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Social Sciences Position, Center for Learning Innovation, University of Minnesota Rochester

Updated: March 08 2010

The University of Minnesota Rochester (http://www.r.umn.edu) invites applications for a social sciences position in sociology for its degree program Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (BSHS). The successful candidate will work with other faculty to coordinate and teach an introductory sociology course, an ethics course, and other social sciences courses as appropriate, and staff a student tutoring center in the BSHS program. Duties include helping to prepare and teach primarily first-year courses, grading, staffing the Just ASK tutoring center (http://www.r.umn.edu/academics/just-ask/index.htm), supervising peer tutors, and related duties as assigned.

The instructor/coordinator will join the Center for Learning Innovation (CLI). CLI leads the development of an integrated, writing-enriched curriculum for a baccalaureate degree in the health sciences. It promotes a learner-centered, competency-based learning environment in which ongoing assessment guides and monitors student learning and is the basis for data-driven research on learning.

The successful candidate has a M.A./M.S. or Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Sociology or related field. Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) are required. Experience in instruction at the college level would be preferable. The successful candidate works well in interdisciplinary teams and is comfortable working independently.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Applications must be submitted online at https://employment.umn.edu. For application instructions and links, click on "Search Postings" and use the following job requisition number #165009.

For more information, to request disability accommodations, and/or to receive materials available in alternative formats, please contact Andrea Wilson, University of Minnesota Rochester, 300 University Square, 111 South Broadway, Rochester, MN 55904; fax 507-281-7794, phone 507-280-4650, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Professor (W2 rank), International Business for Engineers, Pforzheim University

Updated: March 04 2010

Pforzheim University is a highly regarded institution in the south of Germany, which consists of three faculties: design, engineering and business. Its success is founded upon its interdisciplinary and international emphasis in both teaching and research, and its objective of preparing students both academically and personally for responsible positions in society. Pforzheim University (http://www.pforzheim-university.de) is located in southwest Germany some 20 miles northwest of Stuttgart, and nestles in attractive countryside at the north rim of the Black Forest National Park.

For the extension of our International Programs in Business Administration and Engineering (especially for the programs International Business and Global Process Management) we seek as soon as possible (October 2010 or March 2011) a Professor (pay scale W2) in International Business for Engineers. You will be responsible for educating future managers at the interface of engineering and business administration. It is expected that you lecture in the areas of International Business in the department of Business Administration and Engineering, which is one of the most renowned in Germany. Foremost, you will teach International Business, International Negotiation Skills and Advanced English for Engineers in our international bachelor programs International Management and Global Process Management.

In addition to your lecturing activities you are expected to contribute to the development of our international programs in Business Administration and Engineering, for example in the field of student exchange and through establishment of partner universities.
The successful candidate will have an international and intercultural background with focus on technical industries or engineering. Due to the fact that all lectures will be held in English, near native English language abilities are essential. Furthermore, qualified knowledge of Business Administration and Management Theory is required.

The successful candidate will also have a track record of teaching excellence and be prepared to engage in the School's self-administration. Candidates are also expected to demonstrate research skills proven by publications. For further information, please contact Professor Dr. Guy Fournier, mail to guy.fournier@hs- pforzheim.de. Details on the international program can be found at http://wiinternational.hs- pforzheim.de/
The formal requirements for applicants are a University degree and a Ph.D. or a comparable scientific qualification. A minimum of five years of postgraduate experience is required, of which a minimum of three years must have been gained outside the University. The successful applicant will initially be offered a tenured position on probation, which will automatically be changed to a tenured position when the conditions stipulated by the regional government (Baden- Württemberg) have been fulfilled. Details can be obtained at http://www.pforzheim-university.de. The University is an equal opportunities employer and seeks to increase the proportion of women at the institute. Handicapped applicants will be preferred in the event of equal qualifications.
Please send a full application including CV, list of publication and teaching experiences by no later than......, 2010 to the Rector of Pforzheim University, Professor Dr. Martin Erhardt, Tiefenbronner Strasse 65, 75175 Pforzheim/Germany.

Tenure line open rank faculty in Science and Technology Communication and Rhetoric, NC State

Deadline: March 26 2010

URL: http://jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85732

Updated: March 04 2010

Open rank tenure-track position in public communication of science and technology. Salary is competitive and teaching load is negotiable. Preferred start date is August 15, 2010. We seek a colleague to contribute to the research program of NC State’s project in Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCOST, http://pcost.org). Responsibilities include actively seeking and administering external grant and contract funding and supervising graduate research assistants.

Tenure home and primary teaching duties will be in either the Department of Communication or the Department of English. Advanced course offerings may be cross-listed, for students in our M.S. in Communication (Communication Department), M.S. in Technical Communication (English Department), and Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (interdisciplinary, administered through the College of Humanities and Social Sciences).

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in communication or rhetoric, preferably with a focus on science and technology, medicine, health, or the environment. The ideal candidate will have a substantial publication record, experience with sponsored research, a multi-methodological research background, and a research interest in emerging science and technology.

To apply please go to: http://jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85732 Applications will be received until position is filled. Interviews will be conducted in April for applications complete by March 26, 2010. Send the following electronically: letter of interest, current vita, 2-3 example(s) of relevant scholarship. Please identify at least three individuals (with email addresses and phone numbers) for recommendations.

AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation.

Postdoc: Science Studies/Labor and Education - History and Politics, Drexel University

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 24 2010

The College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University invites applications for an academic year post-doctoral fellowship beginning September 2010. Candidates should possess a PhD in any of the following areas: sociology or history of science and technology; science and technology studies; labor history; American history; sociology or history of education; and race studies or race theory. The fellow will be associated with the project: “Two-Year Colleges and the Invention of Nano-Labor: Between Promise and Possibility,” a multi-department National Science Foundation-funded study on the social origins and impacts of nanotech-focused economic development and training, and their implications for technical workforces. The successful candidate will carry out research related to this project, possible teaching opportunities, and may develop his or her own research as well. Responsibilities include research associated with project; and possible opportunities to teach 1 or 2 courses in applicant’s discipline or related fields.

Qualified applicants should submit the following materials online through Drexeljobs.com (job title: “Post-Doctoral Fellow”/Req. #3394): (1) a current CV, (2) two research papers or dissertation chapters, (3) the names and contact information for three references, and (4) a brief cover letter. Please address cover letter to Drs. Amy Slaton and Mary Ebeling. Any inquiries regarding the position can be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Review of applications will begin March 15, 2010.

Among the largest private, coeducational, urban research universities in the nation, with a history of innovation in curriculum and programs, Drexel University enrolls more than 19,500 students in 13 colleges and schools on its main and health sciences campuses in Philadelphia and has more than 100,000 alumni. The University has benefited from strong leadership, as well as rising enrollments and student academic profiles during the past 12 years. During this time, the University has tripled enrollment, quadrupled research funding and its endowment, renovated or constructed at least one building each year, and added four professional schools, while enhancing the number and caliber of faculty across the campus. Drexel’s programs reflect its entrepreneurial spirit, focus on co-operative education, commitment to the use of technology in the process of learning, and access to Philadelphia as a living laboratory in the promotion of good citizenship. The University is ranked in the top category (Best National Universities) in America's Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report.

Drexel University is an affirmative action employer and seeks a diverse and accomplished pool of applicants for this anticipated opportunity.

MSc Medicine, Science & Society, King’s College London

URL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/msc/index.html

Updated: February 24 2010

What is the impact of President Obama’s policies on the global economy of embryonic stem cell research? What ethical and regulatory issues does the current boom of personal genome tests raise? Issues like these lie at the core of the MSc Medicine, Science & Society at the Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King’s College London. This MSc explores new and important areas for Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the social sciences, ranging from stem cells to nanomedicine. It explores the implications of innovative biomedicine for identities, innovations, bioethics, regulation, science, medicine, and healthcare. The MSc is well suited to social science, science and humanities graduates. Full/part-time options are available: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/msc/index.html
MSc information leaflet: www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/02/50/21/MScMedicineScienceSocietyFlyer.pdf

King's College London is a global leader in health science research, hosting more Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Centres (five) than any other University. The CBAS MSc and MA therefore examine the social science aspects and ethical dimensions of innovative biomedicine in a unique supporting context. The courses also allow students to expand a specialist interest by selecting from an impressive range of Masters Options. There are clear career trajectories and exciting PhD prospects for those graduating from these two Masters course. The life sciences are a major growth area within contemporary social science, and are key areas for research funding. For further information please see the CBAS website: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/

MA Bioethics & Society, King’s College London (New for 2010)

URL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/mabas.html

Updated: February 24 2010

Developments in the biosciences raise important ethical issues that are increasingly being addressed by multidisciplinary research teams from the fields of philosophy and social science through, for example, the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award that created the London and Brighton Translational Ethics Centre (hosted at CBAS). This innovative MA in Bioethics & Society enables students to combine philosophical ethics modules taught by staff at the world famous Centre of Medical Law & Ethics (CMLE, School of Law) with social science and ethics modules from our CBAS MSc in Medicine, Science & Society. Students will be able to pursue their Dissertation with staff from CBAS and/or CMLE. Full/part-time options are available: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/mabas.html

King's College London is a global leader in health science research, hosting more Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Centres (five) than any other University. The CBAS MSc and MA therefore examine the social science aspects and ethical dimensions of innovative biomedicine in a unique supporting context. The courses also allow students to expand a specialist interest by selecting from an impressive range of Masters Options. There are clear career trajectories and exciting PhD prospects for those graduating from these two Masters course. The life sciences are a major growth area within contemporary social science, and are key areas for research funding. For further information please see the CBAS website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Warwick University

Deadline: March 12 2010

URL: https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job20446.html

Updated: February 17 2010

Assistant Professor
Sociology
£36,715 - £43,840 pa

Sociology at Warwick has an acclaimed international reputation for excellence in research and has a specific pedagogic focus on research-led teaching.

You should have completed a PhD or equivalent in a relevant discipline and have a demonstrable record of teaching and research within the field, broadly defined, of science, politics and society. An ability to teach quantitative methods and to work across disciplinary boundaries is also essential. You will carry out undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research activities and administrative duties for the Department and contribute to the new Science, Politics and Society (SPS) strategic priority area.

The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the end of Friday 12 March 2010.

10-month limited term appt in STS at St Thomas University in New Brunswick

Deadline: March 12 2010

Updated: February 17 2010

The Math & Science and Technology Studies (STS) Programme, St. Thomas University, invites applications for an entrylevel, 10-month limited term appointment, at the rank of assistant professor, to begin August 1, 2010, pending budgetary approval.

Celebrating its centenary in 2010, St. Thomas University is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution whose roots are in the faith and tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. With an enrolment of 2,400, its students graduate with Bachelor of Arts, Applied Arts, Education, and Social Work degrees. The faculty members are distinguished teachers, researchers and scholars, and the university holds three Canada Research Chairs. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in at least two of the following areas: sociological, philosophical, political, or policy aspects of science and technology, as well as competency in the history of science and technology. Area of research is open. A PhD or imminent completion is required. Applicants are to submit a curriculum vitae, samples of scholarly work, evidence of teaching effectiveness (teaching portfolio preferred), and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to Dr. Jane Jenkins, Director, STS Programme, St. Thomas University, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3. Closing date: March 12, 2010, or when position is filled. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their files, including letters of reference, are complete by this date. An equal opportunity employer, St. Thomas University is committed to employment equity for women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minority groups, and persons with disabilities. The university welcomes applications from all faiths and backgrounds. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Two Junior Research Fellowships, Science Museum, London

Deadline: March 12 2010

Updated: February 15 2010

This is an exciting opportunity to carry out research on the unparalleled collections of the Science Museum, London. To mark the centenary of its founding as an independent museum in 1909, the Science Museum is offering two (2) junior research fellowships to enable postgraduate students explore the riches of its scientific, technological and medical collections and the Science Museum Library. The Science Museum has the largest and most significant collections relating to science, technology and medicine. With over 300,000 objects in its care, the Science Museum has particular strengths in the history of western science, technology and medicine since 1700. This collection is supported by the books, journals and archives which are available in the Science Museum Library. The Science Museum’s research programme has the aim of promoting scholarly research which furthers our understanding of the development of science and technology. The museum is not constrained by disciplinary boundaries and welcomes applications from students from any appropriate subject areas. Applicants are at liberty to propose any theme which sheds light on the Science Museum’s collections. The precise topic will be chosen by the Science Museum in order to make the best use of the Science Museum’s collections while taking into account the successful candidate’s educational background, interests and strengths.

The bursary for this Junior Research Fellowship is £1,000 per month for up to three months and is intended to cover travel to and from the museum and living expenses. There will be very limited funds available to cover exceptional research costs, agreed in advance. The exact timing of the fellowship will be by arrangement, but will take place between July 2010 and March 2011.

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, which should show the candidate’s education, qualifications and any publications, with a covering letter, which should give a brief explanation of how this fellowship would advance your academic development and why you wish to carry out research on the Science Museum’s collections, preferably by email. Please supply the names and addresses of two academic referees. Applicants should send a copy of their application to their chosen referees before submission, asking their referees to comment on their suitability for this Junior Research Fellowship. They should ask their referees to send their references in confidence directly to the address below – preferably by email – by Friday 19th March 2010. As there will not be a formal interview, applicants should ensure that they provide all the information needed to make a decision.

The deadline for applications is Friday 12th March 2010. They should be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or to: Dr Peter J T Morris, Head of Research, Science Museum, London SW7 2DD. All candidates will be informed by email if they have been successful by the end of April 2010. Please ensure you include a current email address with your application. If you have any queries (or need any additional information) please contact Peter Morris at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

For further information please see this webpage: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/about_the_museum/research/sm_research_internships.aspx
And for the answers to frequently asked questions, please go to: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/about_the_museum/research/Fellowship_Interneship_FAQs.aspx

Postdoc in Innovation Studies, Lund University

Deadline: March 31 2010

Updated: February 15 2010

Lund University is the largest university in Sweden with education and research within technology, natural science, law, social science, economy, medicine, humanities, theology, art, music and theatre. The university has approximately 40 000 students and 6000 employees mainly in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg. The university is one of 14 universities within the Öresund University and co-operates with hundreds of universities and research centres all over the world.

Lund University declares the following position open for application: Postdoctoral research position (up to two years) in Innovation Studies, full time, placed at Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE). Ref nr: PA 2010/460 Starting date: According to agreement

CIRCLE is an interdisciplinary research Centre of Excellence spanning several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of Technology. Since its creation in 2004 the Centre has established itself as the leading national centre for research on R&D, innovation, entrepreneurship and growth, and is, with more than 35 researchers, the largest of the five national research centres in this general area. A detailed description of CIRCLE’s research programmes as well as the CIRCLE Annual Reports can be found at www.circle.lu.se.

Description of the research area: Innovation Studies is an interdisciplinary research field including research on innovation systems, entrepreneurship, university-industry relations, innovation processes in firms, research and innovation policy, knowledge creation and competence building, innovation, development and globalization, and geographical aspects on innovation.

The position and the tasks: The announced position is for full time employment, and is limited to two years. The initial employment is limited to one
year, but can be prolonged to two years. The tasks associated with this position are primarily research activities within the project “Organisational Change for Innovation and Institutional Entrepreneurship in Health-Care Systems [ICIS]”. This is a collaborative project involving researchers in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The purpose of the project is to investigate organisational change underpinning the creation and modification of clinical practices in the health care system. Main research questions are: (1) how do institutions facilitate and/or hamper organisational innovation in the Nordic health-care systems?, and (2) how do key actors influence the course of events and aim to change institutional settings? Within this predefined problem area, the post doc will have autonomy to design, carry out and publish his/her own research. The postdoctoral position entails research at 75% of full time. For the rest of the time the holder may attract external funding for additional research, teach or pursue third task activities. Working language at CIRCLE is English, and all CIRCLE courses are taught in English.

Eligibility for employment as a postdoctoral researcher is restricted to applicants with a PhD degree. Priority is given to applicants who have completed their PhD less than five years prior to the deadline for applying for the post, however applicants who have completed their degrees earlier are also welcome to apply.

The following criteria will guide the assessment of the applicants for the position:
- Demonstrated ability to conduct relevant research of high international quality
- Demonstrated ability to attract external research funding
- A promising publication record
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate in an interdisciplinary research environment
-Demonstrated ability to engage and inform society at large, in relation to research, educational and developmental activities
- Pedagogical ability

The primary basis for selection will be the ability to carry out and publish high quality research in areas relevant to the research project. Lund University has an ambition to promote gender equity in working life. As the majority of postdoctoral research fellows within this field of research are male, female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

For further information, please contact Professor Bjørn Asheim, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or telephone no +46-46-222 84 02.
For specific questions about the project “Organisational Change for Innovation and Institutional Entrepreneurship in Health-Care Systems [ICIS]”, please contact Dr Jerker Moodysson, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or telephone no +46-46-222 48 02. The trade union representatives are: SACO Annelie Carlsson, tel 046-222 93 64, TCO-OFR/S Rita Nilsson, tel 046-222 93 62, SEKO Ingrid Lagerborg, tel 046- 222 93 66.

Applications should be written in English and composed according to the Appointments Board’s ‘Instructions for applicants’ (Download here or requested by telephone at +46 46 222 81 34).

Applications shall include:
1. Cover sheet
2. Curriculum vitae with appendices
3. Written account of scholarly work. This account should be kept brief. It should indicate clearly those investigations, results and achievements that, according to the applicant, should receive primary consideration in the selection process.
4. Written account of pedagogical work
5. An account of future research plans
6. List of Publications
7. Publications

In addition to these elements detailed in the ‘Instructions for applicants’ mentioned above, applicants must also include: All material shall be submitted in two copies. One copy shall be left unstapled.

The application, stating the reference number above, should be sent to the Registrar, Lund University, P.O.Box 117, SE-221 00 LUND Sweden to be received no later than 31 March, 2010. If all material is in electronic form, it can be e-mailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
An electronic copy of the written application – CV, accounts of scholarly and pedagogical work, list of publications, account of future research plans (but not enclosures and publications) – should be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Program Director for the Sociology Program, NSF

Deadline: June 04 2010

URL: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=1737885&org=NSF

Updated: February 15 2010

Job Title: Social Scientist (Program Director for the Sociology Program)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Job Announcement Number: E20100025 - Rotator

Salary Range: 102,721.00 - 160,078.00 USD /year
Open Period: Friday, December 04, 2009 to Friday, June 04, 2010
Series & Grade: AD-0101-04/04
Position Information: Full-Time Review of applications will begin January 4th and will continue until position is filled.

This position will be filled on a one or two year Visiting Scientist Appointment, under the terms of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) or as a Federal Temporary Appointment.

Duty Locations: 1 vacancy - Arlington, VA
Who May Be Considered: Applications will be accepted from US Citizens and Non-Citizens as allowed by appropriations and statute.

Job Summary: Become a part of our mission to maintain and strengthen the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise, for over 50 years, NSF has remained the premier Federal agency supporting basic research at the frontiers of discovery across all fields, as well as science and engineering education at all levels.

The National Science Foundation seeking qualified candidates for a Program Director position in the Sociology Program within the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Arlington, VA.

The Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on economic, legal, political, and social systems, organizations and institutions. In addition, SES supports research on the intellectual and social contexts that govern the development and use of science and technology. SES programs consider proposals that fall squarely within disciplines, but they also encourage and support interdisciplinary projects, which are evaluated through joint review among Programs in SES, as well as joint review with programs in other Divisions, and NSF-wide multi-disciplinary panels, as appropriate. More information about SES programs, including the Sociology Program can be found at their website at http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SES.

The Program Director will be responsible for managing the review, evaluation, and post-award monitoring process of proposals received in and awards made by the Program. The incumbent encourages proposal submissions, selects well-qualified individuals to provide objective review on proposals either as individuals or as members of a panel, chairs meetings of the Sociology Advisory Panel, conducts final review of proposal evaluations, and recommends and documents final actions on proposals reviewed. The incumbent also provides technical and administrative oversight for active NSF grants, contracts, interagency agreements and cooperative agreements. The Program Director will evaluate progress of funded research through review and evaluation of reports and publications submitted by awardees and/or meetings at NSF and during site visits. The Program Director maintains regular contact with the research community, and provides advice and consultation upon request. The position also entails working with directors of other programs and divisions at NSF in developing new initiatives, representing the agency at professional meetings, and conducting outreach to the social science research and education community.

Qualifications and Evaluations: Applicants must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent experience with training and expertise in Sociology. In addition, six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the program are required.

How You Will Be Evaluated: You will be evaluated on the extent and quality of your experience, education, and research relevant to the duties of the position. We strongly encourage you to specifically address the Qualifications desired below. This will ensure that you receive full consideration in the evaluation process.

Qualifications Desired:
- Knowledge and understanding of scientific principles, theories, and methods that underlie research in sociology.
- Research, analytical and technical writing skills, which evidence the ability to perform extensive inquiries into a wide variety of significant issues and to make recommendations and decisions based on findings.
- Ability to organize, implement and manage large, multi-disciplinary, broadly based, proposal driven grant programs allocating resources to meet a broad spectrum of program goals.
- Ability to meet and deal with members of the scientific community, other funding agencies and peers to effectively present and advocate program policies and plans.
- Ability to work with individuals, both technical and support staff, across a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs.

Benefits: For Visiting Scientist appointments, individuals are in a non-pay leave status from their home institutions and are appointed to NSF's payroll as Federal employees. NSF withholds FICA and provides reimbursement for fringe benefits. Under the provisions of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, assignees remain on the payroll of his/her home institution and the home institution will continue to administer pay and benefits. NSF will reimburse the home institution for NSF's negotiated share of the cost of the assignment. Individuals eligible for an IPA assignment include employees of State and local government agencies, institutions of higher education, Indian tribal governments, federally funded research and development centers and qualified nonprofit organizations. For more information regarding a Visiting Scientist appointment or an IPA assignment, visit our website at http://www.nsf.gov//about/career_opps

Other Information: Relocation expenses may be paid contigent upon the availibility of funds.

How To Apply: You must submit your application so that it will be received by the closing date of the announcement. You may submit a resume or other application document of your choice. Please include the vacancy announcement number and your country of citizenship. You are strongly encouraged to submit a supplemental statement that describes how your background relates to the Quality Ranking Factors listed in the Qualifications and Evaluation Requirements section of this announcement. This information will be used in the evaluation process. We also ask that you complete and submit the Applicant Survey Form found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/forms/fm1232.doc. This will help NSF to ensure that our recruiting efforts are attracting a diverse candidate pool; it will be used for statistical purposes only.

NSF is an environmentally conscious federal agency dedicated to paper reduction. Please help support our effort by submitting all application materials via email. This will facilitate timely receipt and help save our environment. Applications and other materials should be transmitted electronically no later than midnight of the closing date to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please include the vacancy announcement number and your country of citizenship in the subject line of the email to be considered for this position. If you are unable to apply electronically, please use the Contact Information below for special instructions on how to submit your application materials. Hearing impaired individuals may call TDD (703) 292-8044 for assistance.

Important Note: Please do not include your social security number or date of birth on your application documents.

Agency Contact Info: Camille L. Britt Phone: 703 292-4345 TDD: 703-292-8044 Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Or write: National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 315 Arlington, VA 22230 US

What to Expect Next: Applicants will receive notice when their application has been sent to the selecting officer.

New eBook: Hatched: New Zealand’s Future

URL: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/services/sustainablesoc/hatched/

Updated: February 15 2010

Hatched: The Capacity for Sustainable Development is a new eBook from Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation.

Hatched is an eBook of research findings, stories and tools exploring five key areas of capacity required for New Zealand’s long-term success:

- Thinking and acting for long term success - can NZ be a future maker not a future taker?
- Businesses as sustainability innovators – improving and marketing businesses’ sustainability performance.
- Individuals as citizen consumers – what it takes to live sustainably.
- Facing up to wicked problems - creating solutions to complex, value laden and multi-party problems.
- The future as a set of choices - the next steps needed for NZ’s long-term success.

Hatched has been written for practitioners working within the public, business and community sectors and is free to download.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Science, Technology and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology

Deadline: March 14 2010

Updated: February 15 2010

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) seeks applicants for a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Science, Technology, and Society/Public Policy (STS/PP) Department. This position will start on August 23, 2010.

The STS/PP Department offers a B.S. in Public Policy and a M.S. in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, as well as a wide range of minors (Environmental Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Public Policy, Science and Technology Policy, Historical Perspectives in Science and Technology) supporting RIT’s general education program. More information about our program can be found at http://stspp.rit.edu.

This opening is for a one-year visiting position. The area of specialization is open; however, preference will be given to candidates whose work reflects an integration of environmental studies; public policy; and science, technology, and society. We seek candidates with demonstrated potential to be excellent teachers and researchers, and with interest in working in a collaborative, interdisciplinary, intellectually stimulating environment. Candidates with backgrounds that integrate the science and engineering fields with the social sciences and humanities are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates should have or be close to completing a Ph.D. in an appropriate discipline.

Candidates should apply online at https://mycareer.rit.edu. Search for IRC# 36537. Requested application material includes: a letter of application; a curriculum vitae; a statement of research and teaching interests; evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available); at least one sample publication; and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references.

Questions about the position can be directed to: Dr. Franz A. Foltz, Chair, Search Committee, Department of STS/Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604, (585) 475-5368, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Applications must be submitted by March 14, 2010.

The Rochester Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All individuals with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences are encouraged to make application.

Two-Year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010-12: Science, Medicine and Society in Africa

Deadline: March 12 2010

Updated: February 15 2010

The study of the role of science and medicine in contemporary Africa is a growing field. Undoubtedly some of the current attention to this subject has been produced by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but the issues go beyond this to include fundamental questions about the definition and role of science in African societies, the history and role of African science professionals and scientific education, the ethics, popular perceptions and interpretations of medical and scientific research in African communities, and expectations of (and disappointments with) medical provision.

This two-year postdoctoral fellowship will be held jointly at the Centre of African Studies and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Fellow will be housed in the Centre and the post administered from there. He/she will report to the Director and Management Committee. The stated aims of the Mellon Postdoctoral scheme include the fostering of connections between different departments of the University and the encouragement of cross-disciplinary work and teaching. We are therefore looking for an imaginative and critical scholar, able to forge links between areas of study and keen to advance the growing field of the study of science, medicine and society in Africa. The successful candidate will have a PhD in the Social Sciences or Humanities. Likely fields include social anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, psychology and cultural studies as they relate to the study of science and medicine in Africa.

The Centre of African Studies is an interdisciplinary centre, first established in 1965. A lively group of scholars, drawn from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences contributes to the Centre’s active seminar and conference programme. In recent years the Centre has also strengthened collaborative links with African institutions. The Centre is currently entering a period of change and growth. 2010 sees the launch of a new interdisciplinary M Phil in African Studies, convened by Professor Megan Vaughan, with options taught by academics across the humanities and social sciences. A research cluster on the theme of Science, Medicine and Society in Africa is being built up and there is great potential in the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for further embedding this theme in work in the Centre, linking it to the new M Phil teaching programme and to the outstanding work already being carried out in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Further information about the Centre of African Studies and its activities can be found at: http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/

The Department of History and Philosophy of Science teaches approx. 120 students in NST Parts IB, II and III, runs a substantial M.Phil. in History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine, together with c. 40 PhD students. It is a world-leading institution in the historical study of networks of natural history, environmental knowledge and the biomedical sciences. It helps support the Darwin Correspondence Project and has hosted a highly successful series of research projects in the history of natural history and scientific travel. Tropical medicine and public health are crucial emerging areas for the Department's concerns. Interests in the so-called laboratory revolution in biomedicine and in the debates on population growth, nutrition and welfare have long characterised the self-definitions of science-based medicine and have been of considerable concern for the historians of medicine within the department. The Department seeks to expand on its teaching, where there are already courses on ‘Science and Empire’, ‘History of colonial and tropical medicine’ and ‘History and politics of global health’. The HPS Department is also principal host to a Wellcome Trust-funded Strategic Award, ‘From Generation to Reproduction’, whose research strands offer several possibilities of linkage to research projects hosted by the Centre of Africa Studies. Further information about the Department can be found at: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/

In addition to carrying out their own research and helping to forge a new research community in Cambridge around the theme, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will also be required to organise a joint Centre/HPS research seminar (of between four to eight weeks) and to make a contribution to teaching. The precise nature of the teaching will depend on the Fellow’s interests, but the following are concrete possibilities:

- To develop and teach a module in the new MPhil in African Studies on the theme of Science, Medicine and Society in Africa and to supervise dissertations for the MPhil in African Studies
- To contribute a course of lectures to Natural Sciences Tripos Part II HPS, either in Paper 5 Science and Technology Studies or Paper 8 History of Modern Medicine and to contribute to the supervision of MPhil students in the History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine.

