Calls for Papers/Abstracts

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Student Essay Competition

NSIS and Situating Science invite students to submit essays on science for their Student Essay Competition.

Nova Scotia Institute of Science Essay Competition

The Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) sponsors an annual Student Science Writing Competition.

cstha-ahstc xviii conference / colloque

UQAM: Nov 1-3,2013 Deadline Sept 20. The theme for the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association's conference is ENERGY AND SOCIETY: An Energy Rich Canada in an Energy Hungry World

CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS
Nov. 1-3, 2013, UQAM, Montreal
 Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association

ENERGY AND SOCIETY

Call for Abstracts for Science and Society Student Poster Session

Deadline extended to Sept. 20: Student poster session (200$ prize!)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR STUDENT POSTER SESSION

Science and Society 2013: Emerging Agendas for Citizens and the Sciences
Poster session to be held the evening of Mon. Oct. 21, 2013

BEST POSTER PRIZE: 200$!
Travel support available – see criteria below

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CALL FOR PAPERS The Changing Political Economy of Research & Innovation: Public Policy, Commercialization & Neoliberal Technoscience

December 9-10th 2013 | York University, Toronto. Deadline: 31st July 2013.

Neoliberal globalization is in crisis with significant backlash against ‘free markets’ and a groundswell of political opinion calling for ‘responsible capitalism’. These trends profoundly challenge the IP-intensive, neoliberal global model of science-based innovation that has dominated in recent years.

Call for Papers - Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science

Spontaneous Generations welcomes submissions from scholars in all disciplines, including but not limited to HPS, STS, History, Philosophy
Spontaneous Generations is an open, online, peer-reviewed academic journal established by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. It has produced six issues (the seventh is forthcoming) and is a well-respected journal in the history and philosophy of science and science studies.

1st International SUMMER School on Evolution

July 15th - 19th, 2013 | Ciência Viva Knowledge Pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal

CALL FOR STUDENTS: 1st International SUMMER School on Evolution

COURSE PROGRAM ONLINE

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Call for Abstracts: Science and its Publics Conference (UofT)

To submit please send an abstract of no more than 300 words to curtis.forbes@utoronto.ca by April 15th 2013, with the subject line "Science and its Publics - Conference Submission."

Call for Abstracts: Science and its Publics Conference (UofT)
June 15th, 2013
Toronto, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)
Deadline: April 15th 2013

Call for papers: Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) Postgraduate/Early Career Conference

U.Saskatchewan September 2013: U. Saskatchewan will host the Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) Postgraduate/Early Career Conference.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Manitoba-Northwest Ontario-Minnesota-Saskatchewan (MOMS) & Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate/Early Career
History of Medicine Conference
September 12th-14th, 2013

Science Communications Banff 2013

Science Communications Application deadline: March 31, 2013

Science Communications 2013
Faculty: Jay Ingram - Program Chair, Mary Anne Moser - Director, Rob Davidson, Maggie Koerth-Baker, Henry Kowalski, John Rennie
Program dates: July 21 - August 4, 2013
Application deadline: March 31, 2013