tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30905636035452652312012-01-30T09:51:31.799-08:00UCSD Science Studies ProgramUCSD's Science Studies Program is a graduate study program. The program has 4 "home" departments: communication, history, philosophy, and sociology. Students and faculty in the Science Studies are committed to working toward deeper understanding of scientific knowledge in its full cultural and historical context, while receiving a thorough training at the professional level in one of those disciplines.UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-84053565409122838132012-01-30T09:51:00.001-08:002012-01-30T09:51:31.826-08:00CFP: Columbia Religion Graduate Student Conference: "Pray, Kill, Eat"Call for Papers <br />(DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 5, 2012)<br /><br />The Religion Graduate Students' Association of Columbia University is now accepting paper proposals for its Eighth Annual Interdisciplinary<br /> Graduate Student Conference:<br /><br />Pray, Kill, Eat: Relating to Animals<br /> across Religious Traditions<br />Friday, April 20, 2012, 9 a.m. - 6:30<br /> p.m. <br />Columbia University, New York, NY<br /><br />The keynote speakers for the conference are:<br /><br />Professor Wendy Doniger,<br /> the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the University of Chicago Divinity School<br /><br />Professor Kimberley C. Patton,<br /> Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at Harvard Divinity School.<br /><br /><br />Humans have always had complex and intimate relationships with animals. Animals have been feared, revered, hunted, sacrificed, eaten,<br /> utilized, domesticated, and worshipped for thousands of years. Religious traditions have been instrumental in both reflecting and constructing humans' notions of animals and have integrated such notions into comprehensive mythical, symbolic, and ritual frameworks<br /> of meaning and action. In recent decades, however, many earlier forms of such relationships have been radically transformed in the face of rapid development. At the same time scholars like Kimberley Patton and Wendy Doniger have led efforts to rethink animals<br /> and religion from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. This conference, therefore, engages both the shifting complexity of the modern world and a growing body of scholarship in religious studies. We seek papers that explore animals as both religious<br /> objects and subjects, and probe the myriad ways in which religions reflect, shape, and re-shape the relationship between humans and animals.<br /><br />We welcome papers that address contemporary as well as historical articulations of this topic, drawing on diverse methodologies and sources.<br /> Papers may be on any topic related to animals and religion. Suggested themes include:<br /><br />- Sacrifice<br />- The use of animals (or animal parts) in festivals, rituals and other religious contexts<br />- The deification and demonization of animals<br />- Religious dietary practices (e.g. prescriptions and proscriptions regarding animals)<br />- Transgressive practices involving animals<br />- Animals as the paradigmatic Other<br />- Blurred categories: hybrids, half-animals, shape-shifting, etc.<br />- Possession of/by animals<br />- Animals in religious narratives<br />- Animal symbolism<br />- Religion and animals in the 21st century (urbanization, technology, industrialization of animal husbandry)<br />- Animal rights and the treatment of animals<br />- Religion, animals, and political discourse<br />- Evolution and creationism<br />- Reincarnation<br /><br />Please submit paper titles and abstracts (300 words or less) to<br />columbiareligion@gmail.com.<br /> <br />Please include name, institutional and departmental affiliation, and a contact email address.<br /><br />SUBMISSION DEADLINE (EXTENDED): February 5, 2012<br />All proposals will receive a response by mid-February, 2012<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8405356540912283813?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-57720283110825211802012-01-27T08:30:00.000-08:002012-01-27T08:30:08.018-08:00<span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">12th Annual Conference on Science & Tech in Society</span></span><br /><h4 0px;="" 10px;="" 22px;="" arial;="" block;="" bold;="" center;"="" class="h4" display:="" font-family:="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" line-height:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" margin-right:="" margin-top:="" text-align:=""><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Abstracts due Jan. 31st (final call)</span></span></h4><div 14px;="" 21px;="" arial;="" center;"="" font-family:="" font-size:="" line-height:="" text-align:=""><em><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Bridging Boundaries between Science & Tech Policy & Studies</span></span></strong></em></div><h3 0px;="" 10px;="" 26px;="" arial;="" block;="" bold;="" center;"="" class="h3" display:="" font-family:="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" line-height:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" margin-right:="" margin-top:="" text-align:=""><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">March 30-31, 2012, Washington, DC</span></span></h3><div 14px;="" 21px;="" arial;="" class="column" font-family:="" font-size:="" left;"="" line-height:="" text-align:=""><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><strong>Topics:</strong></u><strong> </strong>Abstracts are welcome on issues relevant to science & technology policy (STP), science & technology studies (STS), and related fields including but not limited to health; energy and environment; space; information and communications; innovation; education; and ethical, legal and social implications of science and technology.<br /><br /><u><strong>Two Categories:</strong></u> </span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Completed Research: Full paper presentations, moderated by professor, considered for publication in the <em><a href="http://stglobal.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=50cc8c3aebc9737b674766862&id=e72105f313&e=197378e13e" font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Journal of Science Policy & Governance</a></em></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Work-in-progress: Presentation of current work-in-progress, emphasis on peer feedback</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><strong>Eligibility:</strong></u><strong> </strong>Open only to students enrolled in a graduate program* at the time of submitting an abstract, for work performed while enrolled. Recent graduates who were enrolled students at the time of submitting abstract are also eligible.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><strong>Submission Guidelines:</strong></u><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words, setting out the main research questions, theoretical framework, methodology, and research findings (tentative for work-in-progress submissions). </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Submit abstracts via e-mail to <a href="mailto:abstracts@stglobal.org?subject=Abstract%20submission%20for%20STGlobal%20conference&body=Attention%3A%20Please%20attach%20250%20word%20abstract%20and%20include%20the%20six%20items%20of%20information%20outlined%20in%20the%20call%20for%20proposals." font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">abstracts@stglobal.org</a>. Above your abstract narrative (not included in 250 word count), please provide:</span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Whether submission is under "completed research" or "work-in -progress"</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Title of your research</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Your full contact information</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Your expected date of graduation</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">University + name and website of your academic program/department</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Whether you are applying for a travel grant</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><strong>Questions?</strong></u> Email <a href="mailto:contact@stglobal.org?subject=Questions%20about%20abstract%20submissions&body=Dear%20Zita%3A" font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">contact@stglobal.org </a><br /><br />* Exception made for members of the Triple Helix</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-5772028311082521180?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-28772208683752297272012-01-27T08:23:00.001-08:002012-01-27T08:23:49.435-08:00Research Associate position in History of Social Science and Communication of ScienceDepartment of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge,<br /><br />Research Associates in History of Social Science and Communication of <br />Science<br /><br />Salary: £27,428–£35,788 pa<br /><br />We wish to appoint two full-time post-doctoral research associates, for <br />4-years from September 2012, to be part of a European Research Council <br />funded project 'Economics in the Public Sphere: USA, UK, France, Poland and <br />Brazil since 1945' (ERC Grant:283754). The project is directed by Dr Tiago <br />Mata and will comprise of a research team of five members, including one <br />research assistant/administrator and two doctoral students.<br /><br />Candidates must have an outstanding record in a field related to the <br />project (history of social science, communications studies, and sociology <br />of knowledge) and an excellent knowledge of the economic and political <br />history of the country case selected. Preferred applicants will have <br />experience in one or more of the research methods: archival research, oral <br />history, ethnographic observation, content and textual analysis of media. <br />Candidates must have completed their doctorate prior to taking up the <br />appointment.<br /><br />In addition to pursuing their own original research, post holders are <br />expected to help maintain a project website, organize and participate in <br />project seminars and workshops, and provide editorial assistance. They will <br />be expected to produce at least one research paper a year on a topic <br />relevant to the project and assist in compiling and editing a collected <br />volume of papers. All staff will be based in Cambridge.<br /><br />Project description<br />The project studies 'economic journalism' as a site for the production of <br />public economic knowledge. The practices of journalists will be examined to <br />reveal how they parse competing claims of expertise by academic economists, <br />other social scientists and by laymen. The project takes a cross-national <br />approach examining the economic press the in USA, UK, France, Poland, and <br />Brazil. Cultural standards of trust, the history and economics of the <br />media, and the history of economics and social movements will be used to <br />explain the emergence of distinct national genres of 'economic journalism'. <br />The project offers an original perspective on how public knowledge of the <br />economy is an iterative process engaging journalists, academics and laymen <br />and explores the implications of this knowledge formation for the <br />possibilities of public support for economic action and policies.<br /><br />Relevant excerpts from the original ERC proposal can be found at <br />www.hps.cam.ac.uk/jobs/econpublic.pdf<br /><br />The application, in hard copy only, should consist of:<br />§ cover letter.<br />§ up-to-date CV, including publications.<br />§ 2 samples of original, written work in a related area (10,000 words).<br />§ 2 references: applicants should ask their referees to post or email <br />references to the Administrator <hpsjobs@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, to arrive by <br />the closing date.<br />§ A description of your research plans and how your research will <br />contribute to the project (max 1,000 words).<br />§ Parts 1 and 3 of the University's CHRIS/6 application form.<br /><br />Applications should be sent to Reception, Department of History and <br />Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge <br />CB2 3RH. Informal enquiries may be made to Tiago Mata <tjfm2@cam.ac.uk> or <br />the Administrator <th10001@cam.ac.uk>, (01223) 334540.<br /><br />§ Limit of tenure: 4 years, or until 31 August 2016<br />§ Quote reference: JN12891<br />§ Closing date: 1 March 2012<br />§ Interview date: 22 March 2012<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2877220868375229727?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-63558957967840387262012-01-20T11:42:00.000-08:002012-01-20T11:42:24.856-08:00Chemical Heritage Foundation fellowships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The Chemical Heritage Foundation is an independent research library that awards 18 fellowships (10 short-term and 8 long-term) per year. As such, we are the largest fellowship program in the history and social studies of science in the country. We construe "chemistry" broadly and fund a wide range of work (see our website--<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/beckman-center-fellowships/index.aspx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/beckman-center-fellowships/index.aspx</a> --for a list of current fellows). Fellows find a lively academic community at CHF, where they have the opportunity to participate in a writing group and weekly talk series, and are a part of the Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science consortium of scholars and libraries. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6355895796784038726?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-37725587362459018032012-01-13T14:36:00.000-08:002012-01-13T14:36:46.737-08:00Dissertation Fellowship in Humanities and Medicine or Social Science and Medicine<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">The UC Humanities Research Institute offers the <a href="http://www.uchri.org/Funding/Programs/andrew-vincent-white-and-florence-wales-white-scholarship.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Graduate Student Scholarship</a>. Applicants need not be US citizens. This award grants up to <strong>$20,000.</strong><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><strong>Eligibility</strong>:<br />-Full-time UC graduate student<br />-Research involves the humanities and medicine or theoretical social sciences and medicine<br />-Advanced to candidacy by June 30, 2012<br />-Based at home campus during scholarship<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><strong>Application deadline: February 2, 2012</strong><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">Letters of reference due February 29, 2012</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></div><h2>Program Overview</h2>The Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship will be awarded to one or more regularly enrolled full-time UC graduate students working in appropriate fields. To be eligible for the Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship, candidates must be current full-time UC graduate students whose research involves the humanities and medicine or theoretical social sciences and medicine; advance to candidacy by June 30, 2012, and be enrolled at their home campus during the scholarship period. Preference is given to students who are more advanced in their dissertation research and writing. The scholarship, of up to $20,000, may be used for a mix of fees, living expenses, and research expenses for one academic year. The student will be based at his or her home campus; the scholarship is not a residency at UCHRI. <br /><br />Awards will be announced no later than May 2012.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3772558736245901803?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-27303137943197329552012-01-10T11:06:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:06:46.818-08:00NSF Dissertation Grant Deadlines<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.5pt;"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTEwLjQ5MDgyMTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTEwLjQ5MDgyMTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgwNzUyMSZlbWFpbGlkPWFiam9ybnNlbkB1Y3NkLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9YWJqb3Juc2VuQHVjc2QuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="due_date"></div><div class="due_date">Full Proposal Target Date: January 15, 2012 </div><div class="due_date_indent">Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics</div><div class="due_date_indent">January 15, Annually Thereafter</div><br /><div class="due_date"><br /></div><div class="due_date">Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 1, 2012 </div><div class="due_date_indent">Science, Technology, and Society</div><div class="due_date_indent">February 1, Annually Thereafter</div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 9, 2012<br />Biological Anthropology<br /><br />Program Guidelines: NSF 11-547<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake ...<br />More at <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwMTEwLjQ5MDgyMTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwMTEwLjQ5MDgyMTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjgwNzUyMSZlbWFpbGlkPWFiam9ybnNlbkB1Y3NkLmVkdSZ1c2VyaWQ9YWJqb3Juc2VuQHVjc2QuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=SBE</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2730313794319732955?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-68916489284558363802012-01-10T10:59:00.000-08:002012-01-10T10:59:18.791-08:00USMEX Dissertation Fellowship Applications<table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;" tabindex="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;"><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US"><span lang="en" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Call for Applications 2012-2013</strong></span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="color: #676767; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><div><span lang="en-US"><br />The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the University of California, San Diego invites applications for dissertation fellowships for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Center's Visiting Fellows Program is the largest residential fellowship program in the United States for research on Mexico. Each year the program brings together scholars from the social sciences, history, and related fields.<br /><br /></span><br /><div><span lang="en-US"><strong>Visiting Fellows are expected to be PhD candidates who are ABD and have completed a substantial portion of <span style="font-size: 10pt;">their dissertations. </span></strong><span lang="en" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=jpd8h4cab&et=1109062738866&s=6677&e=001ApjrKiOer7pNbEHv0fRfEDIRpfkJuUIyXfAcqBtPE6buhbvJzlQ058_WWm5CdHqe_KvqRUsd0j0krSg6vrqph95pLfYmAnqk7orpy-nNRipkVPkKmVtu4CHmWeSvh3vDhhkJGaUdCw68vYAnb5zmdDzEL7_cJ_vmrp2p4tJKxbA=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">Postdoctoral and Visiting Professors please click here for more information.</a></span> We in particular encourage University of California graduate students to apply to the program. The majority of the fellowship awards are for residential periods between 4 and 9 months in duration. Fellowships generally start at the beginning of the academic year and are not given over the summer months (July-September). Stipends are determined by UC general policies and funding availability.</span><br /><div style="color: #676767;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></div><span lang="en-US">Priority will be given to proposals on social policy, public health, governance, discrimination and poverty and local development; although, the Center will consider supporting research in other more general studies. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=jpd8h4cab&et=1109062738866&s=6677&e=001ApjrKiOer7qL6XRFfT6dOZeLT0bA0O0Cpl1y9XShaErPlY9HCPoRYfMDYiYrUFJqCb9Mrpe_dGb3gynkN78j8eE06QWakC-bw7sUnYdQL8Dk5_fOXNKHp9BbwPHx-nCngN9eVtd5hvo=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">For a current list of visiting fellows and their research projects click here.</a> Awards have been given in the past supporting research on contemporary Mexico, Mexican history, and U.S.-Mexican relations. Comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component are also encouraged.</span></div><div style="color: #676767;"></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div align="left" style="color: #676767; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></div><div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>PLEASE NOTE: <br /> </strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Applications will ONLY be accepted via the Center's Online application website. <a href="http://usmexapp.ucsd.edu/index.php" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="off">Please click here to begin the application process.</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Visiting Scholars Program applicants will need to upload the following supporting documents AS A PDF FILE</strong>:</span><br /><span lang="en-US">A. A complete and up-to-date curriculum vitae.</span><br /><span lang="en-US">B. An abstract of proposed research project (250-word maximum).</span><br /><span lang="en-US">C. A research proposal (3000 word maximum) OR a dissertation chapter/job paper if you are applying for the Post Doctoral fellowship.</span><br /><span lang="en-US">D. One copy each of no more than 3 of your publications or unpublished papers that relate directly to the proposed research project.</span><br /><div style="color: #676767;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></div><span lang="en-US"><strong>Letters of recommendation (up to three) can be uploaded on the Center's online application site.</strong></span></div><div style="color: #676767; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US">The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including letters of reference, is <strong>Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 4pm (PST). </strong></span></div><div style="color: #676767; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US">For additional information, please contact:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US">Greg Mallinger<br />Events/ Programs Coordinator<br />Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego<br />Tel: (858) 822-1696, Fax: (858) 534-6447<br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:gmallinger@ucsd.edu" shape="rect" target="_blank">gmallinger@ucsd.edu</a></span></div></div><div style="color: #676767; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: black;"><tbody><tr> <td align="left" colspan="1" height="1" rowspan="1" style="color: #676767; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#264e52" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" height="33" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK17" style="background-color: #003066; margin-bottom: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="color: #676767; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 9pt;">For more information, visit <strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=jpd8h4cab&et=1109062738866&s=6677&e=001ApjrKiOer7qH8HBI0r8aAqfqnfG2b9Sx6RqE94ch-h15fkGr0WncydDBQk2QIXUf1t6BdxWYhbkBYybERYYjNuHxoUIVgk7AB3-vPuh5wFk=" linktype="link" shape="rect" style="color: white; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">usmex.ucsd.edu</a></strong>.</span></td><td align="right" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="color: #676767; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies</strong><br />9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0510<br />La Jolla, CA 92093-0510</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6891648928455836380?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-40185504565022453912012-01-10T10:36:00.000-08:002012-01-10T10:36:13.402-08:002012 UC Human Rights Fellowship<div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS) is pleased to announce the 5<sup>th</sup> annual student competition for human rights fellowships. Successful applicants for the 2012 UC Human Rights Fellowship will receive $4,500 for summer internships with a human rights organization of his or her choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Information and application instructions may be found at the IICAS home page or at the following website: <a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/human-rights-fellowship/index.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/human-rights-fellowship/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Applications are due no later than 3pm Monday, March 5<sup>th</sup>, 2012. </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4018550456502245391?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-79107961851939418512012-01-09T07:32:00.000-08:002012-01-09T07:32:16.691-08:00Volunteer to Participate in Discussion Workshops on Climate Change Communication<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Greetings and Happy New Year!</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The AMS Committee on Improving Climate Change Communication (CICCC), which is part of the Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise, is now recruiting volunteers to participate in a pair of discussion workshops to be held during the upcoming AMS Annual Meeting.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The workshops are scheduled for<b> Sunday, 22 January, 1:00pm-4:00pm CST and Monday, 23 January, 1:30pm-4:30pm CST</b>. The focus of each workshop is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">climate change communication</span> in relation to the CICCC Charter and Mission to… </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">“Facilitate communication among members of the weather, water, and climate community so as to foster greater understanding about strongly held but divergent views on climate change. This will be accomplished through various forums, including face-to-face meetings, for open and respectful dialogue of these diverging views.”</span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are interested in participating, please reply to this message (or send a separate e-mail to <a href="mailto:CICCC@ametsoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1636ee;">CICCC@ametsoc.org</span></a>) no later than <b>12 January</b> indicating your preferred workshop session. Participants will be selected based on a first-come/first-serve basis given space limitations, and the selection process will be completed by the CICCC Co-Chairs.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The selection of volunteers will be made so as to gather from across the spectrum of views on climate change. We are seeking those who will creatively, actively, and constructively contribute to the dialogue and process of the workshops.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The format of the workshops will follow a “conflict resolution” model that has proven to be successful in stimulating productive discussion at a similar workshop at the AMS Broadcast Conference. The workshop will be facilitated by George Mason University, which has previously collaborated with the AMS.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">We thank you very much for your time and consideration and look forward to hearing from you very soon,</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ray Ban, Andrea Bleistein, and Paul Croft</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">CICCC Co-Chairs</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7910796185193941851?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-71896755171358700062012-01-06T13:20:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:24:55.967-08:00Roy Porter Prize<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The prize of £500 is honour of the Roy Porter, the distinguished historian of medicine, and is open to all students. The winning entry may be published in <i>Social History of Medicine</i>. For a list of past winners, please click here: <a href="http://www.sshm.org/content/past-roy-porter-prize-winners" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.sshm.org/content/past-roy-porter-prize-winners</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The deadline is: <b>1 February 2012.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">2011 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Rules and Entry Form<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2011 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">1. Prize: One prize will be awarded for the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine in this competition. The winner will be awarded £500.00. The winning entry may also be published in the journal, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social History of Medicine</i>, subject to the usual editorial procedures, including double blind refereeing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">2. Eligible Candidates: Students: undergraduate or postgraduate, part-time or full-time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">All candidates must be members of the Society for the Social History of Medicine on the date of submission. A membership form is available on the SSHM’s website http://www.sshm.org. Alternatively, please contact the Membership Secretary of the SSHM. (The membership requirement may be waived for residents of developing countries as listed on the OUP website. Please contact the Membership Secretary.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The essay competition is only for students registered as of the deadline for submission of entries </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">and<span style="color: red;"> </span>for those students whose postgraduate degree (e.g. Masters, PhD, DPhil) ‘date of completion’ occurred in 2011</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Candidates who are uncertain as to whether they are eligible to enter the competition should contact the Secretary before preparing their entry. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">3 Essays must be:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Unpublished and not submitted to any other competition at the same time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Written in English<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Anonymous </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">(</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Authors must identify themselves only on a detachable cover sheet)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">5,000-8,000 words in length (including footnotes).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">In conformity with the bibliographic conventions of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social History of Medicine</i>, available at http://www.sshm.org. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">NOTE: The same essay cannot be submitted more than once, and entries from previous years will not be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">4 Assessment Panel: The panel chaired by the Chair of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, consists of the Society's Representative on the Editorial Board, one of the Editors of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social History of Medicine</i>, and another member of the Executive Council of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, with the assistance of other members of the editorial board. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">5 To enter: Please send an electronic version of the essay and a short CV to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">the SSHM Membership Secretary, Dr Catherine Cox, as email attachments (email address: Catherine.cox@ucd.ie)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">. Please send a hard copy of the completed form (see below) via mail to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dr Catherine Cox, School of History and Archives, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">. The deadline for mailing entries is 1 February 2012. All entries must be emailed on or before the deadline date.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">Please Note</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">: The announcement of prizewinners will be made at the SSHM AGM held during the Society’s Annual Conference. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">NOTES</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;"> - The Editors of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social History of Medicine</i> reserve the right to consider any of the entries for publication, subject to normal refereeing procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">- Members of the Executive Committee of the SSHM or the Editorial Board of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Social History of Medicine </i>may not enter either competition, even if otherwise eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">- The prize will not be awarded if the Assessment Panel considers that none of the essays reaches an acceptable standard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">- Membership Secretary: Dr Catherine Cox, School of History and Archives, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7189675517135870006?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-7065828570432569502012-01-06T12:04:00.000-08:002012-01-06T12:04:31.355-08:00Constructing Worlds: Making and Breaking Order CFP: 1/15/12<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div><b>Constructing Worlds: Making and Breaking Order</b></div><div>An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Graduate Program in</div><div>Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine</div><div>April 5-6, 2012</div><div>Irvine, California</div><div><br /></div><div>“When I ask, ‘What is worlding?’ I’m asking what the material,</div><div>semiotic, world-making practices at stake are for whom.</div><div>Who-what-lives-dies-how in this worlding? What imaginaries and flesh</div><div>are conjoined in these particular acts of worlding?”</div><div>- Donna Haraway, Wellek Library Lectures, 5/2/11</div><div><br /></div><div>Worlding, in Haraway’s model, is an overlapping and intersecting of</div><div>both tangible and intangible practices which decide who or what</div><div>exists, how, when, where, and why - in short, how worlds are</div><div>established, maintained, ordered, and deconstructed. Taking into</div><div>account the introduction of various technological, philosophical, and</div><div>political developments into our contemporary cultural discourse, the</div><div>2012 Visual Studies Graduate Conference at UC Irvine will ask what it</div><div>means to make a world, sense a world, exist in a world, or destroy a</div><div>world.</div><div><br /></div><div>The conference will explore constructed worlds in all their visual</div><div>manifestations and encourages submissions that deal with the idea of a</div><div>world that is not preexisting and fixed, but constructed, or in the</div><div>process of creation. This idea of a world is exceedingly supple and</div><div>open to numerous complex interpretations. A world can be both tactile</div><div>and virtual, exterior and interior. It can be ancient, contemporary</div><div>and everything in between. Technology, language, physical migration,</div><div>global economics, political discourses, and a litany of other</div><div>phenomena contain the power to not only construct new worlds, but also</div><div>to redefine and destroy existing worlds. With these ideas in mind, we</div><div>seek papers that highlight not only the generation of worlds, but also</div><div>their delineation within society. We welcome papers that discuss how</div><div>ideology implements and transforms the process of world making or</div><div>world breaking, provoking new methods of communication and cultural</div><div>interaction.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hope to receive submissions from across the humanities, arts,</div><div>social sciences, and natural and technological sciences which engage</div><div>issues of vision, visibility, and visuality, including (but not</div><div>limited to) gender and sexuality studies, critical theory, ethnic and</div><div>cultural studies, history, anthropology, sociology, environmental</div><div>studies, literature and language studies, information and technology</div><div>studies, philosophy, political science, classics, art history, and</div><div>film and media studies.</div><div><br /></div><div>Potential topics include:</div><div>● The construction and experience of built environments: leisure</div><div>worlds such as theme parks, themed attractions,</div><div>World’s Fairs and expositions, tourist destinations, malls,</div><div>Spectropoli, and virtual worlds</div><div>● Distinctions and definitions of urban, suburban, and rural</div><div>territories; nature and recreation preserves</div><div>● Creating order out of chaos: authority, regulation, and discipline</div><div>in the construction of worlds, colonization, nation-building, the rise</div><div>of the state, and biopolitics and necropolitics</div><div>● The world in binaries: public/private, representation/reality,</div><div>utopia/dystopia, creation/destruction, global/local,</div><div>universal/particular</div><div>● World making as art/art as world making: design practices, museum</div><div>exhibitions, and cooperative collaborations</div><div>which engage in world making</div><div>● Worlds constructed around social categories: ethnicity, cultural</div><div>practice, socioeconomic standing, religion, political orientation,</div><div>gender, and sexual orientation and practice</div><div>● Phenomenological aspects of world making</div><div>● Time and space: the evolution of worlds over time, and the</div><div>establishment and revision of boundaries</div><div>● Rendering worlds: geospatial categorizations, urban planning,</div><div>ancient and modern cartography, GIS, digital or</div><div>virtual globes, scientific imaging, space, ocean and earth-based photography</div><div><br /></div><div>The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2012. Please email your</div><div>200-250 word abstract to: <a href="mailto:makingworlds2012@gmail.com">makingworlds2012@gmail.com</a>.</div><div>Final presentation length is 20 minutes. Conference presentations will</div><div>also be part of a special online issue of Octopus Journal</div><div>(www.theoctopusjournal.org).</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-706582857043256950?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-24730646760988321232012-01-06T12:01:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:25:40.346-08:00IICAS European Studies Speaker Series: Jeffrey Andrew Barash<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>Jeffrey Andrew Barash</div><div>Professor of Modern European Intellectual History, Department of Philosophy</div><div>Université de Picardie Jules Verne at Amiens</div><div><br /></div><div>"Is Collective Memory a</div><div>Figment of the Imagination?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Monday, January 9, 2012</div><div>3:00-4:30 PM</div><div>Galbraith Conference Room, H&SS 4025</div><div><br /></div><div>Register<<a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/speaker-series/registration.html">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/speaker-series/registration.html</a>></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jeffrey Barash has published extensively on the problem of historical</div><div>meaning in relation to memory, myth, personal experience, and political</div><div>identity in studies of Martin Heidegger, Paul Ricoeur, Hannah Arendt, and</div><div>Ernst Cassirer. His lecture is taken from a chapter of a new book in</div><div>progress, "Collective Memory and the Historical Past." The lecture</div><div>concerns the reality of the remembered past and the role of imagination in</div><div>creating symbols and myths within the scope of the public realm.</div><div><br /></div><div>View Barash's webpage<<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/jeffreyandrewbarash/Home">http://sites.google.com/site/jeffreyandrewbarash/Home</a>>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Read Barash's recent article, At the Threshold of</div><div>Memory<<a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/_files/papers/european-studies/Barash_Threshold_of_Memory_META.pdf">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/_files/papers/european-studies/Barash_Threshold_of_Memory_META.pdf</a>>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2473064676098832123?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-42099718919042206842011-12-06T13:23:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:24:09.346-08:00Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP in SCIENCE STUDIES, open to HISTORIANS OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE, OR TECHNOLOGY</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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<b> January 15, 2012</b>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shc-program@northwestern.edu">shc-program@northwestern.edu</a>, with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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);<br />2) a full curriculum vitae;<br />3) a two-page summary of your dissertation;<br />4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation);<br />5) titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses that you could teach;<br />6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or article (in English, maximum 50 pages); and<br />7) a graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Applicants will be informed by email when their applications are complete. Administrative questions should be addressed to Natasha Dennison at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shc-program@northwestern.edu">shc-program@northwestern.edu</a>. Substantive questions may be addressed to Steven Epstein, program director, at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:s-epstein@northwestern.edu">s-epstein@northwestern.edu</a>.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4209971891904220684?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-92182738430014184372011-11-16T14:27:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:27:38.301-08:00Job at UC Irvine: History of Knowledge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>University of California, Irvine<br />Department of History<br /><br />History of Knowledge 1400-1800<br /> </b>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.<br /><br />Please submit a letter of application, c.v., article or chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. <b>Applications submitted on-line at<a eudora="autourl" href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/">https://recruit.ap.uci.edu</a> by November 30, 2011, will be guaranteed consideration.<br /> </b><i>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.</i><b> </b>Applicants who have questions about the on line application process should contact Marc Kanda, Department Manager at <a href="mailto:mhkanda@uci.edu">mhkanda@uci.edu</a> or (949) 824-6522.<br /><br />University of California, Irvine<br />Department of History<br />History of Knowledge Search Committee<br />200 Murray Krieger Hall<br />Irvine, CA 92697-3275<br /><br />Closing Date: November 30, 2011</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-9218273843001418437?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-63345915093922552432011-11-10T10:39:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:40:58.514-08:002012 Switzer Fellowships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div>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 <b>January 15, 2012</b>.</div><div><br /></div>For more information: <a href="http://www.switzernetwork.org/grant-programs/fellowship-program">http://www.switzernetwork.org/grant-programs/fellowship-program</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6334591509392255243?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-4646766946030641932011-10-14T10:53:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:54:49.311-08:00Postdoctoral Research Positions at Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>Announcement from</div><div>Barbara Herr Harthorn, Feminist Studies/Anthropology/Sociology, UCSB</div><div><a href="http://www.femst.ucsb.edu/harthorn.html">http://www.femst.ucsb.edu/harthorn.html</a></div><div>Director, UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society.</div><div><a href="http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/people/barbara-herr-harthorn-0">http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/people/barbara-herr-harthorn-0</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Social Science/Humanities Postdoctoral Research Positions Available</div><div>at UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society</div><div><a href="http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-seeks-postdoctoral-researchers">http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-seeks-postdoctoral-researchers</a></div><div><br /></div><div>The National Science Foundation Center for Nanotechnology in Society</div><div>at the University of California, Santa Barbara has immediate openings</div><div>for 1-2 postdoctoral research positions for scholars interested in</div><div>societal aspects of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on</div><div>nanotechnology. Successful candidates will contribute to one of three</div><div>collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) addressing:</div><div>1) the historical context of nanoscience and technology;</div><div>2) the effects of nanotech R&D and policy on economic development in the global</div><div>economy, with regional focus on East Asia and Latin America; or</div><div>3) multiple party risk perception and public deliberation in US, Europe</div><div>and Asia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Applicants may either propose a new project within the scope of the IRG or, in</div><div>some instances, apply to join an ongoing project. See cns.ucsb.edu for further</div><div>information about CNS-UCSB activities and application procedures.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-464676694603064193?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-77068383576393415402011-10-13T07:56:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:57:21.534-08:00Max Planck Institute Postdoctoral Research Positions<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin,</div><div>Department II (Lorraine Daston), announces two Postdoctoral Fellowships for up</div><div>to two years, starting date September 1, 2012.</div><div><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply.</div><div>The fellowship will be awarded in conjunction with the following three</div><div>Working Group research projects:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Archives of Deep-Time Sciences</div><div><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_DastonLorraine-SciencesOfDeepTime">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_DastonLorraine-SciencesOfDeepTime</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Machines of Memory: The archival technologies and the genealogy of datapower</div><div>(17th-20th century)</div><div><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_ChamayouGregoire-MachinesOfMemory">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_ChamayouGregoire-MachinesOfMemory</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Beyond the Academy: Histories of Gender and Knowlegde</div><div><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_Oertzen_Using/index_html">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_Oertzen_Using/index_html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science or a</div><div>related field at the time the fellowship begins; the Ph.D. degree</div><div>should have been awarded in 2009 or later.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7706838357639341540?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-42251749435855879162011-10-06T13:59:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:59:38.529-08:00Sustainability Conference - Vancouver, Canada, 10-12 January 2012 - Call for Papers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY </div><div>Robson Square, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada </div><div>10-12 January 2012 </div><div><a href="http://www.SustainabilityConference.com/">http://www.SustainabilityConference.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>The conference will include presentations by the following plenary speakers:</div><div><br /></div><div>- Ian Bentley, Emeritus Professor, Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University, UK. </div><div>- Sean Atleo, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations, Ottawa, Canada </div><div>- 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. </div><div>- Jo Williams, Director of Sustainable Urbanism in the Built Environment Faculty, University College London, UK.</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.SustainabilityConference.com/">http://www.SustainabilityConference.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>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 - <a href="http://www.SustainabilityConference.com/">http://www.SustainabilityConference.com/</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Vancouver in January 2012.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yours Sincerely,</div><div><br /></div><div>Amareswar Galla </div><div>Convener, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development</div><div><br /></div><div>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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4225174943585587916?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-20081677812841608802011-10-06T09:06:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:07:12.805-08:008th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY </div><div>University of California, Los Angeles, USA </div><div>16-18 January 2012 </div><div><a href="http://www.Technology-Conference.com/">http://www.Technology-Conference.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>This year's conference will include presentations from plenary speakers:</div><div>- Henry Jenkins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA</div><div>- Christiane Paul, The New School, New York, USA</div><div>- Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles, USA</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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: <a href="http://www.Technology-Conference.com/">http://www.Technology-Conference.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2008167781284160880?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-23663206674232470072011-10-06T08:43:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:44:05.049-08:00OSU Center for Historical Research Opportunity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><blockquote type="cite"><div>The Center for Historical Research at The Ohio State University<br />2011-2013 Program: Health, Disease, and the Environment in Global History<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Application information for fellowships can be found on our website, <a href="http://chr.osu.edu/">http://chr.osu.edu/</a>, and are due by March 15, 2012. Those interested in making presentations at the seminars should contact the CHR director, John Brooke, at <a href="mailto:osuchr@osu.edu">osuchr@osu.edu</a><<a href="mailto:osuchr@osu.edu">mailto:osuchr@osu.edu</a>>.<br /><br />The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. </div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2366320667423247007?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-7227361076099546092011-10-04T10:10:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:11:07.129-08:00Fellowships at the Huntington<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>Dibner History of Science Program</div><div>2012-13 Fellowships</div><div><a href="http://www.huntington.org/">http://www.huntington.org</a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Dibner History of Science Program offers historians of science and</div><div>technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and the other</div><div>history of science and technology resources at the Huntington.</div><div><br /></div><div>Short-Term Awards</div><div>Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.</div><div>Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.</div><div>Amount of award: $2,500 per month.</div><div><br /></div><div>Long-Term Awards</div><div>Eligibility: PhD or equivalent.</div><div>Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2011.</div><div>Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.</div><div>Amount of award: $50,000.</div><div>Applicants may either be conducting research in the collections; or</div><div>already be at the writing stage and require access only to reference</div><div>materials.</div><div><br /></div><div>The deadline for submitting an application is December 15, 2011. For</div><div>more details and instructions on how to apply, visit our website at</div><div><a href="http://www.huntington.org/">http://www.huntington.org</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-722736107609954609?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-4619030319540025062011-10-02T13:51:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:51:17.848-08:00Max Planck Institute fellowships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Max Planck Institute for the History of Science</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_GraftonMost_Canonical" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DeptII_GraftonMost_Canonical</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">).</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html">http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-461903031954002506?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-91350525151868871842011-09-26T14:13:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:14:13.034-08:00CFP: Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">New Science - New Risks<br />How do we and should we take risks under great epistemic uncertainty?<br /><br />Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh<br />30-31 March 2012<br /></span><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/Conferences/others/other_conf_2011-12/03-30-12_risk/03-30-12_risk_conf.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Call for papers</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Organizing Committee: Nils-Eric Sahlin (Chair), Melissa Finucane, John D. Norton, Teddy Seidenfeld, and Paul Weirich.<br /><br />Questions can be directed to Nils-Eric Sahlin, <a href="mailto:NIS50@pitt.edu">NIS50@pitt.edu</a> or Karen Kovalchick, <a href="mailto:rubus@pitt.edu">rubus@pitt.edu</a>.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-9135052515186887184?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-52367548145000708692011-09-23T12:16:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:16:42.499-08:00Assistant Professor in Technology Studies Faculty Search at UNC - Chapel Hill<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>Announcement of Tenure-Track Faculty Position</div><div>Department of Communication Studies</div><div>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>POSITION</div><div><br /></div><div>Assistant Professor in Technology Studies, beginning July 1, 2012.</div><div>Responsibilities include</div><div>teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in technology studies,</div><div>conducting research,</div><div>supervising dissertations, and performing departmental, university, and</div><div>public service. We</div><div>particularly encourage applicants who can also teach undergraduate classes</div><div>in media production</div><div>or in new media production. Salary is competitive.</div><div><br /></div><div>QUALIFICATIONS</div><div><br /></div><div>Ph.D. (completed or near completion by July 2012) in Communication Studies</div><div>or related</div><div>discipline, with a specialization in technology studies. Scholars who work</div><div>at the intersection of</div><div>media and technologies studies and production, and whose work engages</div><div>creatively with digital</div><div>projects, are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in a</div><div>scholar with a cultural</div><div>approach to technology who focuses on the following, alphabetically-listed,</div><div>fields or related</div><div>specialties: algorithmic culture, biomedia, critical code studies, critical</div><div>digital humanities, game</div><div>studies, internet studies, social and locative media, software studies,</div><div>technology and the</div><div>environment, and technology and social movements. Candidates should have a</div><div>record of, or</div><div>potential for, outstanding teaching, research, and service.</div><div><br /></div><div>GENERAL INFORMATION</div><div><br /></div><div>The Department of Communication Studies has 27 full-time faculty with areas</div><div>of emphasis in</div><div>Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Rhetorical Studies,</div><div>Performance Studies,</div><div>Media and Technology Studies, and Communication and Cultural Studies.</div><div>Approximately 850</div><div>undergraduate and 60 graduate students major in the department. The</div><div>department is committed to</div><div>critical studies and engaged scholarship, broadly conceived. Additional</div><div>information can be found</div><div>at <a href="http://comm.unc.edu/">http://comm.unc.edu</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in one corner of</div><div>the Research Triangle</div><div>and has an enrollment of approximately 28,000 undergraduate, graduate, and</div><div>professional</div><div>students. The university enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’s leading</div><div>universities (ranked 5th</div><div>among public universities). The Triangle area, including Raleigh, Durham,</div><div>and Chapel Hill, has a</div><div>population of over one million and is ranked as one of the best places to</div><div>live in the United States.</div><div><br /></div><div>APPLICATION PROCEDURES</div><div><br /></div><div>Qualified applicants should submit: a letter of application, curriculum</div><div>vita, research statement,</div><div>teaching philosophy, evidence of scholarly activity, evidence of teaching</div><div>effectiveness, and</div><div>course evaluations online at <a href="http://jobs.unc.edu/2501794">http://jobs.unc.edu/2501794</a>. Four letters of</div><div>recommendation should</div><div>be sent directly to Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication</div><div>Studies, University of</div><div>North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 115 Bingham Hall, Campus Box 3285, Chapel</div><div>Hill, NC 27599-</div><div>3285. Women and minority applicants are especially encouraged to apply.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Applications will be reviewed beginning November 15, 2011. The University of</div><div>North Carolina</div><div>is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-5236754814500070869?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-72581750955167505642011-09-22T15:18:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:18:29.716-08:00Indiana University, Bloomington: Faculty positions in Social Informatics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><blockquote type="cite"><div>Job Announcement: Indiana University, Bloomington<br /><br />The School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) at Indiana University<br />Bloomington is accepting faculty applications for a position at any<br />level in Social Informatics (SI), defined as the field of study that<br />seeks to understand how the computational sciences and digital<br />technologies shape society and human experience, and how society and<br />culture, in turn, shape the development of science and technology. We<br />are especially interested in senior applicants who are internationally<br />recognized leaders in SI and can help us develop the program further<br />by building on our existing strengths in social studies of computing,<br />in which they should have a strong research and teaching profile. The<br />successful senior candidate should also have interest in at least one<br />additional area of social informatics in which we are active<br />(organizational informatics, social media and Internet research,<br />policy, or social computing). We are also interested in junior<br />applicants who can move the social studies of computing in new<br />directions to take it beyond analytical critique and toward the design<br />and development of new technologies. The position will begin in Fall<br />2012. Additional information on the SoIC and Bloomington, and<br />application requirements and submission instructions, are available at<br /><a href="http://hiring.soic.indiana.edu/">http://hiring.soic.indiana.edu</a>. To receive full consideration<br />applications must be received by November 15, 2011. Inquiries can be<br />directed to John Paolillo (Assoc. Prof. Informatics), SI Search<br />Committee chair (<a href="mailto:paolillo@indiana.edu">paolillo@indiana.edu</a>).</div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7258175095516750564?