The Fellow would participate fully in the intellectual life of both HPS and the Centre of African Studies, and would be expected to use this unique opportunity to develop new research linking these two institutions.

How to Apply

The application should be submitted in hard copy only and should be sent to
The Administrator
University of Cambridge
Centre of African Studies
The Mond Building
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RF

The application should consist of:

i. The University’s coversheet for applications for employment, form PD18 (available at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18), complete parts I and III only.
ii. A full c.v., including details of teaching experience.
iii. A list of publications.
iv. A proposal outlining the research the candidates wishes to undertake in Cambridge and the courses s/he proposes to offer
v. Two samples of recent work.
vi. The names of three referees, who should be asked to send references to Dorian Addison directly. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that these arrive by the closing date. Referees should be asked to comment specifically on the candidate’s ability to undertake this role in the department. We will accept references by email to Dorian Addison, da211@ cam.ac.uk

The closing date for this job is 12 March 2010. Short listed candidates will be invited to Cambridge on 21 April 2010 to present seminar papers and for interview. Interviews will be carried out in person where possible, but where this is impractical interview via videoconference link may be offered to applicants.

Informal enquiries may be made to
Professor Megan Vaughan, + 44 (0)1223 334396 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Professor John Forrester, +44 (0)1223 334540 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

New Journals: Science as Culture, New Genetics and Society, and Engineering Studies

Updated: February 15 2010

Science as Culture (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/csac) , a 'critique of the way science is going', New Genetics and Society (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cngs), a focus for leading-edge social science research on the new genetics and related biosciences, and Engineering Studies (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/test) , a new journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering, these Routledge journals are available to individual 4S members at special annual print-only subscription rates. For more information, visit the 'News and Offers' page from the journal homepages or via the 4S members page.

3 Faculty Openings, Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health, GWU

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3280957

Updated: February 14 2010

Search Continues:

The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health of The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services invites applications for as many as three faculty positions. These positions will be tenure-track or tenured at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor rank, commensurate with experience.
The School is a fully accredited school of public health with vigorous programs of undergraduate and graduate research and education, including an MPH in Environmental Health Science and Policy and a DrPH in environmental and occupational health. The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health is at the center of national and global conversations about using science to protect workers, the public, and the environment from toxic substances and dangerous conditions. Faculty and staff in the Department, in keeping with the School’s location in Washington, D.C., have earned a national reputation as researchers and leaders in articulating how public health science is best used in regulatory decision-making. More information about the Department can be found at http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/departments/eoh/

Basic Qualifications: Applicants must have a terminal degree in a relevant discipline, strong verbal and written communication skills, and a commitment to teaching and mentoring students. Successful candidates at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor will have a solid publication record and have demonstrated the ability to obtain extramural research funding. Candidates applying for consideration at the Assistant Professor level should have demonstrated potential for external funding and peer reviewed publications.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated a history of collaborative work, and will have significant expertise in at least one and preferably several of the following areas: air pollution, climate change, environmental health policy, exposure assessment, industrial hygiene, global environmental health, mine health and safety, occupational health and safety, occupational medicine, regulatory science, risk sciences, sustainability, toxicology, and water quality.

Application Procedure: To be considered, interested applicants should submit: (1) a curriculum vitae; (2) a letter of interest describing teaching and mentoring experience, research interests, and plans for maintaining or developing an independently funded research program; and (3) complete contact information for at least three references. Only complete applications will be considered. Review of applications began on July 13, 2009 and will continue until the positions are filled. Please submit all materials electronically to: EOH Search Committee c/o Jo Ann Roberts Department of Environmental and Occupational Heath The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 203 Washington, DC 20037

Assistant Professor, Aging and Health, University of Chicago

Deadline: March 31 2010

URL: http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000622307-01

Updated: February 14 2010

The University of Chicago invites applications for two first-term tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level with a focus on aging and health; of particular interest is how social context interacts with the health care system to produce health outcomes among older persons. The faculty members will be affiliated with the Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS), which supports interdisciplinary research and training at the interface of health and the social sciences; the faculty will have access to administrative and research support through the Center. Faculty will hold primary academic appointments in any of the academic units listed below. Partial support for these positions is provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under a P30 mechanism grant with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree and strong potential to build an active research program in aging and to contribute to the strong interdisciplinary research on aging at the University of Chicago. These positions will be expected to start no later than July 1, 2010; an earlier start date is possible and preferred. For more information about each position and to apply online, please go to the job posting in each participating department or school listed below. Applications received by January 18, 2010 will receive full consideration; after that, applications will be considered until the positions are filled or until the application deadline of March 31, 2010. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

Participating departments and schools are Comparative Human Development (http://tinyurl.com/y96ykkp), Health Studies (http://tinyurl.com/00151), Medicine (Sections of General Internal Medicine: http://tinyurl.com/yeaazk9, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine: http://tinyurl.com/yclqpja, and Hospital Medicine: http://tinyurl.com/yatfrq6), Harris School of Public Policy Studies (http://tinyurl.com/y8fax3d), Social Service Administration (https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=137794), and Sociology (http://tinyurl.com/yhvgr4s).

Assistant Professor Department of Bioethics, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3281069

Updated: February 14 2010

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences seeks applicants for Assistant Professor of Bioethics. The University offers a Masters of Arts in Bioethics in three degree tracts: a DO/MA dual degree earned over four years, a one-year Masters program, and a career enhancement tract where practicing professionals earn their degree on a part-time basis. In a rich and varied curriculum, the Department of Bioethics approaches the study of bioethics broadly by drawing on the perspectives of philosophy, the medical humanities, humanism, and the “softer” side of the social sciences. The department has close affiliation with area hospitals and the Center for Practical Bioethics.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in ethics or a field related to bioethics-broadly defined. An advanced clinician’s degree (in medicine, nursing, etc.) and experience teaching bioethics will also make applicants eligible for consideration. Responsibilities include teaching in the Masters program and in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, carrying on an active program of research, assisting with the continued growth and development of the department, and contributing to the overall advancement of the university. For additional information contact: David Wendell Moller, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Bioethics, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 818-283-2219.

To apply, submit a cover letter for job #09-27 (include salary range requirements), curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, research interests, and strengths for the position to: Dawn Rohrs, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, 1750 Independence Ave., Kansas City, MO 64106-1453, 1-800-234-4847, ext. 2371 or 816-283-2371; or e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), (MS Word or PDF only, please); Fax: 816-283-2285. Pre-employment drug screen and background check required. EOE. www.kcumb.edu. Tobacco-free environment.

Human Resources
Administration Bldg, Rm 101
1750 Independence Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64106
816-283-2285 (Fax)

Chair, Dept of Community Health & Prevention, Drexel University

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3289016

Updated: February 14 2010

The Drexel University School of Public Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic public health professional with academic/administrative experience to lead the Department of Community Health and Prevention. The department is strongly committed to human rights, social justice and community engagement, incorporating these values into the curriculum and program objectives of the DrPH and MPH degree tracks. The department has a well-developed research and public health practice agenda grounded in serving vulnerable populations, adopting community-based participatory research methodology to address public health concerns in youth, HIV/AIDS, LGBT health and tobacco-related chronic diseases.

The Department Chair reports to the Dean, serves on the School’s leadership team, and manages departmental fiscal and human resources to foster excellence in education, research and service. The successful candidate will have a well-developed research program and will be expected to continue scholarly and educational pursuits.

Applicants should apply electronically to www.drexeljobs.com by clicking on "search postings," then clicking on "faculty," then clicking on "search" to find this position on the list. Please upload a statement of interest, CV, and contact information for three references. Inquiries may be directed to Janet Fleetwood,Ph.D., Search Committee Chair, at 215-895-1827.

Drexel University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, disabled individuals, and veterans. Applications will be handled with strictest confidence.

Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies, Bates College

Deadline: March 19 2010

URL: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40151

Updated: February 14 2010

The Program in Environmental Studies at Bates College seeks to fill a temporary faculty position,for one or two years, beginning in the fall of 2010 with someone whose scholarly focus is on American environmental studies within one of the humanities. We are looking for a colleague to join a vibrant multi-disciplinary program. The person hired will be expected to teach a broad introductory course on the environment and human culture, in addition to upper-level courses in the candidate’s area of expertise. We are particularly interested in candidates who bring diverse perspectives on U.S. environmental traditions.

The course description should make clear its relevance to a general curriculum in ES. For more information about the program and curriculum see the following: http://www.bates.edu/ENVR.xml?dept=ENVR and http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/environ/envr_temp_humanities_hiring.pdf. Review of applications will begin on March 19.

Applications from members of underrepresented groups are especially welcomed. ABD will be considered, Ph.D., preferred. Applications must include a letter of intent (including a list of potential courses to be taught), a CV, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a one-page description of an advanced undergraduate course in the candidate’s area of expertise.

Contact Info:
Environmental Studies/Humanist R2128
c/o Bates College Academic Services
2 Andrews Road, 7 Lane Hall
Lewiston, Maine 04240
Website: http://www.bates.edu/faculty-positions-available.xml

Professor, Senior Rank, University of Nebraska Medical Center

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3294517

Updated: February 14 2010

The Position: The Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, seeks candidates for position of Professor in Health Services Administration and Policy. This is a 12-month tenure-eligible faculty position with responsibilities for teaching in the graduate programs (MPH, PhD, and plans for an MHA), mentoring PhD students, and conducting funded research in health services administration and policy. Specific areas of specialization within health administration are open, with known interest in strategic planning, organization theory and development, and health finance. Faculty with interest in global health research and education are especially welcome to apply.

The Opportunities: The Department launched a new PhD program in September 2009 with students enrolling in tracks in health administration, health policy, and quality and effectiveness research. We are committed to enrolling at least three new fully funded PhD students each of the next four years. The College of Public Health is seeking accreditation, having been formed in 2007. The College is the only such entity in Nebraska and in a multi-state region. Both the College and the Department are growing, creating opportunities for academic leadership in addition to an environment conducive to collaborative research.

The Environment: The Department includes two research centers with established, active records in funded research and publication/dissemination of results to diverse audiences: the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis (www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth) and the Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research (www.unmc.edu/rural). The Department includes faculty with expertise in health economics, medical geography, health policy and health services research, along with 7 data analysts and 4 graduate research assistants. The College of Public Health is developing a Center for Global Health to capitalize on opportunities for collaboration and cross-national training with institutions in Kenya, China, India and Indonesia. The College will occupy its own building in 2010, bringing together faculty across 5 departments, and research centers. The MPH program was reaccredited in 2009 for a 7-year period. UNMC is a growing institution; ranking among research universities has risen in recent years, thanks to meeting aggressive goals to increase extramural and internal support for research activity.

The Qualifications: We seek an individual with a strong record of peer-reviewed publications and a proven ability to secure extramural funding, who is ready for new challenges. The candidate must meet qualifications required of senior (Associate Professor or Professor) faculty. The candidate must be qualified to teach courses in health administration and/or health policy, with areas of interest to include health care organizations, health policy, and/or global health.
Applicants should send a letter of interest with curriculum vitae, references, and writing samples to: Keith Mueller, PhD, 984350 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4350, Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The University of Nebraska is an Affirmative Action / Equal Employment Opportunity employer, which seeks and encourages expression of interest from minorities and groups traditionally underrepresented.

Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, Washington College

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40056

Updated: February 14 2010

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship.

The Hodson-Brown Fellowship supports work by academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. Candidates with a U.S. history topic are strongly encouraged to concentrate on the period prior to 1801. The fellowship is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history.

The fellowship award supports two months of research and two months of writing. The stipend is $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000, plus housing and university privileges.

The research is conducted at the John Carter Brown Library on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., which has one of the world’s richest collections of books, maps and documents related to North and South America and the Caribbean between 1492 and 1830. The research must be completed within the academic year (September to May). Housing will be provided convenient to the library.

The writing period of the fellowship will be at the Starr Center at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. The Starr Center is dedicated to innovative approaches to the nation’s past and present, and to fostering outstanding writing on American history and culture. The two-month writing term will be during the summer following the research term (June-August). The Hodson-Brown Fellow will be provided with an office in the Starr Center’s c. 1745 waterfront Custom House, as well as exclusive use of its Fellows’ Residence, a restored 1730s house in Chestertown’s historic district. (The house is large enough to accommodate a family.)

Applications should include the following:

1. A cover letter;
2. The applicant’s curriculum vitae, including a list of past publications or other relevant projects, as well as the names and telephone numbers of at least three references;
3. At least one substantial sample of the candidate’s writing (published or unpublished) or other past work;
4. A brief narrative description of the work-in-progress, its potential contributions to history, literature, the arts, or our understanding of the present, and the candidate’s plan for his or her fellowship terms in Providence and Chestertown. Candidates are encouraged to consult the John Carter Brown Library’s collections online prior to submitting an application.

Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. Applications may be submitted via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or mailed to:

Director
Starr Center Fellowships
The Custom House
101 South Water Street
Chestertown, MD 21620

For more information on the fellowships and the sponsor institutions, please visit starrcenter.washcoll.edu and www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library.

Faculty Position, Open Rank, University of Nebraska Medical Center

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3294513

Updated: February 14 2010

The Position: The Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, seeks candidates for a faculty position, open rank, in Health Services Administration and Policy. This is a 12-month tenure-eligible faculty position with responsibilities for teaching in the graduate programs (MPH, PhD, and plans for an MHA), mentoring PhD students, and conducting funded research in health services administration and policy. Specific areas of specialization within health administration are open, with known interest in strategic planning, policy analysis, organization theory and development, and health finance. Faculty with interest in global health research and education are especially welcome to apply.

The Opportunities: The Department launched a new PhD program in September 2009 with students enrolling in tracks in health administration, health policy, and quality and effectiveness research. We are committed to enrolling at least three new fully funded PhD students each of the next four years. The College of Public Health is seeking accreditation, having been formed in 2007. The College is the only such entity in Nebraska and in a multi-state region. Both the College and the Department are growing, creating opportunities for academic leadership in addition to an environment conducive to collaborative research.

The Environment: The Department includes two research centers with established, active records in funded research and publication/dissemination of results to diverse audiences: the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis (www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth) and the Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research (www.unmc.edu/rural). The Department includes faculty with expertise in health economics, medical geography, health policy and health services research, along with 7 data analysts and 4 graduate research assistants. The College of Public Health is developing a Center for Global Health to capitalize on opportunities for collaboration and cross-national training with institutions in Kenya, China, India and Indonesia. The College will occupy its own building in 2010, bringing together faculty across 5 departments, and research centers. The MPH program was reaccredited in 2009 for a 7-year period. UNMC is a growing institution who ranking among research universities has risen in recent years, thanks to meeting aggressive goals to increase extramural and internal support for research activity.

The Qualifications: We seek an individual at any academic rank with evidence of ability to publish research manuscripts and secure extramural funding, including through previous faculty positions and/or post doctoral experience. Areas of interest should some combination of health care finance, health care organizations, health policy, and global health. Applicants should send a letter of interest with curriculum vitae, references, and writing samples to: Keith Mueller, PhD, 984350 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4350, Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The University of Nebraska is an Affirmative Action / Equal Employment Opportunity employer, which seeks and encourages expression of interest from minorities and groups traditionally underrepresented.

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Harvard University

URL: http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3297490

Updated: February 14 2010

The Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health is seeking to appoint an assistant professor to teach and conduct research in health policy and management. The successful candidate should possess a broad knowledge of both health care and health policy. Candidates will be expected to be able to undertake empirical research employing statistical and econometric methods. Candidates should have demonstrated the experience and skills necessary to play a central role in research and teaching. Candidates should hold an earned doctoral degree in medicine (M.D.) and additional training in research. A Ph.D. in a closely related social science discipline, such as health policy, sociology, or economics is desirable, but not required. We expect that this individual will conduct research on quality of care, access to care, and related delivery system issues. Other qualifications include advanced methodological training, evidence of ability or the potential to manage national and international projects, to collaborate with professionals in other disciplines, and to teach health policy and management courses at the graduate level.

Please send a letter of application, including a statement of current and future research interests, curriculum vitae, sample publications and the names of four referees to the following address. Applicants should ask their referees to write independently to this address. The electronic submission of application documents to the email below is welcome:

Hayden Rockson, Search Administrator
Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Harvard University is committed to increasing representation of women and minority members among its faculty and particularly encourages applications from such candidates.

Project Leader, Plastics Collection, Syracuse University

URL: http://shotnews.net/?p=1224

Updated: February 14 2010

Syracuse University Library invites applications for the position of Plastics Collection Project Leader. This 18 month, benefits eligible position reports to the Director of Special Collections. The successful candidate will lead an ambitious effort to build the plastics history collection, which includes artifacts, printed materials, and archives, and oversee the ongoing development of the web portal plastics.syr.edu.

In 2008, Syracuse University Library took custody of a collection of thousands of artifacts, books, and archival collections documenting the history of the plastics industry. Most of these materials are housed in the library’s Special Collections Research Center (scrc.syr.edu) where interested patrons may consult them. This bold new collecting area requires a well-rounded and entrepreneurial leader to administer its continued growth.

Requirements (listed in order of priority):

Define collecting goals for library’s plastics collection.
Oversee the continued development of the web portal plastics.syr.edu.
Build relationships with industry leaders in order to attract donation of collection materials and cash gifts.
Suffuse plastics collection into Syracuse’s many academic teaching programs.
Convene plastics advisory board made up of interested plastics industry and academic parties.
Answer reference questions about the collection and arrange for patron use.
Qualifications:

Master’s degree in the history of science, design, technology, or business (PhD preferred) OR master’s degree in library and information science or museum studies.
Work experience in academic libraries, archives, or museum.
General knowledge about the role of plastics in history and society.
Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including academia, industry, and business.
Proven record of leadership in programming and outreach.
Salary and Benefits: 18-month, benefits-eligible position, full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Annual Salary: $50,000. Information regarding the University’s generous benefits package can be found on the Department of Human Resources website at http://humanresources.syr.edu/benefits/.

Contact: Syracuse University requires that you complete an online application. To complete an online application through the Internet, please go to http://www.sujobopps.com. Applicants should attach both a cover letter and resume with the application and include the names of three professional references.

Application deadline: Position will remain open until filled. Syracuse University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Call for Nominations, Society for the History of Technology: 2010 Sidney M. Edelstein Prize

Deadline: April 15 2010

URL: http://shotnews.net/?p=1215

Updated: February 14 2010

The Edelstein Prize is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the history of technology published during the preceding three years. Previously known as the Dexter Prize, the Edelstein Prize was established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Sidney Edelstein, a noted expert on the history of dyes and dye processes, founder of the Dexter Chemical Corporation, and 1988 recipient of SHOT’s Leonardo da Vinci Award. The prize, supported by a gift from the Sidney and Mildred Edelstein Foundation, consists of $3500 and a plaque.

Publishers, authors, and readers may nominate a title for the prize. Please send one copy to each of the committee members listed below, postmarked by 15 April. A book is eligible for three years following its copyright date (so that books copyrighted in 2007, 2008, or 2009 are eligible for the 2010 prize). Books originally published in a language other than English are eligible for the three years following the copyright of the English translation.

A book must be renominated in years two and three of eligibility in order to be reconsidered. Renomination requires that a copy of the book be sent to any new committee members, and that ALL the committee members receive an email renominating the book. All committee members must receive a book or renomination message dated by the deadline in order for a book to be considered. Deadline: 15 April 2010

For recent winners and more information, please contact the committee chair or Bernie Carlson, SHOT Secretary at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or see the prize’s web page at: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/edelstein.html.

2010 Selection Committee
Francesca Bray (Chair)
Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
SSPS, Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LD
United Kingdom
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Eda Kranakis
Department of History
University of Ottawa
155 Séraphin Marion St.
Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

William K. Storey
History Department
Millsaps College
1701 North State Street
Jackson MS 39210
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Endowed Chair/Program Director, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University

Deadline: April 12 2010

URL: http://www.bioethics.net/bioethics_jobs.php?view=5374

Updated: February 14 2010

The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics (CHCE) at Saint Louis University is searching for an outstanding individual to serve as Graduate Programs Director. The individual would also be appointed the Tenet Chair of Health Care Ethics at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. CHCE serves as an academic department and tenure home for all tenured and tenure track faculty. The faculty contract would be a 12-month appointment on the tenure-track or with tenure depending upon qualifications, and salary will be commensurate with experience. The position is available to begin on July 1, 2010.

Background Information: CHCE offers a PhD in Health Care Ethics with several special tracks that students may opt to select:
- MD/PhD dual degree;
- JD/PhD dual degree;
- MA (theology)/PhD dual degree with Concentration in the Catholic tradition of health care ethics;
- PhD program Certificate in Empirical Research in Bioethics; and
- Research Ethics Concentration

CHCE additionally offers a 1-year Certificate in Clinical Health Care Ethics that consists of 2 onsite training weekends and distance-learning study. The program is designed to serve especially the needs of hospital ethics committee members.

CHCE is involved in substantial partnerships with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, with the Catholic Health Association, and with the Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics at Saint Louis University.

Job responsibilities will minimally include: Oversight of the PhD program and Certificate program (with staff support); teaching in the PhD program and mentoring doctoral dissertations; and actively publishing as a scholar in bioethics. Other responsibilities (e.g., grant, clinical responsibilities, or service in partnership programs) may be negotiated at the time of hire depending upon the candidate’s background and interests.

Qualifications minimally include: A PhD in a field related to bioethics (e.g., philosophy, medical humanities, moral theology or religious studies, health economics, or medical sociology); a strong record of scholarly publications; experience teaching—ideally graduate and professional students. Other desirable characteristics would include a track record of obtaining independent funding, service on Institutional Review Boards, and experience conducting clinical ethics consultations. The ideal candidate will have expertise that supports one or more of the PhD program special tracks described above. No particular religious affiliation is expected of candidates, however, the successful candidate should be familiar with and willing to support the Jesuit mission of the University. Information on this mission is available at: http://www.slu.edu/x844.xml.

Application Information: All applications must be made online at http://jobs.slu.edu. Candidates should upload the following materials: A cover letter that highlights special qualifications for the position; a curriculum vita; 1 or 2 published articles in bioethics or research ethics; a document that provides the names, titles, and telephone numbers of at least 3 professional references, whom we have permission to contact if you are being considered for an interview.

Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Institutional Commitments: Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service. Saint Louis University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (AA/EOE) and encourages nominations of and application from women and minorities.

Contact
Pam Amsler
314 977-6661
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Assistant Professor Tenure Track with Specialization in Research Ethics, St Louis University

Deadline: April 12 2010

URL: http://www.bioethics.net/bioethics_jobs.php?view=5375

Updated: February 14 2010

The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics (CHCE) at Saint Louis University (SLU) is searching for a promising individual to serve as a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in Research Ethics. CHCE serves as an academic department and tenure home for all tenured and tenure track faculty. The faculty contract will be a 12-month appointment and salary will be commensurate with experience. The position is available to begin on September 1, 2010.

Background Information: CHCE offers a PhD in Health Care Ethics with several special tracks that students may opt to select. These include a Certificate in Empirical Research in Bioethics and a Research Ethics Concentration. CHCE is also involved in two relevant partnerships: It provides faculty to support the Center for Clinical Research Ethics within the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis (WU), and it provides some faculty support for the Office of Research Services at SLU as it oversees training in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). These two partnerships will provide partial funding for the current position.

Job responsibilities will minimally include: Teaching research ethics in the PhD program and mentoring doctoral dissertations; supporting the Clinical Research Ethics core within the WU CTSA; supporting RCR training at SLU; serving on an Institutional Review Board (IRB); and actively publishing as a scholar in bioethics, particularly in the area of research ethics. The candidate would also be expected to write or collaborate on grant proposals for external funding.

Qualifications minimally include: A PhD in a field related to research ethics (e.g., bioethics, philosophy, social psychology, or medical sociology). The ideal candidate would also have some record of scholarly publications, some experience teaching, some experience writing or collaborating on grant projects, and at least 1 year of service on an IRB. No particular religious affiliation is expected of candidates, however, the successful candidate should be familiar with and willing to support the Jesuit mission of the University. Information on this mission is available at: http://www.slu.edu/x844.xml.

Application Information: All applications must be made online at http://jobs.slu.edu. Candidates should upload the following materials: A cover letter that highlights special qualifications for the position; a curriculum vita; 1 or 2 published articles or writing samples in bioethics or research ethics; a document that provides the names, titles, and telephone numbers of at least 3 professional references, whom we have permission to contact if you are being considered for an interview.

Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Institutional Commitments: Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service. Saint Louis University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (AA/EOE) and encourages nominations of and application from women and minorities.

Contact
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The Black Sea World in the Age of Democratizations Call for articles: Transitions

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

ed. by l'Institut de Sociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles and
l'Institut Européen, Université de Genève

Twenty years after the fall of the communist regimes in Central and
Eastern Europe, the transitions of these countries to democracy and
market economy have been finally achieved. Central and Eastern Europe
has become a stable region, as it overcame the risk of turbulence it
went through in the 90s. But, as we move to the East, the situation is
completely different. In the years 2000, the transitions moved East of
Eastern Europe, where they are still going on, although with contested
chances to lead to consolidated democracies. Ukraine, Moldova,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia itself, are but a few of the countries
which have recently focused the attention of researchers as they raise
a wide range of domestic and international challenges.
The reason for the interest of political scientists towards this
region is mainly the complexity of the stakes that circumscribe it.
Geopolitical stakes, first, as the Black Sea is a hub of connections
between East and West, but also between Russia and the Middle East.
Security stakes, in the wide sense of the word, encompassing
migration, trafficking, or pollution. Energy stakes, at a time when
access to oil and gas supplies from Russia and Central Asia is one of
the top priorities on the EU agenda, and as Georgia is the key to the
route linking Central Asia to Turkey, while Ukraine is the key to the
northern route. This is why the Black Sea region is interesting at the
same time for Russia (through its 'near abroad' policy), for the EU
(through its Neighborhood Policy and, more recently, the Eastern
Partnership), and for the US (through the 'Greater Middle East'
policy). Meanwhile, the projects of regional cooperation initiatives
are multiplying at an accelerated pace, with several states trying to
play as leaders of these initiatives. Turkey and Russia are the two
main actors sharing a condominium in the region, but other attempts at
gaining more international weight by playing the regional card can be
identified, such as in the case of Ukraine and even Romania.
All these international stakes have a visible impact on the political
regimes of the countries in the region, which are moreover suffering
from endemic problems such as political instability, bad governance,
networks of organized crime or state failure.

The Institut de Sociologie of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and
the Institut Européen of the Université de Genève invite scholars to
submit paper proposals for the next issue of the Transitions journal,
on the general topic of the democratic transitions in the Black Sea
countries. More specifically, the articles should address one of the
following issues:
1.Is the Black Sea a 'region'? Which are the common interests shared
by the former USSR states, the three EU member states neighboring the
Black Sea – Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, and a NATO country – Turkey?
Are the fault-lines dividing them more pervasive than the cooperation
incentives?
2.Which are the factors that influence democratic transitions in the
former Soviet countries at the Black Sea? Which is the relationship
between energy issues, geopolitics, Western or Russian conditionality,
and democratization?
3.Which role for the EU at the Black Sea, both in terms of
consolidating democracy domestically, and of favoring stability and
regional cooperation?
4.How do frozen conflicts (such as those in Transnistria, South
Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Nagorno Karabach), and more generally, how do
identity/ethnicity issues affect democratization and domestic
political regimes?

