Events Listing 15 September 2010

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Halifax Situating Science Events

15 September

Please send additions for the next circulation (29 September) to: farah.huzair@dal.ca

 

1. Local Events

2. National/International Events and Conferences

3. Invitations to Publish

4. Featured Job *SituSci Student Assistant*

5. Jobs/Studentships/Opportunities

6. General notices

 

 

1. Local Events

 

Call for Situating Science Workshop Proposals: Situating Science is soliciting workshop proposals for the timeframe of: Jan. 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. Up to two Canadian workshops will be funded (up to $10,000 each). Workshop topics should fall under one of the four themes of the Cluster:

Science and its Publics

Historical Epistemology and Ontology (including philosophy of science)

Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices

Geography and Sites of Knowing

Detailed information on the themes can be found at www.situsci.ca. The themes are intended to be broad and flexible. The Proposal should be no more than three pages (see http://www.situsci.ca/event/call-workshop-proposals for instructions). Proposals and queries are to be sent to the local SituSci organisers: Melanie Frappier (melanie.frappier@ukings.ns.ca) and Letitia Meynell (letitia.meynell@dal.ca), or to the SituSci central office at: situsci@dal.ca. Deadline: Friday 1 Oct.

 

The Individual in Science and Philosophy Annual ARPA Meeting. Sponsored by Situating Science and the Atlantic Region Philosophers Association's. Evening lecture by Keynote speaker Robert A. Wilson. Oct. 15-16, Kings College. See: http://www.situsci.ca/event/individual-science-and-philosophy-annual-arp...

 

Sci Fi Movie and Panel Discussion Series: SituSci is sponsoring a sci fi movie and panel discussion series, which will consist of four screenings and panel discussions beginning on October 5th and running every Tuesday evening in the month of October. Everyone is welcome and attendance is free. Seating is limited and there are no reserved seats. Tuesday, October 5, beginning at 7:00 pm: Surrogates; Tuesday, October 12, beginning at 7:00 pm: District 9; Tuesday, October 19, beginning at 7:00 pm: Moon; Tuesday, October 26, beginning at 7:00 pm: Star Trek. Screenings to be held in room HA19, Architecture and Planning Building, Dalhousie University, 5410 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. Check http://drupadmin.media.dal.ca/situsci.ca/movie-night for updates.

 

New SituSci Website:  The new Node website is up and running! Suggestions for content are much appreciated. Check it out at http://www.situsci.ca/node/university-kings-college-0

 

“Science, Philosophy, and Race: The Shaping of the Race Concept in the Late Enlightenment" Public lecture by  Phillip Sloan (University of Notre Dame). Oct. 26, Kings College. More details to follow.

 

HOST lecture series: Science and its Publics. The event, chaired by Jay Ingram, and with local science and media representatives will discuss their respective roles in science journalism. November 2010. More on the Series to be announced soon.

 

Mackay Lecture Series, 2010-2011: Global Change And The Need For A New Social Imagination. Please mark your calendars for the series of Mackay lecturers due this year: 1. Thursday, September 16, 7:00 pm, Computer Science, Room 127: George Steinmetz, "From States to Empires: Sociologists as Imperial Policymakers, Critics, and Theorists since the Nineteenth Century." 2. Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 pm, Dunn 117: Alison Brysk, "Human Rights as Global Social Imagination." 3. Thursday, November 4, 7:00 pm, Computer Science, Room 127: Charli Carpenter, "Issue Adoption in Transnational Networks: Findings from Conversations with Human Security Practitioners." The speakers' bios can be found at:  http://arts.dal.ca/Research/Research%20Activities/Mackay_Lectures_2010.php (The fourth Mackay speaker in History will be announced in due course.)

 

E.W. Guptill Memorial Lecture, "Powering the 21st Century: Sustainable Energy Solutions", Dalhousie University, Sept. 22. See: http://physics.dal.ca/Guptill_Lecture/

 

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and the Saint Mary’s University Department of Philosophy present the Annual Lecture in Public Philosophy:”Evils and Inexcusable Wrongs”. Speaker: Dr Claudia Card, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison September 23,  7PM, Scotiabank Theatre, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University.