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-74093230462774794742011-09-15T14:21:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:22:07.863-08:00Postdoc at Science in Human Culture Program Northwestern University<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 15px;">Postdoctoral Fellowships, Science in Human Culture Program Northwestern University<br /><br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3090563603545265231&postID=7409323046277479474">shc-program@northwestern.edu</a>, with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":<br /><br />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);<br />2) a full curriculum vitae;<br />3) a two-page summary of your dissertation;<br />4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation);<br />5) titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses that you could teach;<br />6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or article (in English, maximum 50 pages); and<br />7) a graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution.<br /><br />In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation, on institutional letterhead, to be sent either as email attachments (subject<br />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.<br /><br />Applicants will be informed by email when their applications are complete.<br />Administrative questions should be addressed to Natasha Dennison at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3090563603545265231&postID=7409323046277479474">shc-program@northwestern.edu</a>. Substantive questions may be addressed to Steven Epstein, program director, at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3090563603545265231&postID=7409323046277479474">s-epstein@northwestern.edu</a>.<br /><br />AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.<br /><br />Visit our website: <a href="http://www.shc.northwestern.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.shc.northwestern.edu</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7409323046277479474?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-72382315188853813162011-09-15T10:23:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:24:22.839-08:00Job announcent: Gender, Bodies & Technology, Virginia Tech<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Advanced Assistant Professor in Gender, Bodies, & Technology, Virginia Tech<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Review of applications begins October 14, 2011<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">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 <a href="http://www.jobs.vt.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">www.jobs.vt.edu</span></a>. 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, <a href="mailto:kmpowell@vt.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">kmpowell@vt.edu</span></a>. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Encourages applications from women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities. <a href="http://www.wgs.clahs.vt.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">www.wgs.clahs.vt.edu</span></a> and <a href="http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;">www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7238231518885381316?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-12872368203067486882011-09-13T10:25:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:26:22.341-08:00SAHMS Call for Papers<span style="color: #6a8eac; font-size: 24pt;">Call for Papers</span><o:p></o:p><br />SAHMS Fourteenth Annual Meeting <br />March 2-3, 2012, Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia<br />DEADLINE: October 15, 2011<br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <o:p></o:p><br />NOTICE TO STUDENTS: Student travel awards are available each year; for more information and to submit applications, contact SAHMS President Michael Flannery at <a href="mailto:flannery@uab.edu"><b>flannery@uab.edu</b></a>. <a href="http://www.sahms.net/Guidelines%20for%20Student%20Travel%20Grants%20(2).pdf"><b>Click here</b></a><a href="http://www.sahms.net/Guidelines%20for%20Student%20Travel%20Grants.pdf"></a> for Student Travel Award Guidelines. All applicants must submit paper proposals; the deadline for both is October 15.<br /> <br />To submit proposals, please visit the online submission site at: <br /><a href="http://www.uab.edu/lister/sahms"><b>http://www.uab.edu/lister/sahms</b></a><br /><br />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 (<a href="mailto:lpruitt@mtsu.edu"><b>lpruitt@mtsu.edu</b></a>), Program Committee Chair.<o:p></o:p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-1287236820306748688?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-37745836310537680722011-09-12T14:28:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:28:34.529-08:00Postdoctoral Position in Paris<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">One two-year postdoctoral position is available with the History of<br />Social Science Group (H2S) at École normale supérieure de Cachan,<br />France, starting October/December 2011.<br /><br />We are currently looking to hire one postdoctoral fellow for a newly<br />funded grant from the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) to study<br />cross-disciplinary research ventures in postwar American social science.<br /><br />* Requirements<br /><br />Candidates should have completed their doctoral degree (within the<br />past two years) in a relevant discipline or field, such as history of<br />economics, history of science, history of social science, American<br />Studies, U.S. history, American Civilization, higher education,<br />sociology of science, and should have interest or expertise in<br />cross-disciplinary research ventures in social science after WWII.<br /><br />* Start date<br /><br />Flexible<br /><br />* Stipend (net)<br /><br />2120 euros (monthly) plus research money for archival work and<br />conference participation.<br /><br />* Application Instructions<br /><br />Please send an email describing briefly background, previous training<br />and interests along with a CV and contact information for two<br />references. Journal publications or other samples of scholarly writing<br />may also be included. Please send application materials to Philippe<br />Fontaine at «<a href="mailto:philippe.fontaine@ens-cachan.fr" target="_blank">philippe.fontaine@ens-cachan.fr</a>».<br /><br />* Deadline to Apply<br /><br />Flexible</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3774583631053768072?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-17943912729695548332011-09-08T14:31:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:32:00.378-08:00Diversity Fellowships at Cornell University<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><a href="http://as.cornell.edu/academics/opportunities/diversity-fellowships/index.cfm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://as.cornell.edu/academics/opportunities/diversity-fellowships/index.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Cornell University Doctoral/Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships</span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The fellowships are funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Cornell is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-1794391272969554833?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-27956010104505749142011-09-06T15:34:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:34:42.741-08:00RWJF Postdoctoral Fellowship<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> is pleased to announce a call for postdoctoral fellowship applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">However, please do not be misled by the Program’s name. It is <i>not</i> intended only or primarily for individuals who have done work in health. Rather, preference is given to applicants who have <i>not</i> 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.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>The deadline for receipt of applications is</i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> October 12, 2011 (5 PM EDT)</span></strong>. Additional details about the Program are available on our web site: <a href="http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org/">http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2795601010450574914?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-64460957694218741502011-08-30T14:36:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:36:18.850-08:00Faculty Search at George Washington University<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND AMERICAN CULTURE: </b>The Department of American Studies at The George Washington University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor beginning<b> </b>Fall 2012. <b>Basic Qualifications:</b> 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. <b>Preferred Qualifications: </b>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: <a href="http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/americanstudies/">http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/americanstudies/</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6446095769421874150?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-31297078885042737512011-08-22T09:40:00.001-07:002011-08-22T09:40:45.587-07:00Conference on Biomass and Energy Efficiency<br /><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Dear Colleagues</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">We are very pleased to announce the 'WSED next!' conference for young researchers and young professionals on biomass and energy efficiency.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">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.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">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</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">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.).</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">The organisers will cover the costs for accommodation, meals, participation and local transport for up to 60 selected participants for 3 conference days.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">We would be very grateful, if you were able to help us to promote this event and the opportunity offered by it!</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">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!</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Further information: www.next.wsed.at</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">We are looking forward to receiving contributions by 5 October and to welcoming you to the World Sustainable Energy Days Conference 2012!</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Best regards</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Christiane Egger</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Conference Director</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3129707888504273751?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-63120729079461603802011-08-05T14:38:00.000-07:002012-01-06T14:38:21.643-08:00Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick Faculty Search<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><img alt="HofM-01-rgb.jpeg" height="79" id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC5350.66F9AE70" width="214" /><img alt="logo.jpg" height="74" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CC5350.66F9AE70" width="191" /><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick invites applications for the following new post:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wellcome Trust University Award Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Further details on the post can be found via the University website: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job9124.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job9124.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Further information about our the Centre for the History of Medicine at Warwick and our History Department can be found via: <a href="http://www.go.warwick.ac.uk/chm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.go.warwick.ac.uk/chm</a> <a href="http://www.go.warwick.ac.uk/history" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.go.warwick.ac.uk/history</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6312072907946160380?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-1796241550783523972011-07-14T07:22:00.000-07:002011-07-14T07:22:27.574-07:00Threat to NSF funding for STS<blockquote style="font-family: Calibri;" type="cite"><div>From Laurel Smith-Doerr:<br /><br />Dear Colleagues,<br /><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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 (<a href="http://www.appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/Subcommittee/?IssueID=34794" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/Subcommittee/?IssueID=34794">http://www.appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/Subcommittee/?IssueID=34794</a>) and Appropriations Committee Chair Harold Rogers (R-KY) and Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-WA) (<a href="http://www.appropriations.house.gov/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.appropriations.house.gov/">http://www.appropriations.house.gov</a>). You can find contact information for your representative using the ?Write Your Representative? feature at <a href="https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml">https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml</a>, and you will find a list of Senators, sortable by state, at <a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm</a>.<br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.lsadc.org/info/NSFSBEletter.pdf" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.lsadc.org/info/NSFSBEletter.pdf">http://www.lsadc.org/info/NSFSBEletter.pdf</a>. 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.<br /><br />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).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Laurel Smith-Doerr<br /><br /><br />July 1, 2011<br />Scott Brown<br />US Senator<br />2400 JFK Federal Building<br />15 New Sudbury St.<br />Boston, MA 02203<br /><br />Dear Senator Brown,<br />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).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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: (<a href="http://www.scienceofsciencepolicy.net/page/about-sosp" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.scienceofsciencepolicy.net/page/about-sosp">http://www.scienceofsciencepolicy.net/page/about-sosp</a>).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Laurel Smith-Doerr<br />Associate Professor of Sociology<br />Boston University</div></div></div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-179624155078352397?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-87860074641259488772011-06-29T10:32:00.000-07:002011-06-29T10:32:19.356-07:00Two-year Postdoc Fellowship in Research Ethics and Integrity<blockquote style="font-family: Calibri;" type="cite"><div style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; word-wrap: break-word;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Biological Futures in a Globalized World</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A joint initiative of the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Postdoctoral Fellowship – Research Ethics/Research Integrity</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deadline: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Friday, July 22, 2011</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">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.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">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. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• For application guidelines and qualifications: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/biofutures1011.html">http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/biofutures1011.html</a></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Questions? Please contact Alison Wylie: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="mailto:aw26@uw.edu">aw26@uw.edu</a> </i></b></span></span></span></div></div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8786007464125948877?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-79691444812735551972011-06-09T15:22:00.000-07:002012-01-06T13:25:27.603-08:00Patenting Genes and Life - UCSD Biomedical Ethics seminar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div>Patenting Genes and Life</div><div>Len Deftos, MD, JD, LLM</div><div>June 15, 4:30-6:30 pm</div><div>Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175</div><div>UCSD School of Medicine Campus</div><div><br /></div><div>CME credit available; light refreshments served</div><div><br /></div><div>Abstract</div><div>U.S. Law allows the patenting of genes and life forms, including </div><div>mammals. But other countries differ and consider moral issues in </div><div>reviewing patent applications; the U.S. does not. Since U.S. Patent </div><div>Law is currently under revision, should moral and ethical issues </div><div>become part of the patent review process?</div><div><br /></div><div>The UCSD and Donald Shapiro 2010-2011 Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series</div><div>is supported by a generous gift from The Institute of Health Law at</div><div>the California Western School of Law (CWSL), which co-sponsors with</div><div>UCSD a Masters Degree in Health Law. It meets once monthly for</div><div>faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics.</div><div><br /></div><div>DIRECTIONS</div><div>For parking instructions and directions to UCSD: <a href="http://blink.ucsd.edu/facilities/transportation/visitor/directions.html">http://blink.ucsd.edu/facilities/transportation/visitor/directions.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>MAILING LIST</div><div>To subscribe/unsubscribe to the ethics-l mailing list, please go to <a href="http://lists.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethics-l">http://lists.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethics-l</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:mdevereaux@ucsd.edu">mdevereaux@ucsd.edu</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7969144481273555197?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-56377344513079619892011-06-09T13:57:00.001-07:002011-06-09T13:57:48.753-07:00Scholarships to attend APHA Annual Meeting<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote">Need-based scholarships available for students to attend American<br />Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting<br /><br />APHA is proud to announce the availability of need-based scholarships,<br />sponsored by External Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc., for student<br />members to attend the 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition in<br />Washington, DC from October 29-November 2, 2011. Twelve students will<br />be granted registration and up to a $500 stipend to use towards food,<br />lodging and transportation. An additional four students will be given<br />Annual Meeting registration only. Recipients of the scholarships will<br />be chosen based on financial need and essay. As part of the award,<br />students will be strongly encouraged to attend at least one Section<br />business meeting.<br /><br />Visit: <a href="http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration/scholarship" target="_blank">www.apha.org/meetings/registration/scholarship</a> for complete<br />details and application.<br /><br />Please contact Pooja Bhandari at <a href="mailto:pooja.bhandari@apha.org">pooja.bhandari@apha.org</a> with any questions.<br /><br />------<br />H-MedAnthro: H-Net Network on Medical Anthropology<br />To post messages to the list, send them to: <a href="mailto:h-medanthro@h-net.msu.edu">h-medanthro@h-net.msu.edu</a><br />Network page: <a href="http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~medanthro/" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~medanthro/</a><br />Society for Medical Anthropology website: <a href="http://www.medanthro.net/" target="_blank">http://www.medanthro.net/</a><br />To manage your subscription, visit:<br /><a href="http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi</a></div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-5637734451307961989?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-40568480125902293952011-04-26T07:58:00.000-07:002011-04-26T07:58:46.293-07:00UCSD Clinical Research Education Series<div style="font-family: Consolas;">The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Clinical Research Education Series</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Presents Rachel Nosowsky, JD, CHRC, speaking on:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"> "The Informed Consent Process and the HIPAA Privacy Rule"</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Ms. Nosowsky serves as Principal Counsel to the University of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">California system specializing in the area of research and clinical</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">trials, focusing on human research protections.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Her presentation will be held Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Comer</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Commons (2nd Floor), at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. The CTO invites</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">anyone who may be interested to attend.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">For more information, please contact:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Kirsten Erickson, MPH</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Assistant Director, Clinical Trials Office</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">858-822-5366_</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><a href="mailto:_kderickson@ucsd.edu">_kderickson@ucsd.edu</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4056848012590229395?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-58376288832364899572011-04-26T07:57:00.000-07:002011-04-26T07:59:29.149-07:00Charles Donald O'Malley Short-term research fellowship at UCLA<div class="WordSection1" style="font-family: Calibri; page: WordSection1;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black;">2011-2012 Charles Donald O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black;">Short-term Research Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black;">For Research in the History of Medicine and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black;">Allied Fields at UCLA</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black;">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 <i>Charles Donald O’Malley 2011-2012 Short-term Research Fellowships</i> to further investigation into </span>the history of medical thought and healing practice and art from the earliest times to the recent past<span style="color: black;">. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Eligibility: </b>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.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Application Instructions:</b> Applications must be received on or before <b>June 15, 2011</b> and must include:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Cover letter<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Curriculum vitae<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Outline of research topic and special collections to be used (two pages maximum) <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Brief budget for travel, living, and research expenses<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Dates to be spent in residence<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Two letters of recommendation from faculty or other scholars familiar with the research project<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">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 <a href="mailto:rjohnson@library.ucla.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">rjohnson@library.ucla.edu</a>. Applications in PDF format by email are preferred.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Review Process and Notification:</b> A committee will evaluate the research proposals, and a<span style="color: black;">pplicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by email by <b>July 1, 2011</b>. Fellows will be asked to speak briefly about their recent or ongoing research at an informal brownbag session with local scholars during their visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Submit applications or direct questions about the fellowships to:</b><span style="color: black;"> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Charles Donald O’Malley Short-term Research Fellowships</span><span style="color: black;"><br />c/o Russell A. Johnson<br />History and Special Collections for the Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">12-077 Center for the Health Sciences <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Box 951798 <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Los Angeles, California 90095-1798<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Phone: 310.825.6940<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Fax: 310.825.0465<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Email: <a href="mailto:rjohnson@library.ucla.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">rjohnson@library.ucla.edu</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/biomedicallibrary" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/biomedicallibrary</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-5837628883236489957?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-5612352744630421042011-04-14T11:22:00.000-07:002011-04-14T11:32:31.635-07:00Postdoc opportunity at Yale<blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><div leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" offset="0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; 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"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; "><h4 class="h4" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; ">Yale University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow</h4><br /> The <a href="http://environment.yale.edu/climate/">Yale Project on Climate Change Communication</a> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Applicants must submit an application to <strong><a href="mailto:climatechange@yale.edu">climatechange@yale.edu</a></strong>.<br />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.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-561235274463042104?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-44199778102120756332011-03-24T14:56:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:03:33.127-07:00University of California Center for New Racial Studies (UCCNRS)<p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A message from Michelle Samura, Graduate Coordinator of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"> University of California Center for New Racial Studies:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;">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.</span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;">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 <i>UC & Race Project</i> 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:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.uccnrs.ucsb.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.uccnrs.ucsb.edu</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As part of an inquiry phase of the <i>UC & Race Project</i>, 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:85%;">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:<a href="mailto:michellesamura@newracialstudies.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">michellesamura@newracialstudies.ucsb.edu</a></span></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4419977810212075633?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-30425270006995279532011-03-24T10:46:00.000-07:002011-03-24T10:47:27.781-07:002nd Notes and Essay Award<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/essayaward.xhtml">http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/essayaward.xhtml</a></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">2nd Notes and Records Essay Award</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">This is open to researchers in the history of science who have completed a</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">postgraduate degree within the last five years. The unpublished essay,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">based on original research, should relate to aspects of the history of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">science covered by the journal.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The winning entry is chosen using the journal's standard criteria for</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">selection (i.e. excellence and interest to a wide audience) and will be</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">published in the journal.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The 2010 winner was Daniel Mitchell for his essay entitled Reflecting</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Nature: Chemistry and Comprehensibility in Gabriel Lippmann's 'Physical'</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Method of Photographing Colours. The essay describes the career of Gabriel</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Lippmann, Nobel Laureate and Foreign Member of the Royal Society, a</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">pioneer of colour photography.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The award consists of:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* A cash prize of £500</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Publication of the winning entry in Notes and Records</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* A year's subscription to Notes and Records</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Timetable</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Deadline for submission of an essay is 31st January 2012</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Terms and conditions</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The essay should be no more than 8000 words in length, including</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">references, and should reflect the style guidelines of the journal.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">It should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. It must be</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">written in English.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The essay must be submitted electronically to <a href="mailto:notes@royalsociety.org">notes@royalsociety.org</a></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The submission must be accompanied by a covering message confirming the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">postgraduate degree title and where and when it was awarded.