The proposals for contributions shoud be in English or French, no
longer than 600 words. Please send also the name and affiliation of
the author with a short biography. The deadline for the submission of
the article proposals is February 28, 2010. Please submit your article
proposals to both the following mail addresses:
Prof. Jean-Michel de Waele, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr. Ruxandra Ivan, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
You will receive notice of acceptance by March 15, 2010. The final
version of the accepted articles should be submitted by June 1st,
2010.

Le monde de la Mer Noire à l'époque des démocratisations
Appel à contributions pour la révue Transitions ,
Editée par l'Institut de Sociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles et
l'Institut Européen, Université de Genève

20 ans après la chute des communismes en Europe centrale et orientale,
les transitions vers la démocratie et l'économie de marché dans ces
pays sont finalement achevées. L'Europe centrale et orientale est
devenue une région stable qui ne risque plus les troubles des années
90. Mais, plus à l'Est, la situation est complètement différente. Dans
les années 2000, les transitions se sont déplacées à l'Est de l'Europe
de l'Est, où elles continuent encore, mais, pour la plupart, avec des
chances contestées de déboucher sur de vrais régimes démocratiques.
L'Ukraine, la Moldavie, la Géorgie, l'Azerbaijan et même la Russie ne
sont que quelques uns des pays qui ont attiré récemment l'attention
des chercheurs, car ils suscitent toute une série de questionnements
concernant leurs régimes internes et leur comportement international.

Les raisons de l'intérêt que suscite cette région du point de vue de
la science politique tiennent à la complexité des enjeux qui la
circonscrivent. Enjeux géopolitiques, d'abord, car il s'agit de la
région de la Mer Noire, point de carrefour entre l'Est et l'Ouest,
mais également entre la Russie et le Moyen Orient. Enjeux
sécuritaires, dans le sens qu'a pris ce mot dans les dernières
décennies, lorsque les scientifiques ont montré que l'insécurité peut
provenir non seulement des armées ennemies, mais aussi des flux
migratoires, du trafic transfrontalier et même de la pollution. Enjeux
énergétiques, à l'heure où la question de l'approvisionnement en
pétrole et en gaz russes et d'Asie centrale est sur l'agenda de
l'Union européenne, et dans les conditions où la Géorgie est la clé de
la route Asie Centrale – Turquie, et l'Ukraine – la clé de la route
nordique. Tout cela fait en sorte que la région de la Mer Noire soit à
la fois l'objet de la préoccupation de la Russie (à travers sa
politique de « l'étranger proche »), de l'Union européenne (la
Politique de Voisinage et, plus récemment, le Partenariat à l'Est) et
des Etats-Unis (la politique du Moyen Orient élargi). Cependant, on
assiste à une multiplication accélérée des initiatives de coopération
dans la Mer Noire, plusieurs Etats essayant de se promouvoir comme
chefs de file de ces coopérations. La Turquie et la Russie sont les
deux grands acteurs qui partagent un condominium sur la zone, mais il
y a également des tentatives de l'Ukraine et même de la Roumanie de
gagner plus de poids international à partir de leur position
géostratégique.
Tous ces enjeux internationaux ont un impact non négligeable sur les
régimes politiques de la région, qui souffrent en plus de certains
problèmes endémiques, comme l'instabilité politique, la mauvaise
gouvernance, les réseaux de criminalité organisée ou l'échec de
l'Etat.

L'Institut de Sociologie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles et
l'Institut Européen de l'Université de Genève invitent les chercheurs
à proposer des articles pour un prochain numéro de la revue
Transitions sur la problématique générale des transitions
démocratiques dans les pays de la Mer Noire. Plus précisément, les
articles devraient aborder l'une des thématiques suivantes:
1.Peut-on parler d'une « région » dans le cas de la Mer Noire? Quels
sont les intérêts communs partagés par les pays de l'ancienne URSS,
les trois Etats-membres de l'UE dans le voisinage de la Mer Noire – la
Bulgarie, la Grèce et la Roumanie, et un pays membre de l'OTAN – la
Turquie? Leurs différences sont-elles plus significatives que les
dynamiques de coopération?
2.Quels sont les facteurs qui influencent les transitions
démocratiques dans les anciens pays de l'URSS à la Mer Noire? Quelle
est la relation entre l'énergie, la géopolitique, la conditionnalité
occidentale ou russe et la démocratisation?
3.Quel est/pourrait être le rôle de l'UE à l'égard de la région de la
Mer Noire, tant en termes de consolidation des démocraties, qu'en
termes de promotion de la stabilité et de la coopération régionale?
4.Comment les conflits glacés (comme ceux de la Transnistrie, de
l'Ossétie du Sud, de l'Abkhazie ou du Haut Karabach) et, plus
généralement, les questions identitaires et ethniques affectent-ils la
démocratisation et les régimes politiques internes?
Les propositions de contributions doivent être rédigées en Anglais ou
en Français et ne pas dépasser 600 mots. Elles doivent être
accompagnées du nom et de l'affiliation institutionnelle de l'auteur
et d'une courte notice biographique. Les propositions doivent parvenir
aux deux adresses suivantes avant le 28 Février 2010:
Prof. Jean-Michel de Waele, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr. Ruxandra Ivan, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Les propositions acceptées seront notifiées avant le 15 Mars 2010. La
version finale des articles acceptés devra être envoyée avant le 1er
Juin 2010.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOETHICS (IJT)

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association
http://www.igi-global.com/ijt

Editor-in-Chief: Rocci Luppicini, University of Otttawa, Canada
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

MISSION OF IJT:
Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible
publication in the International Journal of Technoethics (IJT). The
mission of the International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) is to
evolve technological relationships of humans with a focus on ethical
implications for human life, social norms and values, education, work,
politics, law, and ecological impact. This journal provides cutting-edge analysis of technological innovations, research,developments policies, theories, and methodologies related to
ethical aspects of technology in society.IJT publishes empirical
research, theoretical studies, innovative methodologies, practical
applications, case studies, and book reviews. IJT encourages
submissions from philosophers, researchers, social theorists,
ethicists, historians, practitioners, and technologists from all areas
of human activity affected by advancing technology.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited
to) the following:
SUBMITTING TO THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOETHICS:
• Technoethics and Cognition (artificial morality, ethical agents,
technoethical systems, technoethical mind, techno-addiction and
ethical intervention, etc.)
• Biotech Ethics (cloning ethics, e-health ethics, telemedicine
ethics, medical, research ethics, genetic ethics, neuroethics, sport
and nutrition technoethics, etc.)
• Technoethics and Society (digital property ethics, technoethics and
social theory, technoethics and law, technoethics and science,
technoethics and art, global technoethics, etc.)
• Computer and Engineering Ethics (professional codes of ethics,
environmental technoethics, military technoethics, nanoethics, nuclear
ethics, etc.)
• Information and Communication Technoethics (cyberethics, cyber
pornography, cybercrime, cyber-stalking, internet ethics, media
ethics, netiquette, etc.)
• Organizational Technoethics (e-business ethics, outsourcing ethics,
virtual organization ethics, global ethics, technoethics and knowledge
management, technoethics and work, etc.)
• Educational Technothics (cyber-bullying, cyber democracy, digital
divide, e-learning ethics, emancipatory educational technology,
professional technoethics, technoethical assessment and evaluation,
etc.).

Prospective authors should note that only original and previously
unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST
CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines
submission.pdf PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be
forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the
journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding
acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received
from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically
to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

PUBLISHER:
The International Journal of Technoethics is published by IGI Global
(formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science
Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information
Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the
publisher, please visit http://www.igi-global.com.

All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Dr. Rocci Luppicini, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Technoethics
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://www.igi-global.com/ijt

CFP: Animals in Place

Updated: February 14 2010

We are seeking chapter proposals for an edited collection
investigating the relationship between animals and place.
Multidisciplinary in its scope, the editors encourage submissions
across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The
editors envision a book that acknowledges and considers the role of
place in the multiple situated encounters between human and other
animals.

Questions to be considered:

• How, if at all, do concepts of domestic, wild or feral places affect
the contours and outcomes of encounters?
• How might the relational space change when we encounter individuals
of a species in distinctly different places (i.e. enclosed versus open
spaces)?
• In co-constructing knowledge about non-human animals, is space
considered?
• How, if at all, are factors, such as chance, spontaneity and
imagination, impacted by the locations we encounter animal others?
• What do non-Euclidean ideas of space offer to human-animal
relationships?

We encourage potential contributors to negotiate the dynamic role of
place in human-animal interactions and ethical relationships.
Encounters in a variety of spatial and relational configurations will
be included in the volume, enlivening and contributing to a collective
imagining of animals in place, particularly the place of humans in a
multispecies and multidimensional world.

Please submit proposals for chapters (500 words, maximum) and a short
CV by March 1, 2010.

Submissions should be sent to both Dr. Traci Warkentin
(.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Gavan P.L. Watson (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).
Selected submissions will be notified by April 5, 2010. Completed
chapters will be due by August 1, 2010.

For more information visit: http://www.gavan.ca/aip/

Science as Culture

Updated: February 14 2010

Science as Culture , a 'critique of the way science is going', New Genetics and Society , a focus for leading-edge social science research on the new genetics and related biosciences, and Engineering Studies , a new journal devoted to the scholarly study of engineers and engineering, these Routledge journals are available to individual 4S members at special annual print-only subscription rates. For more information, visit the 'News and Offers' page from the journal homepages or via the 4S members page.

The IEEE Life Members’ Prize in Electrical History

Deadline: April 15 2010

URL: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/ieee.html

Updated: February 03 2010

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Life Members' Prize in Electrical History, supported by the IEEE Life Members' Fund and administered by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), is awarded annually to the best paper in the history of electrotechnology-power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science-published during the preceding year. Any article published in a learned periodical is eligible if it treats the art or engineering aspects of electrotechnology and its practitioners. The article must be written in English, although the journal or periodical in which it appears may be a foreign language publication. The prize consists of a cash award of $500 and a certificate. To nominate an article, please send a copy (paper or electronic) of the article to each member of the prize committee. Deadline for the 2009 prize is April 15, 2010.

Andrew J. Butrica (chair)
Apt. 913-South
5225 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
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Robert MacDougall
Department of History
University of Western Ontario
Social Science Centre 4328
London, Ontario N6A 5C2
CANADA
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Eden Medina
School of Informatics and Computing
Indiana University
901 E. 10th Street, Room 305
Bloomington, IN 47408
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Andrew J. Butrica
MERCURIANS
ANTENNA Newsletter
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Bethesda, MD 20824-0224
USA
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NSF Senior Analyst, Science & Engineering Indicators Program

URL: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=1781564&org=NSF

Updated: January 28 2010

The National Science Foundation is seeking a Senior Analyst in its Science & Engineering Indicators Program, Division of Science Resources Statistics’ (SRS) Directorate for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arlington, VA. Appointment is under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act* (IPA) for a two-year renewable period. The salary range is $89,033 - $163,957. SRS, the principal Federal Government source in the Federal Government for statistics and analyses of worldwide Science and Engineering (S&E) trends, produces the National Science Board’s Congressionally mandated biennial Science and Engineering Indicators report for the President and the Congress. Indicators analyses cover the range of S&E topics from education and workforce to globalization of S&T capabilities and production and trade of sophisticated goods and services. The Senior Analyst will be responsible for quantitatively based analyses in one or more of three major topic areas: Structure and functioning of the U.S. higher education system with specific reference to science, engineering, and mathematics; U.S. academic R&D including faculty, academic researchers, and graduate and doctoral S&E students and postdocs; and the structure and dynamics of the U.S. S&E workforce. Much of the work will be done in a team setting. For information about this job and how to apply, please go to http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=1781564&org=NSF. The Agency Contact for this job announcement is Camille L. Britt, (703) 292-4345; .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); TTD (703) 292-8044.

For more information about SRS programs, including the Science and Engineering Indicators Program, please go to the website at http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SRS.

Please share this notice with colleagues as appropriate.

* Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment. Individuals eligible for an IPA assignment with a Federal agency include employees of state and local government agencies or institutions of higher education, Indian tribal governments, and other eligible organizations in instances where such assignments would be of mutual benefit to the organizations involved. The individual remains an employee of the home institution, and NSF provides funding toward the assignee’s salary and benefits.

Full or Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at University of Lausanne

Deadline: March 20 2010

URL: http://www.unil.ch/ssp/page15565.html

Updated: January 28 2010

The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lausanne has an opening for a full time position of Full Professor or Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Social studies of sciences and technologies.

Experience and title requested: Applicants must possess a Ph.D. in social sciences or an equivalent title. The candidate must be fluent in English and French.
Starting date: 1st August 2010 or 1st February 2011

Interested candidates should send their letter of application, curriculum vitae, and list of publications to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). They should also send in duplicate the above-mentioned documents with five main publications to the following address: Président de la Commission “Etudes sociales des sciences et des techniques“ Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques Décanat Anthropole 1015 Lausanne The full job description and hiring conditions are available at: http://www.unil.ch/ssp/page15565.html

The Construction of Personal Identities Online: a Special Issue of Minds and Machines

Deadline: December 15 2011

URL: http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/grants/pio/index.html

Updated: January 15 2010

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are building a new habitat (infosphere) in which future generations will spend an increasing amount of time. So, how individuals construct, shape and maintain their personal identities online (PIOs) is a problem of growing and pressing importance. Today, PIOs can be created and developed, as an ongoing work-in-progress, to provide experiential enrichment, expand, improve or even help to repair relationships with others and with the world, or enable imaginative projections (the "being in someone else's shoes" experience), thus fostering tolerance. However, PIOs can also be mis-constructed, stolen, "abused", or lead to psychologically or morally unhealthy lives, causing a loss of engagement with the actual world and real people.

The construction of PIOs affects how individuals understand themselves and the groups, societies and cultures to which they belong, both online and offline. PIOs increasingly contribute to individuals' self-esteem, influence their life-styles, and affect their values, moral behaviours, and ethical expectations. It is a phenomenon with enormous practical implications, and yet, crucially, individuals as well as groups seem to lack a clear, conceptual understanding of who they are in the infosphere and what it means to be a responsible informational agent online. This special issue of Minds and Machines seeks to fill this important gap in our philosophical understanding. It will build on the current debate on PIO, and address questions such as:
- How does one go about constructing, developing and preserving a PIO? Who am I online?
- How do I, as well as other people, define and re-identify myself online?
- What is it like to be that particular me (instead of you, or another me with a different PIO), in a virtual environment?
- Should one care about what happens to one's own PIO and how one (with his/her PIO) is perceived to behave online?
- How do PIs online and offline feedback on each other?
- Do customisable, reproducible and disposable PIOs affect our understanding of our PI offline?
- How are we to interpret cases of multiple PIOs, or cases in which someone's PIO may become more important than, or even incompatible with, his or her PI offline?
- What is going to happen to our self-understanding when the online and offline realities become intertwined in an "onlife" continuum, and online and offline PIs have to be harmonised and negotiated? Papers comparing and evaluating standard approaches to PI in order to analyse how far they may be extended to explain PIO are also very welcome. Submissions will be double-blind refereed for academic rigor, originality and relevance to the theme. Please submit articles of no more than 10,000 words to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in .doc or .pdf format.

The special issue is part of a series of workshops organised in connection with the AHRC-funded project The Construction of Personal Identities Online. Authors may also wish to submit their papers to one of the workshops organized on the same topic. Submissions will also be considered for publication in the special issue.

The Body in Breast Cancer: a Special Issue of Social Semiotics

Deadline: October 01 2010

Updated: January 15 2010

Social Semiotics invites submissions to a special issue “The Body in Breast Cancer” in order to mobilize new critical interventions into the materiality of breast cancer.

The body, at the level of the breast, is the terrain on and through which breast cancer registers. This body, as understood through poststructuralist theory, is always already constructed and negotiated in relation to technology. This body, then, is a technologized body. The experience of breast cancer at once compels particular interfaces of body and machine in detection, treatment, and “recovery,” and the necessity for corporeal reworking in relation to the machine. Stressing the material breast as a technologized terrain necessitates grappling with the myriad of troubled relations of/to the breast, such as the prosthetic breast, the absent breast, fear of the lost breast, refusal of the breast, the scrutinized fleshy breast. In order to enable such exploration, we solicit papers in the fields of science and technology studies, queer studies, cultural studies, performance studies, and disability studies that enter into dialogue with scholarship on (bio)technologies and/or the posthuman. Foregrounding the technologized materiality in breast cancer will yield new ways of understanding subjectivity and somatic resistance, crafting corporeality, and practicing critique/politics in order to extend “livable lives.”

We are especially interested in accounts of queer, non-white, crip, male, classed bodies, and other particularities of subjecthood, that explore the practices of the technologized body in breast cancer at the level of machine and science, and imagined through biotech, the cyborg, cybernetics, prostheses, biometrics, and so forth.

We welcome articles that investigate:
• Excavations of the breast that foreground the policing, containment, mutilation, resignification, and crafting of the breast
• Bodies in breast cancer surveillance
• Bodies and breast reconstruction
• Bodies in treatment (radiation, the chemotherapy ward, detection, ultrasound, MRI, biopsy, mammogram, the breast clinic)
• Bodies and traces of military technologies; marks of cancer treatment
• Body-erotics/sexuality and breast cancer
• Visual economies of the breast and legalities of breastlessness
• The body and prognosis in breast cancer
• Altered notions of bodily capacity in relation to breast cancer
• Breasted aesthetics as self-crafting/disciplining
• Renegotiations of subjectivity at the interface with machines
• Unstable assemblages between flesh and machine in detection, risk assessment, prognosis
• Cancer and matter
• Regeneration and illness

We invite traditional essays as well as a variety of alternative forms: short performative pieces, short critical etymologies, visual essays, case studies. We are hoping to put together a range of different submissions for this issue in order to encourage unorthodox approaches to breast cancer. If submitting a traditional paper, the word count should be no more than 8000, including notes and bibliography. Alternative formats should be between 1 and 15 pages (maximum). For all submissions, please note that one image is equivalent to 250 words (half page). The journal citation style is Chicago Author-Date. For style guidelines and further information about figures and formatting, please see the journal website instructions for authors: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/csosauth.asp Articles should be prepared for anonymous review. Please provide a separate short author biography and an abstract of no more than 150 words. The deadline for submissions is 1 October 2010, with a final publication date scheduled for January 2012. Papers should be submitted by electronic attachment as a Word document (.doc or .txt) or pdf. The subject line of your email should state the special issue title “The Body in Breast Cancer” and be addressed to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Call for papers: Volume 11 of ‘Advances in Medical Sociology’ - Sociological Reflections on Neurosci

Deadline: February 15 2010

Updated: January 15 2010

Editors: Ira van Keulen (Rathenau Institute) and Martyn Pickersgill
(University of Edinburgh)
(Series Editor: Professor Barbara Katz Rothman)

Abstracts due: February 15th 2010

The Advances in Medical Sociology book series seeks submissions for a new volume on sociological reflections on the neurosciences. Neuroscience is an increasingly influential and prestigious branch of biomedicine, gaining ever more traction within a variety of policy, professional and public cultures. In some respects, neuroscientific ideas and concepts are replacing genetics as a paradigm for understanding the body, the mind and social order, and the relationships between these domains. Neuroscience therefore demands attention from sociologists. However, to-date, debate around the ‘new brain sciences’ has been limited within sociology, and it has mostly been ethicists who have opened up discussions on the important ethical and epistemological issues neuroscience raises. As a consequence, many of the discussions on the social, ethical, legal and policy implications of the rapidly growing field of the neurosciences have been primarily speculative and theoretical. Thus for this volume of Advances in Medical Sociology: Sociological Reflections on Neuroscience we are specifically looking for articles based on empirical research, from socio-historical analysis to ethnographic research, from surveys to in-depth interviews .

This edited volume of Advances in Medical Sociology aims to be a benchmark text in sociological analyses of neuroscientific research and practice. Accordingly, we call for papers addressing a wide variety of issues pertaining to the sociology of neuroscience, including - but not limited to - the following topics:

1) knowledge representation in (medical) neuroimaging studies 2) changing perceptions of neurological conditions (e.g. Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease) and ‘cognitive functions’ (e.g. attention, memory) within the clinic and in wider society 3) the neuroscientific (re)construction of psychopathology (e.g. autism, ADHD, depression) 4) the links between neuroscience, clinical practice and subjectivity (including the politics and meanings of ‘neurodiversity’) 5) the rise of novel clinical neurotechnologies (e.g. neurofeedback, deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation) 6) representations of the (diseased) brain within and beyond the media 7) changing perceptions of the mind-body relationship 8) the governance and regulation of medical neuroimaging (including the development and implementation of clinical neuroethics) 9) the international production and flow of neuroscientific concepts, knowledge and technology 10) neuroscientific understandings of ‘sociological’ terms and concepts such as gender and racism

This list should be treated as suggestive rather than prescriptive, and we welcome papers that with other germane issues (such as the degree to which longstanding sociological concepts like ‘biographical disruption’ and ‘medicalisation’ have explanatory or descriptive power in thinking about neuroscience, and the potential contribution neuroscience might make to sociology).

Potential contributors should email a 300-500 word abstract by Monday February 15th to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Informal enquiries to this address are also welcome. Name and institutional affiliation of author(s) should also be supplied, including full contact details of the main author. Proposals will be reviewed by the editors, and authors notified by 5th April. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) will be 1st September. Publication of the volume is expected in late 2011.

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Updated: January 15 2010

Deadline: Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions are filled

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites qualified academics who possess PhDs in Sociology (Social or Cultural Anthropology will also be considered) and proven records of accomplishments in teaching and research (especially on Asian societies), to apply for tenure-track faculty positions as either Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor, in any of the following disciplines:

- Urban Sociology
- Social Demography
- Consumption and Popular Culture
- Organizations/Business and Society

Applicants with additional expertise in Quantitative Methods and Social Theory will receive priority of consideration. Successful applicants are expected to teach effectively (at both undergraduate and graduate levels) in English.

The Division strongly emphasizes teaching excellence and supports faculty research. The thrust of our Division's teaching and research is international and comparative, with special focus on the analysis of social change in Asian societies. The Division's profile can be found at the following website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/sociology/.

To apply, please refer to the Guidelines for Submitting an Application for Faculty Appointment (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Faculty.aspx) and send your application to:

Associate Professor KWOK Kian-Woon
Head, Division of Sociology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
HSS-05-36
Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332
Fax: (65) 6794 6303Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions are filled.

Non-Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Research Professor, Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers

Updated: January 15 2010

Position Announcement
Assistant/Associate Research Professor
Center for State Health Policy
Institute for Health, HealthCare Policy & Aging Research
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

The Center for State Health Policy (Center/CSHP) at Rutgers University invites applications for a non-tenure track Assistant or Associate Research Professor with strong interest, expertise and record of achievement in health services research and public policy.
The successful candidate will have a doctoral degree in health or public policy or a related discipline such as sociology, economics, political science, epidemiology, law or medicine; and substantial (e.g., 3 or more years) relevant research experience. Individuals with a master's degree and substantial relevant independent research experience in one or more of the areas listed below will be considered. Preference will be given to individuals with training and experience in the application of advanced quantitative and/or qualitative methods.
We are seeking talented and motivated candidates who are emerging or established leaders in health policy research with strong records of developing and managing complex policy and services research projects. The desired applicant should have excellent analytic and communication skills and a blend of the following:
Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, develop and lead the submission of successful proposals to government, particularly federal, and private research sponsors.
Commitment to the Center's mission and strategic goal of informing, supporting and stimulating sound and creative state health policy in New Jersey and around the nation.
Extensive policy/content expertise in one or more of the Center's areas of interest (described below), and knowledge of and interest in government and policy.
Ability and enthusiasm to lead and work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams that may include faculty, staff, and students. Willingness to mentor junior staff and contribute to the professional development of colleagues at the Center.
Ability to translate research findings to policy audiences, and excellent skills in written and oral communication of complex policy-related information and research findings to diverse, non-technical audiences.
Strong publications record, including policy-oriented work and peer-reviewed scholarly publications.
The new faculty member will contribute to the Center's efforts to build on our research portfolio in one or more of the following areas:
Population health, including state obesity prevention strategies.
Measurement and improvement of health system performance, including state policies addressing health service quality and value.
Medicaid policy.
Health care workforce policy (i.e., nursing, medicine and other health care workers).
Policies addressing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health services access, utilization, quality, and outcomes.
Policies to improve the organization, financing and delivery of acute and long-term care services for vulnerable populations including people with physical disabilities or chronic conditions, low-income populations, and the elderly.
The Center for State Health Policy, a unit of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University, serves the policy needs of New Jersey and contributes to generalizable knowledge about state health policy. More than 25 faculty and research staff from diverse disciplines work on a wide range of research, policy analysis, and other projects related to health and health care policy. For more information about the Center, visit http://www.cshp.rutgers.edu.
This is a 12 month, renewable position. Renewal, with opportunities for promotion, will be based on the successful development of a focused sponsored research agenda that is consistent with the Center's mission. An initial two year contract period will be considered for applicants with an exceptional record of relevant work. Salary and rank will be commensurate with academic achievements, including sponsored research and scholarly publication records, as well as relevant professional experience. See http://uhr.rutgers.edu/documents/FacultyBenefitsGuide.pdf for additional information about the University's competitive benefit package.
Interested applicants should submit, via email, a cover letter, curriculum vita, writing sample, and names and contact information for at least three references to Margaret Koller, CSHP Executive Director, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). This posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Rutgers University is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships for 2010-2011 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40035

Updated: January 15 2010

The Rachel Carson Center is a joint initiative of Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and the Deutsches Museum. Generously supported by the German Ministry for Research and Education (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), the Rachel Carson Center’s major goal is to further research and discussion in the field of international environmental studies and to strengthen the role of the humanities in the current political and scientific debates about the environment. Special emphasis is being placed on international, comparative and historical perspectives. The Center is designed to bring together academics from all over the world who work on the complex relationship of nature and culture across disciplines. Individual projects will focus on different time periods and different geographic areas. The institute is conceived as a national and international think tank that discusses and analyzes the role of human actors and the role of nature in this relationship.
The Rachel Carson Center invites applications for its 2010-11 class of postdoctoral and senior fellows. The program, directed by Professor Christof Mauch of Munich University and Professor Helmuth Trischler of the Deutsches Museum is designed to bring to Munich a cohort of excellent scholars working in environmental history and related professional disciplines.
The Center will award fellowships to scholars from around the globe and from a variety of disciplines. Research and writing of applicants should pertain to one (or more) of the topics that will be at the core of the Center’s 2010-2011 research agenda:

- Resource Use and Conservation
- Transformation of Landscapes
- Knowledge and Knowledge Societies
- Natural Disasters and Cultures of Risk

The fellowships will usually be granted for periods of 6, 9 or 12 months but they can also be granted for 3 months or be broken up into individual 3 month periods. Fellows are expected to be in residence and to work on a major research project as well as to engage within peers and senior fellows at the Carson Center, and to contribute to programs at the Center.
The Carson Center will pay for a replacement of the successful candidate at his or her home institution; alternatively it will pay a fellowship that is commensurate with experience and current employment.
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a copy of your last diploma, project description (3,000 word maximum), research schedule for the fellowship period, and the names of three scholars who might serve as references. While applicants may write in either English or German, we recommend that they use the language in which they are most proficient. They will be notified about the outcome within approximately two months of the deadline given above. Please send applications electronically (only!) in PDF or Word format via e-mail or mail copies.

Contact Info:
Rachel Carson Center
Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships
Leopoldstraße 11a
80802 München
Germany
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone: (0049) 89 2180 72352
Fax: (0049) 89 2180 72353
Website: http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de

Call for Nominations, Cushing Memorial Prize in History and Philosophy of Physics

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: January 15 2010

The family, students, friends, and colleagues of Jim Cushing are pleased once again to solicit nominations for the James T. Cushing Prize in the History and Philosophy of Physics.

