uw.edu 

Patenting Genes and Life - UCSD Biomedical Ethics seminar

Patenting Genes and Life

Len Deftos, MD, JD, LLM

June 15, 4:30-6:30 pm

Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

UCSD School of Medicine Campus

CME credit available; light refreshments served

Abstract

U.S. Law allows the patenting of genes and life forms, including  

mammals. But other countries differ and consider moral issues in  

reviewing patent applications; the U.S. does not. Since U.S. Patent  

Law is currently under revision, should moral and ethical issues  

become part of the patent review process?

The UCSD and Donald Shapiro 2010-2011 Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series

is supported by a generous gift from The Institute of Health Law at

the California Western School of Law (CWSL), which co-sponsors with

UCSD a Masters Degree in Health Law. It meets once monthly for

faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics.

DIRECTIONS

For parking instructions and directions to UCSD:  http://blink.ucsd.edu/facilities/transportation/visitor/directions.html

MAILING LIST

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Contact: mdevereaux@ucsd.edu

Scholarships to attend APHA Annual Meeting

Need-based scholarships available for students to attend American
Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting

APHA is proud to announce the availability of need-based scholarships,
sponsored by External Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc., for student
members to attend the 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition in
Washington, DC from October 29-November 2, 2011.  Twelve students will
be granted registration and up to a $500 stipend to use towards food,
lodging and transportation.  An additional four students will be given
Annual Meeting registration only.  Recipients of the scholarships will
be chosen based on financial need and essay.  As part of the award,
students will be strongly encouraged to attend at least one Section
business meeting.

Visit: www.apha.org/meetings/registration/scholarship for complete
details and application.

Please contact Pooja Bhandari at pooja.bhandari@apha.org with any questions.

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UCSD Clinical Research Education Series

The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Clinical Research Education Series

Presents Rachel Nosowsky, JD, CHRC, speaking on:

    "The Informed Consent Process and the HIPAA Privacy Rule"

Ms. Nosowsky  serves as Principal Counsel to the University of

California system specializing in the area of research and clinical

trials, focusing on human research protections.

Her presentation will be held Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Comer

Commons (2nd Floor), at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center.  The CTO invites

anyone who may be interested to attend.

For more information, please contact:

Kirsten Erickson, MPH

Assistant Director, Clinical Trials Office

Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center

858-822-5366_

_kderickson@ucsd.edu

Charles Donald O'Malley Short-term research fellowship at UCLA

2011-2012 Charles Donald O’Malley

Short-term Research Fellowships

For Research in the History of Medicine and

Allied Fields at UCLA

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and History and Special Collections for the Sciences in UCLA Library Special Collections are pleased to announce the availability of the Charles Donald O’Malley 2011-2012 Short-term Research Fellowships to further investigation into the history of medical thought and healing practice and art from the earliest times to the recent past.  Two fellowships will be awarded, each of which carries a grant of up to $1,500 to defray travel and residence costs for research conducted at UCLA special collections libraries between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.

The award commemorates the work of Charles D. O’Malley, PhD (1907-70), the Vesalian scholar and first full-time chair of the Department of Medical History at UCLA.  O’Malley pioneered the study of the history of medicine at UCLA and facilitated its growth.

Eligibility:  U.S. citizens and permanent residents with a legal right to work in the United States who are engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent research are invited to apply. The fellowships are available to visiting scholars and UCLA graduate students primarily interested in using History and Special Collections for the Sciences, the Library Special Collections division located in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Other special collections at UCLA also may be used, including the William Andrews Clark Library, Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, and University Archives.

Application Instructions:  Applications must be received on or before June 15, 2011 and must include:

-          Cover letter

-          Curriculum vitae

-          Outline of research topic and special collections to be used (two pages maximum)          

-          Brief budget for travel, living, and research expenses

-          Dates to be spent in residence

Two letters of recommendation from faculty or other scholars familiar with the research project

Application materials, including letters of recommendation, can be submitted in print format by mail to the address below, or in PDF format by email to rjohnson@library.ucla.edu. Applications in PDF format by email are preferred.

Review Process and Notification:  A committee will evaluate the research proposals, and applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by email by July 1, 2011.  Fellows will be asked to speak briefly about their recent or ongoing research at an informal brownbag session with local scholars during their visit.

