Dibner Seminar

The first meeting for 2010-2011 of our seminar series in conjunction with the Dibner History of Science Program will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in the Danner Conference Room of the Botanical Complex at The Huntington.

Each of this year’s seminars (three in all) will have two invited speakers who will engage with each other and with participants on specific themes. The first seminar focuses upon issues relating to the interaction between science and religion.

“The Lutheran Book of Nature”

Kathleen Crowther, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma

This talk examines three early modern Lutheran works on the natural world, Wilhelm Sarcerius'Spiritual Herbal (1573), Hermann Heinrich Frey's Biblical Animal, Bird, and Fish Book (1595), and Jakob Schopper's Biblical Gemstone Book (1604). The authors of these books, who were all Lutheran pastors, offered readers information about plants, animals and gems mentioned in the Bible with a view to explicating certain biblical passages, but also to draw moral and doctrinal lessons from these natural objects. These authors saw Nature itself as affirming their own Lutheran doctrines and disproving those of Catholics.

"Keeping Science and Religion in Perspective in the Historiography of Science"

Jole Shackelford, Acting Director, History of Medicine, University of Minnesota and Reviews Editor,Early Science and Medicine

Recent historiography of science has emphasized the study of religious contexts for scientific developments, in conscious reaction to a perceived assumption of an antithesis between science and religion that guided the historiography of science in the wake of late 19th-century pronouncements by Andrew Dickson White and John William Draper. But has such a program of rapprochement itself created normative tendencies that skew the historian's investigation of the history of science? Some specific examples from the history of science and medicine offer fertile ground for discussing the dialectic between science and religion in current historiography.

All scholars and graduate students with an interest in the history of science are cordially invited to attend. There will be no pre-circulated papers for the seminar. If you have any questions, please contact Susi Krasnoo at skrasnoo@huntington.org.

Please mark your calendars for two more seminars on April 16 and April 30. Information will be sent several weeks ahead.

Science and Poetry event at UCLA

The UCLA Law and Philosophy program presents: Ronald Dworkin Professor of Philosophy, Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law New York University Distinguished Scholar in Residence UCLA School of Law "Science and Poetry: Modes of Understanding" Friday, February 18, 2011 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 pm Room 1347 UCLA School of Law Reception following: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Lincoln Alcove RSVP (optional) to Rachel Estrada at lawandphilosophy@law.ucla.edu

CES Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship deadline, 2/15/11

DEADLINE APPROACHING

APPLICATIONS FOR CES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The Council for European Studies (CES) invites early dissertation stage graduate students to apply for its 2011 Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships. Designed for students in the early stages of the dissertation process, each fellowship includes a stipend of $4,000, travel support for attending the CES conference, and the opportunity to publish in Perspectives on Europe, a semi-annual publication of the Council for European Studies. For more information, visit our website.

DEADLINE APPROACHING

APPLICATIONS FOR CES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The Council for European Studies (CES) invites early dissertation stage graduate students to apply for its 2011 Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships. Designed for students in the early stages of the dissertation process, each fellowship includes a stipend of $4,000, travel support for attending the CES conference, and the opportunity to publish in Perspectives on Europe, a semi-annual publication of the Council for European Studies. For more information, visit our website (http://www.ces.columbia.edu/awards/fellowship_info.html).

CHF Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships -deadline 2/15/11

CHF Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships (Philadelphia, PA, due 2/15/2011)



The Chemical Heritage Foundation, an independent research center and library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, would like to encourage applications for long-term and short-term fellowships in residence at CHF for the academic year 2011-12. These fellowships are for scholars working in some area of the history of science, technology, medicine, or industry in all periods and geographical areas. To get a better sense of the kinds of research we support, please visit our website (http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/index.aspx) and review the work being done by our current and past fellows.



Philadelphia is a particularly dynamic and fruitful area in which to be working in the History of Science. The Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science brings together 12 institutions and a host of faculty members scattered throughout the immediate vicinity. CHF alone brings in approximately 18 fellows per year and has 8 PhDs in History of Science and related disciplines on staff.