In recognition of Jim’s well-known role as a nurturer of new talent in the profession, this annual prize is intended to recognize and reward the work of younger scholars. The next winner will receive $1,000 and an invitation to deliver a paper in the University of Notre Dame's History and Philosophy of Science Colloquium series during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Work is eligible by nomination only. Eligible are all papers in the history and philosophy of physics published by a younger scholar within the three years prior to the nomination (i.e., published no earlier than January 2007). Without defining “younger scholar,” our intention is to favor work produced by scholars who are no more than five years or so beyond completion of the Ph.D. or, in a comparable way, new to the fields of the history and philosophy of physics.

Nominated work will be evaluated by a committee of three people drawn from the members of the Advisory Committee. A nomination should consist of a brief description of the significance of the nominated work and such information about the author as the nominator might think helpful to the evaluation committee (e.g., an abbreviated c.v.). The deadline for receipt of nominations is 15 March 2010. The winner will be announced in May 2010.

Nominations will be accepted by mail, fax, and email.

By mail:

Cushing Memorial Prize Nominations
History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program
346 O'Shaughnessy
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556

By fax: 574-631-7418 (“Cushing Memorial Prize Nomination” on cover sheet)

By email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Please be sure to include the following information:

• The name, institutional affiliation, phone number, fax number (if available), mailing address, and email address for both the nominator and the nominee.

• A full reference to the published work (i.e., journal name, volume, page numbers, URL if available, etc.).

For more information:

• Phone: Darrin Snyder Belousek at 919-835-1474 or Don Howard at 574-631-7547.

• Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

• Website: http://www.nd.edu/~cushpriz/

Further Information:
http://www.nd.edu/~cushpriz/

Acquiring Editor, History and Philosphy of Science at University of Pittsburgh

Updated: January 14 2010

The University of Pittsburgh Press seeks an energetic, creative, and dedicated Editor to acquire 25-30 books a year for a new editorial program in the history and philosophy of science. This position is part of a three-person acquisitions department, reporting to the Editorial Director of the Press.

The ideal candidate will have a strong grounding, by way of editorial and/or educational experience, in one or more of the following fields: history of science, philosophy (preferably philosophy of science), science studies, history of technology, or world history. Experience in other relevant fields will also be given consideration. This expansion of our publishing program is underwritten for its first five years by a Mellon Foundation grant intended to help the Press align more closely with the institutional strengths of the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to the opportunity to creatively build an important new publication list from the ground up, the successful candidate will also be working closely with Pitt's Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and the Department of History's Center for World History, helping to develop and coordinate conferences, lecture series, among other activities.

For more information about this Mellon grant, see the press release on our website:

http://www.upress.pitt.edu/htmlSourceFiles/pressReleases/MellonGrantPR.pdf

The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia

Updated: January 14 2010

The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia is pleased to offer several annual fellowship awards and grants for 2010-2011. Established in 2008 the D. Kim Foundation is dedicated to furthering the study of the history of science and technology in East Asia since the start of the 20th century. Comparative studies of East Asia and the West as well as studies in related fields (mathematics, medicine and public health are also welcome). The Foundation provides fellowships and grants to encourage and support graduate students and young scholars in the field.

Dissertation Fellowship
Eligibility: PhD candidate who is writing his/her dissertation.
Amount of award: $25,000

Exchange Student Fellowship
Eligibility: Student who wishes to expand his/her scholarly experience by studying abroad.
Amount of award: $20,000 full-year, $10,000 half-year

Traveling/Research Grant
Eligibility: Must present a paper at an international conference, workshop or annual meeting, or do a short-term research project (less than a month).
Amount of award: Up to $2,500

Group Grant
Eligibility: Grants will be available to groups that organize workshops or international meetings. These meetings must be held in the United States and conducted in English.
Amount of award: Up to $5,000

For further information visit our website: www.dkimfoundation.org.

Masters (MSc) programme in Digital Anthropology at University College London

Deadline: June 30 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

Early application deadline: June 30, 2010

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/digital-anthropology/

The new MSc in Digital Anthropology--begun in the Autumn of 2009--is well positioned for becoming a world leader in the training of researchers in the social and cultural dimensions of information technologies and digital media.

Digital technologies have become ubiquitous. From Facebook, Youtube and Flickr to PowerPoint, Google Earth and Second Life. Museum displays migrate to the internet, family communication in the Diaspora is dominated by new media, artists work with digital films and images. Anthropology and ethnographic research is fundamental to understanding the local consequences of these innovations, and to create theories that help us acknowledge, understand and engage with them. Today's students need to become proficient with digital technologies as research and communication tools. Through combining technical skills with appreciation of social effects, students will be trained for further research and involvement in this emergent world.

This MSc (nominally one year of full-time study) brings together three key components in the study of digital culture:

1. Skills training in digital technologies, including our own Digital Lab, from internet and digital film editing to e-curation and digital ethnography.
2. Anthropological theories of virtualism, materiality/immateriality and digitisation.
3. Understanding the consequences of digital culture through the ethnographic study of its social and regional impact.

Bursaries
There is a £5,000 annual bursary shared between this programme and the MSc in Material and Visual Culture, as well as 3 x £1,000 bursaries for all anthropology MA/MSc programmes. See here for further details on funding opportunities.

The programme is suitable both for those with a prior degree in anthropology but also for those with degrees in neighbouring disciplines who wish to be trained in anthropological and related approaches to digital culture. There is scope for those with specialist interests to work closely with information system designers, curators, communication specialists as well as our own digital studio. In addition to its importance for careers such as media, design and museums, digital technology is also integral to development, theoretical and applied anthropology.

University College London is one of the highest rated universities in the world, coming fourth after Harvard, Cambridge, and Yale in the 2009 annual Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.

The Dept. of Anthropology at UCL is the world's leading centre for the study of Material and Visual Culture. We publish The Journal of Material Culture and several relevant book series. We have nine specialist staff in material and visual culture, and currently supervise nearly fifty PhD students specifically in this field, including many with topics in Digital Anthropology.

For further information about this course contact Lane DeNicola(.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).

For making an application, note that the UCL bureaucracy may take a while to catch up with what is a new course, so in order to ensure your application is received we recommend that you download the application form from:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/application-admission/downloadable-applications

And send this directly to:

Dr. Lane DeNicola
Department of Anthropology
University College London
14 Taviton Street
London WC1H OBW

New Book: Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities

Updated: January 14 2010

Sandra Harding
Duke University Press, 2008
A preeminent science studies scholar shows how feminist and postcolonial science studies challenge the problematic modernity versus tradition binary.
http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-4282-3

Mullins Award Winner—2009

Updated: January 14 2010

23 graduate student papers were nominated for this award. Many, many were truly excellent and we are confident that most will eventually be published. Still, our committee (including Andrew Lakoff, Daniel Kleinman, and Cathy Waldby) concluded that Manjari Mahajan’s paper, “Governing through the Non-Governmental: Shifting Terrains of Public Health in India’s AIDS Epidemic,” stood out. Mahajan explores the ways in which the Indian government, in a significant departure from its past public health practices, has relied heavily on non-governmental organizations to provide AIDS-related health services. In doing so, Mahajan argues a new mode of what she terms “contractual accountability” is developing. But Mahajan does much more than render a rich story, analyzing the political and epistemic implications of India’s approach to AIDS and showing the ways in which NGOs in India have become crucial players in knowledge production and expertise about AIDS, sexuality, culture and morality.

New Book: Schools under Surveillance: Cultures of Control in Public Education

Updated: January 14 2010

Rutgers University Press, 2010
Torin Monahan (Vanderbilt University) and Rodolfo D. Torres (UC Irvine), editors

Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their data--it is about the structuring of power relations through human, technical, or hybrid control mechanisms. Essays cover a broad range of topics including police and military recruiters on campus, testing and accountability regimes such as No Child Left Behind, and efforts by students and teachers to circumvent the most egregious forms of surveillance in public education. Each contributor is committed to the continued critique of the disparity and inequality in the use of surveillance to target and sort students along lines of race, class, and gender.

For more information, see the publisher's website at http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/Schools_Under_Surveillance.html

New Graduate track at UMass Boston

Updated: January 14 2010

From personalized genomics to measurements of sea-level rise, from al Qaeda websites to citizen technology-assessment panels, from brain-based education to labor-saving inventions for use in developing countries, social and scientific changes are intertwined. "Science in a Changing World," a new graduate track at UMass Boston prepares students to participate in questioning and shaping the direction of scientific and social changes, as well as to teach and engage others to participate in this important endeavor.

Masters degree and Graduate certificate with face-to-face, online, and at-a-distance course offerings.

Students with diverse backgrounds and career paths--from laboratories to field research, journalism to policy formulation, teaching to activism--are welcome to join the track. The teachers, advisors, courses, and research & engagement projects will lead them to examine Science and its Social Context and to develop valuable professional skills in Research, Writing & Evaluation for Civic Engagement and in Collaborative processes & Problem-Based Teaching around real-world issues involving science and technology.

Applications accepted to start in spring and fall. For more information, see http://www.stv.umb.edu/SICW.html or contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

New Book: Experimental Secrets: International Security, Codes, and the Future of Research

Updated: January 14 2010

University Press of America, 2009
Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)

Experimental Secrets addresses an unsettling question asked in recent years about the implications of modern biotechnology: might the knowledge being gained be used to further—rather than prevent—the spread of disease? In other words, might the life sciences become the death sciences? To avert this prospect, many governments, science agencies, and others have proposed researchers should subscribe to codes of conduct. Experimental Secrets recounts five years of international efforts to devise such codes. These initiatives have raised a question of profound significance: Are there limits to what should be known or communicated in the name of security?

To convey the experiences of policy-making, Experimental Secrets offers a marked departure from typical forms of academic writing. It seeks to convey a sense of what has been at stake with codes through ways of writing that question the conventions of statecraft, science, and social research. Different styles of writing, formats of texts, and points of views are mixed in an effort to convey the tensions, frustrations, and promises associated with international diplomatic efforts. In doing so, this book examines how those in STS and elsewhere undertaking research in conditions of secrecy could use what is missing from their accounts as a creative resource.

For more information, see the publisher's website at http://www.univpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0761844759

IEEE History Center Life Member Internship

Deadline: March 01 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

Scholars at the beginning of their career studying the history of electrical technology and computing are invited to contact the Center to be considered for a paid Internship at the Center's offices on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The intern program seeks to provide research experience for graduate students in the history of electrical and computer technologies, while enlisting the help of promising young scholars for the Center's projects. The Intern generally works full-time for two months at the History Center on a Center project that is connected to his or her own area of interest. This time is usually during the summer, but other arrangements will be considered. Interns are also encouraged to consult with the Center's staff and its associates, and guided to research resources in the area. The internship is designed for those near the beginning or middle of their graduate careers, but advanced undergraduates, advanced graduates, and, on rare occasions, recent Ph.D.s will also be considered. Special consideration is often given to scholars from outside the United States who might not otherwise have an opportunity to visit historical resources in this country.

The stipend paid to the intern is US$3,500, but additional funds may be available to defray travel costs, depending on the intern’s circumstances. This internship is supported by the IEEE Life Members Committee.

There is no formal application form. To apply, please mail a curriculum vitae showing your studies in electrical history along with a cover letter describing the sort of project you would be interested in doing (see contact information below). The deadline for contacting the IEEE History Center is 1 March 2010.

IEEE and Rutgers are AA/EO employers. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply for all positions. The IEEE History Center is cosponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)—the world’s largest professional technical society—, and Rutgers—the State University of New Jersey. The mission of the Center is to preserve, research, and promote the legacy of electrical engineering and computing. The Center can be contacted at: IEEE History Center, Rutgers University, 39 Union Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8538, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/index.html

New Book: Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance

Updated: January 14 2010

The MIT Press, 2009

Information Revolution and Global Politics Series

Dr. Laura DeNardis, Yale Law School

ISBN-10: 0-262-04257-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-04257-4

“The Internet is approaching a critical point. The world is running out of Internet addresses.” So begins Protocol Politics, a new book by STS Scholar Laura DeNardis, a Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and the Executive Director of the Yale Information Society Project. Internet engineers developed a new technical protocol, IPv6, to address this problem but IPv6 adoption has barely begun because of technical, cultural, and economic constraints. DeNardis's key insight is that technical standards are political. IPv6 serves as a case study for how protocols more generally are intertwined with socioeconomic and political order. IPv6 intersects with provocative topics including Internet civil liberties, U.S. military objectives, globalization, institutional power struggles, and the promise of global democratic freedoms. DeNardis offers recommendations for Internet standards governance, based not only on technical concerns but on principles of openness and transparency, and examines the global implications of looming Internet address scarcity versus the slow deployment of the new protocol designed to solve this problem.

MIT Press Book Description http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11893'

2010 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates in Science, Technology and Society (STS)

Deadline: June 30 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

Undergraduates studying at any European university and in any relevant field (engineering, the sciences, the social sciences and the humanities) are invited to apply for the 2010 ESST European Award sponsored by the European Masters Programme in Society, Science and Technology (ESST). An amount of 1,000 € will be awarded for the best original undergraduate paper or essay on any topic related to Society, Science and Technology. All submissions must be between 2,000 and 3,000 words in length and must be written in English. The deadline is 30 June, 2010.

For more information about the ESST European Masters Programme see:

http://www.esst.eu

Further details about the 2010 ESST European Award are available from:

http://www.esst.eu/award

Bakken Travel Grants

Deadline: February 19 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

Scholars and artists are invited to apply for travel fellowships and grants, which the Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis offers to encourage research in its collection of books, journals, manuscripts, prints, and instruments. The awards are to be used to help defray the expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at the Bakken for researchers who must travel some distance and pay for temporary housing in the Twin Cities in order to conduct research at the Bakken.

Visiting Research Fellowships are awarded up to a maximum of $1,500; the minimum period of residence is two weeks, and preference is given to researchers who are interested in collaborating informally for a day or two with Bakken staff during their research visit. Research Travel Grants are awarded up to a maximum of $500 (domestic) and $750 (foreign); the minimum period of residence is one week.

The next application deadline for either type of research assistance is 19 February 2010.

For more details and application guidelines, please contact:
Elizabeth Ihrig, Librarian
The Bakken Library and Museum
3537 Zenith Avenue So.
Minneapolis, MN., 55416

e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

http://www.thebakken.org

New Book: The Making of a Building: A Pragmatist Approach to Architecture

Updated: January 14 2010

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. XII, 227 pp., 24 ill.

ISBN 978-3-03911-952-3 pb.
Order online: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=11952&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1
How do architects learn about a building-to-be? How does a building emerge and gain reality in the model shop, in scaling, in option making, in architects' - and engineers' - discussions, in public presentations? What does it mean to design? What does it mean to add a building to the city? Drawing on rare ethnographical material of architects at work at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) of Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam in the period 2001-4, this book offers a novel account of the social and cognitive complexity of architecture in the making.

The author dismisses both stylistic periodization and socio-political constructivist methods as being inadequate to the task of understanding the dynamic process of how architects generate design through space and materiality, instead showcasing the potentials of the pragmatist approach as a research tool in the field of architecture. Offering a new way of understanding architecture as practice that takes place within the interactive networks of human and non-human actors, the book also tells the intriguing story of the extensions of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Contents: Pragmatist Approach to Architecture - The Social Life of Buildings - Ethnography of Design - Visualisation in Design - Scale Models - Design Cognition - Comparative Historical Enquiry in Design - Architecture of Addition - New York - Manhattan - Design Controversies - American Architecture - Marcel Breuer - Michael Graves - Rem Koolhaas - Actor-Network Theory.

The Author: Albena Yaneva is a Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. In her research she draws extensively on the Actor-Network Theory to explore fieldworks in architecture, industrial design, contemporary art, and museum studies.

New Book: The Sociology of Intellectual Life: The Life of the Mind in and Around the Academy

Updated: January 14 2010

By Steve Fuller, 'Theory, Culture and Society' series, Sage Publications (London)

This book outlines a social theory of knowledge for the 21st century. It deals directly with a world in which it is no longer taken for granted that universities and academics are the places and people that best embody the life of the mind. While Fuller defends academic privilege, he takes very seriously the historic divergences between academics and intellectuals, attending especially to the different features of knowledge production that they value. Among this book's features include:

* an account of the vexed relationship between postmodernism and the university as an institution;
* the role tensions endemic to an academic who wishes also to function as an intellectual;
* a critical survey of the emerging fields of social epistemology and the sociology of philosophy, set against the rise of Anglophone analytic philosophy in the 20th century;
* a discussion of the ethics and politics of public intellectual life, especially given its largely improvisational character.

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William Kinsella is Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Science, Technology, and Society at

Updated: January 14 2010

William Kinsella has been appointed to a three-year term as Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Science, Technology, and Society at North Carolina State University (http://ids.chass.ncsu.edu/sts/). He has also received a U.S. Fulbright scholar award for research to be based at the University of Stuttgart during the Spring 2010 term. His Fulbright research project is titled "Nuclear Energy in Germany: Institutional, Political, and Public Communication in a Changing Social Context."

Research Grants from the Friends of the UW Madison Libraries

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries is pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library’s collections. The purpose is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are $2,000 each, or $3,000 for those traveling from outside North America.

Memorial Library, the university’s principal research library is distinguished in almost every area of scholarship. It boasts world-renowned collections of:

•history of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
•pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery
•the largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines”
•a rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920
•many other fields

Generally, applicants must have a Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Scholars and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the dissertation are also eligible.
The grants-in-aid are designed primarily to help provide access to UW—Madison library resources for people who live beyond commuting distance. Preference will be given to scholars who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at any time during the year.

Applications are due 1 February of any year. For application forms or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or write to Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 990 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, or contact the Friends at 608-265-2505; fax: 608-265-2754, E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Further Information:

http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml

Assistant/Associate Professor in Medical Anthro-Africa at The University of Florida

Deadline: January 15 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

The University of Florida Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position in Medical Anthropology at the Assistant Professor level. The department seeks a theoretically and methodologically rigorous scholar who can integrate multiple perspectives on health and illness in an African context. The department values applied approaches and collaboration across both disciplinary and subdisciplinary boundaries. Applicants are expected to have a broad knowledge of the field from either a human biology or cultural perspective and have a geographic specialty in Africa. An appointment at the Associate Professor rank is possible for exceptional candidates. The starting date of the position is August 16, 2010, and a Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Applicants should have a record of externally funded research, regular publications, and demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students. The University of Florida Anthropology Department has 30 faculty members, 185 graduate students, and is an interdisciplinary unit within a University of over 50,000 students. Successful applicants will have an active research program in one or more African countries and contribute to the teaching, research, and service mission of the University of Florida Center for African Studies, a federally-funded Title VI National Resource Center with over 100 faculty affiliates. (http://www.africa.ufl.edu). Appropriate collaboration is also expected with the Health Science Center (http://www.health.ufl.edu) and other programs at UF. Salary is negotiable. Application letter (referencing PS# 00025349), CV, and the contact information for four references should be submitted electronically to Dr. Brenda Chalfin, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If necessary, paper applications should be sent to Dr. Brenda Chalfin, Chair, Africanist Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117305, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305. After submitting the application package, candidates must complete a data card at http://www.hr.ufl.edu/job/datacard.htm. Application materials will be reviewed beginning on January 15, 2010. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. Minorities, women and those from other underserved groups are encouraged to apply. Applicants who will be attending the AAA meetings are encouraged to meet with UF faculty for further information on our program.

Faculty position in History/Political Science at Pennsylvania College of Technology

Updated: January 14 2010

Deadline: Open until Position is Filled

Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, a family-oriented community, ideally situated along the Susquehanna River at the foot of Bald Eagle Mountain in North Central Pennsylvania, within 200 miles of New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. Penn College is Pennsylvania’s premier technical college and an affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University. More than 6,500 students are enrolled in Penn College’s bachelor and associate degree and certificate majors, which combine hands-on experience with theory and management education.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, excellent educational benefits for employees and dependents at Penn College and Penn State, and an exciting work experience as part of the Penn College family. Penn College recently received Honor Roll recognition in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s survey of “Great College’s to Work for.” For more information about Penn College, please visit our Web site at http://www.pct.edu.

Faculty: History/Political Science: The faculty will instruct and evaluate students in core U.S. and world history courses, elective history courses, political science courses; specifically, history and theory of American government at the federal, state, and local level. Position will start Fall 2010 semester, August 12, 2010.

Minimum qualifications include Ph.D. in history or closely related discipline; and two years of full-time or the equivalent of two years full-time relevant teaching experience in U.S. history and/or world history at the college level. Finalists must present a sample lesson. Background check will be required on selected candidate.

Submit a completed College application for employment AND a letter of interest and resume to:
Human Resources (281)
Pennsylvania College of Technology
One College Avenue
Williamsport, PA 17701

Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is identified. A detailed job announcement and an application for employment are available at http://www.pct.edu/jobs or by calling (570) 327-4770.

Senior Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University

Updated: January 14 2010

Vanderbilt University’s interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies Program seeks a SENIOR LECTURER for a renewable three-year contract at the BEGINNING OF THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR. The position includes teaching duties of six courses per academic year. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Women’s and/ or Gender Studies or a related discipline. Ph.D. REQUIRED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 2009. Demonstrated experience teaching women’s and/or gender studies courses preferred. While any area of scholarship related to women’s and gender studies is welcome, we are in particular need of faculty in the areas of Transnational Feminisms, and Masculinities, broadly conceived.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program is both the public face and nexus of feminist and gender scholarship at Vanderbilt University and, as such, serves multiple functions. The program is staffed with a Director, an Associate Director, an Administrative Assistant, and student workers. In addition, Women’s and Gender Studies is guided by a Steering Committee appointed by the Director and also benefits from the advice, support, and research and teaching activities of 90+ affiliated faculty members drawn from across campus, as a well as, significant support from the university administration.

Please forward letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabus, teaching evaluations if available, and contact information for three references to:

Professor Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Director Women’s and Gender Studies Program VU Station B #350086 2301 Vanderbilt Place Nashville, TN 37235

Direct inquiries to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); please do not telephone the program. For additional information, visit our website at www.vanderbilt.edu/womens-studies

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until position is filled.

Requirements

The position includes teaching duties of six courses per academic year. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Women’s and/ or Gender Studies or a related discipline. Ph.D. REQUIRED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 2009. Demonstrated experience teaching women’s and/or gender studies courses preferred. While any area of scholarship related to women’s and gender studies is welcome, we are in particular need of faculty in the areas of Transnational Feminisms, and Masculinities, broadly conceived.

The History of Science Society 2009 Prize Winners

Updated: January 14 2010

The History of Science Society awarded its 2009 prizes at the HSS annual conference, which was in Phoenix. The HSS wishes to congratulate its prize winners.

Sarton Medal: (for lifetime achievement)
John E. Murdoch
Professor, Harvard University

Pfizer Award: (for the best scholarly book)
Harold J. Cook
Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine and professor at University College London
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age (Yale University Press, 2007)

Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize: (for the best book for a general audience)
Charles Seife
Associate Professor, The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University
Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking (Viking Adult, 2008)

Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize: (for the best article in Isis)
Angela N. H. Creager, Professor, Princeton University and Gregory J. Morgan, Associate Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology “After the Double Helix: Rosalind Franklin's Research on Tobacco mosaic virus" (Isis, 2008, 99:239-272)

Joseph H Hazen Education Prize: (for excellence in teaching the history of science)
Frederick Gregory
Professor, University of Florida

Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize: (for the best book on the history of women in science)
Monica H. Green
Professor, Arizona State University
Making Women's Medicine Masculine. The Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern
Gynaecology (Oxford University Press, 2008)

Nathan Reingold Prize: (for the best unpublished article by a graduate student)
Rachel N. Mason Dentinger, University of Minnesota
“Molecularizing Plant Compounds, Evolutionizing Insect-Plant Relationships: Gottfried S. Fraenkel and the physiological study of insect feeding in the 1950s."

Assistant/Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology or Sociology and Bioethics at UTMB

Deadline: February 15 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

The Institute for the Medical Humanities (IMH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position, with rank negotiable based on experience. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary faculty in ethics, history, law, policy literature, religious studies, and visual studies who engage in research and teaching of medical students, trainees, and graduate students in the biomedical sciences. The IMH also offers an ethics consultation service in the university’s hospitals. The IMH is home of the nation’s only Ph.D. program in medical humanities.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in medical anthropology, medical sociology, or a related social science field that emphasizes qualitative and participant-observer research methods. The candidate should be interested in teaching and research within a setting of interdisciplinary scholarship in medical humanities and health policy. The successful candidate will be expected to teach medical and graduate students and conduct independent research in an area that complements the current research and scholarship of the Institute. Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration, and potential to secure external grant funding, are essential qualifications. An interest in health care for the underserved, health disparities and related research topics is highly desirable. Training and background in bioethics, and the ability to teach bioethics courses to medical students, is highly desirable. Prior experience with cultural groups prominently represented among the patient population of UTMB is also highly desirable. Candidates from underrepresented minority backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information of three references. Job Opening ID# 19816.

UTMB is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution which proudly values diversity. Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2010.

New Book: The Materiality of Learning Technology and Knowledge in Educational Practice

Updated: January 14 2010

Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Estrid Sørensen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

The field of educational research lacks a methodology for the study of learning that does not begin with humans, their aims, and their interests. The Materiality of Learning seeks develop a novel spatial approach to educational research that focusses on the materiality of learning. Drawing on science and technology studies (STS), and especially on the spatial thinking of After-ANT, Estrid Sørensen compares an Internet-based 3D virtual environment project in a fourth-grade class with the class’s work with traditional learning materials, including blackboards, textbooks, notebooks, pencils, and rulers. Taking into account pupils’ and teachers’ physical bodies, Professor Sørensen analyzes the multiple forms of technology, knowledge, and presence that are enacted with the materials. This book is an important reference for professionals and graduate or postgraduate students interested in a variety of fields, including educational studies, educational psychology, social anthropology, and STS.

• Original ethnographic descriptions showing the fine details of how materials influence the learning process • Introduces the advanced and complex Actor-Network Theory to the educational field, clarified for the reader through detailed ethnographic descriptions

‘Sørensen shows in the book that it is indeed possible to write a genuine and theoretically sophisticated post-humanist analysis, while showing care and empathy for the people invovled.’ Prof. Torben Elgaard Jensen, Technical University of Denmark

New book: The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies by Myra J. Hird

Updated: January 14 2010

This ambitious, agenda-setting study considers the origins of sociable life from a microontological perspective. More specifically, it suggests ways of engaging with bacteria in other-than passive or pathogenic characterizations. We know much more about living organisms "big-like-us" than we do about those organisms which originated life on Earth and sustain the biosphere through complex symbiotic and recycling relationships. This book details scientific research on bacterial capabilities such as perception, communication, community organization and symbiosis. It critically analyzes evolutionary theories about the development of species (including neo-Darwinism, epigenetics and symbiogenesis). It also draws on bio-philosophical discussions of sexual difference, identity, environmentalism and ethics, providing a transdisciplinary framework with which to engage the social and natural sciences together to recognize bacterial liveliness in structuring social relations.