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Entries will be subject to the normal standards of refereeing and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">editorial review.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">There will be a single prize-winner and no runners-up. However, authors</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">other than the winner may be invited to publish their work in Notes and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Records, if the judges of the essay award and the editorial board consider</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">such work to be of sufficient quality.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">If no essay is deemed of a suitable standard, no award will be made. The</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">judges' decision will be final.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">message.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3042527000699527953?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-34154109330209140502011-03-24T09:31:00.000-07:002011-03-24T09:36:38.128-07:00Call for Presentations: A Joint INES/Prometheans Workshop prior to 4S<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">My Current Work and Its Possible Implications:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">A Joint INES/Prometheans Workshop</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Wednesday, November 2, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">A call for 6 minute 40 second presentations and eager discussion participants</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) and the Prometheans</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">special interest group in the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">announce a joint one-day workshop on engineering studies and the history of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">engineering.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The workshop will take place on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Cleveland State</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">University in Cleveland, Ohio. It is hosted by Peter Meiksins, Professor of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Sociology at Cleveland State. November 2 is the day before the joint</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">HSS/SHOT/4S meetings begin.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Thanks to sponsorship by Taylor & Francis/Routledge, publishers of Engineering</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Studies: Journal of the International Network for Engineering Studies, the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">meeting is free to members of INES and the Prometheans who pre-register. It</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">may include support for breakfast and lunch (more on logistics later).</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The workshop's purpose is to bring researchers in engineering studies and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">history of engineering together in concise, fast-moving, wide-ranging, and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">hopefully entertaining discussions of the contents of current research and its</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">possible implications for different audiences inside and outside scholarly</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">arenas.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The workshop's more general goals include deepening scholarly connections among</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">researchers; attracting more researchers to engineering studies and history of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">engineering; heightening the visibility of this research across the memberships</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">of HSS, SHOT, and 4S; and increasing the extent to which this research makes a</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">difference beyond scholarly arenas.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The workshop will use a PechaKucha approach to presentation and discussion</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">(www.pecha-kucha.org). Speakers are free to draw on up to 20 slides for 20</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">seconds each. They must stop after their 6 minute 40 second slot expires (even</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">if in mid-sentence).</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">With up to 4 presentations in 45-minute slots every hour, separated by</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">15-minute breaks and lunch, as many as 24 scholars will present between 9am and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">3:45pm. The organizers welcome suggestions for a final plenary discussion,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">ending around 5pm.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">To present at the workshop, send a confirming message to the INES</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Secretary/Treasurer Crystal Harrell (<a href="mailto:crcrigge@vt.edu">crcrigge@vt.edu</a>) by May 15, 2011. Include</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">in the body of the message your name, institutional affiliation, title, and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">50-100 word abstract of your proposed presentation. Offering to present</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">constitutes registration. The program committee will notify you by June 15</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">regarding your inclusion in the program.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">To pre-register, send a message by September 15, 2011 to the same address</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">(<a href="mailto:crcrigge@vt.edu">crcrigge@vt.edu</a>). Include your name, institutional affiliation, and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">membership status in INES and/or the Prometheans. Note: please write now to</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">help us plan logistics.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Join us! It will be fun!</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Collegially,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The program committee</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Maria Paula Diogo (U Nova de Lisboa)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Gary Downey (Virginia Tech)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Ann Johnson (U South Carolina)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Peter Meiksins (Cleveland State U)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "> Cherrice Traver (Union College)</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Introduction to INES</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The International Network for Engineering Studies (INES) was founded in Paris</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">in 2004. INES operates as a collection of overlapping intellectual</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">communities, linked by workshops, conferences, its journal Engineering Studies</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">(<a href="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/engineeringstudies">http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/engineeringstudies</a>), and its website</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">(<a href="http://inesweb.org/">http://inesweb.org/</a>).</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The field of engineering studies is a diverse, interdisciplinary arena of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">scholarly research and teaching built around the question: What are the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">relationships among the technical and the nontechnical dimensions of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">engineering practices, and how do these relationships change over time and from</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">place to place? Addressing and responding to this question can sometimes</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">involve engineering studies researchers as critical participants in the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">practices they study, including, for example, engineering formation,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">engineering work, engineering design, equity in engineering (gender, racial,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">ethnic, class, geopolitical), and engineering service to society.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Membership in INES is designed to complement memberships in other professional</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">societies. Its mission is threefold:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">1. to advance research and teaching in historical, social, cultural,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">political, philosophical, rhetorical, and organizational studies of engineers</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">and engineering;</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">2. to help build and serve diverse communities of researchers interested in</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">engineering studies; and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">3. to link scholarly work in engineering studies to broader discussions and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">debates about engineering education, research, practice, policy, and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">representation.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">INES is coordinated by Dr. Gary Downey, Alumni Distinguished Professor,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Department of Science and Technology in Society, Virginia Tech, USA; Maria</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Paula Diogo, Associate Professor, Department of History, New University of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Lisbon, Portugal; and Dr. Chyuan Yuan Wu, Director, Institute of Sociology and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Program in Science, Technology and Society, National Tsing Hua University,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Taiwan.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The INES Web Editor is Dr. Brent Jesiek, Assistant Professor, School of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Engineering Education and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">University.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The Cleveland meeting is the 4th INES workshop. The first three were the 2006</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Blacksburg workshop, 2008 Lisbon workshop, and 2009 Grafton workshop. INES has</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">also sponsored numerous paper sessions at 4S and SHOT and co-sponsored other</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">workshops and conferences.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">You can join INES and subscribe to Engineering Studies through the INES</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">website. Note especially the invitation to sponsor another member!</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Regular Rate (US $56): For professionals, INES membership includes a one-year</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">subscription to Engineering Studies at the discounted, at-cost rate of US $46</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">(vs. the regular individual rate of US $190), as well as a US $10 annual fee to</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">cover bank fees and web expenses.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Discounted Rate (US $46): For students, retirees, and scholars from non-OECD</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">countries, includes a one-year subscription to Engineering Studies at the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">discounted, at-cost rate of US $46 (vs. the regular individual rate of US</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">$190).</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Introduction to the Prometheans</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The Prometheans' first meeting in 2005 was heralded by the announcement that</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">"the engineering community and its cousin the engineering-education community</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">remain important parts of SHOT's environment and valued segments of its</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">membership."</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The Engineering Education working group of the SHOT Prometheans Special</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Interest Group (SIG) is currently engaged in a number of different activities</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">to help promote:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">a) A better understanding of engineering education by members of SHOT,</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">including an appreciation of new visions and proposed standards in engineering</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">education (such as ABET EC 2000, and the National Academy of Engineering's The</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Engineer of 2020 in the United States),</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">b) The development of new humanistic curricula for engineers, and the exchange</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">of course syllabi to help make the current findings in the history of</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">technology and other related fields relevant to the engineers of tomorrow, and</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">c) Liaison with organizations such as the Liberal Education Division of the</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">American Society of Engineering Education, so that we can pursue a coordinated</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">approach to improvements in engineering education</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">For more information, visit the Prometheans website:</div><div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.rpi.edu/~akeraa/prometheans/education/index.html">http://www.rpi.edu/~akeraa/prometheans/education/index.html</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3415410933020914050?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-75791244871270775482011-03-24T09:30:00.000-07:002011-03-24T09:31:35.515-07:00Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications due May 2<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Elderhostel is accepting applications for the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant. This grant is open to U.S. and international students whose doctoral research focuses on lifelong and/or later-life learning. Elderhostel is the new program name of Elderhostel, Inc., the not-for-profit world leader in lifelong learning.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please note that the application deadline has been extended one month later to <b>Monday, May 2, 2011</b> due to an erroneous email sent with this later deadline date. The website will be updated with this date soon.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please pass on the information below to anyone who would be interested in applying for this $5,000 grant, or anyone who may know someone interested in applying. We envision that graduate students researching later-life learning and older adults will want to know about this grant. Other faculty, department chairs and deans may also want to know about the grant.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">For further information, including requirements and the online application, please visit:<a href="http://www.roadscholar.org/grants" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.roadscholar.org/grants</a>.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Elderhostel invites applications from doctoral candidates researching lifelong or later-life learning for the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant. This $5,000 grant is awarded annually to a student in various disciplines including, but not limited to, psychology, education, gerontology, cognitive studies, neuroscience, leisure studies, aging and social work. Because the selection committee requires an abstract and description of your current research, you must already be engaged in your dissertation research. <u>International graduate students welcome to apply.</u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">The application deadline is <u>Monday, May 2, 2011</u>. Please be sure to have all application material submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time, including your CV/resume, 2-3 page abstract and at least one of your recommendations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">The Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant recipient will be determined by a selection committee consisting of professors, practitioners and other leaders in the field of lifelong learning. The recipient will be announced in July 2011.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Elderhostel, founded in 1975, is a not-for-profit organization providing educational opportunities through travel for older adults across the United States and in 90 countries around the world. The Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant was created to support future leaders in the field of lifelong learning. Road Scholar is the program name of Elderhostel, Inc. To find our more about Elderhostel and its Road Scholar programs as it may be helpful to your grant application, please see <a href="http://www.roadscholar.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.roadscholar.org</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Should you have any questions about the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Grant, please email<a href="mailto:grants@elderhostel.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">grants@elderhostel.org</a> or call (617) 457-5529.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7579124487127077548?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-87403741007057190522011-03-24T07:38:00.000-07:002011-03-24T07:43:26.980-07:00HSS Reingold Prize Nomination<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><p><span>The History of Science Society’s Nathan Reingold Prize for an original graduate student essay on the history of science and its cultural influences.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Deadline for Submission: 1 June 2011</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>The deadline for the History of Science Society’s 2011 Reingold Prize for an essay by a graduate student is 1 June 2011. Please share this information with the scholars and students in your department and encourage students to enter their essays. For more information on the Reingold prize, visit the HSS website at<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_reingold.html">http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_reingold.html</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">The ideal Reingold Prize paper should be original; historiographically sophisticated; based on primary sources, either published or archival; clearly argued; well written; and interesting. Successful papers in the past have come from parts of dissertations in progress or revised seminar papers. The prize recognizes an original and unpublished article (<b>articles that have been accepted for publication are ineligible</b>) on the history of science and its cultural influences written by a graduate student enrolled at any college, university, or institute of technology. Essays in the history of medicine are not eligible for the prize; however, papers dealing with the relations between medicine and the non-medical sciences are welcome. It is hoped, but not assured, that the winning article will merit publication in <em>Isis</em>. Essays submitted for the competition must be thoroughly documented, written in English, <b>must not exceed 8,000 words in length</b> (exclusive of footnotes), and should conform to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. We encourage electronic submissions of Word, rtf, or pdf documents (file size under 5 megabytes – pictures should be low resolution) to </span><a send="true" href="mailto:prizes@hssonline.org"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">prizes@hssonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">.<span> </span><b>All information identifying the author by name or school should be removed from the document except for a coversheet that is separate from the body of the paper</b>. If sending hard copies to the address below, send three copies of the essay with a detachable cover sheet (essays are read without knowledge of the authors' identity).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">All essays are due at the Executive Office by 1 June 2011. <span> </span><b>All entries must be accompanied by proof that the author was a graduate student in good standing at a school, college, or university some time during 2011</b>.<span> </span>This proof can take the form of a dated school ID, transcript, or letter of support from an advisor on school letterhead. For other suggestions for proof of eligibility, and all other questions regarding the Reingold Prize, contact the History of Science Society at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:prizes@hssonline.org">prizes@hssonline.org</a>.</span></p><div><br /></div>Best,<div><br />Manuela Fernandez<br />Graduate Assistant<br />History of Science Society</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8740374100705719052?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-47966277808154734512011-03-23T14:59:00.000-07:002011-03-23T15:00:44.237-07:00Ingenious Acts: The Nature of Invention in Early Modern Europe<div>Please follow this link for information about this upcoming conference at the Huntington Library on April 1-2, 2011</div>http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/122/event/892872<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4796627780815473451?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-33040979901613156762011-03-23T13:11:00.000-07:002011-03-23T14:52:54.430-07:00STS Summer Retreat<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><pre>Hello all, It is that time of year again. Time to start preparing for the Annual STS Summer Retreat! This year we will be celebrating our 5th Anniversary spending time talking and walking in the beautiful Marin Headlands. The retreat will be held June 17-19. Most importantly at this point we are contacting you about attendance, workshops, and perhaps fundraising. More details will follow soon, this is to just get us going. Please circulate this to anyone, any lists at California universities that might be interested. STS lives in lots of corner and each year we need help finding them. If you did not get this directly and want to be on our list, please email us at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cal.sts.network@gmail.com">cal.sts.network@gmail.com</a>. OVERALL we will continue with the successful events from the past: * STS in 3 minutes * Dissertation proposal groups * Mini-Workshops taught by faculty * Professionalization Sessions (grants, jobs, writing, teaching, etc) * Visual/Film/Documentary Teaching * Nature & Beach Theory Walks * Great meals and lots of coffee 1) ATTENDANCE & DEPOSITS Same as last year, we will cap the attendance to 60 people - first come first served (grads, faculty, postdocs). Since there is a limited number of spots available, we ask that everyone confirm their attendance by sending their deposit of $100 no later than March 20. Again it is first come, first serve. Please make your checks payable to UC Regents and send your deposits to: Nicole Kramer UC Davis Science & Technology Studies SSH Bldg., Room 1240 Davis, CA 95616 If you need a receipt please indicate with a note included with your deposit. Of note, this year will have children join us! Families are always welcome and we are working out the logistics to secure semi-private sleeping quarters etc. If you are thinking about coming and would like to be able to bring along your little ones please let us know immediately as rooms are going quickly. We are working to coordinate onsite needs including ideas about cooperative childcare. 2) WORKSHOPS This year's workshops will be hosted by: David Serlin (UCSD), Sharon Traweek (UCLA), Matthew Wolf-Meyer (UCSC). We will post information about the titles, themes and homework closer to the date of the retreat. 3) FUNDRAISING and OTHER JOBS If you want to help with other aspects of organizing, have ideas you wanted to see implemented, help us work on a "logo" or design, suggestions for evening activities, etc. Or if you want to help organize and spread the word around your campus, PLEASE join our organizing committee. Also please let us know if you can help with fundraising. We realize that in these times it is almost impossible to ask for money, but occasionally there is still room in budgets near the end of the year. So if you can fund raise for the general retreat fund, please let us know and do so! Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. Thanks! Michelle on behalf of organizing committee (Joe, Tim, Michelle & Chris) NUTS AND BOLTS: Where: Marin Headlands [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.naturebridge.org/headlands">http://www.naturebridge.org/headlands</a>] When: June 17-19 *Tentative* Schedule FRIDAY 12:00- 1:30 pm: Arrive by noon for Orientation and lunch to follow on site 2:00-5:00: 3 Minute project descriptions (2 slides = 2 clicks) 5:00-6:00: Nature Walks! 6:00-7:00: Dinner 8:00-9:30: Dissertation Workshops (grads you will need to prep a short project description details to follow) SATURDAY 8:00-9:00: Breakfast 9:30-11:30: WORKSHOP 1 11:30-12:30: WORKSHOP 2 or Theory Walks 12:30-1:30: Lunch 2:00-4:00: Professionalization Session #1 4:00-6:00: Professionalization Session #2 6:00-7:00: Dinner 7:30-9:00: Visual Work and Documentaries to Teach with 9:30 .... Evening events, suggestions, games welcome SUNDAY 8:00-9:00: Breakfast 9:15-11:15: WORKSHOP 3 11:15-12:15: Conference eval, compare notes, where to go from here etc. 12:30-1:30: Lunch ....Drive home after some lovely hiking in the Headlands! REMEMBER: We have permission to park our cars until sunset so feel free to continue your chats and nature escapes all afternoon.</pre></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3304097990161315676?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-20905161810549433352011-03-07T14:01:00.000-08:002011-03-07T14:02:07.772-08:00Situating Science - streamed live<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Situating Science invites you to join us online for Pt. 3 of the Science and its Publics national lecture series.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This event will be live streamed at <a href="http://www.ccepa.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ccepa.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.situsci.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.situsci.ca</a>. Live chat will be enabled to pose questions during Q+A.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 PM AST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Maritime Museum of the Atlantic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1675 Lower Water Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Halifax, NS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs</span></strong> (CCEPA) and the <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Situating Science Knowledge Cluster</span></strong> are pleased to present:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Science and its Publics</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Pa0" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 12.05pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'ITC Franklin Gothic Book'; "><span class="A9" style="font-family: 'ITC Franklin Gothic MedCd'; color: black; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">A multi-part series examining the roles of the public in the translation and understanding of the knowledge of science<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'ITC Franklin Gothic Book'; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">PART 3: Provenance and the Role of the Public Museum:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">How the Life Stories of Artifacts Challenge Traditional Accounts of Science and History </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">(Poster appended)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none; "> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Keynote:<b> Dr. David Pantalony</b>, Curator, Physical Sciences and Medicine, Canadian Science and Technology Museum and Adjunct Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Respondent:<b> Robert Bean</b>, Professor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Respondent:<b> Ted Cavanagh</b>, Professor, Architecture, Dalhousie University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Free Admission – Reception to Follow</span></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2090516181054943335?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-74365890792841298482011-02-16T11:31:00.000-08:002011-02-17T09:17:50.655-08:00Dibner Seminar<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">“The Lutheran Book of Nature”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">Kathleen Crowther, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">This talk examines three early modern Lutheran works on the natural world, Wilhelm Sarcerius'<i>Spiritual Herbal</i> (1573), Hermann Heinrich Frey's <i>Biblical Animal, Bird, and Fish Book</i> (1595), and Jakob Schopper's <i>Biblical Gemstone Book</i> (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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Consolas;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Consolas;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">"Keeping Science and Religion in Perspective in the Historiography of Science"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Consolas;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">Jole Shackelford, Acting Director, History of Medicine, University of Minnesota and Reviews Editor,<i>Early Science and Medicine</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;">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 <a href="mailto:skrasnoo@huntington.org" style=" text-decoration: underline; color:blue;"><span style=" ;color:windowtext;">skrasnoo@huntington.