Monday, December 13, 2010

1 year Postdoc fellowship at Harvard University

Postdoctoral Position in Science, Technology and Society

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, 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.

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.

10th Annual IAS-STS conference, May 2-3, 2011

Note: Prof. Paulitz will also be visiting UC San Diego and giving a colloquium talk on Friday, February 4th at 12:30pm in HSS 3027.

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in
Graz, Austria, has residential fellowships and conferences.
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/46/1/1

The fellowship applications for 2011-12 are due 31 December
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/1962/1/48/

The conference is 2-3 May 2011; abstracts are due 24 January 2011. See
below for more information.

Prof. Tanja Paulitz, historian of technology and a member of the IAS-STS,
will be visiting UCLA 8 Jan-11 Feb and giving some talks.

Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS)
GRAZ - AUSTRIA

The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, which is hosted by the IFZ - Interuniversity
Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (www.ifz.tugraz.at),
promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions
between science, technology and society, technology assessment, as well as
research on the development and implementation of socially and
environmentally sound technologies. Therefore, IAS-STS hosts international
fellows and research associates through its fellowship programme.
Additionally, the institute organizes an annual conference on "Critical
Issues in Science and Technology Studies".

10th Annual IAS-STS Conference, May 2-3, 2011
"Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies"
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/articleview/111/1/74

CONFERENCE THEMES

** -- Special session
1: "Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Web 2.0" For this part of the
conference, contributions on the topic "Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion
in Web 2.0" are looked for. Web 2.0 is considered as user-centred and
democratic: Everybody is said to be able to participate and it seems that
nearly everybody does. However, this is not the case of course. The
Internet with all its interactive applications is not as colourful as it
could be, it does not represent the `real' world and it is definitely not
democratic per se. In this session we want to discuss - boundaries and
possibilities, - theoretical inputs and empirical research, - gender,
queer and intersectionality issues of the current Internet. Besides a
critique on the current Web 2.0, we will discuss utopias as well - how can
the Internet be further democratized? -- Workshop: "The Concept of
`Heteronormativity' and its Methodological Implications" Conference
participants interested in joining this workshop please contact Birgit
Hofstätter (hofstaetter@ifz.tugraz.at) by March 31, 2011

**Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and Agricultural
Biotechnology**

A main focus of the conference will lie on research projects providing a
critical analysis of human genetic research or of agricultural
biotechnology. Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social
aspects of genetic testing in the medical domain or risk policy and wider
governance issues related to agricultural biotechnology are especially
encouraged to contribute.

**Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)**

SCP seeks to promote social and economic development within the carrying
capacity of ecosystems. New strategies and concrete tools are needed to
change individual and institutional patterns of consumption and to enhance
corporate responsibility (CR) of organisations. Researchers investigating
patterns of consumption and intervention strategies to promote sustainable
lifestyles among both public and private consumers or working within the
thematic field of ecological product policy are encouraged to give a
presentation. Research projects integrating product assessment tools such
as LCA, carbon footprint, MIPS or related methods are also of special
interest.
-- Special Session 2: Trans-disciplinarity in sustainability studies
We invite presentations dealing with concepts, models and experiences of
trans-disciplinary research (TDR) in the context of ecological and social
sustainability. We are interested in reflecting the possibilities and
limits of this type of research. The trans-disciplinarity panel will be
organized along specific sessions, and we are looking forward to
experience based or conceptual papers with a focus on one of the following
issues:
1. Integrated knowledge production: An important aspect of TDR refers to topics
of the production of new and integrated knowledge. We shall discuss
questions about the ways in which different kinds of knowledge -
represented by the different actors participating - are both being treated
and integrated in the research process.
- How do TDR actors work together to develop mutual learning, new
understandings and to produce new and integrated knowledge?
- How does social learning relate to knowledge integration?
2. (policy) Intervention: Interventions resulting from trans-disciplinary
research activities may proof the specific relevance of this specific type
of research. We would like to reflect on the potential for interventions
based on empirical papers, which describe interventions that have been
taking place in the context of carrying out TDR, and under what
circumstances that happened.
- Which kinds of interventions take place in TDR?
- How can TDR be designed in order to allow for interventions?
3. Societal relevance of trans-disciplinary research: TDR is considered being a
useful tool for solving complex `real world' problems. The added value of
this mode of research is often ascribed to its societal relevance and a
high potential for societal impact. In this session we want to discuss the
societal relevance on the basis of concrete cases.
- How do specific cases illuminate the societal relevance of TDR-activities?
- Which methodological tools can be applied to assess the societal relevance of
TDR?
The sessions will be affiliated to the final conference of the project
"Sustainable behavior at work and in private life" organized in parallel
to the IAS-STS conference.
-- `Sustainable behavior at work and in private life' - final conference
The first part of the conference deals with the specific characteristics and
quality criteria of trans-disciplinary research projects. The experiences
gained in the project `Sustainable behavior at work and in private life'
are contrasted with contributions of other researchers in the field of
sustainability. The second part of the conference is limited to the German
speaking audience and will be organized as a half-day workshop. The main inputs
and conclusions will be summarized and fed back to the IAS-STS conference.