Praise for The Origins of Sociable Life: ‘Myra J. Hird provides a highly engaging and energetic account of contemporary scientific debates about microbes, detailing how they challenge mainstream understandings of evolution, identity, sex and ecology. Most importantly, she articulates why social scientists, feminists and queer theorists should pay careful attention to our inextricable entanglements with the microcosmos. Her enthusiasm for her subject matter is infectious.’ — Celia Roberts, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK

‘This book is an exciting and inviting account of the messy entanglements and inventions of the world’s tiny beings, those entities that shape scale upon scale of sociable living for all on the earth. Myra Hird’s book is richly researched and beautifully written, and it fulfills my appetite for an account of biology and biologists to live with and for. Hird shows how “thinking with micro-organisms”– and with their scientists – can be a fundamental practice for living well in multispecies, mortal worlds.’— Donna Haraway, Distinguished Professor, History of Consciousness Department, UC Santa Cruz, USA

For more information, see the publisher's website, http://us.macmillan.com/theoriginsofsociablelifeevolutionaftersciencestudie

Canadian Journal of Media Studies Call for Papers: Media, Knowledge and the Network University

Deadline: February 28 2010

URL: http://cjms.fims.uwo.ca/default.htm

Updated: January 13 2010

2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of Jean-Fran ois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. “[I}t is common knowledge,” he wrote, “that the miniaturization and commercialization of machines is already changing the way learning is acquired, classified, made available, and exploited” (1984, org. 1979: 4). In 2010, “Connected Understanding” will be the theme of the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities in Montreal (http://www.fedcan.virtuo.ca/congress2010/). The Canadian Journal of Media Studies announces a special issue on Media, Knowledge and the Network University edited by Bob Hanke, York University, and David Spencer, University of Western Ontario.
The massification and informationalization of the university has transformed not only the content of teaching and research but also disciplinary processes of knowledge production and the technological form of academic life and culture. The integration and normalization of ICT’s raises many questions about the university, academic labour, scholarly communication and collaboration, and academic technoculture. In 1957, Marshall McLuhan invited us to reconsider the education process by announcing that, with the advent of television, the “classroom without walls” had arrived. A half a century later, we are working in the university without walls and the ICT “revolution” is over. In “Universities, wet, hard, and harder,” German media theorist Friedrich Kittler reviewed 800 years of university-based media history to observe that “universities have finally succeeded in forming once again a complete media system.” Yet media scholars have rarely chosen to study their own universities as media systems. This special issue of the CJMS is an invitation to reflexive, critical media studies. Established and emerging scholars are invited to address continuities and transformations in new media and the network university and to set the agenda for future study and debate.
Possible questions and areas of research and critical inquiry include:
What is unthought, unrepresented and unquestioned in discussions of the public university and the ‘neoliberal turn,’ technologically-mediated post-secondary education, and institutional initiatives in the virtualization of the educational process?
What is the impact of the cybernation of the university? What is happening in information technology (IT) infrastructure, planning and governance? What IT strategies are pursued by specific institutions in different jurisdictions? What is the role of IT professionals as intermediaries between IT industries, intermediating organizations, private-sector partners and the university? What is the faculty experience of ICTs, and IT “solutions,” services, and support?
What are the networks of possibility and affordances of technology, and what are the obstacles and limits? the unintended, unanticipated consequences? What hybrid methodologies, research techniques and software enhance our capacity to map the wireless campus and network condition of the university?
What philosophers of technology and politics are relevant to sharpening our thinking on the question of technology? What scholarly perspectives on invention, innovation and the process of emergence enable us to break the habit of instrumentalist thinking and discard the “tool” metaphor? How can we take technical artifacts, from small, portable technology to entire campus networks, out of their “black boxes” in order to study them? How does the technical substrate matter to our thinking? Our reading and writing of “texts”? Our notions of “research”?
How is the university embedded in the network society and cognitive capitalism? What are the drivers of IT change in universities? What are the consequences of the disjuncture between the digital culture and practices outside the university and IT (planning, procurement/evaluation/implementation, support and services) inside universities?
How can we move beyond user-centric approaches to Web 2.0 based software applications and learning management systems, peer-to-peer networks, and small tech in academic settings? In the new network culture, how can we grasp the relations between what is “given” and what is unlikely, surprising, unexpected and unrealized?
How can we move beyond debates over “student centered” learning and faculty deskilling to new models of reskilling and organized research networks, technological literacy and technologies of the common? How can we articulate scholarly “collaboration” and student “engagement” with a politics of knowledge (commodified knowledge, open scholarship and knowledge within the social sciences and humanities, popular knowledge, indigenous knowledge, etc.) that will strengthen the public mission of the university after the recession? How can we turn away from the “knowledge economy” and towards knowledge cultures? What does the prototype of the Canadian Institute for Health Research’s Knowledge Broker Model portend for the social sciences and humanities?
We also invite investigations of:
• computerization, campus networking strategies, and ICT-related organizational change since the advent of distributed computing, the Internet and the WWW
• space, time, speed and rhythm in the network university
• the production and operativity of networks and archives, scholarly journals and portals, web-based learning environments and objects, research cyberinfrastructure, critical cyberpedagogy, technological literacy, copyright/left, intellectual property rights
• open access movement, open access research, open educational resources, open courseware, institutional repositories, ‘Do it Yourself’ education or edupunk
• tropes of factory, ecology, network, mobility, common
• articulations and destabilizations of oral/written, actual/virtual, bureaucratic records/institutional memory, off-line/on line, knowledge creation/information sharing, formal learning on campus/informal learning off campus, amateur/professional, artist/researcher
• ideology of convenience, ethos of performativity, immaterial academic labour, general intellect, circuits of knowledge and struggle
• technological “progress,”“knowledge economy,” knowledge “transfer” or “mobilization,” creativity, innovation, academic freedom, academic capitalism
• the coming network university, knowledge futures, ecoethical perspectives on the university’s inputs and outputs and the discourse of “sustainability”
Since intellectual innovation may be engendered at the intersections of disciplines, contributions are welcome from outside of Communication and traditions and trajectories of media studies outside of Canada. Solo or collaborative work that provides a comparative, international perspective on the network university in different countries is especially welcome.
Submission Guidelines
Authors should submit papers of about 25 pages (or 8000 words) in MLA style with abstract and keywords electronically to David Spencer, Editor, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). With the exception of the title page, please remove all indications of authorship.
The deadline for papers is February 28, 2010. Peer review and notification of acceptance will be completed by March 31, 2010. Final manuscripts accepted for publication will be due April 30, 2010.
Comments and queries can be sent to Bob Hanke, Guest Co-Editor, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
For more information about the Canadian Journal of Media Studies, visit http://cjms.fims.uwo.ca/default.htm

Llamada a artistas, científicos, historiadores de ciencia, animadores, documentadores, y cineastas

Deadline: January 10 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

En 1845, la revista “Scientfic American” se comenzó a publicar en los Estados Unidos. “La America Científica” una edición en Español, apareció en México en 1890 y dejo de ser publicada en 1905. Hay muchos misterios en esta historia. ¿Por qué se empezo y luego termino la publicacion? ¿Que significa su titulo “La America Científica?
En Latinoamerica, el término “America” se refiere a un solo continente (desde Alaska hasta Tierra del Fuego). En los Estados Unidos el término “America” se refiere a un país: Los Estados Unidos. ¿Quién es “La America Científica?” ¿Cuál es la visión de la ciencia y de la tecnología al sur de la frontera?
Estamos utilizando “La America Científica” y “Scientific American” como punto de partida y esperamos que usted también la encuentre como tal. Es en la fabricacion y el invento donde las artes entran en juego – en este caso la imaginación lleva a una corriente común, es la moneda que cruza todas las fronteras desde adentro hacia fuera, norte al sur. Sin embargo, debe haber diferencias. Mira!
Los Detalles:
El trabajo debe durar menos de 10 minutos. Las sumisiones deben enviadas por correo, y en DVD, VHS, o miniDV, y serán tambien consideradas para otras ediciónes.
Los participantes seleccionados para la publicacion recibirán 3 copias del diario de videos (La America Científica) y $50.00 (US). Promoveremos activamente el trabajo sobre estos diarios y también le informaremos si los diarios se muestran en diversos lugares. Fecha tope de entrega/presentación es el 10 de Enero de 2010.
Favor de enviar su trabajo a:
AstroDime c/o La Ciencia
119 Chelmsford Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01851
USA
Las sumisiones no serán devueltas a menos que usted incluya franqueo. Para más información, contacte a .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Nuestro web site es:
ASTRODIME TRANSIT AUTHORITY http://astrodime.wordpress.com

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Theory, Culture and Society, ‘Beyond societies of risk and control

Deadline: February 15 2010

URL: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/css/downloads/cfp_tcs_risk_control_code_crisis sept09.pdf

Updated: January 13 2010

Financial, ecological and security crises currently grip the contemporary world. Crises are moments when ‘modern’ expectations of security and control are disappointed. However, demands for safety and security routinely spill over into anxieties concerning the proliferating mechanisms and apparatuses of control that ‘protect’ us and at the same time put us ‘at risk.’ Security and control name both lack and excess. Beck’s ‘risk society’ and Deleuze’s ‘societies of control’ whilst very different, share a concern with what we might call the /codings/ to which the natural and social worlds are made subject, and with the consequences which follow from those codings. Code offers a crucial starting point for any critical exploration of crises and conduct in crisis in their mutual supplementarity and interference. We ask that papers attend to slippages that occur when codes and codings respond to demands that the world be controlled or made safe. We are particularly interested in approaches that combine awareness of broader cultural and political economies of design, science, media, commodification, and subjectification with close attention to concrete material-technical situations (in media, in science, in popular culture, in the military, etc).
Topics of interest would include, but are not limited to:
• What are the genealogies of the forms of code and coding that currently organize our world?
• At what points do understandings of risk societies and societies of control converge or diverge in their treatment of code and codings?
• How do codes capture, entrain and exclude knowledges and forms; how do different orders of being are handled and rendered (in)compatible in coding?

General Call for Papers: East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal

URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1875-2160

Updated: January 13 2010

Editor-in-Chief:
Daiwie Fu, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
Associate Editors:
Warwick Anderson, University of Sydney, Australia / University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
Pingyi Chu, Academic Sinica, Taiwan
Sungook Hong, Seoul National University, South Korea
Togo Tsukahara, Kobe University, Japan
EASTS is an interdisciplinary quarterly journal based in Taiwan guided by editorial boards of STS scholars from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and the West. Founded in 2007, EASTS provides an international platform for STS scholarship on East Asia. The goal of the journal is to bring Western and East-Asian STS communities together to share ideas, knowledge and research on the full range of topics encompassed by STS. EASTS promotes STS studies from and to the East Asian and worldwide STS communities.
Submit Your Paper Now!
Papers should be submitted via Editorial Manager: http://www.editorialmanager.com/east
Editorial queries can be addressed to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Recent Special Issues:
Constructing Intimacy: Technology, Family and Gender in East Asia
Guest Editor: Francesca Bray
Gender and Reproductive Technologies in East Asia
Guest Editors: Adele E. Clarke, Azumi Tsuge and Chia-Ling Wu
The Globalisation of Chinese Medicine and Meditation Practices
Guest Editor: Elisabeth Hsu
Emergent Studies of Science and Technology in Southeast Asia

Call for Articles and Book Reviews on Technology, Democracy, and Citizenship for Humanities and Tech

Deadline: March 31 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

HTR is the interdisciplinary peer reviewed journal, published annually, of the Humanities and Technology Association (HTA). Generally, it explores the interface between the humanities and technology. For the Fall 2010 edition, we are looking for article
submissions and reviews of books that address the 2009 conference theme: Technology, Democracy, and Citizenship.
The theme of Technology, Democracy and Citizenship raises important questions about how technology mediates relationships between individuals, civil society, and the nation-state. How does the management of technology affect democracy? How is technology used by under-represented or oppressed groups to address their condition? How do the socio-technical systems such as voting machines and social networking tools influence democratic processes? How does technology impact decision making with regard to public policy? How are media and ideology related? What challenges do ambient intelligence and surveillance pose to democracy? How do fiction, cinema, hip hop, and other art forms articulate such issues?
POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• The consequences of limited access to technology.
• Technological literacy and its relation to citizenship.
• The politics of expertise.
• The history of technology in relation to democracy.
• The concepts of utopia and dis-utopia.
• Thoughtfulness and the public sphere.
• New media platforms and social networking tools.
• Cross-cultural perspectives.
• War technology and nation building.
• Environmental justice, social justice and diversity.
• National security and homeland defense.
• Hazard and disaster prevention, preparation, and recovery.
Author guidelines: Send all queries or manuscripts via email attachment to Frederick B. Mills, Editor, HTR (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). All submissions must use APA format, MS Word 2007 without any special formatting, 12 font times new roman, and double spacing throughout. Do not insert page numbers, headers or footers. All manuscripts should be prepared for blind review. The deadline for papers is March 31, 2010.

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

Deadline: February 26 2010

URL: http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/

Updated: January 13 2010

Spontaneous Generations is an open, online, peer-reviewed academic journal published by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.
In addition to articles for peer review, opinion essays, and book reviews, Spontaneous Generations is seeking contributions to its focused discussion section. This section consists of short peer-reviewed and invited articles devoted to a particular theme. This year, the theme is “Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture.” See below for submission guidelines.
We welcome submissions from scholars in all disciplines, including but not limited to HPS, STS, History, Philosophy, Women’s Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Religious Studies. Papers from all periods are welcome.
The journal consists of four sections:
1. A focused discussion section devoted to Scientific Instruments (see below). (1000-3000 words recommended.)
2. A peer-reviewed section of research papers on various topics in the field of HPS. (5000-8000 words recommended.)
3. A book review section for books published in the last 5 years. (Up to 1000 words.)
4. An opinions section that may include a commentary on or a response to current concerns, trends, and issues in HPS. (Up to 500 words.)
With the “practical turn” in history and philosophy of science came a renewed interest in scientific instruments. Although they have become a nexus for worries about empiricism and standards of evidence, instruments only rarely feature as primary sources for scholars in the history and philosophy of science. Even historians of technology have been accused of underutilizing the evidence embodied in material objects (Corn 1996). The fundamental questions are not settled. First, there is no general agreement as to what counts as a scientific instrument: Are simulations instruments? Can people function as instruments? Do economic or sociological instruments operate in the same way as material instruments? There is a second, related debate about how scientific instruments work: Is there a unified account? Do instruments produce knowledge or produce effects? Do they extend our senses (Humphreys 2006) or embody knowledge (Baird 2006)? Third, HPS has seen a variety of approaches to fitting instruments into broader historical and philosophical questions about scientific communities and practices: Shapin and Schaffer (1985) relate instruments to the scientific life, Galison (1997) gives instrument makers equal footing with theorists and experimentalists within the trading zone of scientific discourse, and Hacking (1983) elevates instruments to central importance in the realism-antirealism debate. Finally, it seems plausible that there are methodological concerns specific to scientific instruments: What lessons can we draw from anthropology, material culture, and other allied fields?
We welcome short papers exploring the history and philosophy of scientific instruments for inclusion in Spontaneous Generations Volume 4. Submissions should be sent no later than 26 February 2010 in order to be considered for the 2010 issue.

Call for Papers: Philament: Borders, Regions, Worlds

Deadline: January 31 2010

URL: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/Philament

Updated: January 13 2010

“Besides, interesting things happen along borders- transitions- not in the middle where everything is the same”.
Neal Stephenson

Philament, the peer-reviewed online journal of the arts and culture affiliated with the University of Sydney, invites scholars to contribute articles to our latest issue upon the theme of Borders, Regions, Worlds. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Mappings,Identity, Migration, Difference, Connections, Complexity, Systems, Community, Totality, Postcolonialism, Regionalism, Domesticity, Liminality, Nature, Landscape, Security, Capital(s), World-Building, Transgression, Alienation
Philament accepts submissions from current postgraduate students and early-career scholars (less than five years post-qualification).
Submissions may include:
Academic papers up to 8,000 words.
Opinion pieces: reviews (book, stage, screen, etc.), conference reports, short essays, responses to papers previously published in Philament, up to 1,000 words.
Creative works: writing, images, sounds or mixed media. Submissions should be limited to three pieces.
All submissions may be sent as an email attachment in a PC-readable format to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) together with a submission form available from
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/philament/submissions.htm
Academic papers must include endnotes and conform to Philament house style of referencing as detailed at the URL above. Philament will only accept submissions not previously published and not under consideration elsewhere.

Call For Papers: Eä – Journal of Medical Humanities & Social Studies of Science and Technology Vol.

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: http://www.ea-journal.com/en

Updated: January 13 2010

Information for authors is available at the Information for authors section of our website http://www.ea-journal.com/en/information-for-authors . Any enquiries please contact us to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Eä, a periodical electronic journal in an interactive format publishing papers on Medical Humanities and Social Studies of Science and Technology, is available permanently at http://www.ea-journal.com, and aims to be in the junction between academic excellence and the development of the new technologies of information and social networks. The journal gathers a prestigious editorial committee, is peer reviewed by international referees and meets the requirements of periodical publications indexes. It publishes three issues a year (April, August, and December), is presented in Spanish and English, and accepts texts in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French, reaching global impact. This publication has been created under the Web 2.0 paradigm, with a dynamic layout that promotes user-reader’s interaction between them and with the website.
We invite you to go through our contents as well as through the news that are permanently updated in our website, and to submit papers for publication for our next issue.

Call to artists, scientists, historians of science, animators, documentarians, film makers

Deadline: January 10 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

1845, the magazine Scientific American began publishing in the United States. It was primarly a magazine of patents and invention. La America Científica was a Spanish language edition which appeared in Mexico in 1890, and stopped being published in 1905. There are many mysteries in this history..why did it start and stop? and what was meant by its title “La America Científica”?
In Latin America the term America refers to one continent (from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego). In the U.S. the term America refers to one country: the United States of America. Who is La America Científica? What is the vision of science and technology from south of the border? We are using La America Científica (and Scientific American) as a point of departure and hope you will as well. The making is where the arts come into play – for here the imagination carries a common current, is the currency that crosses all borders from inside to out, north and south. And yet at the same time, there must be differences….let’s look.
THE DETAILS:
Works should be under 10 minutes, or be able to be excerpted (please indicate which). Submissions should be by snail mail, and on DVD, VHS, or mini-DV, and will also be considered for other issues. Physical submissions much preferred to web URL’s.
People who are selected for publishing will receive 3 copies of the journal and $50.00 US. We will be actively promoting the work on these journals and will also inform you if the journals play in different
venues. Deadline is January 10, 2010.
Please mail your work to:
AstroDime c/o La Ciencia
119 Chelmsford Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01851 USA
If you want it returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Preview copies should be on DVD, VHS, or mini-DV. For more info, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The AstroDime Transit Authority is a Think-Tank and public service organization that considers issues of transportation, communication and world and intergalactic citizenship. Our research includes curated video
shows, data collection, and performances which reveal and explores these issues. We publish a twice-yearly video journal called INtransit. For general questions about AstroDime Transit Authority, email
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Our web site is http://astrodime.wordpress.com/

New Book from Cary Wolfe: What Is Humanism? (U of Minn Press, 2009)

Updated: January 08 2010

WHAT IS POSTHUMANISM?
By Cary Wolfe
University of Minnesota Press | 392 pages | 2009
ISBN 978-0-8166-6614-0| hardcover | $75.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-6615-7| paperback | $24.95
Posthumanities Series, Vol. 8

Can a new kind of humanities-posthumanities-respond to the redefinition of humanity's place in the world by both the technological and the biological or "green" continuum in which the "human" is but one life form among many? Exploring this radical repositioning, Cary Wolfe ranges across bioethics, cognitive science, animal ethics, gender, and disability to develop a theoretical and philosophical approach responsive to our changing understanding of ourselves and our world.

Cary Wolfe holds the Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Chair in English at Rice University. His previous books include Critical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics of the "Outside," Observing Complexity: Systems Theory and Postmodernity, and Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal, all published by the University of Minnesota Press.

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/W/wolfe_posthumanism.html

For more information on the Posthumanities Series:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/byseries/posthumanities.html

Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/mediaalert.html

New Program in Science, Technology, and International Development at U of Edinburgh

Updated: January 08 2010

The Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Subject Group at the University of Edinburgh is launching a new postgraduate programme in Science, Technology and International Development from September 2010. The MSc programme (coursework plus dissertation) can be completed full-time over one year or part-time over two or three years. Alternatively a shorter programme (coursework without dissertation) can be followed for a Diploma or Certificate. The MSc Science, Technology and International Development is designed to equip students with an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the historical, sociological, political and policy aspects of science and technology as they relate to international development. The programme provides a conceptual and policy-oriented approach the relationships between science, technology and international development. The programme prepares students for specialised practical work in international development or further academic study. Further information: see http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/stid or contact the Programme Director Lawrence Dritsas .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Professional Associations

Updated: January 03 2010

Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund

Deadline: January 15 2010

Updated: January 02 2010

The Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund provides short-term grants-in-aid to help scholars with travel expenses to use archival collections at the Charles Babbage Institute. Each year we plan to award two $750 grants.

Applicants should send a 2-page CV as well as a 500-word project description that describes the overall research project, identifies the importance of specific CBI collections, and discusses the projected outcome (journal article, book chapter, museum exhibit, etc.). Applicants are strongly encouraged to examine the extensive on-line finding guides to CBI’s 200-plus archival collections at http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/archmss.html. Applicants should estimate how many days they plan to use CBI collections during their visit (travel should generally be in the calendar year of the award). To be eligible, scholars will reside outside the Twin Cities metropolitan region.

Notification of awards will be made within four weeks, and travel can commence directly thereafter. Questions pertaining to collection content and access can be directed to R. Arvid Nelsen, CBI Archivist, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please direct questions about the Arthur Norberg Travel Fund to Jeffrey Yost, CBI Associate Director, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). For additional information, see http://www.cbi.umn.edu.

Materials must be submitted by email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or postmarked no later than 15 January 2010.
Further Information: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/archmss.html

Call For Papers: Special Issue of Minds and Machines on The Construction of Personal Identities Onl

Deadline: December 15 2011

Updated: December 31 1969

Call For Papers: Special Issue of Minds and Machines on The Construction of
Personal Identities Online

Guest Editors: Luciano Floridi, Dave Ward

Closing date for submissions: 15 December 2011

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are building a new
habitat (infosphere) in which future generations will spend an increasing
amount of time. So, how individuals construct, shape and maintain their
personal identities online (PIOs) is a problem of growing and pressing
importance. Today, PIOs can be created and developed, as an ongoing
work-in-progress, to provide experiential enrichment, expand, improve or
even help to repair relationships with others and with the world, or enable
imaginative projections (the "being in someone else's shoes" experience),
thus fostering tolerance. However, PIOs can also be mis-constructed,
stolen, "abused", or lead to psychologically or morally unhealthy lives,
causing a loss of engagement with the actual world and real people. The
construction of PIOs affects how individuals understand themselves and the
groups, societies and cultures to which they belong, both online and
offline. PIOs increasingly contribute to individuals' self-esteem,
influence their life-styles, and affect their values, moral behaviours, and
ethical expectations. It is a phenomenon with enormous practical
implications, and yet, crucially, individuals as well as groups seem to
lack a clear, conceptual understanding of who they are in the infosphere
and what it means to be a responsible informational agent online.

This special issue of Minds and Machines seeks to fill this important gap
in our philosophical understanding. It will build on the current debate on
PIO, and address questions such as:

- How does one go about constructing, developing and preserving a PIO? Who
am I online?

- How do I, as well as other people, define and re-identify myself online?

- What is it like to be that particular me (instead of you, or another me
with a different PIO), in a virtual environment?

- Should one care about what happens to one's own PIO and how one (with
his/her PIO) is perceived to behave online?

- How do PIs online and offline feedback on each other?

- Do customisable, reproducible and disposable PIOs affect our
understanding of our PI offline?

- How are we to interpret cases of multiple PIOs, or cases in which
someone's PIO may become more important than, or even incompatible with,
his or her PI offline?

- What is going to happen to our self-understanding when the online and
offline realities become intertwined in an "onlife" continuum, and online
and offline PIs have to be harmonised and negotiated?

Papers comparing and evaluating standard approaches to PI in order to
analyse how far they may be extended to explain PIO are also very welcome.

Submissions will be double-blind refereed for academic rigor, originality
and relevance to the theme. Please submit articles of no more than 10,000
words to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in .doc or .pdf format.

The closing date for submissions is: 15 December 2011.

_____________________________________________________________________

Workshops:

The special issue is part of a series of workshops organised in connection
with the AHRC-funded project The Construction of Personal Identities
Online. Authors may also wish to submit their papers to one of the
workshops organized on the same topic. Submissions will also be considered
for publication in the special issue.

More information about the project and the workshops is available here:
http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/grants/pio/index.html

Please address any queries to Dave Ward: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Web Resources

Updated: December 31 1969

The resources listed below are maintained on a cumulative basis, with new content added (and outdated links removed) on a bi-monthly basis. Resources include

wiki’s
networks and news
online journals and weblogs
bulletin boards and listservs (email lists not associated with an official "society")
non-profit organizations and initiatives
online exhibits
job search sites
funding and award sites
external collections of STS-relevant links

Wiki’s

STS Wiki

[added: 12/02/2005]
http://www.stswiki.org/
The STS Wiki provides an advanced, user-extensible environment for STS-related collaboration and information exchange. Features currently include a world-wide directory of STS programs and STS scholars, reading notes, book reviews, bibliographies, working papers, and ongoing intellectual dialogue; however, users will ultimately determine how STS Wiki evolves. STS Wiki uses the same software that powers Wikipedia. All STS and affiliated scholars are warmly invited to join in the conversation.

WTMC Wiki
http://www.wtmc.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
"The WTMC wiki is meant for sharing information on all sort of issues related to doing a PhD, being a member of WTMC, or doing research in the field of Science, Technology and Modern Culture. At the moment this wiki consists of large number of articles. Please feel free to add or edit content, or to (re-)structure information. There’s nothing better than scholars sharing their thoughts!"

Networks and News

Situating Science: Cluster for the Humanistand Social Studies of Science

http://www.situsci.ca/

The Cluster for the Humanistic and Social Studies of Science (CHSSS) promotes new ways of bringing together scholars studying science and technology from a philosophical, historical, sociological and cultural perspective, along with colleagues in adjacent fields, making that work integrated with and accessible to journalists, museum workers, policy makers and the Canadian public.

Science Studies Search Engine

http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=006369935143364481409%3Ak8leffjphf8

This custom search engine, implemented using Google Co-op (http://google.com/coop/), searches across across all sites supporting or relevant to the scholarly field of STS/Science Studies. Available for public use without registration, S3E can also be added as a "gadget" to an individual’s Google homepage (for those with a Google Account). Currently, the search spans:

1) the STS Wiki
2) the 4S website
3) all those sites listed under the Web Resources and Professional Associations sections of the 4S website (these are dynamically updated to include any sites added to/deleted from those pages).

Humanities/Policy

http://www.humanitiespolicy.unt.edu

“Humanities/Policy (H/P) consists of an interdisciplinary group of researchers seeking to articulate and test the idea that the humanities have important contributions to make to public policy issues arising at the interface of science, technology, and human values. As our scientific knowledge and technical capabilities grow, some of the most pertinent questions remain those perennially addressed by the humanities. We place these perennial questions within the framework of how science and technology affect and have been affected by our public policies and larger societal values.”

The International Calendar of Information Science Conferences (ICISC)

http://icisc.neasist.org/
The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG/III), the European (ASIST/EC) and the New England (NEASIST) chapters of ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology) are pleased to announce this centralized, master calendar of relevant conferences being held around the world.

EurekAlert!

http://www.eurekalert.org/
Science news from the American Association for the Advancement of Science

SciDev.net (The Science and Development Network)

http://www.scidev.net
"The overall aim of the Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) is to enhance the provision of reliable and authoritative information on science- and technology-related issues that impact on the economic and social development of developing countries. Our goal is to ensure that both individuals and organisations in the developing world are better placed to make informed decisions on these issues. We seek to achieve this objective primarily through running a free-access website, but also by building regional networks of individuals and institutions who share our goals, and by organising capacity-building workshops and other events in the developing world."

E & S Network (The Environment & Society Network)

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/iwt/eesn/
"A group of social scientists, loosely organized under the umbrella of the European Sociological Association. Our aim is to share research findings and social science viewpoints concerning the social dimensions of environmental care and sustainable development. European scholars interested in this field are welcomed to join the network (you can send a message on the page ‘Contact us’). The Network organizes the E&S sessions at the biannual ESA conferences, as well as workshops in between the ESA conferences. It is a platform for communication for social scientists who are active in the environmental field, and it keeps up contacts with other, related groups, such as the Environment and Society Research Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA RC24)."

H-Net (Humanities & Social Sciences Online)

http://www.h-net.org/
"H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Our edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public. The computing heart of H-Net resides at MATRIX : The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe."

Science & Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlsections/sciencetech/sts.htm
"STS, the Science and Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, provides a forum through which librarians in scientific and technical subject fields can achieve and maintain awareness of the impact and range of information with which they work; and promotes improved accessibility to and active use of this information."