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Consolas;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-family:Cambria, serif;">Please mark your calendars for two more seminars on <u>April 16</u> and <u>April 30</u>. Information will be sent several weeks ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7436589079284129848?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-85012954315989454612011-02-16T11:16:00.000-08:002011-02-16T11:29:23.406-08:00Science and Poetry event at UCLA<blockquote type="cite" style=" ;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width: 6.25in; border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td width="1016" color="white" style="width: 762pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width="599" style="width: 449.25pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The UCLA Law and Philosophy program presents:</span></span></i></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:24pt;"><br />Ronald Dworkin</span></i><br /><i><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:7.5pt;"><br /></span></i><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:7.5pt;">Professor of Philosophy, Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law<br />New York University<br />Distinguished Scholar in Residence<br />UCLA School of Law</span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="11pt" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><o:p></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">"Science and Poetry: Modes of Understanding"<br /></span><br />Friday, February 18, 2011<br />3:00 p.m. - 5:00 pm<br />Room 1347<br />UCLA School of Law<br /><br />Reception following: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Lincoln Alcove<br /><br /><br />RSVP (optional) to Rachel Estrada at <a href="mailto:lawandphilosophy@law.ucla.edu?subject=RSVP%20Dworkin%20Lecture" style=" text-decoration: underline; color:blue;"><span style=" ;color:black;">lawandphilosophy@law.ucla.edu</span></a></span><p></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8501295431598945461?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-58261809160900430822011-02-11T12:50:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:52:24.469-08:00CES Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship deadline, 2/15/11<img src="http://themeforest.oroian.ro/blaumail/01-Blue/0104/images/spacer_content.gif" alt="" style="display: block;" height="20" width="20" /> <img src="http://themeforest.oroian.ro/blaumail/01-Blue/0104/images/spacer_content.gif" alt="" style="display: block;" height="20" width="20" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><big><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"></span></big><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">DEADLINE APPROACHING</span></span></big></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">APPLICATIONS FOR CES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS DUE</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><small> </small>FEBRUARY 15, 2011</span></span></p> <p><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"></span><span style="width: 451px; color: black;">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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Perspectives on Europe</span>, a semi-annual publication of the Council for European Studies. For more information, visit our <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ryszsgcab&et=1104482017586&s=2454&e=001jy_sfyGfZ_OT0A7ftFzddY14sUoLgvNjGh-QDBxCSxNKOQLZDMW6F7abEMpdJJOCZlUqZXZs12Ak0tW6u6LRUUAhYDhf91qu_7GsPrMs__MrS9Et0q1u9-2hKSmUvCG42fSn4eSU8_NjAkEjOxAdEc7_Pkk74xwZ" style="text-decoration: underline;">website</a>.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></p><img src="http://themeforest.oroian.ro/blaumail/01-Blue/0104/images/spacer_content.gif" alt="" style="display: block;" height="20" width="20" /> <img src="http://themeforest.oroian.ro/blaumail/01-Blue/0104/images/spacer_content.gif" alt="" style="display: block;" height="20" width="20" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><big><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"></span></big><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">DEADLINE APPROACHING</span></span></big></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">APPLICATIONS FOR CES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS DUE</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><small> </small>FEBRUARY 15, 2011</span></span></p> <p><span style="width: 451px; color: black;"></span><span style="width: 451px; color: black;">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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Perspectives on Europe</span>, 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).<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-5826180916090043082?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-6507205734554624832011-02-08T11:52:00.000-08:002011-02-08T13:53:22.785-08:00CHF Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships -deadline 2/15/11<span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><b>CHF Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships (Philadelphia, PA, due 2/15/2011)</b><br /><br /> <br /><br />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 (<a href="http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/index.aspx)">http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/index.aspx)</a> and review the work being done by our current and past fellows.<br /><br /> <br /><br />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.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The deadline for applications, which are to be completed online, is February 15, 2011. Fellows will be selected by a peer review selection committee.<br /><br /> <br /><br />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.<br /><br /> <br /><br />There are 3 basic types of fellowships being offered: Postdoctoral, Dissertation, and Short-Term.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><b><u>Postdoctoral Fellowships</u></b><br /><br /><b>Open to PhD scholars (degree must be in hand by July 2011)</b><br /><br /><b>Tenure of fellowship: 9 months</b><br /><br /><b>Amount of award: $43,000 (+$2,000 research & travel allowance)</b><br /><br /><b> </b><br /><br /><b><u>Dissertation Fellowships</u></b><br /><br /><b>Open to graduate students at the dissertation stage</b><br /><br /><b>Tenure of fellowship: 9 months</b><br /><br /><b>Amount of award: $25,000 (+$1,000 research and travel allowance)</b><br /><br /><b> </b><br /><br /><b><u>Short-Term Fellowships</u></b><br /><br /><b>Open to graduate students and postgraduate scholars</b><br /><br /><b>Tenure of fellowship: 2–4 months</b><br /><br /><b>Amount of award: $3,000 per month</b><br /><br /> <br /><br />We are also currently offering two additional special fellowships:<br /><br /><u>Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship</u> (3 months in residence) and <u>Ullyot Scholarship</u> (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).<br /><br /> <br /><br />Only online applications will be accepted. All applications must include:<br /><br />(1) A cover letter.<br /><br />(2) A research proposal of no more than 1,500 words.<br /><br />(3) A C.V. of no more than four pages in length.<br /><br />(4) Contact information for two references.<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/beckman-center-fellowships/apply.aspx">http://www.chemheritage.org/research/fellowships-and-travel-grants/beckman-center-fellowships/apply.aspx</a> for more details.<br /><br /> <br /><br />For further information visit www.chemheritage.org <a href="http://www.chemheritage.org">http://www.chemheritage.org</a>, e-mail: fellowships@chemheritage.org, or write to Fellowships Coordinator, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19106. </span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-650720573455462483?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-22078266128777233982011-02-03T14:26:00.000-08:002011-02-03T14:28:04.706-08:002011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><b>2011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants<br /></b><br />Annually, the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) at UC San Diego awards grants to graduate students for dissertation research travel.<br /><br />IICAS grants are directed primarily to students in the social sciences and humanities. Supported research should be <b>about</b> other societies rather than simply conducted <b>in</b> 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 <b>explicit</b>.)<br /><br />Grant application procedures for the current grant cycle may be found here:<br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;">2011-12 Graduate Student Travel Grants <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/graduate.html">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/graduate.html</a></u></span><br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;">Got questions? See the IICAS Student Grants FAQ <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/faq.html">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/travel/faq.html</a></u></span>!<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><b>Applications are due no later than 3pm Monday, March 14th, 2011.</b></span></span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2207826612877723398?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-70038632257316172732011-02-03T10:01:00.000-08:002011-02-03T10:04:46.206-08:00CILAS Tinker Travel Grant 2011<!--StartFragment--><p align="CENTER"> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><b><u>CILAS TINKER TRAVEL GRANT COMPETITION 2011</u></b></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"> </span></span> </p><p> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;">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 (<span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://cilas.ucsd.edu/">http://cilas.ucsd.edu</a></u></span>) under “Grants”. <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://cilas.ucsd.edu)%20under%20">http://cilas.ucsd.edu/grants/tinker.html</a></u></span><br /><span style="color:#000080;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:13.0px;"><b><u>FYI</u>: Unfortunately CILAS will <u>not</u> be offering S-FLAS, AY-FLAS or Dissertation Fellowships this year.<br /></b></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;">Tinker Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Grant<span style="color:#6600CC;">:</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"> 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.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><b>Eligibility<span style="color:#6600CC;">:</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"> All UCSD graduate students conducting pre-dissertation research. Previous award winners may apply, but they will be given lower priority.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><b>There will be a <u>brief</u> mandatory information session on <span style="color:#FF0000;"><u>Friday, February 4</u></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#FF0000;"><u><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"> <b>at 2:00 p.m</b>.</span></span></u><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"> <b>in the Weaver Room</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px;"><b> in the Institute of the Americas Complex.<br /></b> </span></span> </p><p align="CENTER"> <span style="color:#FF0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;"><b>**Applications are due no later than Friday, March 4 by 4:00 p.m.**<br /></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16.0px;">Please contact Julia Schneider (jsschneider@ucsd or 858-534-7967), <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="mailto:jsschneider@ucsd.edu">mailto:jsschneider@ucsd.edu</a></u></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> CILAS Grants Coordinator, with any questions.</span></p><p> <!--EndFragment--> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7003863225731617273?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-90781211058439151612011-01-31T10:25:00.000-08:002011-01-31T10:26:56.064-08:00Science and the Emotions Conference, Feb. 24-26, 2011<!--StartFragment--><p align="CENTER"> <span style="color:#808000;"><span style="font-size:6;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:20.0px">Science and the Emotions:<br />Transnational Emotional Cultures in the United States and Western Europe After 1945<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:16.0px">February 24-26, 2011<br />The Village, Conference Room A<br />University of California, San Diego </span></span></span> </p><p> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br />Register here: <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/conferences/science-and-emotions/science-and-emotions-registration.html">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/conferences/science-and-emotions/science-and-emotions-registration.html</a></u></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b><u>Schedule<br /></u></b></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br /><span style="color:#808000;"><b>Thursday, February 24, 2011</b></span><b><br /></b><br /><u>5:00PM<br /></u> <b>Welcome and Introduction<br /></b>Armin Owzar (UCSD, History): Welcome<br />Frank Biess (UCSD, History): Introduction<br /><br /><u>5:30PM<br /></u> <b>Keynote Address<br /></b>William Reddy (Duke)<br /><br /><span style="color:#808000;"><b>Friday, February 25, 2011<br /></b></span><br /><u>9:00AM<br /></u> <b>I) The Historical Relationship of the Sciences and the Emotions<br /></b>* Chair: Daniel Gross (UCI English)<br />* Uffa Jensen (Max Planck Institute, Berlin, History), “An Era of Emotional Control? Emotions in the Human and Social Sciences in the Early 20th Century“<br />* Otniel E. Dror (Hebrew University, History of Medicine), "Physiologies of the Extreme"<br />* Cathy Gere, (UCSD, History), “Neurology on Trial: the 1973 Kennedy Hearings on Human Experimentation”<br />* Comment: Robert Westman (UCSD, History)<br /><br /><u>11:00AM<br /></u> Break<br /><br />11:15AM<br /> <b>II) Disciplinary Perspectives: Pedagogy, Sociology, and Economics<br /></b>* Chair: Ruth Leys (Johns Hopkins, The Humanities Center)<br />* Dirk Schumann (University of Göttingen, History), “From Emotionality To Objectivity and Back? Emotions in German Pedagogy after 1945”<br />* Helena Flam (University of Leipzig, Sociology), "Sociology - From Whimsical Classical Theorizing to the Sociology of Emotions"<br />* Ute Frevert (Max Planck Institute, Berlin), “The Economics of Emotions”<br />* Comment: Audience<br /><br /><u>1:00PM<br /></u> Break<br /><br /><u>2:30PM<br /></u> <b>III) Neurosciences and the Humanities: Conflict, Cooperation, Convergence?<br /></b><br /><u>2:30PM<br /></u> <b>a) Neuroscientific Approaches to Emotions<br /></b>* Chair: Tal Golan (UCSD, History)<br />* Stephanie Preston (University of Michigan, Neuroscience), “The Neurophysiology of Emotion: A Dynamic Systems View"<br />* Willam Mobley (UCSD, Neuroscience), “The Brain Basis of Empathy”<br />* Comment: Audience<br /><br /><u>3:45PM<br /></u> Break<br /><br /><u>4:15PM<br /></u> <b>b) Perspectives from the Humanities<br /></b>* Chair: Frank Biess (UCSD, History)<br />* Ruth Leys (Johns Hopkins University, The Humanities Center), "'Both of Us Disgusted in My Insula': The New Science of Emotional Empathy"<br />* Daniel M. Gross (UCI, English), “Defending the Humanities with Charles Darwin’s The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals”<br />* David Pederson (UCSD, Anthropology), “Brain-Mind-Culture-History: Toward a Relationally Dynamic Perspective in the Era of Neoliberal 'Globalization'<br />* Comment: Audience<br /><br /><span style="color:#808000;"><b>Saturday, February 26, 2011<br /></b></span><br /><u>9:00AM<br /></u><b>IV) Emotions, Science, and Race<br /></b>* Chair: Helena Flam (Univ. of Leipzig, Sociology)<br />* Nayan Shah (UCSD, History), “Emotions and Non-violent Resistance Movements in the 20th Century"<br />* Jordanna Bailkin (University of Washington, History), “Decolonizing Emotion: The Science of Affect in the New World Order"<br />* Roddey Reid (UCSD, Literature), "Affect and Everyday Life: Gilles Deleuze and Brian Massumi"<br />* Comment: Pamela Radcliff (UCSD, History)<br /><br /><u>11:00AM<br /></u> Break<br /><br /><u>11:15AM<br /></u> <b>V) Case Studies 1: Emotions in Holocaust Historiography</b><br />* Chair: Ute Frevert (Berlin, MPI, History)<br />* Alon Confino (University of Virginia), “The Third Reich of Emotions”<br />* Judith Hughes (UCSD, History), “Interpreting the Holocaust: The Revival of Psychological History”<br />* Armin Owzar (UCSD, History), “Emotions in Holocaust Historiography”<br />* Comment: Deborah Hertz (UCSD, History)<br /><br /><u>1:15PM<br /></u> Break<br /><br /><u>2:15PM</u> <br /> <b>VI) Case Studies 2: Fear and Anxiety in War and Postwar<br /></b>* Chair: Otniel Dror (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)<br />* Rebecca Plant (UCSD, History), “Combat Exhaustion Among American Soldiers in World War II”<br />* Bettina Hitzer (Max Planck Institute, Berlin), “Cancerous Emotions in Germany”<br />* Claudia Koonz, (Duke, History), “Ethnic Panic in Germany and Western Europe”<br />* Comment: Michael Schuering (UC-Berkeley, History)<br /><br /><u>4:15PM<br /></u> Break<br /><br /><u>4:30PM<br /></u> <b>Final Discussion </b></span></span> </p><p align="CENTER"> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br />Sponsored by:<br /><br />Division of Arts & Humanities, UC San Diego<br /><br />Fritz Thyssen Foundation<br /><br />German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)<br /><br />Department of History, UC San Diego<br /><br />Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) </span></span> </p><p> <!--EndFragment--> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-9078121105843915161?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-9200783513237198632011-01-27T15:26:00.000-08:002011-01-27T15:27:43.172-08:002011 IICAS Human Rights Fellowship - Application deadline March 7, 2011<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px">The Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS) is pleased to announce the 4th annual student competition for human rights fellowships. Successful applicants for the 2011 UC Human Rights Fellowship will receive $4,500 for summer internships with a human rights organization.<br /><br /><br /><br />Information and application instructions may be found at the IICAS home page or at the following website: <a href="http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/human-rights-fellowship/index.html">http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/human-rights-fellowship/index.html</a><br /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Applications are due no later than 3pm Monday, March 7th, 2011. </b> </span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-920078351323719863?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-85415171235758499322011-01-27T14:16:00.000-08:002011-02-03T09:59:13.323-08:00UCLA Winter 2011 colloquium schedule<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">UCLA Winter 2011 History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Colloquium Schedule</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 10 – NO COLLOQUIUM</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 17 – NO COLLOQUIUM—Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 24 –Tanja Paulitz, University of Graz</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">“The Origin of ‘Technological Man’? Gendered Tales of the Modern Engineer's Prehistory”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 31 – William Rankin, Yale University</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">“From Representation to Infrastructure: International Mapping Projects and the Logic of Territory after World War II”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Feb. 7: No colloquium</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Feb. 14: Tiago Saraiva will present the talk originally scheduled for the previous week:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">" F. J. Turner for Fascists: The Production/circulation of Standardized</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Sheep and Frontier Settlement in the Empires of Hitler, Mussolini and</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Salazar"</p><p></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 21 – NO COLLOQUIUM—President’s Day Holiday</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 28 – Marta Macedo, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">"Inventing the Cocoa Islands: Science and the Portuguese Colonial Landscape”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">March 7 – Norton Wise, UCLA</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">"Pegasus and the Muses of Art, Science, and Industry."</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">(pre-circulated paper)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="color:#000000;">This schedule will also shortly be posted on our website: </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/fields-of-study/science-1/calendar-of-events</span></p><div><span style="text-decoration: underline"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8541517123575849932?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-46196750118543279372011-01-26T14:33:00.000-08:002011-01-26T14:34:38.677-08:00CFP: 2011 4S meeting in Cleveland<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Society for Social Studies of Science [4s]</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Re the 2011 4s meeting in Cleveland <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3211fd">http://www.4sonline.org/meeting</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">[joint meeting with HSS and SHOT]</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">"The 4S conference welcomes papers, session proposals, and events that are </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">innovative in their delivery, organization, range of topics, type of public, </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">and which bring new resources to the STS community to explore these new </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">relations and themes. Apart from traditional research papers, the 4S conference </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">also welcomes proposals for sessions and papers using new media or other forms </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">of new presentation."</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #3211fd"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.4sonline.org/meeting</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">The 2011 4S Program Chair is</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Roli Varma, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #3211fd"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.unm.edu/~varma/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">_Harbingers of Global Change:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">India's Techno-Immigrants in the United States_ [Lexington Books, 2006]</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color: #3211fd"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739114581</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Future 4s meetings:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">2012 Copenhagen, joint meeting with EASST</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">[European Association for Studies of Science and Technology]</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">2013 San Diego, Oct 6-13 2013</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">2014 Buenos Aires</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4619675011854327937?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-80412752190033132812011-01-12T09:18:00.000-08:002011-01-12T09:21:12.850-08:00Donna Haraway at UC Irvine's Wellek Lecture Series, May 2,3, and 5<!--StartFragment--><blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size:18.0px"><b>From: </b>Lisa Clark <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u>lisa.clark@uci.edu</u></span><br /></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br /></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"> I am writing to remind you of the upcoming Wellek Lecture Series for 2011. Professor Emerita Donna Haraway will be our speaker.<br /><br />There will be a pre-Wellek reading group session on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, in Krieger Hall Room 434 (the CTI conference room). Professor Haraway's recommended preparatory texts will soon be on the CTI website for easy access. Light refreshments will be served. If you wish to participate in the discussion, which is open to all, please notify me by April 1.<br /><br />Professor Haraway's lectures will take place on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, May 2, 3 and 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, in Humanities Gateway Room 1030. A reception in honor of Professor Haraway will follow the Monday lecture, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, in Humanities Gateway Room 1010.<br /><br />We look forward to welcoming Professor Bruno Latour to UCI for the 2012 Wellek Lectures. Dates and venue will be announced in the coming months.<br /><br />If you have any questions about CTI events, please feel free to contact me.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Lisa<br />--<br />Lisa Clark<br />Administrative Coordinator<br />Critical Theory Institute<br />University of California - Irvine<br />433 Murray Krieger Hall<br />Irvine, CA 92697<br /><span style="color:#0000FF;"><u>lisa.clark@uci.edu<br /></u></span>949-824-5583 phone<br />949-824-2767 fax<br /><br /></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/index.html">http://www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/index.html</a><br /></u></span><span style="color:#144FAE;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0px">Kavita Philip<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0px"><span style="font-family:Optima, Times New Roman;">UC Irvine<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Optima, Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:12.0px">www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/kp <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/kp">http://www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/kp</a></u></span> </span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-8041275219003313281?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-32949434682051381622011-01-12T08:37:00.000-08:002011-01-12T08:38:21.632-08:00CFP: 11th Annnual STGlobal conference<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:13.0px">Abstracts are welcome for the <b>11th Annual STGlobal conference</b> on "Science and Technology in Society" until midnight, your local time, on <u>January 31, 2011</u>. The conference is April 15-16, 2011, in Washington, DC. Please click here <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://stglobal.org/CFP/CFP2011.pdf">http://stglobal.org/CFP/CFP2011.pdf</a></u></span> or see the attached file for conference details and submission guidelines.<br /><br />Modest cash prizes will be awarded for the Best Paper presented in each of the conference's 15 panels. We hope you will consider submitting an abstract.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />STGlobal Organizing Committee<br /><span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://stglobal.org/">http://stglobal.org/</a></u></span></span></span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3294943468205138162?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-75547714916278867482011-01-11T10:24:00.000-08:002011-01-11T10:26:37.007-08:00Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh<span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><div><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:12.0px">News from Center for Philosophy of Science</span></span></div><br />We are celebrating 50 years of the Annual Lecture Series <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/ALS/als_2010_11.htm">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/ALS/als_2010_11.htm</a></u></span> .<br /><br />We welcome new visitors: Jose Diez, Elisabeth Nemeth, Laura Perini, and John Worrall.<br /><br />Speakers this month are: Nicholas Rescher, Laura Perini, Elisabeth Nemeth, and David Danks. See calendar <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/Calendar/january_2011.htm">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/Calendar/january_2011.htm</a></u></span> for details.<br /><br />Call for papers for Epistemology of Modeling and Simulation: Building Research Bridges between the Philosophical Modeling Communities <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/Conferences/others/other_conf_2010-11/modeling_simulation/modeling_simulation_01-03_Apr_2011.html">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Events/All/Conferences/others/other_conf_2010-11/modeling_simulation/modeling_simulation_01-03_Apr_2011.html</a></u></span> <br /><br />Interested in visiting?<br />See our Postdoctoral <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/postdoc_fellows_program.htm">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/postdoc_fellows_program.htm</a></u></span> and our Visiting Fellows Programs <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm</a></u></span> .<br /><br />So what's it like? <span style="color:#0000FF;"><u><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Being_here/last_donut/last_donut.htm">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Being_here/last_donut/last_donut.htm</a></u></span> <br /><br />Center for Philosophy of Science<br />University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA<br />James G. Lennox, Interim Director<br />John D. Norton, Director (currently on sabbatical leave)<br /><br />For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,<br /><span style="color:#0000FF;"><u>pittcntr@pitt.edu<br /></u></span>412-624-1052</span></span> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7554771491627886748?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-25661812110880266562011-01-11T10:19:00.001-08:002011-01-11T10:20:40.287-08:00Winter 2011 STS-related talks in Greater Los Angeles<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">For your information: some winter 2011 STS-related talks</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">@ Claremont Colleges, UCLA, USC.