Dibner Seminar

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

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

“The Lutheran Book of Nature”

Kathleen Crowther, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma

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

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

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

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

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

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

Science and Poetry event at UCLA

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

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

DEADLINE APPROACHING

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

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

DEADLINE APPROACHING

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

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

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

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



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



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



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



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



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



Postdoctoral Fellowships

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

Tenure of fellowship: 9 months

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



Dissertation Fellowships

Open to graduate students at the dissertation stage

Tenure of fellowship: 9 months

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



Short-Term Fellowships

Open to graduate students and postgraduate scholars

Tenure of fellowship: 2–4 months

Amount of award: $3,000 per month



We are also currently offering two additional special fellowships:

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



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

(1) A cover letter.

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

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

(4) Contact information for two references.

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



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

2011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants

2011-12 IICAS Graduate Student Travel Grants

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

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

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

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

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


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

CILAS Tinker Travel Grant 2011

CILAS TINKER TRAVEL GRANT COMPETITION 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Science and the Emotions Conference, Feb. 24-26, 2011

Science and the Emotions:
Transnational Emotional Cultures in the United States and Western Europe After 1945

February 24-26, 2011
The Village, Conference Room A
University of California, San Diego

Register here: http://iicas.ucsd.edu/conferences/science-and-emotions/science-and-emotions-registration.html

Schedule

Thursday, February 24, 2011

5:00PM
Welcome and Introduction
Armin Owzar (UCSD, History): Welcome
Frank Biess (UCSD, History): Introduction

5:30PM
Keynote Address
William Reddy (Duke)

Friday, February 25, 2011

9:00AM
I) The Historical Relationship of the Sciences and the Emotions
* Chair: Daniel Gross (UCI English)
* Uffa Jensen (Max Planck Institute, Berlin, History), “An Era of Emotional Control? Emotions in the Human and Social Sciences in the Early 20th Century“
* Otniel E. Dror (Hebrew University, History of Medicine), "Physiologies of the Extreme"
* Cathy Gere, (UCSD, History), “Neurology on Trial: the 1973 Kennedy Hearings on Human Experimentation”
* Comment: Robert Westman (UCSD, History)

11:00AM
Break

11:15AM
II) Disciplinary Perspectives: Pedagogy, Sociology, and Economics
* Chair: Ruth Leys (Johns Hopkins, The Humanities Center)
* Dirk Schumann (University of Göttingen, History), “From Emotionality To Objectivity and Back? Emotions in German Pedagogy after 1945”
* Helena Flam (University of Leipzig, Sociology), "Sociology - From Whimsical Classical Theorizing to the Sociology of Emotions"
* Ute Frevert (Max Planck Institute, Berlin), “The Economics of Emotions”
* Comment: Audience

1:00PM
Break

2:30PM
III) Neurosciences and the Humanities: Conflict, Cooperation, Convergence?

2:30PM
a) Neuroscientific Approaches to Emotions
* Chair: Tal Golan (UCSD, History)
* Stephanie Preston (University of Michigan, Neuroscience), “The Neurophysiology of Emotion: A Dynamic Systems View"
* Willam Mobley (UCSD, Neuroscience), “The Brain Basis of Empathy”
* Comment: Audience

3:45PM
Break

4:15PM
b) Perspectives from the Humanities
* Chair: Frank Biess (UCSD, History)
* Ruth Leys (Johns Hopkins University, The Humanities Center), "'Both of Us Disgusted in My Insula': The New Science of Emotional Empathy"
* Daniel M. Gross (UCI, English), “Defending the Humanities with Charles Darwin’s The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals”
* David Pederson (UCSD, Anthropology), “Brain-Mind-Culture-History: Toward a Relationally Dynamic Perspective in the Era of Neoliberal 'Globalization'
* Comment: Audience