**Energy and Climate**

Presentations in this field should develop appropriate measures and strategies
for the promotion of renewable energy sources and for the transition to a
sustainable energy system. Regional governance, climate policy strategies,
innovation policy, technology assessment, and the role of users in the
area of energy technologies should play an important role.
--Special Session 3: "How do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of
environmental management" People manage their environments, all of us in
everyday life, and some more specifically as
professionals. Many of the decisions we take and activities we practice, in
everyday life as well as in professional roles, have consequences on our
environments. In order to explore more sustainable ways of living in this
world, however, we need to better understand these various forms of
environmental management. This session will discuss environmental management
as a practice, as a situated unfolding of social relationships, desires,
routines, and materials. Thereby, we aim to gain insight into some of the
processes by which sustainability and unsustainability are being produced.
Contributions to this session may address, but need not be limited, to the
following questions: How do people "manage" their environments in everyday
life? How do those who are explicitly considered environmental managers
understand their mission, opportunities and limitations? How do particular
forms of knowledge, organizations and implementation instruments structure
the engagement of the "manager" and her subject matter? And how does this
subject matter itself figure as an active participant in the process? The
session is organised by IFZ in cooperation with the Environment, Management
and Society research group (http://www.ems-research.org).

** Information and Communication Technologies**

The fifth focus of the conference will be put on novel developments based on
ICT from an STS perspective. Topics like ICT and agency, ubiquitous
computing or ICT and mobility shall be analysed with respect to their
wider social and political implications. Further issues of interest are
the social shaping of ICT developments, innovation policies, risk
management and participatory approaches to the design of ICT systems and
applications.

ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS

*Participants*
The 10th IAS-STS conference invites all current and former fellows of the
Institute for Advanced Studies as well as other interested researchers in
the area of science and technology studies. The conference provides a
forum to discuss on a broad variety of topics in the STS field and
especially papers are encouraged which include some aspects of the above
mentioned conference themes.

*Abstracts*
Abstracts should include no more than 250 words, comprising detailed contact
information, affiliation and specification of the conference theme you are
referring to. Submission of abstracts should please be send to Birgit
Hofstätter (conference@ifz.tugraz.at) by *Monday, January 24, 2011*.

We also appreciate proposals for poster presentations and specific sessions in
the line with the conference themes. Proposals for sessions shall include
a preliminary title of the session, names of possible speakers and a short
outline on the issues to be discussed (max. 250 words) and should be send
to the above mentioned email address by *Monday, January 24, 2011*.

*We also welcome participants attending the conference without presenting a
paper themselves.

*Conference fees*
100 € (including conference folder, coffee breaks, lunch sessions)

No conference fees for current fellows of the IAS-STS fellowship programme
2010/11 and for graduate or PhD students.

*Grants covering conference fees*
Participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe may apply for a
reduction or exemption from conference fees. Please announce your
application in the online registration
form, which will be available soon after confirmation of accepted abstracts.
Registration will be open until *Monday, March 21, 2011.*

*Grants partly covering travel expenses*
We can offer grants partly covering travel expenses for:
- graduate or PhD students
- participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe

Up to 50 percent of the travel costs with a maximum amount of 100 € can be
reimbursed. If you would like to apply for a travel grant, please
checkmark it in the registration form. Reimbursement for travel expenses
will be given only after submitting your original tickets (eg. train,
flight tickets,etc.).

*Registration*
Registration for the 10th IAS-STS conference on "Critical Issues in
Science and Technology Studies" will be open until *Monday, March 21,
2011.*. The online registration form will be accessible by the beginning
of February 2011.

**Conference Venue**
IFZ- Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture
Schlögelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria

For more information: www.sts.tugraz.at

******************************************************
Mag.a Birgit Hofstaetter

IFZ - Interuniversitaeres Forschungszentrum fuer Technik, Arbeit und Kultur
Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture
Schloegelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria
Tel./Phone: +43/316/813909-26; Fax: +43/316/810274
E-Mail: hofstaetter@ifz.tugraz.at; http://www.ifz.tugraz.at

Das IFZ ist der Grazer Standort der Fakultaet fuer Interdisziplinaere Forschung
und Fortbildung (IFF) der Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt.

IFZ is the Graz unit of the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF) of the
Klagenfurt University.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Epistemology of Modeling & Simulation

Epistemology of Modeling Simulation: Building Research Bridges between the Philosophical and Modeling Communities

University of Pittsburgh
1-3 April 2011

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

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.

Topics will include:
The scientific status of computational techniques
Does simulation require a new epistemology?
The role of theory, experiment, model and simulation
Varieties and purposes of scientific simulation
Analytic modeling versus computer simulation
Problems in juggling multiple and competing models
How do models fail?
Validation and verification of models and simulations
Promises and pitfalls of large, detailed, and realistic models
Modeling, science, and policy

Call for Presentations

Co-Directors: Patrick Grim and Nicholas Rescher

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

For additional information on MIDAS, go to: www.midas.pitt.edu.