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">+ Some STS talks at the University of Southern California [USC]</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://college.usc.edu/sts/news-events/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Sun 16 Jan: CategoricallyNot! On the Topic of NANO</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Tues 22 Feb: The Infrastructural Human: Transportation Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">+ Some STS talks at Claremont Colleges <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">http://sts.pomona.edu/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://sts.pomona.edu/news-2/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 22 or March 1: Noel Swerdow, Emeritus, Univ of Chicago, and Visiting </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="color:#000000;">Professor, Caltech </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Swerdlow</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.hss.caltech.edu/people/swerdlow/profile</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Details to follow.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">March 8: Ed Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Krupp</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Times Up a talk about the Maya calendar. Details to follow</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">March: Jarita Holbrook, Center for Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.cmes.arizona.edu/faculty/detail.php?id=148</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Details to follow.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">+ Some STS-related talks at UCLA Winter Quarter 2011</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">* Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="color:#000000;">Anderson School of Management </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x32769.xml</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">1-3pm Friday 28 Jan 2011, Entrepreneurs Hall, 3rd Floor, Room C301, UCLA David </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Goodstein, Emeritus Professor, Physics & Applied Physics, Caltech</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">_On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science_</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">[Princeton, 2010] See table of contents and Chapter One at</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9148.html</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">* Program on Understanding Law, Science, and Evidence</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://pulse.law.ucla.edu/events/2010-11/implicit-bias-in-courtroom/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Thur 3 March Symposium on Implicit Bias in the Courtroom</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">* Center for Society & Genetics events</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.socgen.ucla.edu/Calendar.html</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">3:30pm Thur 13 January at 2125 Rolfe Hall</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Jennifer Reardon, Sociology, UCSC</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://sociology.ucsc.edu/directory/details.php?id=34</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Reflections on the Science and Publics of Personal Genomics</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">3:30pm Thur 3 February at 2125 Rolfe Hall</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Koichi Mikami, Sokendai Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/insis/alumni/Pages/koichimikami.aspx</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/insis/About/Pages/default.aspx</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">4-7 Friday; 10-3 Saturday, February 25 & 26, Fowler Auditorium</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Symposium: Made for Each Other? Dog and Human Co-evolution</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">* Information Studies Colloquium Series, all in GSEIS Building, room 111</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/colloquia/index.htm</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">3-5 Thurs 24 Feb Sharon Traweek, Women's Studies/History, Ucla</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.womensstudies.ucla.edu/faculty_traweek.html</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.history.ucla.edu/traweek/</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Intersectionality and Border Crossings in Databases</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">3-5 Thurs 10 March Kavita Phillip, Women's Studies, and Director, Critical </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Theory Institute, UC Irvine </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/kp/index.html</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.faculty.uci.edu/Scripts/UCIFacultyProfiles/humanities/ws/index.cfm?faculty_id=5256</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">Technoscience</span> and the Postcolonial Question</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">* History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Colloquium Series</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/fields-of-study/science-1/calendar-of-events</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/historyofscience</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">All in Bunche Hall 5288 at 4pm.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 24 Tanja Paulitz, Sociology, University of Graz</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">http://www.uni-graz.at/en/cfs1www/cfs1www_projekte/cfs1www_gender_nawi.htm</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.uni-graz.at/en/cfs1www_cv_paulitz_english.pdf</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">The Origin of Technological Man? Gendered Tales of the Modern Engineer's </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Prehistory</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">January 31 William Rankin, History of Science & Medicine Program, Yale </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">http://hshm.yale.edu/rankin</span> From Representation to Infrastructure: </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">International Mapping Projects and the Logic of Territory after World War II</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 7 Tiago Saraiva, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Lisbon </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.histech.nl/tensphase2/AboutToe/CVData.asp?id_name=370</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.ics.ul.pt/instituto/?doc=31809901062&ctmid=04&mnid=1&ln=p&mm=2</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">F.J</span>. Turner for Fascists:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">The Production/circulation of Standardized Sheep and Frontier Settlement in the </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Empires of Hitler, Mussolini and Salazar</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 14 Chloe Silverman, STS/Bioethics/Women's Studies,</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="color:#000000;">Pennsylvania State University </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.sts.psu.edu/faculty/cbs14</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism and Psychoanalytic </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Childhoods (co-sponsored by UCLA Medical Classics)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">February 28 Marta Macedo, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics & University of </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">Lisbon http://www.ciuhct.com/index.php/pt/doutorados/278-marta-macedo.html</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/fields-of-study/science-1/current-students-alumni</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">Inventing</span> the Cocoa Islands: Science and the Portuguese Colonial Landscape</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">March 7 Norton Wise, History, UCLA</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; color:#3211fd;"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=747</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco">"Pegasus and the Muses of Art, Science, and Industry" pre-circulated paper</p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2566181211088026656?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-6097425829158768542011-01-11T10:15:00.000-08:002011-01-11T10:18:03.646-08:00Call for Papers - Soldiering: The Afterlife of a Modern Experience<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Cambria">CALL FOR PAPERS</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Cambria">Soldiering: </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cambria"><i>The Afterlife of a Modern Experience</i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Cambria">The Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Cambria">The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University, April 23-24, 2011</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">Soldiering has long been considered a central organizing experience of modern life. With the invention of conscription in the 1680s, the consequent multiplication of national standing-armies, and the coupling of soldiering with citizenship, the individual and aristocratic warrior was replaced by the democratic and collective figure of “the soldier of the revolution.” His body no longer marked by the natural signs of strength, courage and pride, the soldier had become, by the late eighteenth century, something that can be made. Disciplined en masse through standardized military programs that mimicked the constancy of the factory, soldiers were not only manufactured; for two centuries they themselves embodied the labor power envisioned in manufacturing new political orders at home and across the vast imperial landscape. The two world wars, quintessential displays of modern soldiering, were arguably also the last of their kind, and marked both the culmination and the end of soldiering as a near universal experience, social institution, and political subjectivity. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">Juxtaposed with and against these historical prefigurations, this two-day conference wishes to examine the gradual disintegration of the Soldier-Subject in the postwar period and the ‘afterlife’ forms of modern soldiering, from the early days of the Cold War to the current manifestations of the ‘Global War on Terror’. What happens to soldiering when armies are privatized and corporations take over the state’s “dirty business of war”? When “irregular,” “asymmetric,” “low-intensity” warfare is the order of the day? When the once politically significant distinction between soldier and civilian is destabilized in the now prevalent theaters of “ethnic conflict”? When technical experts become soldiers and human soldiers are gradually replaced by technological systems, such as unmanned drones and armed robots? How have these contemporary forms of soldiering influenced social, economic and political realities? And how do they contribute to the increased ethical isolation of war and conflict?</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">We seek rich, rigorous graduate student contributions from across the academic spectrum and across historical periods. Through soldiering, this conference aims to provide a locus for rewriting conventional military and political histories, revisiting anthropological accounts of violence and the state, and expanding the definition of warfare – both temporally and spatially. Themes may include:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>From “Cannon Fodder” to “Enhanced Survivability”: The Birth of the Vulnerable Soldier</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span> ‘Shell-Shock,’ PTSD and Mental Preparedness: Trauma Culture and Its Aftermath </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>Army Alpha, Army Beta: Screening, Selection, and the Making of Military Kinds</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>From Ethical Lapses to Professional Failings: Soldiering as a Vocation</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>Enlightened Occupiers: From ‘Hearts and Minds’ to the Human Terrain Teams</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>Armies for Hire: Privatized Defense and Corporate Warfare </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>‘Accidental Guerillas,’ Child-Soldiers, and Other Paramilitaries </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>International Soldiers: Military Humanitarianism, Peace Corps, and Human Rights Training</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>Identity Politics Goes to War: From ‘Blue Discharge’ to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and Beyond</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>The <i>Paris-Match</i> Saluting “Negro” and Other Mythologies: the Soldier as Signifier</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span style="font: 12.0px Symbol">· </span>Reorganizing the Military-Industrial Complex: New Media and Warfare Simulation<span style="color:#f81312;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">The conference’s keynote speaker will be Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi, an independent scholar, author of <i>The Worlds of Herman Kahn: the Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War</i> (Harvard University Press, 2005), and a specialist on the cultural history of American Cold War military science and technology. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">Prospective participants are asked to write a 600 word abstract that outlines the paper’s topic, methodology, and argument, as well as how the prospective participant’s research interests relate to the theme of soldiering more generally. Participants will be notified by early March whether their paper has been accepted into the conference. Please note that participants may be eligible to receive full or partial stipends for transportation to the conference. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">Abstract Submission Deadline: February 15, 2011</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria">Abstracts can be uploaded on the conference website: isites.harvard.edu/soldieringconference <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3211fd;">http://isites.harvard.edu/soldieringconference</span> (under the “Submissions” tab). Please make sure to include the following information: full name, institutional affiliation, the title of your paper, and contact details. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-609742582915876854?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-30304328212284818342010-12-13T08:20:00.000-08:002010-12-13T08:25:30.335-08:001 year Postdoc fellowship at Harvard University<blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b><u>Postdoctoral Position in Science, Technology and Society<br /></u></b><br />The John F. Kennedy School of Government and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University are seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in Science, Technology and Society (STS). The one-year position will carry a teaching load of one undergraduate course in Technology and Society; the successful candidate will also assist in STS Program activities and build links between STS and SEAS. Renewal for a second year may be possible contingent on satisfactory performance. Candidates should be qualified to carry out research on the social implications of one or more aspects of engineering or applied sciences, such as information and communication technologies, biotechnology, or nanotechnology. Areas of specialization might include studies of innovation; risk and regulation; intellectual property; new research partnerships and research governance; or ethical issues in technological R&D. Research experience on comparative, international and global issues is especially welcome. Interdisciplinary teaching experiences are highly desirable. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in an appropriate field, including science and technology studies, sociology, law, political science, economics, or engineering. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter with a statement of research interests, a writing sample or representative publication,<b> </b>and three letters of recommendation in paper copy to Professor Sheila Jasanoff, Director, Program on Science, Technology and Society, HarvardUniversity, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 17, Cambridge, MA 02138.<br /><br />Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2011 and continue until the position is filled. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.</span></span></span></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3030432821228481834?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-74941910256035890312010-12-13T07:49:00.000-08:002010-12-13T08:29:32.564-08:0010th Annual IAS-STS conference, May 2-3, 2011Note: Prof. Paulitz will also be visiting UC San Diego and giving a colloquium talk on Friday, February 4th at 12:30pm in HSS 3027.<br /><br />The Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in<br />Graz, Austria, has residential fellowships and conferences.<br />http://www.ifz.tugraz.at<br />http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/46/1/1<br /><br />The fellowship applications for 2011-12 are due 31 December<br />http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/1962/1/48/<br /><br />The conference is 2-3 May 2011; abstracts are due 24 January 2011. See<br />below for more information.<br /><br />Prof. Tanja Paulitz, historian of technology and a member of the IAS-STS,<br />will be visiting UCLA 8 Jan-11 Feb and giving some talks.<br /><br />Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS)<br />GRAZ - AUSTRIA<br /><br />The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, which is hosted by the IFZ - Interuniversity<br />Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (www.ifz.tugraz.at),<br />promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions<br />between science, technology and society, technology assessment, as well as<br />research on the development and implementation of socially and<br />environmentally sound technologies. Therefore, IAS-STS hosts international<br />fellows and research associates through its fellowship programme.<br />Additionally, the institute organizes an annual conference on "Critical<br />Issues in Science and Technology Studies".<br /><br />10th Annual IAS-STS Conference, May 2-3, 2011<br />"Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies"<br />http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/111/1/74<br /><br />CONFERENCE THEMES<br /><br />** -- Special session<br />1: "Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Web 2.0" For this part of the<br />conference, contributions on the topic "Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion<br />in Web 2.0" are looked for. Web 2.0 is considered as user-centred and<br />democratic: Everybody is said to be able to participate and it seems that<br />nearly everybody does. However, this is not the case of course. The<br />Internet with all its interactive applications is not as colourful as it<br />could be, it does not represent the `real' world and it is definitely not<br />democratic per se. In this session we want to discuss - boundaries and<br />possibilities, - theoretical inputs and empirical research, - gender,<br />queer and intersectionality issues of the current Internet. Besides a<br />critique on the current Web 2.0, we will discuss utopias as well - how can<br />the Internet be further democratized? -- Workshop: "The Concept of<br />`Heteronormativity' and its Methodological Implications" Conference<br />participants interested in joining this workshop please contact Birgit<br />Hofstätter (hofstaetter@ifz.tugraz.at) by March 31, 2011<br /><br />**Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and Agricultural<br />Biotechnology**<br /><br />A main focus of the conference will lie on research projects providing a<br />critical analysis of human genetic research or of agricultural<br />biotechnology. Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social<br />aspects of genetic testing in the medical domain or risk policy and wider<br />governance issues related to agricultural biotechnology are especially<br />encouraged to contribute.<br /><br />**Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)**<br /><br />SCP seeks to promote social and economic development within the carrying<br />capacity of ecosystems. New strategies and concrete tools are needed to<br />change individual and institutional patterns of consumption and to enhance<br />corporate responsibility (CR) of organisations. Researchers investigating<br />patterns of consumption and intervention strategies to promote sustainable<br />lifestyles among both public and private consumers or working within the<br />thematic field of ecological product policy are encouraged to give a<br />presentation. Research projects integrating product assessment tools such<br />as LCA, carbon footprint, MIPS or related methods are also of special<br />interest.<br />-- Special Session 2: Trans-disciplinarity in sustainability studies<br />We invite presentations dealing with concepts, models and experiences of<br />trans-disciplinary research (TDR) in the context of ecological and social<br />sustainability. We are interested in reflecting the possibilities and<br />limits of this type of research. The trans-disciplinarity panel will be<br />organized along specific sessions, and we are looking forward to<br />experience based or conceptual papers with a focus on one of the following<br />issues:<br />1. Integrated knowledge production: An important aspect of TDR refers to topics<br />of the production of new and integrated knowledge. We shall discuss<br />questions about the ways in which different kinds of knowledge -<br />represented by the different actors participating - are both being treated<br />and integrated in the research process.<br />- How do TDR actors work together to develop mutual learning, new<br />understandings and to produce new and integrated knowledge?<br />- How does social learning relate to knowledge integration?<br />2. (policy) Intervention: Interventions resulting from trans-disciplinary<br />research activities may proof the specific relevance of this specific type<br />of research. We would like to reflect on the potential for interventions<br />based on empirical papers, which describe interventions that have been<br />taking place in the context of carrying out TDR, and under what<br />circumstances that happened.<br />- Which kinds of interventions take place in TDR?<br />- How can TDR be designed in order to allow for interventions?<br />3. Societal relevance of trans-disciplinary research: TDR is considered being a<br />useful tool for solving complex `real world' problems. The added value of<br />this mode of research is often ascribed to its societal relevance and a<br />high potential for societal impact. In this session we want to discuss the<br />societal relevance on the basis of concrete cases.<br />- How do specific cases illuminate the societal relevance of TDR-activities?<br />- Which methodological tools can be applied to assess the societal relevance of<br />TDR?<br />The sessions will be affiliated to the final conference of the project<br />"Sustainable behavior at work and in private life" organized in parallel<br />to the IAS-STS conference.<br />-- `Sustainable behavior at work and in private life' - final conference<br />The first part of the conference deals with the specific characteristics and<br />quality criteria of trans-disciplinary research projects. The experiences<br />gained in the project `Sustainable behavior at work and in private life'<br />are contrasted with contributions of other researchers in the field of<br />sustainability. The second part of the conference is limited to the German<br />speaking audience and will be organized as a half-day workshop. The main inputs<br />and conclusions will be summarized and fed back to the IAS-STS conference.<br /><br />**Energy and Climate**<br /><br />Presentations in this field should develop appropriate measures and strategies<br />for the promotion of renewable energy sources and for the transition to a<br />sustainable energy system. Regional governance, climate policy strategies,<br />innovation policy, technology assessment, and the role of users in the<br />area of energy technologies should play an important role.<br />--Special Session 3: "How do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of<br />environmental management" People manage their environments, all of us in<br />everyday life, and some more specifically as<br />professionals. Many of the decisions we take and activities we practice, in<br />everyday life as well as in professional roles, have consequences on our<br />environments. In order to explore more sustainable ways of living in this<br />world, however, we need to better understand these various forms of<br />environmental management. This session will discuss environmental management<br />as a practice, as a situated unfolding of social relationships, desires,<br />routines, and materials. Thereby, we aim to gain insight into some of the<br />processes by which sustainability and unsustainability are being produced.<br />Contributions to this session may address, but need not be limited, to the<br />following questions: How do people "manage" their environments in everyday<br />life? How do those who are explicitly considered environmental managers<br />understand their mission, opportunities and limitations? How do particular<br />forms of knowledge, organizations and implementation instruments structure<br />the engagement of the "manager" and her subject matter? And how does this<br />subject matter itself figure as an active participant in the process? The<br />session is organised by IFZ in cooperation with the Environment, Management<br />and Society research group (http://www.ems-research.org).<br /><br />** Information and Communication Technologies**<br /><br />The fifth focus of the conference will be put on novel developments based on<br />ICT from an STS perspective. Topics like ICT and agency, ubiquitous<br />computing or ICT and mobility shall be analysed with respect to their<br />wider social and political implications. Further issues of interest are<br />the social shaping of ICT developments, innovation policies, risk<br />management and participatory approaches to the design of ICT systems and<br />applications.<br /><br />ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS<br /><br />*Participants*<br />The 10th IAS-STS conference invites all current and former fellows of the<br />Institute for Advanced Studies as well as other interested researchers in<br />the area of science and technology studies. The conference provides a<br />forum to discuss on a broad variety of topics in the STS field and<br />especially papers are encouraged which include some aspects of the above<br />mentioned conference themes.<br /><br />*Abstracts*<br />Abstracts should include no more than 250 words, comprising detailed contact<br />information, affiliation and specification of the conference theme you are<br />referring to. Submission of abstracts should please be send to Birgit<br />Hofstätter (conference@ifz.tugraz.at) by *Monday, January 24, 2011*.<br /><br />We also appreciate proposals for poster presentations and specific sessions in<br />the line with the conference themes. Proposals for sessions shall include<br />a preliminary title of the session, names of possible speakers and a short<br />outline on the issues to be discussed (max. 250 words) and should be send<br />to the above mentioned email address by *Monday, January 24, 2011*.<br /><br />*We also welcome participants attending the conference without presenting a<br />paper themselves.<br /><br />*Conference fees*<br />100 € (including conference folder, coffee breaks, lunch sessions)<br /><br />No conference fees for current fellows of the IAS-STS fellowship programme<br />2010/11 and for graduate or PhD students.<br /><br />*Grants covering conference fees*<br />Participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe may apply for a<br />reduction or exemption from conference fees. Please announce your<br />application in the online registration<br />form, which will be available soon after confirmation of accepted abstracts.<br />Registration will be open until *Monday, March 21, 2011.*<br /><br />*Grants partly covering travel expenses*<br />We can offer grants partly covering travel expenses for:<br />- graduate or PhD students<br />- participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe<br /><br />Up to 50 percent of the travel costs with a maximum amount of 100 € can be<br />reimbursed. If you would like to apply for a travel grant, please<br />checkmark it in the registration form. Reimbursement for travel expenses<br />will be given only after submitting your original tickets (eg. train,<br />flight tickets,etc.).<br /><br />*Registration*<br />Registration for the 10th IAS-STS conference on "Critical Issues in<br />Science and Technology Studies" will be open until *Monday, March 21,<br />2011.*. The online registration form will be accessible by the beginning<br />of February 2011.<br /><br />**Conference Venue**<br />IFZ- Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture<br />Schlögelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria<br /><br />For more information: www.sts.tugraz.at<br /><br />******************************************************<br />Mag.a Birgit Hofstaetter<br /><br />IFZ - Interuniversitaeres Forschungszentrum fuer Technik, Arbeit und Kultur<br />Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture<br />Schloegelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria<br />Tel./Phone: +43/316/813909-26; Fax: +43/316/810274<br />E-Mail: hofstaetter@ifz.tugraz.at; http://www.ifz.tugraz.at<br /><br />Das IFZ ist der Grazer Standort der Fakultaet fuer Interdisziplinaere Forschung<br />und Fortbildung (IFF) der Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt.<br /><br />IFZ is the Graz unit of the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF) of the<br />Klagenfurt University.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7494191025603589031?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-23762640896434655232010-11-10T09:40:00.000-08:002010-11-10T09:41:40.200-08:00Epistemology of Modeling & SimulationEpistemology of Modeling Simulation: Building Research Bridges between the Philosophical and Modeling Communities<br /><br />University of Pittsburgh<br />1-3 April 2011<br /><br />Hosted by the Center for Philosophy of Science and the University of Pittsburgh MIDAS National Center for Excellence in the Graduate School for Public Health<br /><br />The conference will focus on philosophical issues that arise within the practice and application of contemporary research using modeling and simulation The goal is to bring together sophisticated work in philosophy of science and on-going efforts in modeling in order to build more effective collaboration between philosophers of science and those who build and employ models in a range of disciplines and applications.