 

2. National/International Events and Conferences

 

Canadian Science Policy Conference, Montreal, PQ. Oct. 20-22. See: http://sciencepolicy.ca/cspc2010

 

Earth Science, Global Science. Node Workshop at York University Sept. 30-Oct. 2 See: http://www.situsci.ca/event/earth-science-global-science-node-workshop-y...

 

American Association for the History of Medicine Award - Osler Medal Essay Contest, awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on a medical historical topic written by a student enrolled in a school of medicine or osteopathy in the US or Canada. Deadline: January 15 2011. See: http://www.histmed.org/awards.htm

 

"Merchants of Doubt" An Interactive Presentation with Naomi Oreskes Thursday, September 30 12:30pm York University. See: http://www.situsci.ca/event/merchants-doubt-interactive-presentation-nao...

 

Challenging Models in the Face of Uncertainty, 28-30 September. The Gillespie Conference Centre, Clare College, Cambridge. This conference will focus on the relationship between formal analysis and policy making across a range of domains, including health, environment, finance and technology. See:

http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1133/

 

CFP:  2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, Washington

April 12-16, 2011. Urban Political Ecology and Science and Technology Studies:  Complimentarity, Intersections, and Disjunctures. Send 250 word abstracts to session organizer Seth Gustafson (sgus@uga.edu) by Oct 10.

 

The Mobilities of the Super-rich: A Workshop at Lancaster University. 21 September 2010, 10.30am-6.00pm in Institute for Advanced Studies Meeting Room 2/3. Speakers include: Anthony Elliott, Jon Beaverstock James Faulconbridge, Thomas Birtchnell, Lucy Budd, John Urry. See http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/cemore/event/3329/

 

Conference: Making Perfect Life. Bio-engineering in the 21st century. November 10th; 13.00 pm - 18.00 pm; the European Parliament; Brussels. See: www.rathenau.nl/makingperfectlife

 

Workshop ‘Emerging Issues in International Forensic Bioinformation Exchange’, King’s College London,  10-11 December. To address scientific, operational, ethical, societal, and regulatory dimensions of sharing forensic bioinformation for police purposes across borders. Participation is free, but registration is required. Places are limited. Register at barbara.prainsack@kcl.ac.uk by 30 September. Travel grants for early stage researchers available.

 

CFP: First International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP)9-11 December, University Foundation, Brussels. Deadline for submission: 30 September. Abstracts to Bart Van Kerkhove: bvkerkho@vub.ac.be. See http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/APMP2010/

 

American Association for the History of Medicine Award. Awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five years preceding the award. Deadline: 31 Oct. See: http://www.histmed.org/awards.htm

 

Annals of Science Best Paper Contest. Awarded annually to the author of an unpublished essay in the history of science or technology. Intended for those who are currently doctoral students, or have been awarded their doctorate within the past four years. Deadline: 30 Sept. See: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/competitions/tasc_2010.pdf

 

Pressman–Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award in 20th Century Hist Medicine or Science. The award and stipend of $1,000, intended for those who have completed their PhD in the last 5 years. Deadline: December 31. See: http://www.histmed.org/awards.htm

 

Travel Grants for Graduate Students to Attend 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting. Deadline: 01 December 01. Limited number of travel grants to assist graduate students studying history or philosophy of science presenting posters at the Association's next Annual Meeting in Washington, Feb 17-21, 2011 see: http://www.aaas.org/meetings/

 

Grants to graduate students from the EDF. For projects that deal with the history of electricity in France, Europe or elsewhere in the world (but with a comparative approach with Europe). Four grants of 2500 Euros each and three to six grants, varying 1250 to 2500 Euros each. Deadline: 29th Oct. See: http://www.hssonline.org/profession/support/detail.lasso?-Search=Action&...

 

The Makers’ Universe: Science, Art and Instruments in Early Modern Europe Workshop. McGill University Sept. 23-25. See http://www.situsci.ca/event/makers%E2%80%99-universe-science-art-and-ins...