Saturday, February 26, 2011

9:00AM
IV) Emotions, Science, and Race
* Chair: Helena Flam (Univ. of Leipzig, Sociology)
* Nayan Shah (UCSD, History), “Emotions and Non-violent Resistance Movements in the 20th Century"
* Jordanna Bailkin (University of Washington, History), “Decolonizing Emotion: The Science of Affect in the New World Order"
* Roddey Reid (UCSD, Literature), "Affect and Everyday Life: Gilles Deleuze and Brian Massumi"
* Comment: Pamela Radcliff (UCSD, History)

11:00AM
Break

11:15AM
V) Case Studies 1: Emotions in Holocaust Historiography
* Chair: Ute Frevert (Berlin, MPI, History)
* Alon Confino (University of Virginia), “The Third Reich of Emotions”
* Judith Hughes (UCSD, History), “Interpreting the Holocaust: The Revival of Psychological History”
* Armin Owzar (UCSD, History), “Emotions in Holocaust Historiography”
* Comment: Deborah Hertz (UCSD, History)

1:15PM
Break

2:15PM
VI) Case Studies 2: Fear and Anxiety in War and Postwar
* Chair: Otniel Dror (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
* Rebecca Plant (UCSD, History), “Combat Exhaustion Among American Soldiers in World War II”
* Bettina Hitzer (Max Planck Institute, Berlin), “Cancerous Emotions in Germany”
* Claudia Koonz, (Duke, History), “Ethnic Panic in Germany and Western Europe”
* Comment: Michael Schuering (UC-Berkeley, History)

4:15PM
Break

4:30PM
Final Discussion

Sponsored by:

Division of Arts & Humanities, UC San Diego

Fritz Thyssen Foundation

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Department of History, UC San Diego

Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS)

2011 IICAS Human Rights Fellowship - Application deadline March 7, 2011

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.



Information and application instructions may be found at the IICAS home page or at the following website: http://iicas.ucsd.edu/research-grants/student/human-rights-fellowship/index.html



Applications are due no later than 3pm Monday, March 7th, 2011.

UCLA Winter 2011 colloquium schedule

UCLA Winter 2011 History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Colloquium Schedule

All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm.

January 10 – NO COLLOQUIUM

January 17 – NO COLLOQUIUM—Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 24 –Tanja Paulitz, University of Graz

“The Origin of ‘Technological Man’? Gendered Tales of the Modern Engineer's Prehistory”

January 31 – William Rankin, Yale University

“From Representation to Infrastructure: International Mapping Projects and the Logic of Territory after World War II”

Feb. 7: No colloquium

Feb. 14: Tiago Saraiva will present the talk originally scheduled for the previous week:

" F. J. Turner for Fascists: The Production/circulation of Standardized

Sheep and Frontier Settlement in the Empires of Hitler, Mussolini and

Salazar"

February 21 – NO COLLOQUIUM—President’s Day Holiday

February 28 – Marta Macedo, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics

"Inventing the Cocoa Islands: Science and the Portuguese Colonial Landscape”

March 7 – Norton Wise, UCLA

"Pegasus and the Muses of Art, Science, and Industry."

(pre-circulated paper)

This schedule will also shortly be posted on our website: http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/fields-of-study/science-1/calendar-of-events

CFP: 2011 4S meeting in Cleveland

Society for Social Studies of Science [4s]

Re the 2011 4s meeting in Cleveland http://www.4sonline.org/meeting

[joint meeting with HSS and SHOT]

"The 4S conference welcomes papers, session proposals, and events that are

innovative in their delivery, organization, range of topics, type of public,

and which bring new resources to the STS community to explore these new

relations and themes. Apart from traditional research papers, the 4S conference

also welcomes proposals for sessions and papers using new media or other forms

of new presentation."

http://www.4sonline.org/meeting

The 2011 4S Program Chair is

Roli Varma, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico

http://www.unm.edu/~varma/

_Harbingers of Global Change:

India's Techno-Immigrants in the United States_ [Lexington Books, 2006]

http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739114581

Future 4s meetings:

2012 Copenhagen, joint meeting with EASST

[European Association for Studies of Science and Technology]

2013 San Diego, Oct 6-13 2013

2014 Buenos Aires