<br /><br />Topics will include:<br /> The scientific status of computational techniques<br /> Does simulation require a new epistemology?<br /> The role of theory, experiment, model and simulation<br /> Varieties and purposes of scientific simulation<br /> Analytic modeling versus computer simulation<br /> Problems in juggling multiple and competing models<br /> How do models fail?<br /> Validation and verification of models and simulations<br /> Promises and pitfalls of large, detailed, and realistic models<br /> Modeling, science, and policy<br /><br />Call for Presentations <http://www.modelingepistemology.pitt.edu> <http://www.modelingepistemology.pittedu> <br /><br />Co-Directors: Patrick Grim and Nicholas Rescher<br /><br />Program Committee: Mark Bedau, Joshua Epstein, John Grefenstete, Ross Hammond, Paul Humphreys, James G. Lennox, Marc Lipsitch, Sandra Mitchell, Ryan Muldoon, John D. Norton, Scott Page, Susan Sterrett, Bas van Fraassen, Michael Weisberg, and Kevin Zollman<br /><br />For additional information on MIDAS, go to: <a href="http://www.midas.pitt.edu">www.midas.pitt.edu</a><http://www.midas.pitt.edu>.<br /><br />Contacts:<br />Patrick Grim, Philosophy, Stony Brook. Email: <a href="mailto:pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu">pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu</a><br />Dr. Phillip Palmer, MIDAS Education Outreach Coordinator, Email: <a href="mailto:php9@pitt.edu">php9@pitt.edu</a> <mailto:php9@pitt.edu> , Phone: (412) 624-6957</mailto:php9@pitt.edu></http://www.midas.pitt.edu></http://www.modelingepistemology.pittedu></http://www.modelingepistemology.pitt.edu><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2376264089643465523?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-48139794014785319362010-11-10T09:32:00.000-08:002010-11-10T09:39:57.732-08:00USC 2011-13 Postdoctoral STS Research Associate<a href="http://college.usc.edu/sts/">The Science, Technology and Society initiative at USC</a><br /><br /> The Research Cluster in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Southern California seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a two-year appointment (to be renewed after the first year) in the department of Sociology, beginning in the Fall 2011. The STS Research Cluster is a new interdisciplinary initiative that seeks to foster contemporary and historical inquiry into the contexts of scientific knowledge production and the societal impact of technological innovation. For more information, please see our <a href="http://www.college.usc.edu/sts">website</a>.<br /><a href="https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=41622">https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=41622</a><br /><br />2010-2013 the Research Cluster will focus on three themes:<br />(1) Contested universality: the extension of scientific knowledge and its limits;<br />(2) Transformations of life: the human sciences from the early modern to the molecular age; and<br />(3) Technological futures, past and present.<div><br /><a href="http://college.usc.edu/sts/">http://college.usc.edu/sts/</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4813979401478531936?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-91810999229337573252010-10-29T09:23:00.000-07:002010-10-29T09:24:58.436-07:00Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of SociologyGeorgia Institute of Technology. The School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology, specializing in the Sociology of Technology, with an ability to teach graduate-level research methods. The position will begin Fall 2011. PhD must be completed by the time of appointment. Georgia Tech is a research university in the heart of Atlanta. HTS is an interdisciplinary unit composed of sociologists and historians. The successful candidate must demonstrate excellence in both research and teaching, and will be expected to contribute to the unit’s undergraduate program and Ph.D. program in History and Sociology of Technology and Science. More can be learned about our programs at <a href="http://www.hts.gatech.edu/">http://www.hts.gatech.edu</a>.<br /><br />Review of applications will begin December 1 and continue until the position is filled. Application materials should be sent electronically. Send a letter of application, Curriculum Vitae, sample publications, and three letters of reference to: <a href="mailto:faculty.search@hts.gatech.edu">faculty.search@hts.gatech.edu</a>. Items that cannot be sent electronically (e.g., copies of books) may be mailed to: Bill Winders, Chair, Sociology Search Committee, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, 221 Bobby Dodd Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0225. The Georgia Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Members of historically excluded groups are particularly encouraged to apply.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-9181099922933757325?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-70062442126835856472010-10-22T15:53:00.000-07:002010-10-22T15:55:46.205-07:00Morgridge Institute for Research Ethics Scholar- in- Residence ProgramThe Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR), a private, non-profit medical research organization located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin—Madison (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.wisc.edu">www.wisc.edu</a><http: edu=""><http: edu="">), is launching a program in ethics designed to provide an integrated ethics resource to complement the research conducted at this new interdisciplinary science research enterprise. The emphasis is on creating a culture, from the outset, that contemplates not just advances in research but also provides a framework for understanding, anticipating and addressing the potential ethical and social issues raised by the research conducted at MIR.<br /><br />MIR is part of a new public-private research enterprise called the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. The new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility, opening in December, 2010, houses both MIR and its public university counterpart the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery as well as a large public engagement space called the Town Center. Visit <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.discovery.wisc.edu">www.discovery.wisc.edu </a><http: edu=""> <http: edu=""> for extensive background on the facility, the two research institutes housed within it and the Town Center.<br /><br />A key element of the MIR ethics program is the ethics scholar-in-residence. This position is intended for a senior researcher who works broadly across the boundaries of science and ethics and is knowledgeable in areas relevant to the public-private research interface, technological innovation and/or translational medicine. Scholars may be from any of several fields of study, including the humanities or the social sciences, law, medicine or a relevant scientific discipline. This opportunity is available to junior and senior faculty as well as qualified academic staff and non-faculty scholars.<br /><br />The scholar-in-residence will serve as an internal resource to scientists at MIR and will engage in helping develop ethics programs for both the campus and the broader community to take place in the Town Center.<br /><br />This position may begin as early as June 1, 2011 but must begin no later than September 1, 2011 and may be held for as long as one full calendar year. The position may be renewable on an annual basis on June 1 of subsequent years.<br /><br />Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2011. An award will be made by May 1, 2011.<br />Position responsibilities<br />Engage with scientists at MIR to identify and discuss ethics concerns that may arise in the course of their research<br />Help select MIR graduate student fellows to work with MIR scientists and support in conducting journal clubs and internal discussions at MIR on relevant topics in ethics<br />Work with the MIR ethics steering committee to develop campus and public programs in the Town Center including discussions, seminars and an annual conference on topics relevant to the University of Wisconsin—Madison campus, the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in general and MIR in particular<br /><br />Nominees must fulfill the following eligibility criteria:<br />· PhD in a humanities discipline or social science and/or a terminal degree in one’s field, e.g. medicine, law, business etc.<br /><br />· Be willing to maintain an office on-site at MIR on a regular basis throughout the fellowship year<br />· Be able to make at least a 50% commitment to this position for the entire academic year<br /><br /> Application materials:<br />Statement of Purpose speaking to the applicant’s vision for the launch and development of the ethics program, and how research interests and teaching competence will enhance this program. (No longer than three pages)<br />CV<br />Three letters of support<br /><br />Compensation<br />Salary compensation for the scholar in residence will range from $30-65K for a 50% position with commensurate fringe benefits. Full-time compensation may be considered for those applicants able to make a full-time commitment.<br /></http:></http:></http:></http:><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7006244212683585647?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-8325985002891504802010-10-18T16:48:00.000-07:002010-10-18T16:49:36.690-07:00Talk by Jonathan Zilberg, Oct. 21st 12:30-2:00Jonathan Zilberg will be presenting a talk Thursday in the Spiro Library (Anthropology Department) on "The Indonesian Playboy Controversy: Pornography, Legislative Reform and the Rise of Sharia District Regulations." The talk is co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and Communication. All are welcome to attend.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-832598500289150480?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-76804519592422051832010-10-18T16:45:00.000-07:002010-10-18T16:48:42.372-07:00Comm Dept Colloquium Oct. 20th 12:30-2 MCC201UCSD Department of Communication<br />Colloquium Series<br /><br />Peter Dimock<br />Writer and editor<br /><br />"The Crisis of University Press Publishing and the Cash Value of Emancipative Literacy:<br />Proposal for an Alternative Business Model for Not-for-Profit Book Publishing"<br /><br />When: Wednesday, Oct.20, 2010<br />Time: 12:30-2:00pm<br />Where: Communication Building<br />The Herbert I. Schiller Room 201<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-7680451959242205183?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-23019462340918076802010-10-14T16:12:00.000-07:002010-10-14T16:16:43.362-07:00Attend STS/HPS events via online live stream with Situating ScienceGreetings from Situating Science,<br /><br />Please disseminate the following live stream and event information for STS/HPS events. You can reach me, Emily, at 422-1271x200 or situsci@dal.ca, www.situsci.ca <http: ca=""> , and our Facebook Group “Situating Science” for more information.<br /><br />Future Live Streams and Live Question Submissions for STS/HPS events:<br /><br />1. This weekend: Oct 15th-16th The Individual in Science and Philosophy Atlantic Region Philosophers Association (ARPA) conference at University of King’s College with Keynote lecture by Robert Wilson (University of Alberta) “Mind Spread: The extended mind thesis in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and philosophy of biology" Oct. 15 5:30pm ADT (4:30pm Montreal, 2:30pm Edmonton, etc.) Alumni Hall, University of King’s College. Press Release and more <a href="http://www.situsci.ca/event/individual-science-and-philosophy-annual-arpa-meeting-keynote-robert-wilson-oct-15-16">here. </a><http: ca="" event="" 16=""><br /><br />2. Tuesday Oct. 26th 7pm ADT (6pm Montreal, 4pm Edmonton, etc.)<br /><br />Philip Sloan (University of Notre Dame), Science, Philosophy, and Race: The Shaping of the Race Concept in the Late Enlightenment. Part of the Race Lecture Series at Alumni Hall, University of King’s College. More <a href="http://www.situsci.ca/event/conceptions-race-philosophy-literature-and-art-lecture-series-philip-sloan-and-jh-fujimura-lec">here</a><http: ca="" event="" lec="">.<br /><br />3. Nov. 9th 7pm ADT (6pm Montreal,4pm Edmonton, etc) The launch of Science and its Publics lecture series! See below and poster link.<br /><br />For Immediate Release<br /><br />Science and its Publics: Lost in Translation<br /><br />A moderated panel discussion exploring media translation of science knowledge to the public<br /><br />Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 7:00 pm<br />Alumni Hall,<br />University of King’s College<br />6350 Coburg Road, Halifax<br /><br /><br />Renowned science broadcaster Jay Ingram headlines the Atlantic launch of The Science Media Centre of Canada (SMCC). Ingram, who is a member of the Order of Canada for his lifetime service and contribution to the communication of science, will be joined by a panel of experts in a discussion about the translation of science in the public sphere. The event aims to stimulate the conversation about how, what, when and where we receive and understand knowledge of science.<br /><br />This presentation is also the launch of a multi-part national series on Science and its Publics created by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, (<a href="www.situsci.ca">www.situsci.ca</a><http: ca="">) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, (<a href="www.ccepa.ca">www.ccepa.ca</a><http: ca="">).<br /><br /><br />The panel:<br />· Jay Ingram, host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, author and science broadcaster<br />· Dr. David Secko, Department of Journalism, Concordia University<br />· Dr. Mary-Ann White, University Research Professor, Chemistry and Physics, Dalhousie University<br />· Pauline Dakin, award-winning CBC National Health and Medical Reporter <br /><br />The Science Media Centre of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit organization that exists to raise the level of public discourse on science in Canada by helping journalists access the experts and evidence-based research they need to cover science in the news. (<a href="www.sciencemediacentre.ca">www.sciencemediacentre.ca</a><http: ca="">).<br /><br />Free admission with a reception to follow.<br /><br />This event is supported by the generosity of Genome Atlantic; Halifax Global Inc.; novaknowledge; Quantum Communications; Dalhousie University; and the School of Journalism, University of King's College.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.situsci.ca/sites/www.situsci.ca/files/Poster%20Final.pdf">Poster </a><http: sites="" ca="" files="" pdf=""><br /></http:></http:></http:></http:></http:></http:></http:><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2301946234091807680?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-2101027166532620842010-10-05T09:37:00.000-07:002010-10-05T09:38:51.272-07:00Dibner History of Science Program FellowshipsDibner History of Science Program at The Huntington<br />2011-2012 Fellowships<br /><br />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. <br /><br />Short-Term Awards<br />Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.<br />Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.<br />Amount of award: $2,500 per month.<br /><br />Long-Term Awards<br />Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2010.<br />Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.<br />Amount of award: $50,000.<br />Applicants can be conducting research or already be at the writing stage and need reference materials only.<br /><br />The deadline for 2011-2012 fellowship applications is December 15, 2010. For information on how to apply, please go to the “Research” section of The Huntington’s <a href="www.huntington.org">website</a>.<http: org=""></http:><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-210102716653262084?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-38762966281389504412010-10-05T08:54:00.000-07:002010-10-05T08:56:52.301-07:00Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Clark LibraryDear friend of the Center and the Clark<br /><br />Please distribute this important announcement regarding our upcoming fellowship opportunities:<br /><br />sponsored by<br /><a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu">UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies</a><http: edu=""><br />and the<br /><a href="www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/">William Andrews Clark Memorial Library</a><http: edu="" humnet="" clarklib=""><br /><br />Combined fellowship information can be found <a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm">here</a>.<br /> <http: edu="" htm=""><br />Post-doctoral application forms can be accessed directly via this <a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm">link</a>.<http: edu="" htm=""><br /><br />Clark Short-Term Fellowships<br />Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence.<br />Stipend: $2,500 per month in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />ASECS/Clark Fellowships<br />Fellowships jointly sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Clark Library are available to postdoctoral scholars and to ABD graduate students with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members in good standing of ASECS. Awards are for one month of residency.<br />Stipend: $2,500 for one month in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />Kanner Fellowship in British Studies<br />This three-month fellowship, established through the generosity of Penny Kanner, supports research at the Clark Library in any area pertaining to British history and culture. The fellowship is open to both postdoctoral and predoctoral scholars.<br />Stipend: $7,500 for three months in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship<br />Sponsored jointly by the Clark and the Huntington Libraries, this two-month fellowship provides support for bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or have appropriate research experience.<br />Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br /><br />Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships<br /><br />This theme-based resident fellowship program, established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles and the J. Paul Getty Trust, is designed to encourage the participation of junior scholars in the Center's yearlong core programs.<br /><br />The core program for year 2011–2012:<br /><br />Rivalry and Rhetoric in the Early Modern Mediterranean<br />directed by Clark Professor Barbara Fuchs (UCLA)<br /><br />The program, which is based at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, invites applications from humanities scholars whose research interests relate to the representation of empire and imperial rivalry in the early modern Mediterranean. The field of Mediterranean studies has grown tremendously in recent years, with rich investigations both within the national disciplines and in a comparative framework, placing empires side by side. This series will focus on the imbrication and entanglement of the various actors in the early modern Mediterranean (the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires, Portugal, Morocco, France, England, Venice, and so forth). How is imperial competition managed in different genres? How do literary and cultural productions render the alterity and the attraction of the cultures encountered? Rivalry and Rhetoric will feature three symposia that take us from the broadest problems of representation to a case study—early modern England—for which the "Mediterranean turn" has radically changed the field.<br /><br />“Envisioning Empire in the Old World,” the first and broadest meeting, will consider problems of visual, material, and textual representation of contact zones and encounters among the Mediterranean empires. Topics include: Spain in Italy, Spain on the Ottomans, versions of Lepanto, North African Borderlands, travel writing, captive’s tales, merchants and ambassadors, citational and textual traditions, lingua franca and the problems of communication, and contested spaces on the page and the stage.<br /><br />“Black Legends and Domestic Dissent” explores the intersections between the discourses that discredit Spain or the Ottomans as imperial actors and the contestation of orthodoxy in the domestic sphere. How is anti-Spanish sentiment used across Europe, and how does it enable local or national forms of resistance? How do conceptions of the Ottomans intersect with or influence conceptions of Spain? What is the role of race in the black legends? Conference sessions will focus on different iterations of black legends across Europe and the Americas, as well as on their interpenetration.<br /><br />“Imagining the Mediterranean in Early Modern England” explores how England engages the Mediterranean as conceptual space, and how this engagement intersects with those of other European nations. What role does the representation of Mediterranean empire serve in thinking through England's own expansion? How is the threat of the Mediterranean negotiated in various genres? How has the canon of early modern English writing changed in response to the Mediterranean turn of recent years? Topics include: the geography of revenge tragedy, Iberian tragedies, Shakespeare's Mediterranean, Machiavellianism on stage, Spanish plots and plotting Spaniards, translation and appropriation.<br /><br />Scholars will need to have received their doctorates in the last six years, (no earlier than July 1, 2005 and no later than September 30, 2011). Scholars whose research pertains to the announced theme are eligible to apply. Fellows are expected to make a substantive contribution to the Center’s workshops and seminars. Awards are for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark.<br /><br />Stipend: $37,740 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011</http:></http:></http:></http:><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3876296628138950441?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-18181162854669651412010-10-01T09:15:00.000-07:002010-10-01T09:23:49.494-07:00Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Clark LibraryPlease distribute this important announcement regarding our upcoming fellowship opportunities:<br /><br />sponsored by<br /><a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu">UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies</a><br /><http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu>and the<br /><a href="www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/">William Andrews Clark Memorial Library</a><br /> <http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib><br />Combined fellowship information can be found <a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm">here</a>.<br /> <http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm><br />Post-doctoral application forms can be accessed directly via <a href="www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm">this link</a>.<br /> <http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm><br /><br />Clark Short-Term Fellowships<br />Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence.<br />Stipend: $2,500 per month in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />ASECS/Clark Fellowships<br />Fellowships jointly sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Clark Library are available to postdoctoral scholars and to ABD graduate students with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members in good standing of ASECS. Awards are for one month of residency.<br />Stipend: $2,500 for one month in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />Kanner Fellowship in British Studies<br />This three-month fellowship, established through the generosity of Penny Kanner, supports research at the Clark Library in any area pertaining to British history and culture. The fellowship is open to both postdoctoral and predoctoral scholars.<br />Stipend: $7,500 for three months in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br />Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship<br />Sponsored jointly by the Clark and the Huntington Libraries, this two-month fellowship provides support for bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or have appropriate research experience.<br />Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011<br /><br /></http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm></http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm></http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib></http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu><div><http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu><http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib><http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm><http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm><br />Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships<br /><br />This theme-based resident fellowship program, established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles and the J. Paul Getty Trust, is designed to encourage the participation of junior scholars in the Center's yearlong core programs.<br /><br />The core program for year 2011–2012:<br /><br />Rivalry and Rhetoric in the Early Modern Mediterranean<br />directed by Clark Professor Barbara Fuchs (UCLA)<br /><br />The program, which is based at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, invites applications from humanities scholars whose research interests relate to the representation of empire and imperial rivalry in the early modern Mediterranean. The field of Mediterranean studies has grown tremendously in recent years, with rich investigations both within the national disciplines and in a comparative framework, placing empires side by side. This series will focus on the imbrication and entanglement of the various actors in the early modern Mediterranean (the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires, Portugal, Morocco, France, England, Venice, and so forth). How is imperial competition managed in different genres? How do literary and cultural productions render the alterity and the attraction of the cultures encountered? Rivalry and Rhetoric will feature three symposia that take us from the broadest problems of representation to a case study—early modern England—for which the "Mediterranean turn" has radically changed the field.<br /><br />“Envisioning Empire in the Old World,” the first and broadest meeting, will consider problems of visual, material, and textual representation of contact zones and encounters among the Mediterranean empires. Topics include: Spain in Italy, Spain on the Ottomans, versions of Lepanto, North African Borderlands, travel writing, captive’s tales, merchants and ambassadors, citational and textual traditions, lingua franca and the problems of communication, and contested spaces on the page and the stage.<br /><br />“Black Legends and Domestic Dissent” explores the intersections between the discourses that discredit Spain or the Ottomans as imperial actors and the contestation of orthodoxy in the domestic sphere. How is anti-Spanish sentiment used across Europe, and how does it enable local or national forms of resistance? How do conceptions of the Ottomans intersect with or influence conceptions of Spain? What is the role of race in the black legends? Conference sessions will focus on different iterations of black legends across Europe and the Americas, as well as on their interpenetration.<br /><br />“Imagining the Mediterranean in Early Modern England” explores how England engages the Mediterranean as conceptual space, and how this engagement intersects with those of other European nations. What role does the representation of Mediterranean empire serve in thinking through England's own expansion? How is the threat of the Mediterranean negotiated in various genres? How has the canon of early modern English writing changed in response to the Mediterranean turn of recent years? Topics include: the geography of revenge tragedy, Iberian tragedies, Shakespeare's Mediterranean, Machiavellianism on stage, Spanish plots and plotting Spaniards, translation and appropriation.<br /><br />Scholars will need to have received their doctorates in the last six years, (no earlier than July 1, 2005 and no later than September 30, 2011). Scholars whose research pertains to the announced theme are eligible to apply. Fellows are expected to make a substantive contribution to the Center’s workshops and seminars. Awards are for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark.<br /><br /><br />Stipend: $37,740 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.<br />Application deadline: 1 February 2011</http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/postdoc-app.htm></http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm></http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib></http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-1818116285466965141?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-24641453745334822402010-09-30T08:59:00.000-07:002010-09-30T09:11:29.397-07:00Two Faculty Positions, Vanderbilt University's Institute for Energy and the EnvironmentVanderbilt University (VU) seeks to fill two positions this year in the social, natural, or engineering sciences to build disciplinary strengths in energy and the environment and to nurture interdisciplinary research and scholarship through VU’s Institute for Energy and the Environment (VIEE). VIEE focuses on fundamental research and scholarship that addresses the critical problem of meeting energy demands while controlling, reversing, and mitigating environmental consequences. As such, we seek individuals who have a strong interest in linkages between the social sciences and the natural and engineering sciences and who have a broad systems perspective. We anticipate that one position will be at a tenure-track Assistant Professor level and one will be at the tenured Associate or Full Professor level, both to begin in Fall 2011. Successful candidates will be appointed in an academic Department (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Human and Organizational Development, or Sociology) appropriate to their specialization, and also be appointed as a Fellow in VIEE. Applications, including a letter of interest, c.v., statements of research and teaching interests, and names of at least three people to serve as references, should be submitted as a pdf file via email (<a href="mailto:viee.faculty.search@vanderbilt.edu">viee.faculty.search@vanderbilt.edu</a>) to Search Committee Chair, Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vanderbilt University. The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and the search will continue until the positions are filled. Vanderbilt University was recently ranked 12th on The Scientist’s 2010 Best Places to Work in Academia (US locations), and in 2009 became the first ever educational institution to be ranked in Fortune Magazine’s top 100 places to work. Vanderbilt is located in the beautiful and historic city of Nashville, Tennessee which offers a full range of cultural amenities, two major professional sports franchises, an abundance of parks and outdoor recreation, a temperate climate, and a low cost of living. Vanderbilt is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer and scholars of color are especially encouraged to apply. Information about the Institute and Vanderbilt University may be found at <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/viee/">http://www.vanderbilt.edu/viee/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2464145374533482240?