Contacts:
Patrick Grim, Philosophy, Stony Brook. Email: pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Dr. Phillip Palmer, MIDAS Education Outreach Coordinator, Email: php9@pitt.edu , Phone: (412) 624-6957

USC 2011-13 Postdoctoral STS Research Associate

The Science, Technology and Society initiative at USC

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 website.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=41622

2010-2013 the Research Cluster will focus on three themes:
(1) Contested universality: the extension of scientific knowledge and its limits;
(2) Transformations of life: the human sciences from the early modern to the molecular age; and
(3) Technological futures, past and present.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Sociology

Georgia 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 http://www.hts.gatech.edu.

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: faculty.search@hts.gatech.edu. 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.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Morgridge Institute for Research Ethics Scholar- in- Residence Program

The Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR), a private, non-profit medical research organization located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin—Madison (www.wisc.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.

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 www.discovery.wisc.edu for extensive background on the facility, the two research institutes housed within it and the Town Center.

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.

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.

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.

Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2011. An award will be made by May 1, 2011.
Position responsibilities
Engage with scientists at MIR to identify and discuss ethics concerns that may arise in the course of their research
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
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

Nominees must fulfill the following eligibility criteria:
· PhD in a humanities discipline or social science and/or a terminal degree in one’s field, e.g. medicine, law, business etc.

· Be willing to maintain an office on-site at MIR on a regular basis throughout the fellowship year
· Be able to make at least a 50% commitment to this position for the entire academic year

Application materials:
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)
CV
Three letters of support

Compensation
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.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Talk by Jonathan Zilberg, Oct. 21st 12:30-2:00

Jonathan 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.

Comm Dept Colloquium Oct. 20th 12:30-2 MCC201

UCSD Department of Communication
Colloquium Series

Peter Dimock
Writer and editor

"The Crisis of University Press Publishing and the Cash Value of Emancipative Literacy:
Proposal for an Alternative Business Model for Not-for-Profit Book Publishing"

When: Wednesday, Oct.20, 2010
Time: 12:30-2:00pm
Where: Communication Building
The Herbert I. Schiller Room 201

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Attend STS/HPS events via online live stream with Situating Science

Greetings from Situating Science,

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 , and our Facebook Group “Situating Science” for more information.

Future Live Streams and Live Question Submissions for STS/HPS events:

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 here.

2. Tuesday Oct. 26th 7pm ADT (6pm Montreal, 4pm Edmonton, etc.)

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 here.

3. Nov. 9th 7pm ADT (6pm Montreal,4pm Edmonton, etc) The launch of Science and its Publics lecture series! See below and poster link.

For Immediate Release

Science and its Publics: Lost in Translation

A moderated panel discussion exploring media translation of science knowledge to the public

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Alumni Hall,
University of King’s College
6350 Coburg Road, Halifax


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.

This presentation is also the launch of a multi-part national series on Science and its Publics created by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, (www.situsci.ca) and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, (www.ccepa.ca).


The panel:
· Jay Ingram, host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, author and science broadcaster
· Dr. David Secko, Department of Journalism, Concordia University
· Dr. Mary-Ann White, University Research Professor, Chemistry and Physics, Dalhousie University
· Pauline Dakin, award-winning CBC National Health and Medical Reporter

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. (www.sciencemediacentre.ca).

Free admission with a reception to follow.

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.

Poster

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Dibner History of Science Program Fellowships

Dibner History of Science Program at The Huntington
2011-2012 Fellowships

The Dibner History of Science Program offers historians of science and technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and the other history of science and technology resources at the Huntington.

Short-Term Awards
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.
Amount of award: $2,500 per month.

Long-Term Awards
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2010.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Applicants can be conducting research or already be at the writing stage and need reference materials only.

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 website.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Clark Library

Dear friend of the Center and the Clark

Please distribute this important announcement regarding our upcoming fellowship opportunities:

sponsored by
UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies
and the
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Combined fellowship information can be found here.

Post-doctoral application forms can be accessed directly via this link.

Clark Short-Term Fellowships
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.
Stipend: $2,500 per month in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

ASECS/Clark Fellowships
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.
Stipend: $2,500 for one month in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Kanner Fellowship in British Studies
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.
Stipend: $7,500 for three months in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship
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.
Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011


Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships

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.

The core program for year 2011–2012:

Rivalry and Rhetoric in the Early Modern Mediterranean
directed by Clark Professor Barbara Fuchs (UCLA)

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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

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.

Stipend: $37,740 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Friday, October 1, 2010

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Clark Library

Please distribute this important announcement regarding our upcoming fellowship opportunities:

sponsored by
UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies
and the
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Combined fellowship information can be found here.

Post-doctoral application forms can be accessed directly via this link.


Clark Short-Term Fellowships
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.
Stipend: $2,500 per month in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

ASECS/Clark Fellowships
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.
Stipend: $2,500 for one month in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Kanner Fellowship in British Studies
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.
Stipend: $7,500 for three months in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship
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.
Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011


Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships

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.

The core program for year 2011–2012:

Rivalry and Rhetoric in the Early Modern Mediterranean
directed by Clark Professor Barbara Fuchs (UCLA)

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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

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.