The Cluster for the Humanistic and Social Studies of Science

http://www.situsci.ca/
The Cluster for the Humanistic and Social Studies of Science promotes new ways of bringing together scholars studying science and technology from a philosophical, historical, sociological and cultural perspective, along with colleagues in adjacent fields, making that work integrated with and accessible to journalists, museum workers, policy makers and the Canadian public.

Journals & Weblogs

Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration

http://www.j-biomed-discovery.com

Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of scientific information management and studies of scientific practice, with a particular emphasis on biomedical laboratory investigations.

Health Innovations In Context Blog

www.hinnovic.org

Our goal is to develop a knowledge-transfer platform and foster dialogue between journalists, patient associations, decision-makers and researchers. Each month, a new topic will be featured and various issues raised by emerging and existing innovations (prenatal screening tests, pharmacogenomics, predictive medicine) will be explored. Interviews with scientists will be available online while comments from readers will be posted. This blog is an initiative of Dr Pascale Lehoux, associate professor at the Department of Health Administration (University of Montreal) and is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Hodges Health Career - Care Domains - Model

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/

"Originally created in the UK by Brian E Hodges (Ret.) at Manchester Metropolitan University Hodges’ Health Career - Care Domains - Model [h2cm]can help map health, social care and OTHER issues, problems and solutions. The model takes a situated and multi-contextual view across four knowledge domains: Interpersonal, Sociological, Empirical, and Political."

Directory of Open Access Journals (Lund University Libraries)

http://www.doaj.org
"The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals."

openDemocracy (Science & Technology Section)

http://www.opendemocracy.net/science_and_technology
openDemocracy.net is an online global magazine of politics and culture. We publish clarifying debates which help people make up their own minds. We seek the finest writing, the strongest arguments, the most compelling views and truthful voices on key issues, great and small. We use the web’s potential to build and map intelligent discussions which we accumulate and index in our back pages which now include over 1,500 articles. Written by and for people across the world, from South and North, from the powerless to the influential, we seek to bring together those who are not well-known with writers and thinkers of international repute.

Public Library of Science

http://www.plos.org/
"The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource."

First Monday

http://www.firstmonday.org/
First Monday is one of the first peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 557 papers in 101 issues; these papers were written by 662 different authors. First Monday is indexed in Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, LISA, PAIS and other services. In the year 2003, users from 816,912 distinct hosts around the world downloaded 5,385,649 contributions published in First Monday. In the month of October, 2004, users from 73,091 distinct hosts around the world downloaded 528,434 contributions.

Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship (ISTL)

http://www.istl.org
A quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, "ISTL publishes substantive material of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share details of successful programs, materials for the delivery of information services, background information and opinions on topics of current interest, to publish research and bibliographies on issues in science and technology libraries, and to communicate in more depth than the STS-L mailing list. ISTL is indexed in INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), and Library Literature and selectively indexed by Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)."

Bulletin Boards and Listservs

4S Graduate Student Discussion Group

http://4sonline.org/6s/listserv.htm
Listserv administered by Cornell University (Ithaca, USA).

Archive of CFPs Related to Science & Culture

http://cfp.english.upenn.edu/archive/Science/
UPenn English Department Listserv (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))
CFPs in English & American Literature

gomobility

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This list is one way to bring together scholars with a common interest in mobility and how it constitutes the terms for social life. The list will provide a forum: to circulate information on conferences, calls for papers, fellowships, etc.; to post essays, reviews, or recommended readings in the field, and to discuss issues of disciplinarity, “method”, etc. To subscribe, send a message to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with “subscribe gomobility” in the body. You will receive a message confirming your subscription.

EUROGRAD

http://www.easst.net/joineurograd
"EUROGRAD is a listserv (discussion list) intended to facilitate a European network of PhD students, postdocs and junior scholars interested in Science and Technology Studies."

STS and the Built Environment

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/bests
"To better network people with an interest at the intersection of STS and the built environment."

Online Exhibits

NanoFutures

http://cns.asu.edu/nanofutures

READ, REVISE, RANT: Some say that Nanotechnology will revolutionize life as we know it, but what should we really expect from the future of nanotechnology? CNS developed 6 plausible product descriptions- called scenes- to provide some structure to discussions about nanotechnology. These fictional scenes have been evaluated by nanoscale scientists and engineers for technical plausibility- it is up to you to weigh social, economic, ethical, environmental and political plausibility-and desirability!!

Through an interactive website, the NanoFutures experiment invites citizens, scientists and engineers, social scientists, policy makers, and others interested in nanotechnology to assess the potentials and perils of nano-enabled futures.

American Elements Periodic Table of Elements

http://www.americanelements.com/

If you want information of an element of the periodic table, just click on the element’s box on the table. Though not an exhibit in the typical sense, this resource provides plenty of information (like the research and uses of each of the elements, including properties, safety data and applications) in a really cool format.

Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA (USA)

http://www.computerhistory.org/
"Established in 1996, the Computer History Museum is a public benefit organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. It is home to one of the largest collections of computing artifacts in the world, a collection comprising over 4,000 artifacts, 10,000 images, 4,000 linear feet of cataloged documentation and gigabytes of software."

ingenious.org.uk

http://www.ingenious.org.uk
Administered by the Science Museum in London. Contextualises and presents 30,000 images of pictures and artefacts from the museum’s collections.

makingthemodernworld.org.uk

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk
Adminstered by the Science Museum in London. Presents an animated history of technology since 1750 and links scenes to educational material for high school students.

Online Exhibits, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits
Virtual versions of exhibitions and other resources.

Non-Profit Organizations and Initiatives

Reach and Teach

http://www.reachandteach.com
"Provides education resources and development services for individuals, non-profit organizations, and schools working for peace and social justice in the world."

Creative Commons

http://www.creativecommons.org

Science Commons

http://creativecommons.org/projects/science/

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

http://www.cpsr.org/

World Values Survey

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.com
"[A] worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change. It is conducted by a network of social scientist at leading universities all around world. The survey is performed on nationally representative samples in almost 80 societies on all six inhabited continents. A total of four waves have been carried since 1981 allowing accurate comparative analysis."

Eurobarometer

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dset_guides/eurobar.html
"Standard Eurobarometer public opinion surveys are conducted on behalf of the European Commission at least two times a year in all member states of the European Union. Since the early seventies they have provided regular monitoring of social and political attitudes in Europe."

European Social Survey

http://ess.nsd.uib.no/
"The European Social Survey (the ESS) is a biennial multi-country survey covering over 20 nations. The first round was fielded in 2002/2003. The survey contains a standard set of questions to be repeated in future rounds and special topic questions which, in the first round, dealt with immigration and asylum. The sample size is larger than that of Eurobarometer and the questions are more standardized than those of used in the World Values Survey."

Afrobarometer

http://www.afrobarometer.org
"Afrobarometer is a research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa. A standard set of questions is used to allow comparisons. The intent to track changes over time as two survey rounds have been completed and a third is planned."

Demographic and Health Surveys

http://www.measuredhs.com/
The Demographic and Health Surveys
(DHS+) program is a worldwide project initiated by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide data and analysis on the population, health, and nutrition of women and children in developing countries. Its predecessors were the World Fertility Survey and the Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys.

Regional Inversion

http://www.regionalinversion.com/index.htm
Website dedicated to economic development, regional change, economic geography, and regional science.It provides an overview of the concept of regional inversion, the roles of tangible and intangible infrastructure, innovative capacity, educational access, and related aspects.

Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development

http://www.greenyearbook.org/
"This site is edited with a view to give both professionals and the concerned public in general a reliable and user-friendly guide to major instruments and players in the process towards sustainable development. It presents both systematic reference material and informed evaluations of international co-operation on environment and development. Through this combination of facts and analysis, our aim is to demonstrate the status of collaboration, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. Most of the site’s information is based on the more comprehensive Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development 2002/2003."

Agricultural Market Access Database (AMAD)

http://www.amad.org

UN World Summit on the Information Society

http://www.itu.int/wsis/
"The UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 (21 December 2001) endorsed the holding of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in two phases. The first phase took place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second phase will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005."

The Science Fiction Foundation

http://www.sf-foundation.org/
"The Science Fiction Foundation (Registered Charity No. 1041052) was founded in 1970 by the writer/social activist George Hay and others as a semi-autonomous association of writers, academics, critics and others with an active interest in science fiction, with Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula K. Le Guin as patrons. Our aim is to promote science fiction and bring together those who read, write, study, teach, research or archive science fiction in Britain and the rest of the world. We also want to support science fiction, at conventions, at conferences and at other events which bring those interested in science fiction together."

Society for the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy & Science Fiction (SF3)

http://sf3.org/
"SF3 hosts WisCon, the world’s only Feminist Science Fiction convention, and other events. We have supported literary and fanzine fandoms in Madison, Wisconsin for over two decades."

Living Knowledge

http://www.livingknowledge.org
An International Network for Science Shops
"Science shops mediate or perform research in all disciplines from sociology to chemistry, largely on behalf of civil society organisations - for whom the research is often cross subsidised or even free of charge. Many existing science shops are linked to or based in universities, where research is done by students under the supervision of science shop staff and other associated (university) staff. However, many initiatives not linked to universities—such as community based research centres—are similar to science shops and do the same type of work. Despite their different names and differences in operation and organisation, basic principles and goals are comparable. Through this type of extension and support activity, science shops attempt to create access to science, knowledge and technology for social groupings that would not or could not ordinarily interact with these disciplines."

The Silent Spring Institute

http://www.silentspring.org
"[A] non-profit scientific research organization dedicated to identifying the links between the environment and women’s health, especially breast cancer. We are a groundbreaking collaboration of scientists, physicians, health advocates, and community activists, and a leading edge research institution using multi-disciplinary, state-of-the-art approaches."

The Food Ethics Council

http://www.foodethicscouncil.org
"The Food Ethics Council reports on ethical issues in food and agriculture. We develop tools to help make ethical thinking a standard practice in policy, business and everyday life. We work towards a food system that is fair, humane, secure and sustainable."

United Nations Data Access System (UNdata)

http://data.un.org
"The new UN data access system (UNdata) will improve the dissemination of statistics by UNSD to the widest possible audience. An easy to use data access system was developed that meets UNSD’s vision of providing an integrated information resource with current, relevant and reliable statistics free of charge to the global community.

Subsequent stages of the development of the UN data access system will extend to UN system data as well as to data of national statistical offices - providing the user with a simple single-entry point to global statistics."

Job Search Sites

AcademicCareers.com

http://www.AcademicCareers.com
Allows applicants to search on faculty, post doc, library, endowed chairs, administrative and senior management jobs at colleges, universities and research institutes anywhere. Applicant can use all their services without being charged and employers can post a job listing for up to three full months for US$175. This even includes email alerts to applicants.

Employment Opportunities in International Studies

http://www.isanet.org/employment.html
International Studies Association

eJobs

http://www.apsanet.org/section_74.cfm
American Political Science Association
(NB: free to APSA members only)

Chronicle Careers

http://chronicle.com/jobs/
Chronicle of Higher Education

Job Listings

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/
Business Jobs–Environmental Jobs–Environmentally Responsible Employers

Funding and Award Sites

U.S. National Science Foundation Programs

Science & Technology Studies Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04531/nsf04531.htm

Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science & Technology Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5323&org=SES

Crosscutting/Interdisciplinary Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/

Funding Opportunities page

http://www.cdc.gov/funding.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology Resident Scholar Program

http://www.sil.si.edu/researchintern/index.htm
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
"The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology Resident Scholar Program, supported by The Dibner Fund, awards stipends of $2,500.00 per month for up to six months for individuals working on a topic relating to the history of science and technology who can make substantial use of collections in the Dibner Library. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Dibner Library during the award period. Scholars wanting to do research in other areas of SIL Special Collections should apply for the Baird Society Resident Scholar Program."

The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program

http://www.sil.si.edu/researchintern/index.htm
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
"The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program awards stipends of $2,500 per month for up to six months for individuals working on a topic relating to the holdings of SIL’s special collections. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Smithsonian during the award period. Scholars wanting to do research primarily in the collections of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology should apply for the Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program."

The Partington Prize

http://www.open.ac.uk/ambix/prizes.htm
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
"...awarded every three years for an original and unpublished essay on any aspect of the history of alchemy or chemistry. The prize consists of three hundred and fifty pounds (£350). The competition is open to anyone with a scholarly interest in the history of alchemy or chemistry who, by the closing date…has not reached 35 years of age, or if older, has completed a doctoral thesis in the history of science within the previous three years. Scholars from any country may enter for the competition, but entries must be submitted in English…"

The Victor and Joy Wouk Grant-in-Aid Program

http://archives.caltech.edu/grants-in-aid.html
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives

New in 2003, this program offers research assistance up to $2,000 for work in the Papers of Victor Wouk in the Caltech Archives. Applications are reviewed quarterly, on Jan 1, Apr 1, Jul 1 and Oct 1 each year.

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

http://www.clw.org/scoville/
Council for a Livable World

Established in 1987 to provide college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship’s Board of Directors selects a group of outstanding individuals to spend six to nine months in Washington. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time project assistants at the participating organization of their choice. In the Program’s first seventeen years, ninety-six fellowships have been awarded.

Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition

http://www.sshm.org/prize/prize.html
Society for the Social History of Medicine

"This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition as judged by the SSHM’s assessment panel. It is named in honour of the late Professor Roy Porter, a great teacher and a generous scholar. The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £ 500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine."

William Osler Medal Essay Contest

http://histmed.org/Awards/Oslerannounce.html
American Association for the History of Medicine
Submission Deadline: postmarked by Feb 1

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 United States or Canada. Essays may pertain to the historical development of a contemporary medical problem, or to a topic within the health sciences related to a discrete period of the past, and should demonstrate either original research or an unusual appreciation and understanding of the problems discussed. The essay (maximum 10,000 words, including endnotes) must be entirely the work of one contestant. For details see

Richard Harrison Shryock Medal Essay Contest

http://histmed.org/Awards/Shyrockannounce.htm
American Association for the History of Medicine
Submission Deadline: postmarked by Feb 1

Graduate students in the United States and Canada are invited to enter the Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The essay (maximum 10,000 words, including endnotes) must be the result of original research or show an unusual appreciation and understanding of problems in the history of medicine. In particular, the committee will judge essays on the quality of writing, appropriate use of sources, and ability to address themes of historical significance. Students enrolled in M.D./Ph.D. programs in history or related fields are eligible to apply only for the Shryock Award. For details see

Singer Prize

http://www.bshs.org.uk/prizes/singer.html
The British Society for the History of Science
Submission Deadline: received by Dec 15

The Singer Prize, of up to £300, is awarded by the BSHS every two years to the writer of an unpublished essay based in original research into any aspect of the history of science, technology or medicine. The Prize is intended for younger scholars or recent entrants into the profession. The Prize may be awarded to the writer of one outstanding essay, or may be divided between two or more entrants. The Prize will usually be presented at the BSHS Annual Conference and publication in the British Journal for the History of Science will be at the discretion of the Editor. Essays on offer or in press will not be eligible.

Abraham Pais Award For the History of Physics

http://www.aps.org/units/fhp/pais/index.cfm
American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics
Nomination Deadline: May 1

A major new award (initially presented in 2005), the Abraham Pais Award for the History of Physics will recognize outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics. The award will be given annually and consists of $5000, a certificate citing the recipient’s contributions to the history of physics, and funds to travel to an APS meeting to receive the award and deliver an invited talk on the history of physics. For further information, see the website of the APS Forum on History of Physics

External Collections of Links

STS Links by Theme

http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, North Carolina State University
[NB: many broken links!]

Worldwide Guide to Science Studies Programmes

http://cas.umkc.edu/scistud/
University of Missouri–Kansas City

BSHS List of Theses

http://www.bshs.org.uk/theses/
"The list exists primarily to give details of theses and dissertations
currently in progress, or recently completed, in the history, philosophy
and social studies of science, technology, medicine, mathematics,
engineering and studies of mind, at academic institutions in the UK and
Republic of Ireland."

Collection of Medical hisotry links

http://www.yext.com/podiatrists/articles/medical-history-resources.html

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online – Science, Technology, and Industry

http://echo.gmu.edu

Echo: Exploring and Collecting History Online – Science, Technology, and Industry, a project of the Center for History and New Media, announces the launch of its redesigned, expanded, and improved Research Center. Available at http://echo.gmu.edu, the Research Center is the most comprehensive portal for the history of science on the Web, and now includes a searchable guide to more than 5,000 websites on the history of science, technology, and industry, as well as website reviews and annotations, and the latest science news.

Call for Reviewers: Climate Change and Human Security in East Africa and The Horn of Africa

December 15 2009 |

URL: http://www.eashr.org

Updated: January 13 2010

Publication: East African Journal of Human Rights and Democracy
The East African School of Human Rights is preparing a special edition of the Journal due in Dec 2009. We are calling for paper reviewers for this edition.
Peer Review is a pro-bono service for an academic scholarly journal. The School is therefore requesting for volunteers to review paper submitted for possible publication in December 2009. All reviewers will be acknowledged in person and will receive a paper edition of the Journal where papers reviewed are published.
Interested persons should contact the undersigned for more details prferably within one week of this notice
Atunga Atuti O.J
Chief Executive Officer
east African School of Human Rights
P.O. Box 11391, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
http://www.eashr.org
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

iConference Workshop on Sociotechnical systems, “Keywords of the Sociotechnical”

February 03 2010 | University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne

URL: http://www.sociotech.net

Updated: January 14 2010

This workshop will provide a venue to gather and discuss our intellectual traditions, research objects, and vocabularies in order to elaborate and clarify the keywords of the sociotechnical.

The workshop builds on and extends efforts that have included the 2008 & 2009 Summer Research Institute of the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST). These Research Institutes, supported by the National Science Foundation and held at the University of Michigan (2008) and Syracuse University (2009), brought together a diverse set of researchers from fields as diverse as science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, management and organizational studies, library and information science, sociology, social informatics, and computer science, to begin exploring and framing a future research agenda centered on socio-technical research.
http://www.sociotech.net . You may register
here: https://www.ischools.org/conftool/

New Partnerships on the Horizon? Governing Uncertainty, Accountability and Public Participation

February 09 2010 | Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Deadline: December 15 2009

Updated: January 12 2010

Managing risk in international society has posed a new challenge not only to
the state and international organisations, but also to experts, scientists
and citizens. It has generated a demand for a new set of laws, regulations
and instruments to tackle various risks such as natural disasters, economic
and financial crises, and unintended consequences of reforms. Accordingly,
new modes of interactions between the state, experts and citizens seem to be
emerging across countries and in different high-risk sectors. This
relatively new, complex web of policy making and implementation processes
requires multi-dimensional, cross-country analyses, as it has created a
number of guidelines, methodological frameworks, scientific equipments,
experts and professionnal networks. However, little research has been done
to illuminate the interactive aspects between institutions, choice of new
instruments and the impact on political accountability and individual
participation. For instance, in health care, risk management is now
considered to be an integral part of performance management and essential
not only to avoiding adverse incidents, but also to enhancing quality of
care. The imperative of balancing economic efficiency, social concerns and
quality control became a driving force for new policy initiatives and led
also to more involvement of laypeople (i.e. patients in this context) in
some areas of risk management. Similar developments can also be observed in
other industries and sectors such as insurance companies, nuclear and
energy, urban or environmental sectors.

Therefore, ‘governing uncertainty’ needs to be understood from a broader
perspective than risk management which used to concern predominantly only
the expertise and ‘rational’ use of tools and instruments. In contrast,
‘governing uncertainty’ encompasses identification of risks and
vulnerabilities within organisations and institutions as well as fulfilling
accountability by developing measures and embedding appropriate strategies.
The latter function entails a certain action of developing the right script
when errors, accidents and faults occur. Thus, the scope of ‘governing
uncertainty’ goes much beyond technical issues. Acknowledging clear
political responsibility is particularly pertinent to the study of public
policy. To name a few, blame allocation, risk information transfer,
normative input and discriminatory risk-based treatment should also be
incorporated in the analyses of policies surrounding risk and uncertainty.

This workshop will explore the above-mentioned new modes of interactions
between various actors (government, professional networks and citizens) by
inviting interactional researchers with a strong fieldwork and international
comparative perspective. How do risk managers ‘manage’ uncertainty in
different kinds of organisations and institutions? What kind of policy
instruments have been used in order to manage uncertainty in a specific
sector? To what extent do they impact on everyday local practices? What is
the role of ordinary citizens in governing uncertainty? Do we observe some
international trend, rather than a fragmented picture of practices and
policies varying from country to country or from sector to sector? More
generally, how do various institutional settings, instruments, experts and
professional networks seek to combine risk management with public
participation? How do they work “in action”? What are the main competencies
of risk managers and the sources of their legitimacy? What are the impacts
of all these activities on the political dimension (e.g. accountability of
elected officials)? Ultimately, the workshop raises questions as to
practical implications and ‘risks’ for democracy, citizenship, rights and/or
freedom in the new mode of ‘partnerships’ in governing uncertainty.

Deadline for Abstracts:
An abstract should include the name(s) of author(s), affiliations, contact
details, the paper title, in no more than 200 words. Abstracts should be
sent to Fabrizio Cantelli (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) before the 15th December
2009.

New Partnerships on the Horizon?, Governing Uncertainty, Accountability and Public Participation

February 09 2010 | Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Deadline: December 15 2009

Updated: January 14 2010

Computer Culture

February 10 2010 | Tempe, Arizona

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: http://swtxpca.org/

Updated: January 14 2010

This just a reminder that the Computer Culture Area of the SW/TX PCA/ACA (http://swtxpca.org/) is still accepting paper, panel, and other proposals on any aspect of computer culture.
For paper proposals: Please submit a 250 word abstract embedded in the body of an email. Include contact information (e.g., postal and preferred email address, phone and fax numbers, etc.) and a biographical note about your connection to the topic.

For panel and other proposals: Feel free to query first. Panel and other proposals should include all of the information requested for individual paper proposals, as well as a 100-word statement of the panel’s raison d’etre and any noteworthy organizational features.

Please submit proposals to Andrew Chen (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Judd Ruggill (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) by 12/15/2009.

2010 College Art Association Conference

February 10 2010 | Chicago

Deadline: May 08 2009

URL: (http://conference.collegeart.org/2010/

Updated: January 14 2010

Please see teh website for more information: (http://conference.collegeart.org/2010/) for more information about the conference and for details about how to submit a proposal. Proposals should be emailed directly to Aviva Dove Viebahn (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) no later than May 8, 2009, with all CAA-required accompanying materials included.
http://www.iitd.ac.in/events/ICTD2010/

Fourth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices

February 13 2010 | University of Illinois, Chicago

Deadline: June 11 2009

URL: http://www.Design-Conference.com

Updated: January 14 2010

We are excited to be holding this year's Conference in Chicago, one of the world's great design cities. Chicago serves as a living history of modern architecture - the home of the world's first skyscrapers and, at various times, of architects Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. More recently and notably in the global design scene, Chicago-based Sol Sender created the the design strategy and concept for the 2008 Obama campaign for the US Presidency. Chicago is also a marvelous city of art and design galleries, and museums, including a recently opened modern art wing to the Chicago Art Institute, designed by Renzo Piano. This dynamic history, and continuing spirit of creativity, makes Chicago an environment well suited to the goals and spirit of the International Conference on Design Principles and Practices.

The Design Conference is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of 'design', as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design and the use of designed artifacts and processes. The Conference is a cross-disciplinary forum that brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design. In professional and disciplinary terms, the Conference traverses a broad sweep to construct a dialogue which encompasses the perspectives and practices of: anthropology, architecture, art, artificial intelligence, business, cognitive science, communication studies, computer science, cultural studies, design studies, education, e-learning, engineering, ergonomics, fashion, graphic design, history, information systems, industrial design, industrial engineering, instructional design, interior design, interaction design, interface design, journalism, landscape architecture, law, linguistics and semiotics, management, media and entertainment, psychology, sociology, software engineering and telecommunications.

This highly inclusive format provides Conference Delegates with significant opportunities to connect with people from shared fields and disciplines and with those from vastly different specialisations. The resulting conversations provide ample occasions for mutual learning, often weaving between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, and market pragmatics and social idealism.

As well as an international line-up of plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the refereed Design Principles and Practices: an International Journal of Design Principles and Practices. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication, as well as access to the Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at the Design Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 11 June 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the Conference website -
http://www.Design-Conference.com.

Travel Grants for Graduate Students to Attend 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting

February 18 2010 | San Diego, CA

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: e http://meeting2010.aaas.org/sessionaide/default.aspx

Updated: January 14 2010

Thanks to a generous donation from one of our members, Section L (History & Philosophy of Science) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is able to offer a limited number of travel grants to assist graduate students studying history or philosophy of science to attend the Association’s next Annual Meeting, which will take place in San Diego, 18-22 February 2010 (http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2010/).

The grant is intended to defray costs of travel, lodging, and registration, to a maximum of $500. Highest preference will be given to graduate students who are on the program in some capacity; secondary preference will be given to those who serve as session aides at the meeting (see http://meeting2010.aaas.org/sessionaide/default.aspx).

To apply, send a CV, a statement of current enrollment status if not clear from CV (university, department, degree program, projected graduation date), and a brief statement why attendance at this meeting would benefit your program of study, to Jonathan Coopersmith, Secretary, Section L, AAAS, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The deadline for application is December 15. Notification of awards will be made by January 5.

New Directions in STS: Probing Science & Technology, STS Graduate Student Conference

February 19 2010 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

The annual STS Graduate Student Conference will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY on 19-22 of February, 2010. The conference will be hosted by RPI's Department of Science and Technology Studies. Graduate students are invited to present their work in an informal setting ideal for feedback, discussion, and meeting fellow colleagues.

We invite papers from all corners of the STS field. Works in progress, along with presentations based on seminar papers and dissertation chapters are all welcome. Graduate students of all levels are encouraged to attend and present! Those who wish to simply attend and not present are also welcome.

Tentative Schedule
The conference will begin Friday evening, February 19, 2010, with a reception and will be followed by presentations beginning on Saturday morning. Each presentation will be 20 minutes with a 10 minute question & discussion period to immediately follow. Sunday morning there will be a panel of distinguished STS scholars in who will discuss their opinions on new directions in the Science and Technology Studies field.

Logistics
The conference is free. A reception on Friday, breakfast, lunch, and coffee Saturday and Sunday, as well as a party on Saturday will all be provided. Accommodations can be arranged with local students. Unfortunately, funds are not available to defray transportation costs to and from the conference. Projectors and printers will also be available for use.

Submission/Registration Guidelines
Please submit at 250 word abstract along with your name, affiliation, year of study, and email address to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Monday, February 1, 2010. If you would like to attend but will not be presenting a paper send only your contact information. In both cases please indicate if you will need lodging (and if you have any pet allergies!).

The Cities, Culture, and Society (CCS) Conference

February 25 2010 | Osaka City University, Japan

Deadline: February 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

The conference Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability
investigates the forces that shape the conditions of urban development and the creation of cities in comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the notion of the "creative city" has become a guiding framework for thinking about the present and future state of cities and their capability of coping with the impact and challenges of globalization. Cities are regarded as engines of regional, national and global economic growth because they are the key centres for cultural production and consumption and target areas for mobility and migration. They are also contested sites because of increasing cultural and social diversity. Simultaneously, cities use cultural diversity and even counter-cultures to display appealing images and representations of creativity and innovation. Many citizens aspire to live and work in the cosmopolitan global environments that only metropolitan centres seem to be able to provide, but cities also provide vital space for the challenged, homeless, and other socially disadvantaged groups. The resolution of social disparities is consequently becoming an urgent policy task. Environmental and social
sustainability, urban revitalization and amenity are major keywords of our time.The writings of Richard Florida and Charles Landry have laid the basis for a new urban agenda that focuses on innovation, cultural revitalization and the built environment, attaching great importance to the contribution of the arts and the cultural sector to the economy. To be creative, cities thus must offer a vibrant environment, cultural amenities and career choices for both men and women sufficient to attract groups with talent to build creative industries. In prominent examples of creative cities such as Berlin the marketing policy mainly focuses on the creative industry sector including tourism. But in fact, a multitude of prerequisites and preconditions is necessary for the creation of cities at all, thus laying the basis for any kind of urban development.
In this context, this conference focuses on the interactions among culture, sustainability, and space. We would like to emphasise inquiry into the dynamics of cultural creativity, industries and production, the risks and benefits of both cultural diversity and social inclusion or exclusion, the sustainability of efforts to plan and redesign the urban built environment to promote creativity, and the identity politics of representations of the city and creativity in the popular imagination as well as spaces of heritage and tourism. We recognise that there are many different groups and focal points related to creating cities, so one major purpose of this conference is to create a framework in which both practitioners and researchers of different disciplines can interact and share ideas about how urban environments are being transformed.