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-36709141042877782242010-09-27T09:31:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:32:09.705-07:00Three tenure-line positions at CCT-GeorgetownTechnology Studies, tenure-track<br /><br />The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at<br />Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new<br />computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,<br />scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism, and the<br />arts. The program is developing a new lab, which will be a hub of<br />technology knowledge, discovery and research, connecting CCT and<br />Georgetown to the larger world of practice and innovation in all<br />sectors where technology is central. In particular, the lab will<br />provide a means for CCT to create partnerships with leading private<br />sector information organizations developing innovations in digital<br />media, knowledge management, and Internet applications; to remain at<br />the forefront of research by creating relationships with initiatives<br />in the Digital Humanities and the Information Schools; and push<br />forward the boundaries of knowledge through external support by<br />agencies and foundations such as NSF and Mellon.<br />The program seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a<br />strong interdisciplinary expertise in approaches to the study of<br />technology, including history, theory, and current methodologies. The<br />appointee will direct the new CCT lab, which will include growing the<br />lab, forming external relations, and pushing toward more cutting-edge,<br />experimental new media technology. Applicants must be proficient in<br />teaching the technical aspects of how technologies work and how such<br />technologies are employed in communication-related fields. The<br />appointee will be expected to help develop and execute a new<br />Fundamentals of Technology course, a core course in the CCT<br />curriculum, with a focus on the practicum component, and to have<br />scholarly publications and teaching experience at the graduate level<br />(or comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis<br />projects.<br />Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity<br />employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minority<br />candidates as part of its commitment to professional excellence and<br />diversity. Please send application letter/statement of interest,<br />c.v., and the names of three referees to cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1<br />November 2010, citing TSttjob.<br /><br />Cultural History<br /><br />Assistant Professor, tenure-track position for a cultural historian to<br />teach in the Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at<br />Georgetown University. The program focuses on the relationship<br />between new computational technologies of communication and areas such<br />as science, scholarship, culture, government, media, business,<br />journalism and the arts. Research specialization may include, but is<br />not limited to, studies of technologies of communication, material<br />culture, race, class, sex/gender, and national identity. Candidates<br />who demonstrate classroom experience using new media/digital teaching<br />approaches, such as student-developed websites, blogs, digital<br />stories, documentary film, and digital portfolios, are especially<br />encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have scholarly<br />publications and teaching experience at the graduate level (or<br />comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis<br />projects. Faculty are expected to contribute broadly to the<br />interdisciplinary research and teaching of the program.<br /><br />Outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment at a higher<br />rank. Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal<br />Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from women<br />and minority candidates as part of its commitment to professional<br />excellence and diversity. Please send application letter/statement of<br />interest, c.v., and the names of three referees to<br />cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1 November 2010, citing CHjob.<br /><br />Language, Technology and Politics<br /><br />The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at<br />Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new<br />computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,<br />scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism and the<br />arts. The program seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor<br />working on the relationship between language and technologies of<br />communication and associated political issues. Candidates whose<br />research emphasizes technology, internet linguistics, language and<br />politics, intercultural communication, or language and sex/gender,<br />race, class or national identity will be given priority. They should<br />be current in the history, theory, and methodologies of their field.<br />Applicants who demonstrate classroom experience using new<br />media/digital teaching approaches, such as student-developed websites,<br />blogs, digital stories, documentary film, and digital portfolios, are<br />especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have<br />scholarly publications and teaching experience at the graduate level<br />(or comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis<br />projects. Faculty are expected to contribute broadly to the<br />interdisciplinary research and teaching of the program.<br /><br />Outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment at a higher<br />rank. Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal<br />Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from women<br />and minority candidates as part of its commitment to professional<br />excellence and diversity. Please send application letter/statement of<br />interest, c.v., and the names of three referees to<br />cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1 November 2010, citing LTPjob.<br /><br />Technology Studies, practice<br /><br />The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at<br />Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new<br />computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,<br />scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism, and the<br />arts. The program is developing a new lab, which will be a hub of<br />technology knowledge, discovery and research, connecting CCT and<br />Georgetown to the larger world of practice and innovation in all<br />sectors where technology is central. In particular, the lab will<br />provide a means for CCT to create partnerships with leading private<br />sector information organizations developing innovations in digital<br />media, knowledge management, and Internet applications; to remain at<br />the forefront of research by creating relationships with initiatives<br />in the Digital Humanities and the Information Schools; and push<br />forward the boundaries of knowledge through external support by<br />agencies and foundations such as NSF and Mellon.<br />The program seeks to appoint a Professor of the Practice who will<br />direct the new CCT lab, which will include growing the lab, forming<br />external relations, and pushing toward more cutting-edge, experimental<br />new media technology. Applicants must be proficient in the technical<br />aspects of how technologies work and how such technologies are<br />employed in communication-related fields. The appointee will be<br />expected to help develop and execute the practicum component of a new<br />Fundamentals of Technology course, a core course in the CCT<br />curriculum.<br />Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity<br />employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minority<br />candidates as part of its commitment to professional excellence and<br />diversity. Please send application letter/statement of interest,<br />c.v., and the names of three referees to cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1<br />November 2010, citing TSppjob.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3670914104287778224?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-769507184010249802010-09-27T09:27:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:30:57.862-07:00Six Ph.D. positionsThe Mercator Research Group at the Ruhr-University Bochum "Spaces of Anthropological Knowledge" invites applications for up to six <b>PHD Stipends: Anthropological Knowledge</b><br />The Mercator Research Group "Spaces of Anthropological Knowledge - Production and Transfer" investigates the production and circulation of knowledge from mid 19th century to today. It focuses on the effects of the introduction of media, technologies and forms of epistemic writing into the science of the human. The interdisciplinary team comprises scholars from History of Science, Literature Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Psychology.<br /><br />The four areas of study are:<br /><br />A. History of life sciences and anthropology since the late 19th century <u><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/history/">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/history/</a></u> ; case studies on research practices, conceptual transfers or philosophical and cultural representations of the human<br /><br />B. Literature and anthropological knowledge around 1900<u><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/literature/index.html.de">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/literature/index.html.de</a></u> and research on the history of case studies, production and circulation of textbook knowledge, epistemic writing<br /><br />C. Media studies with expertise in media history or media-cultural analysis<u><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/media/indexhtml.de">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/media/indexhtml.de</a></u> and interests in the history of psychology<br /><br />D. Ethnographic studies in cultural psychology/science & technology studies <u><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/psychology/index.html.de">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/psychology/index.html.de</a></u> , focus on knowledge of the effects of violent media on children and its circulation among diverse areas in society<br /><br />For full details see www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/positions <u><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/positions/index.html.de">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/positions/index.html.de</a></u>. Please address inquiries to Prof. Christina Brandt (A), Prof. Yvonne Wübben (B), Prof. Anna Tuschling (C), Prof. Estrid Sørensen (D). To apply, send CV, project outline and contact information of two referees to <u>mrg2@rub.de</u>until October 14, 2010. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is committed to equal opportunity. We strongly encourage applications from women and persons with disabilities.<br />E-Mail: <u>mrg2@rub.de<br /><a href="http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge">http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge</a><br /></u><br />Stiftung Mercator<br />Stiftung Mercator is one of Germany's largest foundations. It initiates and funds projects that promote better educational opportunities in schools and universities. In the spirit of Gerhard Mercator, it supports initiatives that embody the idea of open-mindedness and tolerance through intercultural encounters, sharing of knowledge and culture. The foundation provides a platform for new ideas to enable people - regardless of their national, cultural or social background-to develop their personality, become involved in society and make the most of the opportunities available to them.<br /><br />Ruhr-Universität Bochum RUB<br />The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of Germany's leading research universities. The University draws its strengths from both the diversity and the proximity of scientific and engineering disciplines on a single, coherent campus. This highly dynamic setting enables students and researchers to work across traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. Host to 32,600 students and 4,700 staff, the Ruhr-Universität is a vital institution in the Ruhr area, which has been selected as European Capital of Culture for the year 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-76950718401024980?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-66321194955565162152010-09-27T09:03:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:10:30.658-07:00Science, Technology, and Society PositionLafayette College is seeking an exceptional teacher/scholar with expertise in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) for a tenure-track position in the interdisciplinary Engineering Studies Program. The Program awards a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Studies. The candidate's teaching and scholarly interests and experience in Science, Technology, and Society will broaden current faculty expertise in engineering policy and engineering economics and management. Relevant research areas that will complement the program's existing strengths in environmental issues and engineering management include, but are not limited to: energy, gender, health, and telecommunications. The successful candidate will teach the Program's Capstone Seminar in Engineering and Society; develop and teach interdisciplinary courses that attract students from across campus as well as in the major; work closely with students through independent study and undergraduate research; and advise Engineering Studies majors. Candidates must have at least one degree in engineering and be committed to pedagogical excellence and scholarship in an exclusively undergraduate, liberal arts environment; prior teaching experience is desirable. Lafayette College is committed to creating a diverse community: one that is inclusive and responsive, and is supportive of each and all of its faculty, students, and staff. All members of the College community share a responsibility for creating, maintaining, and developing a learning environment in which difference is valued, equity is sought, and inclusiveness is practiced. Lafayette College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. To apply, send a CV, letter of application that includes a description of teaching and scholarly interests, and list of three potential references to <a href="mailto:STSsearch@lafayette.edu">STSsearch@lafayette.edu</a>. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2010.<div><br /></div><div>For more information please see the Engineering Studies website at <a href="http://es.lafayette.edu/">http://es.lafayette.edu/</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-6632119495556516215?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-15477400813246964362010-09-27T08:29:00.000-07:002010-09-27T08:35:53.582-07:00Asst Prof Position, STS, Cornell Univ<b>DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES</b><div><b>CORNELL UNIVERSITY</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>The Department of Science & Technology Studies (S&TS) at Cornell University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the history of modern biology (including the biological sciences, biomedicine, and biotechnology). The position is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2011, and the successful applicant should have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree by that date.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Cornell Department of Science & Technology Studies administers two undergraduate majors (Science & Technology Studies and Biology & Society), and it also has its own Ph.D. program. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of 20th and 21st century science, and will be expected to take a leading role in the Biology & Society major. This individual will also be expected to contribute to and/or complement the S&TS department's established expertise in the social studies of modern biological science.</div><div><br /></div><div>To apply for this position, please submit electronically a letter of application, CV, and copies of sample publications and/or dissertation chapters to Debbie Van Galder (<a href="mailto:dmv1@cornell.edu">dmv1@cornell.edu</a>), and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Professor Michael Lynch, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Science & Technology Studies, 302 Rockefeller Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. The deadline for applications is November 8, 2010.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Cornell is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-1547740081324696436?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-25375519629008454522010-09-20T09:14:00.000-07:002010-09-20T09:17:51.457-07:00IGERT Research Mixer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">IGERT Research Mixer</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">An NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Research and Training Program for UCSD PhD Students in</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Global Change, Marine Ecosystems and Society</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IR/PS Robinson Complex, Bldg 3, Room 3201</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Friday, October 29, 2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">3:00-5:00 PM</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Faculty, students and researchers are invited to learn more about the new climate focused interdisciplinary training program.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fellowships available.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Contact: <a href="mailto:bzgliczy@ucsd.edu">bzgliczy@ucsd.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:taray@ucsd.edu">taray@ucsd.edu</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-2537551962900845452?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-39307491085539996222010-09-16T09:11:00.000-07:002010-09-16T09:15:36.402-07:00Science and Its Histories<b>Science and Its Histories<br /></b><br />Everyone talks about “big picture” histories of science, but—to paraphrase Mark Twain—hardly anyone does anything about it. This conference explores new ways of broadening the scope of the historical investigation of the sciences. What is the “science” in the history of science? What kinds of problems arise when we associate science with modernity? How can science be viewed over broad spans of place and time?<br /><br /><b>Friday, September 24, 2010</b><br /><br />8:30 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Registration & Coffee<br /><br />9:30 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Welcome <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robert C. Ritchie (The Huntington)<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Remarks <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>Robert E. Kohler (University of Pennsylvania) and<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kathryn M. Olesko (Georgetown University)<br /><br /><b>Session 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Nature of What We Call Science<br /><br />Moderator:</b> Bruce T. Moran (University of Nevada, Reno)<br /><br />Jan Golinski (University of New Hampshire)<br />“Is it Time to Forget Science?”<br /><br />Peter Dear (Cornell University)<br />“Science is Dead, Long Live Science”<br /><br /><b>12:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lunch<br /></b><br /><b>1:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Session 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Science History across Time and Space, I<br /><br /> Moderator: </b>Margaret Garber (California State University, Fullerton)<br /><b><br /></b>Harold J. Cook (Brown University)<br />“Moving About and Finding Things Out”<br /><br />Thomas H. Broman (University of Wisconsin, Madison)<br />“Transparency, Expertise, and the Public in Enlightenment Societies”<br /><br /><br /> <b>Session 3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Science History across Time and Space, II<br /></b><br /> <b>Moderator: </b>Matthew Hersch (University of Pennsylvania)<br /><b><br /></b>Fa-ti Fan (State University of New York, Binghamton)<br />“Outside the Boxes: Historiography of Science and Area Studies”<br /><b></b><b><br />Saturday, September 25, 2010<br /><br />9:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Registration & Coffee<br /><br />9:30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Session 4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Science and Modernity—The Modernity of Science<br /><br /> Moderator: </b>Tara Nummedal (Brown University)<br /><b><br /></b>Lynn K. Nyhart (University of Wisconsin, Madison)<br />“Scaling Up: Generalizing the ‘Modern’ Natural History Sciences, 1890-1950”<br /><br />Paul Forman (National Museum of American History)<br />“Modernity Entailed Disciplinarity, Post-modernity Entails<br />Anti-disciplinarity”<br /><b><br />12:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lunch<br /><br />1:00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Session 5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Broadening the Horizon<br /><br /> Moderator: </b>Ted McCormick (Concordia University)<br /><b><br /></b>Theodore Porter (University of California, Los Angeles)<br />“Thin Description and the Power of Science”<br /><br />James Endersby (University of Sussex)<br />“Talking to Ourselves?”<br /><b><br /></b> <b>Session 6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Closing Remarks<br /><br /></b>Kathryn M. Olesko and Robert E. Kohler<br />“Science and Its Histories”<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-3930749108553999622?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-8699910517992474432010-09-14T11:21:00.000-07:002010-09-14T11:26:20.316-07:00Bridging Boundaries in Science & Technology Policy and Studies<b>Call for Papers & Posters<br /></b>11th Annual Graduate Student Conference<br />April 15-16, 2011 Washington, DC <div> <br /><b>The Organizing Committee of the STGlobal Consortium is now welcoming submission of abstracts for papers and/or posters to be presented at the 11th Annual STGlobal Conference for graduate student researchers. </b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u>Consortium Profile:</u> </b>The<b> </b>STGlobal Consortium is an international, interdisciplinary organization of leading graduate programs in science and technology policy (STP) and science and technology studies (STS). The STGlobal conference, presented in collaboration with our Mission Partners, develops emerging S&T scholars and fosters mutual understanding in the S&T community.</div><div><br /><b><u>Topics:</u> </b>Abstracts are welcome on issues relevant to science and technology policy (STP); science and technology studies (STS); and related fields including but not limited to health, energy and environment, space, information and communications, innovation, education, and ethical, legal and social implications of science and technology.</div><div><br /><b><u>Eligible Presenters</u>: </b>Open <b>only</b> to students enrolled in a Masters, Masters-equivalent, or Ph.D. program at the time of submitting an abstract, for work performed while enrolled in that program. Recent graduates who were enrolled students at the time of submitting an abstract are eligible to present at the conference.</div><div><br /><b><u>What to Expect:</u> </b>Student presenters will receive constructive feedback on their research, learn about related research in other disciplines, and build national and international connections with one another, prominent scholars, and professionals<b>. </b><i>Presentations are typically 15 minutes long, depending on the number of presenters in each session.</i><b> </b>Sessions will be assembled around similar themes and conducted in English. Students are encouraged to prepare a poster to present at a reception or to complement their formal presentation. Prominent figures from both STP and STS will deliver keynote addresses. Ample time is allotted for networking and community building and a portion of the conference will be dedicated to career development.</div><div><br /><b><u>Abstract Requirements:</u> </b> Abstracts of up to 250 words will be accepted. Abstracts should summarize the research you want to present as a paper and/or poster at the conference. Abstracts will be selected based on significance of research question and effectiveness in communicating your completed or in-progress research.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Deadlines</b>:<br />Preferred Submission Date for Abstracts: November 15, 2010<br />Final Submission Date for Abstracts: January 31, 2011</div><div><br /><b><u>Submission Guidelines:</u></b> Submit abstracts via e-mail to <i><u><a href="mailto:abstracts@stglobal.org">abstracts@stglobal.org</a></u></i>. Above your abstract narrative (not included in 250 word count), please provide: 1) title of your paper and/or poster; 2) your full contact information; 3) your expected date of graduation; 4) school affiliation; and 5) name and website of your academic program. </div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Acceptance:</i></b> Abstracts will be accepted on a rolling basis to accommodate students who need to acquire a Visa.<br /><br /><b><u>Travel:</u></b> International students from countries that are not a part of the U.S. Department of State Visa Waiver Program are encouraged to submit their abstracts as early as possible. Links to important Visa information are available on the STGlobal website at:<br />http://www.stglobal.org/travel.html. </div><div><br /><b><i>Travel Grants:</i></b> Limited funds are available for student travel grants, to be awarded based on need and to early applicants. To apply for these funds, please attach estimated travel costs and brief statement of need with your abstract submission.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-869991051799247443?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-42240275131359685722010-09-02T12:44:00.000-07:002010-09-02T12:54:02.942-07:00Position Announcement: Feminist Science/Environmental Studies at SDSUThe Department of Women's Studies at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek to strengthen our offerings in the following area:<div><br />Feminist Science/Environmental Studies: Expertise in feminist scientific research concerning women, including critique of dominant scientific models, the history of women in science, and alternative approaches to the understanding of female bodies, sexualities, reproduction, the environment and sustainability.<br /><br />The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in a related field, with minimum of a graduate minor or concentration in Women's Studies required and a minimum of an M.A. in biological or environmental science, and:<br /><br />€ Ability to support and develop Women¹s Studies Curriculum in science, technology, and ecofeminism, including concerns related to race, class, sexuality, and species<br />€ A demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching of a very student population, including theoretical, applied and activist perspectives<br />€ A commitment to strengthen an already successful M.A. program in Women's Studies<br />€ A commitment to collaborate in College and University programs related to the environment and sustainability<br />€ A strong record or promise of scholarly accomplishments appropriate to level of appointment<br />€ Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues and community to develop productive networks for education and research<br /><br />Review of applications will begin on October 22, 2010 and continue until the position is filled. The appointment is scheduled to begin in August 2011.<br />Information about the position and the department is available at <a href="http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/wsweb/">http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/wsweb/</a><br /><br />Application letters, enclosing names of three references, sample syllabi, and curriculum should be sent to:<br />Search Committee</div><div>Women's Studies Department,<br />San Diego State University<br />5500 Campanile Drive<br />San Diego CA 92182-6030<br /><i><br />SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability or veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3090563603545265231-4224027513135968572?l=ucsdssp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UCSD Science Studieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190476744681045723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090563603545265231.post-88907629177453912902010-09-01T11:36:00.000-07:002010-09-01T11:40:42.673-07:00Philosophy of Science Tenure-Track Position at Concordia University, Montreal<b>Philosophy of Science<br /></b>The Department of Philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, invites applications for one tenure-track position with specialisation in philosophy of science. The Department is currently extending its graduate programs and research profile, which includes strengths in the history of philosophy of science and evolutionary epistemology. We are interested in candidates whose research links these two areas. A research concentration in the philosophy of biology may be an advantage.<br /><br />Applications must consist of a cover letter, a current CV, copies of recent publications, a statement of teaching philosophy/interests, a statement of research achievements and plans, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Candidates must also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to:<br /><br />Dr. David Morris, Chair, Department of Philosophy<br />Concordia University<br />1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West<br />Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8<br /><br />Subject to budgetary approval, we anticipate filling this position, normally at the rank of Assistant Professor, for July 1, 2011. Candidates should have a PhD. Normal teaching load for an active researcher is 2/2. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All applications should reach the Department no later than November 1, 2010. All inquiries should be directed to <a href="mailto:davimorr@alcor.co