Stipend: $37,740 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.
Application deadline: 1 February 2011

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Two Faculty Positions, Vanderbilt University's Institute for Energy and the Environment

Vanderbilt 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 (viee.faculty.search@vanderbilt.edu) 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 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/viee/

Monday, September 27, 2010

Three tenure-line positions at CCT-Georgetown

Technology Studies, tenure-track

The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at
Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new
computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,
scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism, and the
arts. The program is developing a new lab, which will be a hub of
technology knowledge, discovery and research, connecting CCT and
Georgetown to the larger world of practice and innovation in all
sectors where technology is central. In particular, the lab will
provide a means for CCT to create partnerships with leading private
sector information organizations developing innovations in digital
media, knowledge management, and Internet applications; to remain at
the forefront of research by creating relationships with initiatives
in the Digital Humanities and the Information Schools; and push
forward the boundaries of knowledge through external support by
agencies and foundations such as NSF and Mellon.
The program seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a
strong interdisciplinary expertise in approaches to the study of
technology, including history, theory, and current methodologies. The
appointee will direct the new CCT lab, which will include growing the
lab, forming external relations, and pushing toward more cutting-edge,
experimental new media technology. Applicants must be proficient in
teaching the technical aspects of how technologies work and how such
technologies are employed in communication-related fields. The
appointee will be expected to help develop and execute a new
Fundamentals of Technology course, a core course in the CCT
curriculum, with a focus on the practicum component, and to have
scholarly publications and teaching experience at the graduate level
(or comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis
projects.
Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minority
candidates as part of its commitment to professional excellence and
diversity. Please send application letter/statement of interest,
c.v., and the names of three referees to cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1
November 2010, citing TSttjob.

Cultural History

Assistant Professor, tenure-track position for a cultural historian to
teach in the Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at
Georgetown University. The program focuses on the relationship
between new computational technologies of communication and areas such
as science, scholarship, culture, government, media, business,
journalism and the arts. Research specialization may include, but is
not limited to, studies of technologies of communication, material
culture, race, class, sex/gender, and national identity. Candidates
who demonstrate classroom experience using new media/digital teaching
approaches, such as student-developed websites, blogs, digital
stories, documentary film, and digital portfolios, are especially
encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have scholarly
publications and teaching experience at the graduate level (or
comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis
projects. Faculty are expected to contribute broadly to the
interdisciplinary research and teaching of the program.

Outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment at a higher
rank. Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from women
and minority candidates as part of its commitment to professional
excellence and diversity. Please send application letter/statement of
interest, c.v., and the names of three referees to
cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1 November 2010, citing CHjob.

Language, Technology and Politics

The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at
Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new
computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,
scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism and the
arts. The program seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor
working on the relationship between language and technologies of
communication and associated political issues. Candidates whose
research emphasizes technology, internet linguistics, language and
politics, intercultural communication, or language and sex/gender,
race, class or national identity will be given priority. They should
be current in the history, theory, and methodologies of their field.
Applicants who demonstrate classroom experience using new
media/digital teaching approaches, such as student-developed websites,
blogs, digital stories, documentary film, and digital portfolios, are
especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have
scholarly publications and teaching experience at the graduate level
(or comparable), and be prepared to advise and to mentor M.A. thesis
projects. Faculty are expected to contribute broadly to the
interdisciplinary research and teaching of the program.

Outstanding candidates may be considered for appointment at a higher
rank. Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from women
and minority candidates as part of its commitment to professional
excellence and diversity. Please send application letter/statement of
interest, c.v., and the names of three referees to
cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1 November 2010, citing LTPjob.

Technology Studies, practice

The Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) M.A. program at
Georgetown University focuses on the relationship between new
computational technologies of communication and areas such as science,
scholarship, culture, government, media, business, journalism, and the
arts. The program is developing a new lab, which will be a hub of
technology knowledge, discovery and research, connecting CCT and
Georgetown to the larger world of practice and innovation in all
sectors where technology is central. In particular, the lab will
provide a means for CCT to create partnerships with leading private
sector information organizations developing innovations in digital
media, knowledge management, and Internet applications; to remain at
the forefront of research by creating relationships with initiatives
in the Digital Humanities and the Information Schools; and push
forward the boundaries of knowledge through external support by
agencies and foundations such as NSF and Mellon.
The program seeks to appoint a Professor of the Practice who will
direct the new CCT lab, which will include growing the lab, forming
external relations, and pushing toward more cutting-edge, experimental
new media technology. Applicants must be proficient in the technical
aspects of how technologies work and how such technologies are
employed in communication-related fields. The appointee will be
expected to help develop and execute the practicum component of a new
Fundamentals of Technology course, a core course in the CCT
curriculum.
Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minority
candidates as part of its commitment to professional excellence and
diversity. Please send application letter/statement of interest,
c.v., and the names of three referees to cctjobs@georgetown.edu by 1
November 2010, citing TSppjob.

Six Ph.D. positions

The Mercator Research Group at the Ruhr-University Bochum "Spaces of Anthropological Knowledge" invites applications for up to six PHD Stipends: Anthropological Knowledge
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.