Mysterious Things: The 11th Annual Graduate Symposium on Womens and Gender History

March 04 2010 | University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne

Deadline: November 01 2009

Updated: January 14 2010

The Executive Committee of the Eleventh Annual Graduate Symposium on Womenâ€™s and Gender History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce this call for papers. The Symposium, which is the capstone event of the History Departmentâ€™s Womenâ€™s History month celebration, is scheduled for March 4-6, 2010. To celebrate and encourage further work in the field of womenâ€™s and gender history, we invite submissions from graduate students from any institution and discipline. The Symposium organizers welcome individual papers on any topic in the field of womenâ€™s and gender history; papers submitted as a panel will be judged individually. Preference will be given to scholars who did not present at last yearâ€™s Symposium.

The Symposium Executive Committee is interested in assembling a geographically, temporally, and topically diverse body of papers. This yearâ€™s theme, â€œMysterious Things,â€ speaks to a variety of trends that are currently shaping the field of womenâ€™s and gender history. This is particularly the case as we march on through a world where things—be they ideas, objects, or some strannge mix thereof—continue to delight, baffle, liberatee, and ruin individuals, as well as global institutions. Successful proposals could directly explore and build upon the implications of the moment in Marxâ€™s thought concerning commodities, wherein what should become inanimate matter actually assumes a mysterious, yet undeniable kind of life. Proposals could begin to chart out this life in a variety of fields—particularlly gender and sexuality—and its effects upon those wiith whom it comes into contact. Indeed, gender and sexuality are, themselves, mysterious things, and proposals could also include any work that seeks to expose and demystify their strange functions in the everyday life of people and institutions. We welcome all proposals that seek to examine and interrogate any of the nebulous, enigmatic areas included under the rubric of gender and womenâ€™s history. The choice of theme is purposefully broad but provocative, inviting perspectives and reflections from a variety of temporal, geographical, and inter/disciplinary perspectives.

For this year, the Eleventh Annual Symposium, we are delighted to announce a keynote speaker who engages many of these themes in his work: Kevin Floyd, Associate Professor of English, Kent State University, author of The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism (University of Minnesota Press, 2009).

The journal Gender & History will again sponsor a prize for the best graduate student paper presented at the Symposium. Conference presenters will also have the opportunity to publish their work in the on-line proceedings volume. We possess limited resources to subsidize travel expenses for presenters. Giving priority to presenters with limited conference experience, we will allocate these funds based on the quality of presentersâ€™ proposals and the availability of funds.

To submit a paper or panel by email (preferred method); please send only one attachment in Word or PDF format containing a 250-word abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae for each paper presenter, commentator, or panel chair to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) . The subject line of the email must read "Attn: Programming Committee.â€ We cannot be responsible for submissions that do not meet these conditions.

To submit a paper or panel in a hard copy format, please send five (5) copies of all abstracts and curriculum vitae to: Programming Committee, Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History 309 Gregory Hall, MC 466, 810 S. Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801.

For more information, please contact Programming Committee Chair, T.J. Tallie at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .

2010 AEJMC Midwinter Conference

March 05 2010 | Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication,University of Oklahoma

Deadline: December 01 2009

URL: http://www.ou.edu/gaylord

Updated: January 14 2010

The AEJMC Midwinter Conference is an annual forum for the presentation of research and debate in areas relevant to the 12 AEJMC groups (divisions, interest groups and commissions) sponsoring the event. It follows a rather informal structure that allows for presentations and extended discussions in a relaxed setting. The upcoming conference is scheduled for March 5-7, 2010 at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication (University of Oklahoma) in Norman, Oklahoma. The location offers participants many winter diversions outside the conference activities, including world-class museums and art galleries.

Questions about paper and panel submissions must be directed to the appropriate midwinter chairs below. General questions about the conference can be sent to Elanie Steyn, Conference Site Host (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).

Paper submissions: Authors should submit research paper proposals consisting of a 300 to 500-word abstract by email to the midwinter chair (from the list below) of the group (division/interest group/commission) they wish to submit to. Please keep in mind that you can only submit any given paper abstract to one of the groups participating in the conference ? submitting the same paper abstract to several groups is not allowed. Do not submit full papers. The abstracts should give a clear sense of the scope of the research and the method of inquiry. If researchers have completed their projects by the submission deadline, paper abstracts should also include research conclusions. Once their paper abstracts have been accepted, authors must submit complete research papers (not exceeding 30 pages) to the discussant of their session on the program. Discussants should receive full papers at least two weeks before the conference. Keep in mind that papers presented at this conference are also eligible for presentation at the AEJMC national convention. Authors are encouraged to use the midwinter conference as an opportunity to get feedback on their research, improve and finalize it for submission to the national conference.

Panel submissions: Panel organizers should submit proposals to the midwinter chair (from the list below) of the group (division/interest group/commission) they wish to present the panel to. Panel submissions should include the panel title, a description of the session?s focus, the issues to be discussed, and a list of panelists (potential and confirmed), including affiliation.

See website for formatting procedures.
Deadline: All submissions should reach the appropriate division/interest
group/commission?s midwinter paper chair (see below) by December 1,
2009. Midwinter chairs will notify authors of acceptances and rejections by January 6, 2010.

Registration: Details on conference registration, hotel accommodation, and travel information will be available at http://www.ou.edu/gaylord.

National Council on Public History and the American Society for Environmental History

March 10 2010 | Portland, Oregon

Deadline: June 30 2009

URL: http://www.ncph.org/Portals/13/Annual%20Meetings/2010/2010%20CFP%20-Currents%20of%20Change.pdf

Updated: January 14 2010

Portland is an ideal place to consider issues and ideas structured around the theme"Currents of Change." These could include the relationship of human settlement to environmental transformation, the impact of power/energy development on ecological systems, the adaptive reuse/ recycling of older and historic buildings and the notion of sustainable development, the rethinking of authenticity as a historic value, and interdisciplinary and culturally pluralistic approaches to historical issues. Proposals may address any area of environmental and public history, but we especially welcome submissions which illustrate or explicate the theme "Currents of Change."
http://www.ncph.org/Portals/13/Annual%20Meetings/2010/2010%20CFP%20-Currents%20of%20Change.pdf

ICTs and Development: An International Workshop for Theory, Practice, & Policy

March 11 2010 | Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi

Deadline: October 01 2009

URL: http://www.iitd.ac.in/events/ICTD2010/

Updated: January 14 2010

Sponsored by International Development Research Centre, Canada
Unpublished, original empirical papers are invited for the forthcoming international workshop on ICTs and Development: An International Workshop for Theory, Practice, & Policy to be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India, during 11-12 March 2010.
The workshop aims to provide a forum for scholars to share their empirical research with academic experts, policymakers, and activists from the regional and international development community. Papers should examine how mobile phones, computers, and the Internet influence the empowerment of marginal individuals and communities, including whether ICTs create and enhance livelihood opportunities for people in the developing world.
Papers should be in the range of 5,000-8,000 words (including abstract and bibliography) and should include a clear discussion of the implications of the findings for development policy and/or practice.
No more than twelve papers will be selected by the workshop organizers for presentation.The first author of each paper chosen will be given air fare and lodging/meals.
The workshop is part of the project, ICTs and Urban Micro Enterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development, and is supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
The organizers are committed to finding an appropriate publication venue for all papers accepted for the workshop.
Deadlines:
Submission of manuscripts: 1st October 2009
Announcement of results: 1st December 2009
Submission of final version of the paper: 1st April 2010
For submission of manuscripts and other enquiries, please write to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://www.iitd.ac.in/events/ICTD2010/

Intersections 2010: “Encounters: Situating ‘Relation’ in Communication and Culture” 9th Annual Criti

March 12 2010 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Deadline: January 11 2010

URL: comcultgsa.com/intersections

Updated: January 14 2010

An encounter implies the unexpected, unplanned, or unintended meeting of two or more things: a coming-together of unspecified duration with an unknown conclusion. Encounters are as likely to be confrontational and hostile as they are pleasurable or fortuitous. They are open to ambiguity ľ potentially productive and transformative, as well as offering multiple possibilities for resistance, struggle, alliance, desire, support, and the assertion of agency. In many ways the chance nature of an encounter makes it particularly relevant to the diverse and interdisciplinary fields of communication and cultural studies. Here, unexpected relations and relationships are often both studied and forged, transforming existing subjectivities, bodies, identities, assemblages, spaces, practices, communities, knowledge regimes, and power relations.

All interested graduate students are asked to submit a short written abstract or artist's statement explaining the proposed presentation in light of the conference themes. Abstracts or statements should be no more than 150-200 words (Times 12 font, double spaced) and submitted via e-mail as a .DOC or .RTF attachment. PLEASE NOTE: Name and contact information should not appear on the same page as your proposal. Please include a separate page with the following information:

o Title of presentation as it appears on the abstract o Your name o Affiliation: program, university, and level of study (e.g. PhD, 2nd year) o E-mail address and mailing address o A / V requirements o Submission format (paper presentation, creative work).

Artists are also asked to submit a small sample of their work for adjudication, by either e-mail or post. If sending creative works by e-mail, please limit attachment size to 5mb or less. You may also direct us to a URL. Please put viewing instructions, comments and titles in your e-mail if applicable. If submitting creative works by post, please mail the proposal, a non-original copy of the work, and viewing instructions to the following address (well before the submission deadline):

Intersections 2010 Conference
c/o Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture
3013 TEL Building, York University
4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Please e-mail submissions (or questions) to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Conference Website: comcultgsa.com/intersections

Comparatively Speaking

March 12 2010 | Ithaca, NY

Deadline: December 04 2009

Updated: January 14 2010

Keynote speaker: Professor Roland Greene
Plenary speaker: Professor Natalie Melas
Is comparison a method, or is it always in need of a method? Has companion of specific languages and literature become the big unthought of literary and cultural analysis—supposed but unquestioned? In light of recent scholarly debate on the demands and consequences of the global scope of what comparison means, this conference seeks to discuss methodological questions that pose themselves in comparative research projects and in the constitution of inter-literary and cultural in the study of multiple national, philosophic, and linguistic spaces as well as historical time periods from Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the present.
Abstracts (300 words) due to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Friday, Dec. 4 2009.

CFP: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference

March 17 2010 | Los Angeles

Deadline: August 15 2009

Updated: January 14 2010

Call for Panel Papers: Hooray for Horrorwood: "Famous Monsters of Filmland" and Fandom

Ostensibly aimed at an audience of largely male pre-teen and teenage readers, "Famous Monsters of Filmland" (FM) remains under the radar of most academics and under-recognized as a highly significant text in terms of audience studies, gender studies, canon theory, and populist conceptualizations of cinema history. The photo-heavy and fan-pleasing FM offered a bi-monthly archive of stills of classic, rare, and lost horror films, as well as news on upcoming films, profiles of actors, and behind-the-scenes features on make-up artists. FM evinced a love for, and more importantly, a sound knowledge of, genre film history. This tone was set by editor Forrest J Ackerman, who served as an avuncular, enthusiastic epistemological guide, providing readers not only with knowledge of old and often forgotten films, but serving as a role model for how to be a fan, including an investment in preserving and disseminating cinematic pleasures and knowledge. This panel examines the phenomenon of primarily young monster movie fandom during the 1960s (the height of monster-mania) and how such fandom allowed readers to express agency via their consumption, interpretation, and remediation of horror films. Importantly, FM encouraged and received much input from readers, publishing their letters, photos, artwork, makeup and costume experiments, and reporting on readers’ own film projects; Ackerman also invited readers to submit requests for images from and information about films of their interest to be featured in the magazine. By
emphasizing active, participatory fandom as well as consumption, FM legitimated fans’ interest in the culturally marginalized pleasures of horror and science fiction films, empowering them to assert an increased degree of social authority and control. Panel topics could include analyses of FM as a forum for enactments of non-hegemonic masculinity and/or femininity, as an impetus for readers to become media producers as
well as consumers, as a text shaping populist knowledge of film history, as an indicator of cult or niche audiences and their relation to mainstream media, as an influence on canon formation, as a study of the fan as celebrity, or as a popular culture archive, amongst others.

Please submit presentation abstracts of no more than 450 words (plus bibliography), along with institutional affiliation, to: Matt Yockey at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Mark Hain at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Cultural Studies Association Annual Meeting CFP: Seminar—Blowing Up the Brand II

March 18 2010 | Berkeley, CA

Deadline: November 21 2009

URL: http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/cultural_studies/?q=news

Updated: January 14 2010

Creative cities, PR nations, celebrity diplomacy, philanthrocapitalism, YouTube identities… These are symptoms and effects of what Andrew Wernick (1991) termed “promotional culture”: the extension of promotional discourses and practices into virtually all areas of public life. What is at stake in these promotional paradigms? The interpenetration of public and private interests, techniques and expertise creates new anxieties and demands new forms of analysis.

Following the May 2009 conference of the same name, this seminar seeks to redress the lack of scholarly work that takes promotion seriously as a form of social, cultural, political and economic exchange. It aims to assemble a group of participants with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and research interests whose common aim is to unpack the vernacular, the institutional structures, and the practices and performances that make up promotional culture in everyday life, offering a range of critical perspectives on how, as citizens, consumers, and users, we absorb, navigate, confront and resist its influence.

The seminar will take place during the annual meeting of the Cultural Studies Association conference, occurring from Mar. 18-20 in Berkeley, California. Exact date and time of the seminar to be determined.

Seminar Requirements:
To apply, please submit a 500-word abstract to Melissa Aronczyk (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Devon Powers (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) no later than November 21, 2009. Participants will be asked to submit a full paper or presentation description one month prior to the conference (i.e. 20 February 2010) so that it may be circulated among seminar participants.

For full details, please visit the CSA website, located at:
http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/cultural_studies/?q=news

Art and Social Justice / ‘the Art of Social Justice’

March 21 2010 | Durban University of Technology (DUT), Durban, South Africa

Deadline: October 31 2009

URL: http://asjconference.dut.ac.za/default.aspx

Updated: January 14 2010

http://asjconference.dut.ac.za/default.aspx
This major event...involving the collaboration between artists and poets... is consistent with UNESCO's principle objective as regards the promotion of intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity. It will no doubt contribute to emphasizing the unique role of the arts as a means of dialogue, communication and understanding... giving its aim of promoting ethical values through artistic expression and creativity... With these words, Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO, asserts UNESCO's support and patronage of the Art and Social Justice conference and the associated 'Dialogue among Civilisations' project (http://www.afh.org.za) a unique print portfolio that juxtaposes responses from visual artists and poets on issues of social justice. The exhibition of this project will open on the 21st March 2010 at the Durban Art Gallery.

The conference aims to explore the role and relevance of the arts in addressing issues of social justice. In line with the objectives and principles of the conference organizers, Art for Humanity, the concerns of this conference are primarily directed towards advocacy. The conference serves as a platform for art practitioners and organizations to share experiences drawn from a variety of international contexts to discuss mutual concerns and find solutions to commonly experienced challenges.

The conference aims to arrive at a concrete set of resolutions which can be developed into a policy document about the role of the arts in affecting social change, cultural development and equity.

In line with the hosting institution's commitment to academic research, the conference is secondly addressed at academic researchers with an interest in art and social justice, who critically examine relevant works in the fields of literature, visual arts, music and performing arts. Preference will be given to papers that explore theoretical avenues to the credible evaluation of public art and art projects directed at advocacy. This dual approach, which will be played out in parallel sessions, is intended to bridge a crucial gap, which frequently divides scholars and practitioners in the arts.

Main theme 'Arts and Social Justice'

Please see website for sub-themes.

Important Dates
Submission of abstracts: 31 Oct 2009
Notification on acceptance of abstract: 30 Nov 2009
Final date for early-bird registration: 06 Jan 2010
Final date for late registration and withdrawal: 21 Feb 2010
Final date for full paper submission (if to be published in the CD-ROM): 02 Feb 2010
Final Date for full paper submission to be published in Conference Publication: 31 May 2010

Please submit abstracts of no more than 300-400 words on line at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) using 'Art and Social Justice Conference, abstract submission' as a subject headline. All conference details can be obtained from;http://asjconference.dut.ac.za/default.aspx

ICT and Development:Research Voices from Africa, International Federation for Information Processin

March 22 2010 | Makerere University, Uganda

Deadline: November 30 2009

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 14 2010

“ICT for development” has attracted wide attention for several years now. Often we hear about ICT in Africa, much more rarely about ICT from African voices. Why did our knowledge about the correlations between ICT and the economy and society fail to develop ICT to support development? Is the mainstream model of conceptualising and implementing ICT4D applicable and helpful in the African context? What are the alternatives to dominant approaches? This workshop is intended to provide a forum for discussion of ICT research approaches and findings that emerged from and relevant to the African contexts. We are particularly interested in receiving written submissions from African researchers in ICT for development, and from African intellectuals outside the mainstream ICT-based approach to economic growth and social improvements.
We welcome explanatory papers, aiming at analysis and understanding of ICT in actual African contexts. More precisely, the workshop invites short papers in the following focal areas: discontinuities between the African context and dominant ICT paradigm role of information, and ICT, within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world barriers against Africa’s adoption, appropriation and autonomous use of ICT•cultural issues that may shape ICT adoption in unexpected ways•alternative strategies of ICT implementation and sustainability in Africa uncertainty, unpredictability, risk and serendipity related to ICT initiatives•role of ICT in empowerment, illiteracy, poverty eradication, and human development in Africa. The workshop is intended to be informal and inclusive in order to provide a “bigger picture” of ICT in Africa.
We welcome participants from academic institutions engaged in similar research, governmental and non-governmental organizations, public and private sector representatives, entrepreneurs and grass-root movements, civil society and ICT practitioners.
SubmissionsWe call for submission of short papers, in the form of long abstracts, up to 2000 words. Please send them as email attachments to this address:african-voices@googlegroups.com

Transatlantic Workshop on Nanotechnology Innovation and Policy

March 24 2010 | Atlanta, GA

Deadline: February 05 2010

URL: www.nanopolicy.gatech.edu

Updated: February 14 2010

We invite contributions to the interdisciplinary*Transatlantic Workshop on Nanotechnology Innovation and Policy, *to be held March 24-26, 2010 at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The workshop will engage early career scholars from the US and Europe with senior scientists, private sector and governmental representatives, public policy and international affairs experts, and other stakeholders from both
sides of the Atlantic to discuss the development and implications of
nanotechnology research and commercialization.

*Workshop context*: Through the manipulation of molecular-sized materials to create new products and process with novel features due to their nanoscale properties, nanotechnology promises to be a leading driver of future technology-based business and economic growth. Nanotechnology is already appearing in textiles, electronics, and other consumer and industrial products, and is expected to be increasingly used in medical, energy, and environmental applications. The US and Europe, along with many countries elsewhere, are investing billions of dollars annually in nanotechnology development. Yet, there are many challenges to be addressed as nanotechnology moves out of the lab into widespread use, including issues related to the companies and locations that will lead nanotechnology innovation, how potential risks can be addressed prior to commercialization, and how governance and policy for nanotechnology innovation should evolve.

*Early Career Eligibility:* We seek contributions from early career scholars at US or European institutions. Graduate or postdoctoral students and researchers and faculty members near the beginning of their careers (e.g. in first 3 years since first appointment) are encouraged to participate. *Senior Scholars:* Expressions of interest to present research and serve as discussants are invited. *Stipends:* A number of stipends are available to cover registration, airfare and accommodation expenses for the workshop. *Papers and publications*: Papers (c. 4000-8000 words) should be available for workshop presentation and online proceedings. Selected papers may be invited
for special journal submission or an edited volume.

* *
To Apply*: Send (1) a proposed paper title and 100-150 word abstract
related to nanotechnology research and commercialization and (2) a short
curriculum vitae (1-2 pages) by email to Jan Youtie at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Indicate (in email) if workshop stipend
funding is requested. *Apply by February 5, 2010* to receive first
consideration.

International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010

March 25 2010 | Cameroon

URL: http://www.icitd.org

Updated: January 14 2010

It is quite opportune that Africa has something to contribute to the information age. First, with innovations like mobile phones, we can say that Africa has not been left out. Africa is reported to be the world's single fastest-growing regional mobile market. Second, some researchers have noted that there tends to be mismatch between the realities for developing economies and assumptions of Western models of enterprise, thus as business practices evolve with their changing business environments, more research is needed to redefine existing knowledge to be consistent and applicable with the dynamic nature of the environment. These developments draw attention to a number of questions. What role can we play in the information age? Is Africa going to be only consumers of the information age or can Africa join the producers of ICT knowledge, products and services? What could be emergent patterns of ICT knowledge transfer in development? Is there an opportunity for unique contribution from Africa in this information age?
If there is, then let us tell the story of what we have in this conference. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and The Louisiana Board of Regents, we are pleased to announce The International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010. The International Conference on ICT for Africa 2010 (ICIA 2010) is themed 'ICT for Development - Contributions of the South'.

This conference will bring together a fine mix of practitioners and academicians in the area of ICTs for sustainable development. The conference will explore the contributions of Africa to the global ICT for development discourse and efforts. The objective is to highlight the synergy of collaboration between African countries and other developing countries, and between African countries and the developed countries towards development solutions. Discussions and panel debates will therefore question how ICTs become the process for South-to-South knowledge transfer and South-to-North knowledge transfer in both research and practice. Workshops will explore international grant-seeking opportunities for ICT research and projects, e-learning for African universities and new frontiers in telemedicine and tele-neonatology research and practice in Africa. Visit the website at http://www.icitd.org..
Contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Is Boas Dead?! Four-Field Anthropology in the 21st Century

March 27 2010 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Deadline: February 05 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

Franz Boas pioneered the first American school of anthropology and had an enormous impact on the conceptualization of the discipline and the practice of ethnography through most of the twentieth century. Among Boas' contributions was the establishment of a 'four-field' approach to
anthropological inquiry, comprised of archaeological, biological, linguistic, and (socio) cultural anthropology. Anthropology, as a holistic and comparative study of human biological and cultural diversity, was engaged in interdisciplinary research before the
concept came into vogue in academia. However, as we enter an era of
progressive specialization in the social sciences, the legacy of
anthropology as a four-field discipline is increasingly fragmented;
conversations and collaborative projects across the sub-disciplines appear to be on the wane. The purpose of this conference is to examine the vitality of four-field anthropology from our own place in time. Is four-field anthropology still viable and productive? Are conversations across the sub-disciplines still possible and desirable? What is the future of four-field anthropology as both a research methodology and pedagogy for classroom instruction?

To this end, the University of Michigan's Anthropology Graduate Student
Association (MAGA) invites abstracts for a graduate student conference to be held on March 27, 2010 at the University of Michigan: Is Boas Dead?! Four-Field Anthropology in the 21st Century. The conference aims to generate substantive conversations about the place of four-field anthropology by approaching several topics using methodological and theoretical approaches from each of the sub-disciplines.

Papers for this year's conference can either take an interdisciplinary
approach utilizing multiple sub-disciplines within anthropology or,
alternatively, use any one of the four fields. Papers that use the approach of a single sub-discipline will be presented on panels with graduate students working on the same or similar topic from different
sub-disciplines. While this list is not exhaustive and other innovative
topics are certainly welcome, some suggestions for topics include:
· Kinship, Gender, and Genomes
· Activism and Advocacy
· Interaction, Ideology, and Material Culture
· Technology and Media
· Sentiment, Memory, and Knowledge Transmission
· Poverty, Nutrition, and Environment
· Sexuality and Race
· Art, Performance, and the Body
· Disease, Death, and Destruction

Works in progress and creative approaches are encouraged. This conference is an ideal opportunity to workshop research ideas and exploratory methodologies.

Although travel stipends will not be available for this conference,
accommodations (with Michigan anthropology graduate students) for Friday
and/or Saturday night(s) will be arranged upon request. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided on the day of the conference.

Abstracts of no longer than 300 words should be submitted by February 5,
2010. Please go to http://sitemaker.umich.edu/maga/is_boas_dead__ to
register for the conference, submit abstracts, and obtain further
information. All other inquiries can be directed to:BoasConference@umich.edu.

Carcinogens, Mutagens, Reproductive Toxicants: the Politics of Limit Values and Low Doses in the twe

March 29 2010 | Strasbourg, France

Deadline: January 26 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

are inviting proposals for an international conference on the various forms of governing specific substances and products that are now classified as Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to Reproduction (CMR for short). This conference will draw together scholars from different backgrounds - history, sociology, political science, anthropology, law, etc. - and will be held from the 29 to the 31 March 2010 in Strasbourg, France.The conference will be organised in a workshop format with pre-circulated papers. Each paper will be introduced and discussed by a commentator. We plan to move quickly to an edited publication.
Proposals for papers should contain an abstract of at least five hundred words and a short curriculum vitae. The deadline for paper proposals is 26 June 2009. The list of accepted proposals will be available from 10 July 2009 and the accepted participants will be expected to submit a full manuscript version of their paper by 15 January 2010 at the latest. Funds will be available for accepted participants to cover food, accommodation, and travel expenses.

Attached is a presentation of the conference aims and focuses.
Please contact one of the conference organisers for further details.
Soraya Boudia: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Nathalie Jas: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Joint Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society and the North Central Sociological Associat

March 31 2010 | Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Session

Deadline: November 15 2009

URL: www.themss.org

Updated: January 14 2010

Science and Technology Studies take as one of their starting points the idea that science and technology happens in communities and that this social context matters. Papers that explore the idea of scientific communities through a science studies perspective are welcome. Deadline is November 15, for more information www.themss.org

Call for papers: ‘booms’ of popular science publishing

March 31 2010 | Imperial College London

Updated: January 14 2010

We are seeking contributions to a one-day symposium on 20th century popular science: the morning devoted to the apparent post-Einstein boom in popular science publishing, the afternoon considering post-Hawking works.

We are keen that this event should help foster connections between the wide range of people who study and think about popular science: historians, science communication researchers, professional scientists, science writers and literary critics.

The mention of Einstein and Hawking should not suggest an interest purely in the popularisation of physics, nor should it imply a focus on biographical details of their lives, celebrity-science, or challenges of relaying especially abstract ideas in text. We are merely using these two iconic names in the history of popular science as a starting point for
broader discussion in what can be a very diffuse topic of inquiry and a prompt to interrogate the reality of so-called 'booms' in popular science publishing.

Papers might explore the impact of other iconic scientists, popular science audiences, marginal scientists publishing through popular texts, the role of journalists and science-writers and/or the role played by publishers, reviewers and bookselling contexts. We should also note that we welcome papers which reflection on both the background context and long-term
consequences of 20th century popular science. Papers on 19th or 21st century popular science publishing are still of interest, as long as they speak to themes raised by a 20th century focus.

Potential contributors should email a 500 word abstract (including, if necessary, bibliography) along with a 150 word biography to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 11th December, 2009.

We are planning a special issue for a scholarly journal such as the Public Understanding of Science, based on the event. If you would be unable to join us on the 31st of March, but are interested in submitting a paper for such a publication, it is worth dropping us an expression of interest. These, and all other queries to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Dr Hauke Riesch, NearCo2 Project, Judge Business School, University of
Cambridge.
Dr Alice Bell, Lecturer in Science Communication, Imperial College, London.

Game Studies: 2010 PCA/ACA National Conference

March 31 2010 | Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, MO.