Submit applications or direct questions about the fellowships to: 

Charles Donald O’Malley Short-term Research Fellowships
c/o Russell A. Johnson
History and Special Collections for the Sciences

Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA                         

12-077 Center for the Health Sciences                                   

Box 951798                                                                                                                                        

Los Angeles, California 90095-1798

Phone:    310.825.6940

Fax:           310.825.0465

Email:       rjohnson@library.ucla.edu

http://www.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/biomedicallibrary

Postdoc opportunity at Yale

Yale University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to our ongoing research on public climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior. The program involves survey research (including national, international, and globally representative surveys, community and membership organization surveys, etc.), message experiments, in-depth interviews, and audience segmentation research. The program also includes several national outreach projects to engage the public and policymakers in climate change science and solutions. Candidates must have a PhD in a relevant social science discipline, and a track record of published journal articles and/or conference papers on relevant topics such as risk perception, communication (climate change, science, environment, public health, or political communication), behavior change, applied psychology, political science, social-ecological models, or informal science education. Proficiency in survey research and quantitative data management and analysis is a requirement. Experience with qualitative data collection, strategic planning, and climate science are preferred, as are excellent organizational and project management skills, and writing and presentation skills. The review of applications will begin on April 22, 2011 and the position will remain open until filled. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The position is a full-time appointment for one year, with full benefits, and with the possibility of renewal for a second year, dependent upon performance and availability of funding. Members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants must submit an application to climatechange@yale.edu. Applications should include (a) cover letter including a statement of research interests and career goals, and names and contact information of two professional references, and (b) a curriculum vita.

University of California Center for New Racial Studies (UCCNRS)

A message from Michelle Samura, Graduate Coordinator of the University of California Center for New Racial Studies:

I am the Academic Coordinator for the University of California Center for New Racial Studies (UCCNRS), a Multi-Campus Research Program supported by the University of California (UC) Office of the President and based on all ten campuses of the system.

UCCNRS is developing a consortium of researchers, scholars, and campus officials that examines issues and questions about race within the UC system. We anticipate efforts from the UC & Race Project will help create a new framework for examining, articulating, and addressing how the UC operates as a racial institution. Furthermore, we envision these efforts will contribute to larger collective efforts of UCCNRS to help reframe discussions nationally on racial issues. For more information about UCCNRS, please consult our website at:http://www.uccnrs.ucsb.edu

As part of an inquiry phase of the UC & Race Project, I am working with a team of graduate students to identify and connect with faculty and graduate students who are engaged in (or who may be interested in) research on race-oriented topics within the context of the UC system. Information gathered through this inquiry will help shape the framework for an ongoing research agenda on the theme of race and higher education within California. An executive summary of the range of race-oriented research taking place across UC campuses also will be made available to you and other researchers interested in collaboration.

We would like to know more about your work and explore possibilities for collaboration. If you are willing to participate in a brief survey and/or are interested in being part of a UCCNRS graduate student network, please e-mail me at:michellesamura@newracialstudies.ucsb.edu

2nd Notes and Essay Award

http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/essayaward.xhtml

2nd Notes and Records Essay Award

This is open to researchers in the history of science who have completed a

postgraduate degree within the last five years. The unpublished essay,

based on original research, should relate to aspects of the history of

science covered by the journal.

The winning entry is chosen using the journal's standard criteria for

selection (i.e. excellence and interest to a wide audience) and will be

published in the journal.

The 2010 winner was Daniel Mitchell for his essay entitled Reflecting

Nature: Chemistry and Comprehensibility in Gabriel Lippmann's 'Physical'

Method of Photographing Colours. The essay describes the career of Gabriel

Lippmann, Nobel Laureate and Foreign Member of the Royal Society, a

pioneer of colour photography.

The award consists of:

* A cash prize of £500

* Publication of the winning entry in Notes and Records

* A year's subscription to Notes and Records

Timetable

Deadline for submission of an essay is 31st January 2012

Terms and conditions

The essay should be no more than 8000 words in length, including

references, and should reflect the style guidelines of the journal.

It should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. It must be

written in English.

The essay must be submitted electronically to notes@royalsociety.org

The submission must be accompanied by a covering message confirming the

postgraduate degree title and where and when it was awarded.

Entries will be subject to the normal standards of refereeing and

editorial review.

There will be a single prize-winner and no runners-up. However, authors

other than the winner may be invited to publish their work in Notes and

Records, if the judges of the essay award and the editorial board consider

such work to be of sufficient quality.

If no essay is deemed of a suitable standard, no award will be made. The

judges' decision will be final.

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