The four areas of study are:

A. History of life sciences and anthropology since the late 19th century http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/history/ ; case studies on research practices, conceptual transfers or philosophical and cultural representations of the human

B. Literature and anthropological knowledge around 1900http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/literature/index.html.de and research on the history of case studies, production and circulation of textbook knowledge, epistemic writing

C. Media studies with expertise in media history or media-cultural analysishttp://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/media/indexhtml.de and interests in the history of psychology

D. Ethnographic studies in cultural psychology/science & technology studies http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/units/psychology/index.html.de , focus on knowledge of the effects of violent media on children and its circulation among diverse areas in society

For full details see www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/positions http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge/positions/index.html.de. 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 mrg2@rub.deuntil October 14, 2010. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is committed to equal opportunity. We strongly encourage applications from women and persons with disabilities.
E-Mail: mrg2@rub.de
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mrg/knowledge

Stiftung Mercator
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.

Ruhr-Universität Bochum RUB
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.

Science, Technology, and Society Position

Lafayette 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 STSsearch@lafayette.edu. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2010.

For more information please see the Engineering Studies website at http://es.lafayette.edu/

Asst Prof Position, STS, Cornell Univ

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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.

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.

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 (dmv1@cornell.edu), 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.

Cornell is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.

Monday, September 20, 2010

IGERT Research Mixer

IGERT Research Mixer

An NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Research and Training Program for UCSD PhD Students in

Global Change, Marine Ecosystems and Society

IR/PS Robinson Complex, Bldg 3, Room 3201
Friday, October 29, 2010
3:00-5:00 PM

Faculty, students and researchers are invited to learn more about the new climate focused interdisciplinary training program.

Fellowships available.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Science and Its Histories

Science and Its Histories

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?

Friday, September 24, 2010

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:30 Welcome Robert C. Ritchie (The Huntington)

Remarks Robert E. Kohler (University of Pennsylvania) and
Kathryn M. Olesko (Georgetown University)

Session 1 The Nature of What We Call Science

Moderator:
Bruce T. Moran (University of Nevada, Reno)

Jan Golinski (University of New Hampshire)
“Is it Time to Forget Science?”

Peter Dear (Cornell University)
“Science is Dead, Long Live Science”

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Session 2 Science History across Time and Space, I

Moderator:
Margaret Garber (California State University, Fullerton)

Harold J. Cook (Brown University)
“Moving About and Finding Things Out”

Thomas H. Broman (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“Transparency, Expertise, and the Public in Enlightenment Societies”


Session 3 Science History across Time and Space, II

Moderator: Matthew Hersch (University of Pennsylvania)

Fa-ti Fan (State University of New York, Binghamton)
“Outside the Boxes: Historiography of Science and Area Studies”

Saturday, September 25, 2010

9:00 Registration & Coffee

9:30 Session 4 Science and Modernity—The Modernity of Science

Moderator:
Tara Nummedal (Brown University)

Lynn K. Nyhart (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“Scaling Up: Generalizing the ‘Modern’ Natural History Sciences, 1890-1950”

Paul Forman (National Museum of American History)
“Modernity Entailed Disciplinarity, Post-modernity Entails
Anti-disciplinarity”

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Session 5 Broadening the Horizon

Moderator:
Ted McCormick (Concordia University)

Theodore Porter (University of California, Los Angeles)
“Thin Description and the Power of Science”

James Endersby (University of Sussex)
“Talking to Ourselves?”

Session 6 Closing Remarks

Kathryn M. Olesko and Robert E. Kohler
“Science and Its Histories”

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Bridging Boundaries in Science & Technology Policy and Studies

Call for Papers & Posters
11th Annual Graduate Student Conference
April 15-16, 2011 Washington, DC

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.

Consortium Profile: The 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.

Topics: 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.

Eligible Presenters: Open only 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.

What to Expect: 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. Presentations are typically 15 minutes long, depending on the number of presenters in each session. 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.

Abstract Requirements: 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.

Deadlines:
Preferred Submission Date for Abstracts: November 15, 2010
Final Submission Date for Abstracts: January 31, 2011

Submission Guidelines: Submit abstracts via e-mail to abstracts@stglobal.org. 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.

Acceptance: Abstracts will be accepted on a rolling basis to accommodate students who need to acquire a Visa.

Travel: 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:
http://www.stglobal.org/travel.html.

Travel Grants: 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.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Position Announcement: Feminist Science/Environmental Studies at SDSU

The 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:

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.

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:

€ Ability to support and develop Women¹s Studies Curriculum in science, technology, and ecofeminism, including concerns related to race, class, sexuality, and species
€ A demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching of a very student population, including theoretical, applied and activist perspectives
€ A commitment to strengthen an already successful M.A. program in Women's Studies
€ A commitment to collaborate in College and University programs related to the environment and sustainability
€ A strong record or promise of scholarly accomplishments appropriate to level of appointment
€ Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues and community to develop productive networks for education and research

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.
Information about the position and the department is available at http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/wsweb/

Application letters, enclosing names of three references, sample syllabi, and curriculum should be sent to:
Search Committee
Women's Studies Department,
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego CA 92182-6030

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.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Philosophy of Science Tenure-Track Position at Concordia University, Montreal

Philosophy of Science
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.

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:

Dr. David Morris, Chair, Department of Philosophy
Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8

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 Dr. Morris. For additional information, please visit our website.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Concordia University is committed to employment equity.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Situating Science Call for Workshop Proposals revision

This is a brief message to inform you of a revision to the Situating Science Call for Workshop Proposals, which was recently announced. Please disseminate.