The deadline for applications, which are to be completed online, is February 15, 2011. Fellows will be selected by a peer review selection committee.



The research collections at CHF, where the chosen fellows will be in residence throughout their fellowship period, range from the fifteenth century to the present and include approximately 10,000 rare book volumes, significant archival holdings, thousands of images, and a large artifact and fine arts collection, supported by over 100,000 reference volumes, monographs, and journals. Within the collections there are many areas of special strength, including: alchemy, mining & metallurgy, dyeing and bleaching, balneology, gunpowder and pyrotechnics, gas-lighting, books of secrets, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, and pharmaceuticals. Short term fellows are encouraged to show relevance of the CHF library collections to their research. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to participate in and make a contribution to CHF’s intellectual life.



There are 3 basic types of fellowships being offered: Postdoctoral, Dissertation, and Short-Term.



Postdoctoral Fellowships

Open to PhD scholars (degree must be in hand by July 2011)

Tenure of fellowship: 9 months

Amount of award: $43,000 (+$2,000 research & travel allowance)



Dissertation Fellowships

Open to graduate students at the dissertation stage

Tenure of fellowship: 9 months

Amount of award: $25,000 (+$1,000 research and travel allowance)



Short-Term Fellowships

Open to graduate students and postgraduate scholars

Tenure of fellowship: 2–4 months

Amount of award: $3,000 per month



We are also currently offering two additional special fellowships:

Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship (3 months in residence) and Ullyot Scholarship (2 months in residence). These fellowships are designed to stimulate public understanding of the importance of chemistry and the chemical industries. Applications are encouraged from writers, journalists, educators, and historians of science, technology, or business. Multimedia, popular book projects and Web-based projects are encouraged. Applicants must specify how the outcomes of their projects will reach a broad audience. Amount of award: $10,000 (Société) or $6,000 (Ullyot).



Only online applications will be accepted. All applications must include:

(1) A cover letter.

(2) A research proposal of no more than 1,500 words.

(3) A C.V. of no more than four pages in length.

(4) Contact information for two references.

See http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/beckman-center-fellowships/apply.aspx for more details.



For further information visit www.chemheritage.org http://www.chemheritage.org, e-mail: fellowships@chemheritage.org, or write to Fellowships Coordinator, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19106.

2011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants

2011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants

Annually, the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) at UC San Diego awards grants to graduate students for dissertation research travel.

IICAS grants are directed primarily to students in the social sciences and humanities. Supported research should be about other societies rather than simply conducted in other societies. Applications from fields outside the social sciences and humanities may be eligible if they deal with global issues, cross-national comparisons, or research on particular societies and also have a substantial human or societal dimension. (Implications for public policy should be made explicit.)

Grant application procedures for the current grant cycle may be found here:

• 2011-12 Graduate Student Travel Grants http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/graduate.html
  

Got questions? See the IICAS Student Grants FAQ http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/faq.html!


Applications are due no later than 3pm Monday, March 14th, 2011.

CILAS Tinker Travel Grant 2011

CILAS TINKER TRAVEL GRANT COMPETITION 2011

The Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the 2011 Tinker Grant Competition for research travel to Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. More detailed information and application instructions are available on the CILAS website (http://cilas.ucsd.edu) under “Grants”. http://cilas.ucsd.edu/grants/tinker.html

FYI: Unfortunately CILAS will not be offering S-FLAS, AY-FLAS or Dissertation Fellowships this year.
Tinker Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Grant: The Tinker Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant awards are for pre-dissertation field research for travel outside the United States (i.e. to Spain, Portugal, Brazil or Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America), for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 4 months between June and November 2011. Awards range from $500 to $1,500.

Eligibility: All UCSD graduate students conducting pre-dissertation research. Previous award winners may apply, but they will be given lower priority.

There will be a brief mandatory information session on Friday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the Weaver Room in the Institute of the Americas Complex.

**Applications are due no later than Friday, March 4 by 4:00 p.m.**
Please contact Julia Schneider (jsschneider@ucsd or 858-534-7967), mailto:jsschneider@ucsd.edu CILAS Grants Coordinator, with any questions.