 

3. Invitations to publish

 

Dal. Gazette is seeking someone to write bi-weekly on science issues. To send cover letter, CV, 2 writing samples to opinions@dalgazette.com

 

CFP: special issue of ‘The Information Society; The Death, Afterlife and Immortality of Bodies and Data’ Deadline: 08 Nov. See: http://www.4sonline.org/profession/category/calls_for_papers

 

Social Science of Garbage. Deadline: October 01. Articles ranging from 600 to 3,000 words for an Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste. For details contact: consumption@golsonmedia.com

 

Philosophy & Technology (Springer), open for submissions, website: http://www.springer.com/13347, submission: http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/

 

4. Featured Job

The local node of the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster is looking for a Master’s student, who works in Science Studies (very broadly construed) to assist with various tasks this academic year. Specifically, the student will be requested to assist with website creation, newsletter distribution, organizing and running workshops and local events (such as a film series).  Pay will be $13.50/hour and the hours will be variable, though should at least amount to 200 hours of work and probably more. Applicants should send a c.v., an account of their interest in science studies (broadly construed), and the names and contact information of three references to Dr. Letitia Meynell (letitia.meynell@dal.ca) by 15 October. Email submissions are preferred. Applicants who have just completed or started their Masters  work are welcome to apply though preference will be given to current Master’s students.

 

5. Jobs/Studentships/Opportunities

 

Postdoctoral fellowship. The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Up to two years, beginning in December 2010. See: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html

 

Senior Research Fellow, Charm project (Sustainability, Norms and Practices), Kingston University. £39,035 - £46,169 per annum. Twenty months: January 2011 to August 2012. Ref: 10/224 See www.kingston.ac.uk/jobs or email recruitment@kingston.ac.uk for details

 

Assistant/associate professors. The IT University of Copenhagen. Positions start late spring 2011. The new assistant/associate professors will be part of a team developing and conducting a bachelor programme in Global Business Informatics. For more info:http://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?ProjectId=72277&DepartmentId=5237&MediaId=5

 

Professorship (Open Rank) in East Asian Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins. Deadline: January 10 2011. See: http://shotnews.net/?p=1486

 

Assistant Professor, History of Science, Princeton University. Deadline: October 15 2010. See: http://jobs.princeton.edu

 

Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. To undertake research and analysis using quantitative methods and to teach quantitative design and analysis within an interdisciplinary social science context. Deadline for application: 23 September . Further details: http://www.cf.ac.uk/jobs/academic.html

 

Tenure-track Position in Science, Technology and Society, Lafayette College (interdisciplinary Engineering Studies Program). Deadline: October 15. See: http://es.lafayette.edu/

 

Studentships in the History of Medicine, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Deadline for application: 20 September. Further details:  http://filex.univ-nancy2.fr/recup?k=A7xqPS8QCQ0qrgETqmP

 

2 year postdoc in History of Science. The Institute for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Germany. Deadline: October 11. Basic skills in German are required. Further details contact Christian Forstner at christian.forstner@uni-jena.de or see: http://www.uni-jena.de/Universit%C3%A4t/Stellenmarkt/Wissenschaftliche+M...

 

New student representative for Society for the Social Studies of Science and head of the student section of 4S (6S). Two-year commitment, and attendance at the next two 4S conferences. Submit a statement expressing your interest and experience in STS and 4S, and an explanation of why you want to be the 6S representative (limit: 200 words). Send these statements, your name and university affiliation to Sarah McCullough at smcc@ucdavis.edu.  Deadline: Sept. 20th.

 

 Doctoral Studentship: History of Medicine: The University of Cambridge, funded by a Wellcome Trust strategic award in history of medicine. Deadline for applications: 15 February 2011. Closing date for online applications: 1 February.  Further details: www.reproduction.group.cam.ac.uk/studentships.html

 

Full time position tenable from 1 January 2011 for 12 months to cover staff research leave. Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Manchester, UK. Reference: LS/10881. Main responsibilities: teaching the history of 19th and 20th Century medicine. Closing date: 30/09/2010. Further details: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/academic/vacancy/index.htm?ref=...

 

6. General Notices

The Bubble Chamber is a new blog written by historians and philosophers of science for discussing contemporary issues of science and society through the lens of historical context and critical analysis. Founded by the University of Toronto's Science Policy Working Group, The Bubble Chamber is a forum for those interested in a critical assessment of science in society and the development, regulation, and trajectory of science. See: http://thebubblechamber.org

 

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