The timeframe has been extended. The new timeframe of the Call for Workshop Proposals is: Jan. 1 2011 to March 31, 2012.

Deadline remains Friday, Oct. 1, 2010.

Details are available to view here

More information on Situating Science is available at our new website

Lecture & Booksigning: America @ The Pill

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
6:00-7:30pm
San Diego History Center
Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park
Cost $5 SDHC members

$8 general. Book purchase additional.
Reservations requested!

Call (619) 232-6203, or send an email to register.

Fifty years ago, the FDA announced approval for the birth control pill. Within a few years, millions of women were "on the pill," making it the most popular form of contraception in the country and one of the best-selling drugs in U.S. history. But the road has not always been smooth, as historian Elaine Tyler May, Regents Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota, reveals in her new book.

Join us for an engaging look into the political climate that greeted the pill, the women who are responsible for the pill's success, men's changing relationship with the pill, and the myths and realities that continue to surround it.

Booksigning will follow the lecture.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Call for Papers: "Reading the Middle Ages"

The Graduate Medievalists at Berkeley
invite submissions for the
UC Berkeley conference on the practice of reading in the Middle Ages
25-27 March 2011
UC Berkeley
Keynote Address by
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn
Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities
at the University of Pennsylvania

Our knowledge of late antique and medieval culture derives primarily from the way in which we read today the manuscripts, images, and artifacts that were created and read in the past. The various intersecting and discrete social strata spanning the Middle Ages each practiced radically different methods of reading, in the broadest possible sense of the term. From the monasteries where the writings and stories of the classical period were transmitted and preserved, to the stained-glass windows greeting worshipers of even the lowest social classes, each reading practice provides us with invaluable information about what the people we study may have valued as well as how they lived and communicated with one another.

This conference will take up the variety of reading practices at play in the Middle Ages as the cornerstone to an exploration of medieval culture. However, proposals are encouraged to push our modern conceptions of reading into new territory, finding medieval reading practiced in ways we would not expect, challenging the way in which we read now, and asking questions of our relationship to medieval texts. Above all, we invite papers from a wide range of disciplines, especially ones that do not limit themselves to a treatment of literary or textual reading, but instead reach beyond the scope of the manuscript page to archeology and the reading of time through physical remains, art and the reading of images, et cetera.

We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful campus for what promises to be an exciting and intellectually stimulating weekend.

Please send 300-word abstracts for twenty-minute papers to Graduate Medievalists at Berkeley (graduatemedievalists@gmail.com) by Friday, 12 November 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication

In partnership with the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication we have begun work on a project supported by an NSF-funded planning grant titled Making the Global Local: Unusual Weather Events as Climate Change Education Opportunities. A postdoctoral research fellow, to be based out of GMU, is sought by October 1st to collaborate on research and educational programming with us and America’s broadcast meteorologists. If you know potentially interested candidates, please alert them to the opportunity. Information about the position can be found here. If you have trouble accessing the job description from the link, please go to https://jobs.gmu.edu and search on Job Number F9401z. Thank you.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

International Colloquium - Assembling Colombia (1): natures, cultures, technologies

Dear Friends and Colleagues in Science Studies and related areas, worldwide

We wish to announce a forthcoming colloquium, Assembling Colombia (1): natures, cultures, technologies

What? This colloquium constitutes the launch of the major research project, directed by Professor Olga Restrepo Forero, “Ensamblado en Colombia: Producción de saberes y construcción de ciudadanías” (Colombia assembled: production of knowledges and construction of citizenships). It is the first of a prospective pair, the second being planned for 2011. These events, and the research they project, are related to the 'celebrations' of the bicentenary of the Colombian state

Where? Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá

When? August 10 - 13, 2010

Who? 51 prospective authors of 38 papers, mostly Colombian but including 6 International Guests: Barbara Herrnstein Smith (Duke University, USA), Charis Thompson (UC Berkeley, USA), Pablo Kreimer (Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Argentina), Ana María Talak (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Dominique Vinck (Université Pierre Mendès-France, France), David Turnbull (University of Melbourne, Australia)

For more information, see www.ensambladoencolombia.org

Naomi Oreskes' book discussed in The Guardian

A dark ideology is driving those who deny climate change.

People who claim that climate science is a conspiracy or the work of charlatans are talking rubbish.

Robin McKie
Sunday August 1, 2010
The Observer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/01/climate-change-robin-mckie

Friday, July 30, 2010

IHC Geographies of Place

For the *2010-2011 academic year*, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center will sponsor a series of events entitled "*Geographies of Place*." The series will explore ideas of place and how they have been produced through mapping, media, and imaginative labor. The work of settlement and statecraft, social practice and cultural perception, place has historically been the source of both solace and struggle.

Geographies of Place will examine the ways in which space is demarcated by identity and memory, possession and destination. In a moment when globalization, environmentalism, cognitive science, and networked media are transforming our notions of geographical space, it is crucial to contemplate our historical and contemporary perceptions of place. For more information on the series, visit:

http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/geographies

*We are seeking faculty and graduate students who might like to
collaborate with the IHC on events in this series. Please contact IHC
Acting Director Ann Bermingham or Associate Director Emily Zinn with suggestions or ideas for potential collaboration.*

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Integrated History & Philosophy of Science

This September 23-26, the Indiana University Department of History and Philosophy of Science will host a three day conference on “Integrated History and Philosophy of Science.” This is the third in a series of meetings devoted to the topic, and it coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Indiana HPS Department. The paper topics range from a discussion of seventeenth-century comet theory to history and philosophy of contemporary embryology. For complete information on the conference, including abstracts of papers and details on lodging, go to
http://www.indiana.edu/~andhps/

Friday, July 16, 2010

Post-Doctoral Social Scientist: Impact Evaluation (WWF, Washington DC)

WWF is re-opening the application process for a post-doctoral social scientist.

We seek a highly motivated researcher early in his/her career to join our team. The successful applicant will have strong statistical skills, international field experience, and a passion for policy-relevant conservation science. (See below and attached for official announcement.)

The post-doc will join the science program at WWF in Washington, DC, working with me, Helen Fox (WWF-US), Arun Agrawal (U. Michigan), and colleagues around the world to evaluate the ecological and social impacts of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other conservation interventions. This exciting portfolio is part of the emerging WWF
Conservation Impact Initiative, which seeks to catalyze rigorous evaluation of conservation interventions and, thus, provide the scientific evidence for more effective conservation policy and practice.

The application deadline is August 13. All applications should be submitted via the WWF website.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WES

New Academic Building, University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 21-23
with FREE public evening lecture July 21st, 7pm!

FREE PUBLIC EVENING LECTURE
Wed. July 21st 7P.M.
Alumni Hall, New Academic Building, University of King’s College

Dr. Sundar Sarukkai, Manipal University,
“Nature of Knowledge in Indian Intellectual Traditions”

Exploring the extensive debate on the nature of knowledge in Indian philosophical and medical traditions and its significant influence on the nature of discourse about the world.


http://www.manipal.edu/Institutions/UniversityDepartments/MCPHManipal/KnowMCPH/Pages/Leadership.aspx

CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST
July 21-23

Inspired by Dalhousie University's online launch of their Dinwiddie Archives*, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today.

For further details – including the poster and information on registration – please visit: http://www.situsci.ca/ and http://www.situsci.ca/en/conf.html

Note: Early registration rates for the conference end July 1st.

SPEAKERS AND TITLES
(Program available online)


Arun Balasubramaniam
, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
“Bringing Eastern Science to the West: Portuguese Voyages of Intellectual Discovery”

Paola Bertucci
, Yale University
“Enlightenment and the Secret Knowledge Economy”

Fa-ti Fan
, State University of New York at Binghamton
"Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Science of Antiquities in Modern China"

Yves Gingras
, l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
“Changing Networks of Collaboration Between Countries in the Sciences from 1980 to 2008”

Jan Golinski
, University of New Hampshire
“From Calcutta to London: James Dinwiddie’s Galvanic Circuits”

Savithree Preetha Nair
, Independent Scholar
“Bungallee House set on Fire by Galvanism”: Exhibition, Electricity and the Social Life of the Voltaic Pile in India (1794-1806)"

Khyati Nagar
, York University
“Between Calcutta and Kew: The Divergent Circulation and Production of Hortus Bengalensis and Flora Indica

Jahnavi Phalkey
, Imperial College London
“From Origins to Practice: Problems in the Historiography of Science”

Dhruv Raina
, Jawaharlal Nehru University
“18th Century Jesuit Astronomy, Pere Boudier and Jai Singh’s Astronomers”

Veena Rao, National Institute of Advanced Studies
“J.B.S. Haldane’s Indian Period”

Sundar Sarukkai
, Manipal University
“Translating Concepts”

Grace Shen
, Max Plank Institute for the History of Science
“Meetings and Metonymy: Geology and Representations of China on the International Stage”

Larry Stewart
, University of Saskatchewan
“The Spectacle of Experiment: From Dumfries to Calcutta and Back”

Jon Topham
, University of Leeds
“Print and the Circulation of Knowledge between the UK and Continental Europe in the Early Nineteenth-Century”

Haiyan Yang
, Peking University
“Knowledge across Borders: Encounter, Transmission and Interaction of Darwinism in the Chinese Context”

CIRCULATING KNOWLEDGE, EAST AND WEST will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, “East” and “West”, with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore.

Sponsored by the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of King’s College)

*The James Dinwiddie (1746-1815) papers were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1999 and are prepared for online access. Dr. Dinwiddie (1746–1815) was the scientific attaché of the first British embassy to the 18th Century Chinese imperial court, and the first Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William in Calcutta, India. One of the most important of the new itinerant Newtonian natural philosophers and lecturers of the Early Modern Period, the bulk of Dinwiddie’s papers consist of his scientific observations, experiments, lecture notes, and journals with dates ranging from 1767 to 1815.

See more at: http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/dinwiddie/din_bio.htm

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Call for Article Submissions

The journal, Between the Species is seeking submissions for its Fall 2010 edition. The journal is devoted to animals and philosophy. Most, though not all, articles focus on ethical issues in the human-animal relationship. Please consult the guidelines for submission at

http://cla.calpoly.edu/bts/submissions.htm

Please send your papers by July 1 for blind review to the editor

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

New SIO community and science graduate course

New graduate-level course in the fall quarter of 2010:
SIO 209 Community-Based Science
Fri 2-4pm IGPP 3110

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SIO 209 Community-Based Science will explore the theory and practice of developing authentic, two-way, respectful connections between universities and communities, with a particular emphasis on UCSD and City Heights.


The course will focus on critiquing current university structures and exploring alternative methods of conducting science research and education. Participants will engage in weekly discussions, participate in the science education program at a high school in City Heights, mentor high school students, interview community organizers and prepare a proposal for changes in university practice to foster better connections to working class communities.

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For details, check out the course website:
http://complex-systemsucsd.edu/sio2092010

additional information about the course will be added to the website over the summer. please contact Professor Brad Werner with questions:
bwerner@ucsd.edu

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Diber Lecture: Robert Westman

Dibner Lecture
7:30pm Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Friends' Hall
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS

Robert Westman, History, UCSD

Copernicus and the Astrologers of Cracow and Bologna

Nicolas Copernicus's hypothesis that the earth is a planet revolving
together with five other planets around a stationary sun is one of the
best known claims in the history of science. First announced in print in
1543, historians often describe Copernicus's proposal as the beginning of
the Scientific Revolution.

But what was the question to which Copernicus's hypothesis was the answer?
Robert S. Westman, Professor of History, University of California, San
Diego, suggests that crucial clues lie in a late-fifteenth century
controversy about the status of astrology-although not a single word
about astrology exists in any of Copernicus's extant writings.

Free. No reservations required.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Call for Abstracts: Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century Conference

On July 22-24, 2010, the Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century: 14th Conference, will convene at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The theme of the 14thAnnual Conference will be "Genomic Diversity and Health Disparities". With an emphasis on issues surrounding new genomic technologies such as health risk assessments and large-scale ancestry testing, the conference will explore how these technologies are co-evolving with societal and legal understandings about human diversity and health disparities across groups.

Are new technologies paving the way for personalized genomics, providing new identities and destabilizing old identities to individuals and groups, re-instituting biological determinism? Anchored by "state-of-the-art" featured presentations, thematic sessions will consider multiple facets of human diversity, and how different groups and constituencies experience health disparities and are affected by new medical technologies for population screening.

As with previous Genetics & Ethics Conferences, we will utilize the successful format of pairing presentations with relevant, concurrent sessions. Each presentation will have sufficient time for discussion to facilitate a lively exchange of new ideas and thoughts on the ways in which genomic 'next gen' technologies will or will not alter health care and identity amongst various populations and society as a whole.

Click here for Conference Brochure

Featured Speakers Include:

Rick Kittles, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, “The Role of Diverse Populations in Understanding Cancer Disparities”

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University. “The Search for Difference: Personalized Medicine and its Implications for Health Disparities”

Jeffrey C. Long, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, “Genetic Ancestry and Race and Their Implications for Health Disparities”

Ed McCabe, Pediatrics, Human Genetics, and Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA; Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital, “Ancestry and Identity: From Recreational Genetics to Personalized Medicine”

Patrick Boudreault, Deaf Studies Department, California State University Northridge, and Christina Palmer, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Human Genetics, and the Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA, “Genetics and Deaf Communities”

We are particularly interested in attracting abstracts related to the broad topics above. Additionally, topics may specifically include, but are not limited to:

Ancestry Testing; Population Screening; Ancestry and Cancer; Genomics and Health Disparities in African-American, Latino/a, Asian and Native American Communities; Health Disparities in Diverse Communities; LGBT Genetics, Identity and Health; Cultural Diversity, Epigenetics, and Health; Trust, Mistrust, and Ambivalence in Underrepresented Communities; Understanding Human Population History through Genetics; Genetics and Deaf Communities; Health Disparities for the Differently Abled; Underrepresented Communities and Genetics; Ethics of Health Care and Medical Research in Diverse Communities; Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Genetics and Cancer.

Accordingly, we invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts for consideration for presentation at the conference. Please use the abstract guideline as your guide.

The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, May 10th, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee and you will be informed of acceptance for presentation as well as presentation format by June 1st, 2010

We are also offering travel fellowships to students and fellows who are presenting on the (combined) topic of Genetics, Racial Variation, and Cancer Risk and whose abstract has been accepted for presentation-- if you are interested in this fellowship, please indicate so on your application page.

Please submit abstracts (250 words or less) to Ana Wevill at ana@socgen.ucla.edu. We are soliciting papers, panels and posters (note your preference in your submission). We encourage life and social scientists, ethicists, health care professionals and physicians, historians, legal professionals and students to consider a submission.

Additionally, sign language interpreters (ASL) will be provided at the conference. Please indicate if you would like to present your topic in ASL.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Petition to Save the History of Medicine at UCL

As many people will already know, on March 31, the Wellcome Trust abruptly announced that it intended to withdraw its funding from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, which would be closed completely on September 30, 2012. A similar statement followed from UCL.

You are invited to sign the petition against closure that is now online at
www.petitiononline.com/WTCHOM/petition.html and to pass details of it on to others known to you who might also support our cause.

Further information is available on our website and the opportunity to comment on the closure can be found on http://friendsofwtchom.blogspot.com