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: http://www.pcaaca.org/

Updated: January 14 2010

The organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and game studies. Proposals can address any game medium (computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:
-- representation or performance of race, class, gender and sexuality in games
-- gaming culture, game specific cultures, and multicultural and cross-cultural issues
-- game development, design, authorship and other industry issues
-- game advertising, reviews, packaging, promotion, integrated marketing and other commercial concerns
-- political and legal entailments such as regulation, censorship, intellectual property
-- ludology, textual criticism, media ecology, narratology, etc as paradigms for games studies
-- player generated content in MUDs and MMORPGs, Mods, maps and machinima
-- game genres, platforms, consoles, console wars and connections to other media
-- serious games for education, business, healthcare, (military) training, etc
-- space and place in games, play spaces, virtual/physical communities, mobile gaming and localization
-- digital literacy, discourse practices, social norms and norming, the politics of play
-- public discourse/controversy over violence, militarism, sex, criminality, racism, etc in games
So that there will be ample time for discussion, each individual paper presentation should be designed to last approximately fifteen minutes (there will be four presentations per session with time for Q&A).

For individual paper submissions, your 250-word (maximum) abstract must be received by December 15, 2009. At the top of your proposal, please include the title of the paper, your name (and the name of any co-presenters), affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. This information will be used in the program and to mail your conference materials. At the end of your abstract, please include a list of 3 to 5 keywords.

The Game Studies area of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association National Conference also invites complete panel submissions, which may take the form of debates, dialogs, roundtable discussions, thematic panels, (or other format,) and be designed to last approximately eighty minutes. For complete panel submissions, please submit a 250-word panel abstract, as well as 100-word abstracts for each individual presentation. Be sure to include the proposed title of the panel, the organizer's name, affiliation, mailing address, and email, and include this information for all panelists. Panel submissions must be received by December 15, 2009.

Technology for use during presentations may be limited. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/

Internet Culture, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, National Conference

March 31 2010 | St. Louis, Missouri

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 14 2010

The Internet Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association is soliciting proposals for panels and individual papers that explore aspects of communication, creativity, identity, and behavior as they emerge in the popular culture of the Internet.

Individuals and groups express their values and identities through discussion, artwork, music, video, and endless forms of exchange on the Internet. Online interaction and display is an increasingly familiar and influential feature of popular culture. In what ways is our global society connecting and changing, as innovation and tradition find a new medium for expression an increasingly networked everyday life? Papers on a wide range of topics will be accepted.
Submit a 200-250 word proposal to:Montana Miller, Department of Popular Culture
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403,
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2010 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association

April 01 2010 | New Orleans

Deadline: November 13 2009

URL: http://www.acla.org/acla2010/

Updated: January 14 2010

Please do not submit proposals directly to the organizers—see specific instructions for online submission below. Note: seminars at the ACLA are typically held over the course of three days--participants are expected to attend all meetings. Example Session Description: "Cosmopolitanism and Collectivity: Cultural Representations vs. Theories of Community in the 20th and 21st Century" Please see website for other Session Descriptions.
This panel intends to interrogate the relationship between collectivity and cosmopolitanism by studying the disjoints between the accounts of both concepts produced by culture on the one hand and theory on the other. The ultimate goal of this panel will be to complicate our understanding of the possibilities and limitations of contemporary forms of collectivity in relation to a renewed interest in the category of the
universal in general and concepts such as cosmopolitanism in particular.
Furthermore, this panel seeks to trace the historically and materially concrete determinations that link current conceptions of collectivity and cosmopolitanism. However, it strives to do so not by focusing on the harmonic parallels but rather on the contestations and differences between theoretical and cultural versions of thinking/representing the collective.
How can we arrive at a more accurate historicization and periodization of the dialectical development of the concepts collectivity and cosmopolitanism by looking at the moments at which cultural and theoretical production thinks and represents them decidedly differently? What kinds of definitions do we find in culture at a given point in history, what kinds in theory—and what might that mean?

Proposals should not be submitted directly to the organizers but via the ACLA website prior to November 13, 2009: http://www.acla.org/submit/index.php
General information about the conference topic and logistics can be found on the ACLA 2010 website: http://www.acla.org/acla2010/

Please feel free to contact us any time with questions or concerns--all
best,

Emilio Sauri (University of Illinois at Chicago), .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Mathias Nilges (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada), .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Human Sciences, Human Subjects

April 02 2010 | University of Chicago

Deadline: March 01 2010

Updated: January 15 2010

Is there something distinctive about experimenting on a human being? What does it mean to observe a subject who is not only intelligent but also aware that the research is proceeding? Most researchers in the human sciences would say that it depends. In some cases the subject's awareness is deemed immaterial; in others it is of critical importance. The interesting question is how and where the distinction is and has been made. Extended methodological discussions and protocols have been triggered by asking this question, which can affect the constitution and consequences of the resulting knowledge.   

There is no single answer to this question, making the issue all the more intriguing. The line between the knowing and the unaware subject does not appear to be fixed. Historically, the various disciplines of the human sciences--including academic psychology, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, and the neurosciences—have defined it differently. It is possible that the differentiation of the human sciences into these disciplines and others took place partly by virtue of their adopting divergent approaches to this problem. Certainly, they continue to draw the line differently today.   

Phenomena such as behavior, attitude, and consciousness are topics of experimental research for many of the fields of the human sciences. In some disciplines, the problem of managing the knowing human subject while investigating these phenomena has attracted sustained deliberations about method and procedure – for instance, about using deception to keep subjects’ knowledge of the research from affecting results. Moreover, concerns about the possible effects of being a research subject, including worries about the mere knowledge of the course of this research, have figured in the increasingly elaborate institutional review protocols that oversee human subjects research. In some fields, discussions about what the subject can and should know have posed questions about the cultural place of science in a democratic society.   

Moreover, the question of human subjects continues to exert pressure within experimental and observational work. Any researcher embarking upon a course of research involving human subjects inevitably begins with a position on this question – but that position often does not survive practical exposure. Researchers in fields as disparate as brain surgery, psychoanalysis and anthropology have at times been willing to ignore what is often assumed to be a crucial boundary: they have adopted the perspectives of subjects themselves and those subjects have become unofficial collaborators.   

All this suggests a series of historical questions concerning the understandings of subjects in the human sciences, and how those understandings have been developed and put to use in practical settings. The purpose of this workshop is to explore these questions, and to try to articulate the roles that the relation between researcher and human subject have played in the development of the modern human sciences.   We invite abstracts (2 pp) for papers to be presented in a workshop on April 2nd and 3rd, when we will explore these questions. We especially encourage graduate students and junior faculty to apply. Invitees will have the cost of transportation and lodging covered by the workshop. Send abstracts via email attachment to Alison Winter at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), by March 1.

CFP and Announcement: VIII LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND GENDER

April 05 2010 | Curitiba, BRASIL

Deadline: August 31 2009

URL: http://www.ppgte.ct.utfpr.edu.br/cictg/index.html

Updated: January 14 2010

Other Important Dates:

31/08/09 - Last Day to Send Abstracts

03/11/09 - Results of the Selection Process

15/02/10 - Last Day to Send The Final Contributions

http://www.ppgte.ct.utfpr.edu.br/cictg/index.html

National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies

April 07 2010 | Seattle, Washington

Deadline: October 15 2009

Updated: January 14 2010

the 1800s, Anglo-American explorers and settlers justified their expropriation of Southwestern lands with the argument that Indians and Mexicans in the region were incapable of taking proper care of the region’s rich natural resources. Such discourses manifest themselves today in the popular perception that Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants lag behind Anglos when it comes to ecological awareness, but as commentators like Devon Peña and Laura Pulido note there is in fact a complex environmental ethic that permeates Chicano/a history. This panel will examine the role that aesthetics has played in creating, debating, and reproducing green politics within Mexican-American communities since 1848. Papers can address any form of Chicana/o cultural production (visual arts, fiction, poetry, music, dance, etc.) and its relationship
to environmentalism.

In order to make the October 15th NACCS deadline, please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by October 12th . (Questions can be directed to the same address.) Please include your complete name, institution, email address, and any A/V requirements.

cAIR10 Applied Interculturality Research

April 07 2010 | University of Graz, Austria

Deadline: October 15 2009

URL: http://www.uni-graz.at/fAIR/cAIR10/

Updated: January 14 2010

cAIR combines the resources of research (universities, institutes) and practice (government, civil society, NGOs, schools, media) to raise awareness about sexism, racism and xenophobia and reduce its prevalence and impact. cAIR helps practitioners to benefit from researchers, and researchers from practitioners - and promotes high standards in both areas. Keynote addresses will be given by international leaders in interculturality research and practice.

The extended deadline for submission of project summaries is October 15th - further information and the guidelines for the project summaries can be found on our homepage: http://www.uni-graz.at/fAIR/cAIR10/ Please send your project summaries to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Call for Papers Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America

April 08 2010 | Venice, Italy

Deadline: May 15 2010

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 14 2010

Panel on: Artificial life: Golems, Homunculi, Automata
The definition of life seems to be a particularly 20th- or 21st- century conundrum with our current debates over the ethics of cloning, abortion, and stem-cell research. Although the Judeo-Christian creation story set forth in Genesis established orthodox views on the origins of life and the differences among humans and other animals, the period saw its own upheavals in the understanding of life, from the discovery of bizarre life forms in newly explored regions of the planet to the revelations of the microscope. I invite papers that look at the possibilities for artificial life or artificial intelligence, as they were explored in fields such as alchemy, natural philosophy, mechanics and clockworks, or mathematics. What does the early modern quest for artificial life tell us about religious, metaphysical, scientific, or political definitions of the body and mind? Please send a CV and abstract of no more than 150 words by 15 May to Sarah Benson, Saint John's College, Annapolis: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Biopolitics Across Borders: Ideas and Practices, Graduate Conference in International and Global His

April 09 2010 | Columbia University, New York

Deadline: January 18 2010

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 14 2010

What happens when human life itself becomes an international problem? The questions of defining and regulating biological life have confronted every society - and with the rapid growth of biomedical technologies and techniques of ecological and environmental intervention, they are especially urgent today. What, then, have been the ideas and practices of transnational
biopolitics, and how can we periodize them? How have the challenges of managing and optimizing human life contributed to international conflict and cooperation? How have challenges to transnational biopolitics registered at an individual and community level?

Specialists from Columbia University will provide commentary.
We welcome submissions from all time periods - ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern - and geographic regions. We encourage interdisciplinary research, and although proposals with a historical perspective are particularly welcome, we will also consider contributions from fields
including anthropology, economics, literary studies, philosophy, political science and sociology.
Limited funding for travel and assistance in arranging accommodation may be available.
Graduate students interested in participating should submit a paper abstract of no more than 300 words and a recent CV as email attachments (word or PDF preferred) by January 18, 2010 to Trey Straussberger, at:jfs2129@columbia.edu

Innovating the Future: Critical Perspectives in Science & Technology 2010 STGlobal

April 09 2010 | Washington, DC

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: http://www.stglobal.org/

Updated: January 14 2010

AAAS and the student organizing committee for the 10th Annual Conference of Science & Technology in Society are pleased to join forces with National Academies' Annual Forum for Graduate Students in Science, Technology, and Health Policy. The newly merged conference has been extended to 2 1/2 days, and will continue to provide a professional and interactive venue for all graduate students from Science & Technology Policy (STP), Science & Technology Studies (STS), and related fields including, but not limited to, health, energy and environment, space, information and communications, innovation, education, and ethical, legal and social implications of science and technology.

Every year, prominent figures from both STP and STS deliver keynote addresses. In addition to presenting papers and receiving constructive feedback on their research, students will have the opportunity to build national and international networks with each other and prominent scholars and professionals. As an added benefit to attendees and participants, a portion of the conference will be dedicated to career development, with
representatives of government and non-government employers.

We are now accepting Abstracts for the conference which will run from Friday
April 9th in the afternoon through 1pm on Sunday April 11th.

Please visit our website: http://www.stglobal.org/, The CFP can be viewed on our website or by following this link: http://www.stglobal.org/CFP/CFP2010.pdf

Biomedical Visualisations and Society : Anatomical Bodies

April 13 2010 | University of Warwick

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 14 2010

An ESRC funded seminar series for early-career researchers interested in the social and political dimensions of biomedical visualisations. Each two-day workshop will combine a lecture from a leading scholar in the field and time for peer discussion with an opportunity to engage with visualisation in practice and ask questions. Attendance is free but places are limited. Some funding is available towards travel and accommodation costs for researchers who have no alternative funding source.
For more information, visit the project website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/biomedicalvisualisationsandsociety
Or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Anatomical Bodies
13th – 14th April 2010
Keynote speaker: Maryon McDonald, University of Cambridge, UK
Includes an introduction to anatomy using plastinated body parts, by Peter Abrahams, Professor of Anatomy, University of Warwick.

ESSHC 2010 ( European Social Science History Conference)

April 13 2010 | Bijloke Site in Ghent, Belgium

Deadline: May 01 2009

URL: http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/networks.php

Updated: January 14 2010

The aim of the ESSHC is bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions. The conference welcomes papers and sessions on any historical topic and any historical period. It is organized in 28 networks, which cover a certain topic. There are two new networks: Material and Consumer Culture and Politics, Nations, Nationalism (a merger of the Politics and Nations networks). The conference language is English.
Deadline for paper and session proposals is 1 May 2009.

“Environmental Science, policy and politics: exploring the links” Annual American Association of Geo

April 14 2010 | Washington, DC

Deadline: October 26 2009

URL: [http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/index.htm].

Updated: January 14 2010

In our technological age, the sciences occupy an increasingly contested and contradictory position in environmental politics and policy. Whether it is cancer or climate change, the sciences are absolutely central to many of the signature environmental problems of our time. In the case of stratospheric ozone depletion, to take just one example, science is at once the means for knowing there is a problem at all and the source of potential solutions to it as well as a powerful resource for legitimating policies. At the same time, however, science, in the form of CFCs, is also the ultimate cause of the problem in the first place. Ulrich Beck is far from alone in detecting something of a paradox here. In the face of global environmental changes that seem to make them "more and more necessary," the sciences are "at the same time, less and less sufficient for the socially binding definition of truth” (Beck, 1992: 156).

The aim of this session is to explore these links between environmental science, policy and politics and thereby recent work in geography (and cognate disciplines) in this area. Within that broad thematic orientation, we welcome both theoretical and empirically grounded contributions focused on any time period or world region. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

• the politics of science and science-based policy
• boundary work in environmental science, science for policy, and/or environmental politics
• the roles for public participation in environmental science and governance
• the relationships between lay and expert framings of environmental problems
• connections between knowledge and power in environmental governance
• governance and control of science

Abstracts (250 words max) should be submitted, by email, to session organizers Sébastien Nobert ( .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ) and David Demeritt (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ) by Monday the 26th of October 2009 at the latest. More information on the AAG Washington Meeting can be found on [http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/index.htm].
Reference: Beck, U. (1992) Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. London: Sage

Changing Science, Changing Society

April 16 2010 | UMass Boston

Updated: February 14 2010

An exposition of initiatives, coalitions & social movements engaging with scientific, technological & social change
Date--16th April 2010, 1-5pm
Place--Ryan Lounge, 3rd floor McCormack Bldg, UMass Boston, MA 02125
Register at http://bit.ly/CSCS16Apr (no fee) to exhibit your group's work or attend to learn from others -- or use the same link to suggest other people or groups that should be invited.
More info about guest speakers and other activities -- http://sicw.wikispaces.umb.edu/Expo
Hosts--the new University of Massachusetts Boston graduate track, "Science in a Changing World," http://www.stv.umb.edu/SICW.html

10th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Graduate Student Conference

April 16 2010 | New York, New York

Deadline: January 30 2010

URL: http://www.criticalthemes.com

Updated: January 14 2010

The Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference is a venue for students to present interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of media studies. Since the initial conference in 2000, Critical Themes has grown into a leading forum for showcasing research papers from graduate students around the world.
Important Dates: Abstract submission for early consideration: December 15, 2009
Abstract final deadline: January 30, 2010, Paper deadline: March 5, 2010,
Abstracts should be submitted to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Please visit http://www.criticalthemes.com
Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for any general inquires or for further information.

MED program at the Yale School of Architecture, “Positioning Global Systems”

April 16 2010 | New Haven, CT

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/call_for_papers_-_positioning_global_systems_symposium_yale_school_of_archi/

Updated: January 14 2010

Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, will deliver the Roth-Symonds keynote lecture on the previous evening, April 15th.
This symposium, Positioning Global Systems, explores the relationship between networks and locality in the built environment.
New innovations in communication and information technologies form the basis of an expanding virtual geography. Yet the physical manifestations of our interfaces with these systems are often less considered. While contemporary architecture looks towards ways to model the global, our heightened perceptions of geographical specificity instead call for new visions of local articulation. Popular mobile GPS applications, for example, allow us to directly interact with our environments through a play of social, and even cultural, databases.
Through similar narratives of the local, this symposium seeks to reposition our broad and often vague definition of the global.
http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/call_for_papers_-_positioning_global_systems_symposium_yale_school_of_archi/

Call for Papers: 10th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Graduate Student Conference

April 16 2010 | New York, New York

Deadline: December 15 2009

URL: http://www.criticalthemes.com

Updated: January 14 2010

The Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference at the New School in New York City, NY, is a venue for students to present interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of media studies. Since the initial conference in 2000, Critical Themes has grown into a leading forum for showcasing research papers from graduate students around the world.
Previous panels have included such themes as: Globalization, Televisuality, Cyberspace, Media and Social Change, Pop Culture, Political Economy, Media and Social Theory, Philosophy and Film, Visual Culture and beyond. All themes are open for consideration.
Submission Requirements: Name, School, Department Affiliation, Phone number, email address, Title of paper, 100-150 word abstract that outlines the main argument and purpose of the paper
Important Dates: Abstract submission for early consideration: December 15, 2009, Abstract final deadline: January 30, 2010, Paper deadline: March 5, 2010, Conference dates: April 16 & 17, 2010
Abstracts should be submitted to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference is brought to you jointly by The New School departments of Sociology, Media Studies, and Design & Technology. For more information about past conferences, please visit http://www.criticalthemes.com
Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for any general inquires or for further information.

Workshop for Young STS Researchers: European Integration between Trade and Non Trade: Selected Issue

April 16 2010 | Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: January 12 2010

Trade and non-trade issues are increasingly getting intermingled, as often non-trade, science- -based arguments lead to hindering free trade. Moreover, when deciding about protecting non trade concerns, the question arises which level of protection should be set by the EU and how governance should be organized.
This kind of dilemmas of free trade versus protection of human health and the environment are tried to be resolved with resort to scientists and make scientific expertise of ever growing importance. In this manner, questions regarding the regulation of trade and non-trade issues thus increasingly boil down to questions of governance of ‘uncertain risks’. This necessitates an interdisciplinary study of risk regulation underlying trade and non-trade issues in the European integration process within a global setting.
This workshop aims to provide a critical assessment of European regulation of trade and non-trade values and thus of ‘uncertain risks’, a notion which refers to possible, new, imaginable hazards, with which society has no or limited experience (van Asselt & Vos 2006), such as nanotechnology, genetic modification, climate change, new diseases, etc. By bringing young researchers from fields as diverse as law, risk research, policy sciences and Science and Technology studies (STS), the young researchers workshop will provide interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary platform to critically study uncertain risks regulation by the EU.
The workshop will be organised around three themes:
1. Integration, Differentiation and Uncertain Risks
2. Trade versus Non Trade: Case Studies
3. Trade, Non Trade and Stakeholders
This young researchers workshop is related to a two day international conference on 14 and 15 April. For a program of this invitational conference, please contact Lidwien Hollanders mailto:l.hollanders@maastrichtuniversity>).
Details concerning abstract submission
We hereby would like to invite papers that address any of the issues and questions mentioned above. The workshop will be able to include 10 paper presentations in total. In addition it will be possible to accept several poster presentations.
Prospective contributors are invited to submit abstracts of 200 to 300 words in length. The abstract should accompany an application with a cover page specifying the name of the author(s), academic affiliation, short resume which includes starting date of your PhD, and contact information. Please submit proposals electronically as an attachment in . doc or . rtf format to Lidwien Hollanders (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

).
Full or partial travel reimbursement and hotel costs are available for those whose paper is selected (for a presentation in the workshop or a poster presentation).

New England Workshop on Science and Social Change Location

April 17 2010 | Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole MA, USA

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: (http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10a.html)

Updated: January 14 2010

"Where social theory meets critical engagement with the production of scientific knowledge "

The topic and the processes of this workshop are designed to attract a diverse group of scientists, science educators, and scholars from the various areas of science and technology studies (STS) interested in developing social theory and engaging critically in the negotiated, contested production of scientific knowledge. With an eye to training "interdisciplinarians" the workshop will include graduate students as well as more experienced scholars. Applicants should: a) submit by 15 January 2010 a written account of your innovations (or planned innovations) in research, teaching, and wider outreach in response to the thought-piece on the workshop website (http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10a.html); b) be prepared to lead an activity during the workshop that helps other participants develop knowledge, skills, and interest in these innovations. (The organizer will consult with participants in February or March to help plan such activities.) Both the products and the processes of the workshop will be documented on the web. The pre-submitted innovations in research, teaching, and wider outreach, supplemented by a record of the accompanying activities at the workshop made by a participant-evaluator, will be assembled for a special edition of a journal. There is no charge for the workshop, but applicants are expected to make every effort to secure support for travel to Woods Hole and accommodation. Limited funds are available to support participants who are unable to find others sources of funding, with priority to students and independent scholars.

Digital Technology Design in Cross-cultural Contexts: Practice & Method

April 22 2010 | University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

Deadline: February 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

Analyzing and designing digital technologies across cultural, religious,
ethnic, national or other boundaries is a challenge. Incorporating our rich
understanding of how differences between people may generate different
technological needs and expectations into how we analyze and design
technologies is a crucial, yet often frustrating, murky, and unevenly
executed process.

This two-day workshop provides an opportunity for scholars and design
practitioners working in these areas to present and discuss their work (or
work-in-progress), with a particular emphasis on methodological challenges
and solutions.

We encourage submissions from academics, practitioners, and technologists in
all fields and in all domains. The workshop will be particularly relevant to
people concerned with (but not limited to) the following areas: culturally
comparative research about technologies, cross-cultural use of technology,
multilingual technology design, accessibility, translation and localization,
globalization of technologies.

We have a small amount of funds to support travel and accommodation. The
University of Twente is located near an international train station, as well
as near several international airports (70 km from Munster, Germany; 150 km
from Dusseldorf, Germany, 165 km from Amsterdam/Schiphol, Netherlands).

PARTICIPATION

To apply for this workshop, please email the following by February 15, 2010
to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

1. A 250-word statement indicating what you hope to gain and contribute from
participating in this workshop, and, if you are requesting travel or
accommodation funds, the minimum amount you would need in order to attend.
2. A 300-350-word abstract of your presentation (completed or in progress)
3. Curriculum vita (CV)

Please note that space at the workshop is limited to approximately 15
participants.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions Due: February 15, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: February 19, 2010
Workshop: April 22-23, 2010

ORGANIZERS

- Dr. Nalini P. Kotamraju, University of Twente, Department of Technical &
Professional Communication
- Dr. Somaya Ben Allouch, University of Twente, Department of Media,
Communication & Organization

“Gender, Bodies and Technology” Proposals are invited for an Interdisciplinary Conference

April 22 2010 | Roanoke, VA

Deadline: September 15 2009

URL: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/

Updated: January 13 2010

We invite proposals from scholars in the humanities, social and natural sciences, visual and performing arts, engineering and technology for papers, panels, new media art and performance pieces that explore: the technological production of gendered and racialized bodies, historical and contemporary feminist appropriations of technology in aesthetics and representations of embodiment, and the gendered implications of technology in contexts ranging from classrooms to workplaces to the Internet. We construe technology broadly to include material culture and the apparatus of daily life, such as writing, books and the built environment.
Specific topics might include, but are not limited to:
• Technological production and control of classed, racialized, aged and gendered bodies
• Work, healthcare, education and activities of daily life as produced through technologies
• Performance, new media and other creative expressions as sites for engaging/enacting/destabilizing conventions of embodiment and technology
• Biopolitics and medical engineering of reproduction, sexual identity and gender
• Personal narrative and oral history as sources of embodied theorizing
• Surveillance, containment, in/security and militarization
• Identity and technological design, production and use; gender, race, age, class and sexuality in SET (sciences, engineering and technology) fields
• New media art and feminist aesthetics
• Technologies of development and sustainability; eco-feminism
• Activism, participatory decision-making and issues of technological citizenship
As an assemblage of people and technologies we see the conference itself as enacting the conference theme. We welcome innovative uses of technology and creative session formats, including performance and interactive presentations, as well as traditional paper presentations. Using the form attached, please submit a proposal of up to 300 words for each individual presentation, including not only the scholarship you will engage but also the format that you wish to use. For panels, include an abstract for each presentation. Please specify in your proposal any special requirements for technology or space that you anticipate. Proposals will be reviewed by Virginia Tech Women’s and Gender Studies faculty/affiliates with appropriate expertise and notification of the outcome will be made no later than October 15, 2009.
Proposals should be submitted via our website at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/. If that is not possible, or if you have questions, please contact: Sharon Elber

Problem- and case-based learning about biology-in-society

April 22 2010 | Woods Hole, MA

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10b.html

Updated: January 13 2010

The topic and the processes of this workshop are designed to attract a diverse group of scientists, science educators, and scholars from the various areas of science and technology studies interested in the life sciences and pedagogical innovation.
With an eye to training "interdisciplinarians" the workshop will include graduate students (who can get course credit) as well as more experienced scholars.
Applicants should:
a) submit to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 15 January 2010 a written account of your innovations (or planned innovations) in research, teaching, and wider outreach in response to the thought-piece at http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10b.html;
b) be prepared to lead an activity during the workshop that helps other participants develop knowledge, skills, and interest in these innovations. (The organizer will consult with participants in February or March to help plan such activities.)
Both the products and the processes of the workshop will be documented on the web. The pre-submitted innovations in research, teaching, and wider outreach, supplemented by a record of the accompanying activities at the workshop made by a participant-evaluator, will be assembled for a special edition of a journal.
There is no charge for the workshop, but applicants are expected to make every effort to secure support for travel to Woods Hole and accommodation. Limited funds are available to support participants who are unable to find others sources of funding, with priority to students and independent scholars.

Social Networking in Cyberspace conference

April 23 2010 | University of Wolverhampton

Deadline: October 30 2009

URL: (http://ijis.net/)

Updated: January 13 2010

All presenters will be asked to submit a paper and the International Journal of Internet Science (http://ijis.net/) will be publishing a peer-reviewed selection of the best papers from the conference.

Postgraduate poster competition
We will be running a postgraduate poster competition on the day of the conference. Prizes will be awarded for the best posters on the day. We invite postgraduate students to submit an abstract by October 30th 2009 for consideration.

For further information please visit
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=19670

Uncertainty: ambiguities and doubt in knowledge production

April 23 2010 | Standford, University

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

What work does uncertainty do? How is it produced and how is it involved in settling questions of classification, causality, and accountability? What types of political engagements are made possible by making uncertainty and ambiguity--rather than certainty and consensus--a central analytical concern? Recent scholarship in science studies and other fields suggests that the production and management of uncertainty is central to political, social, and ethical debates around many of today's most controversial issues. Models of risk and uncertainty have been implicated in the recent financial crisis, and the threshold of certainty required by "sound science" has been a matter of contention in debates about anthropogenic climate change and environmental toxicity. Similar issues of uncertainty have marked a number of sites of critical inquiry, from the court room to the genetics lab to the experimental field plot. While a great deal of work on this topic and related inquiries into risk and ignorance have been motivated by the post-structural critique of certainty, truth, and objectivity, older debates in anthropology and related fields--about value and fetishism, purity and the sacred, risk society, the nature/culture distinction, and the production of race, gender, and sexuality--have also been centrally concerned with ambiguity and uncertainty.

This conference aims to foster productive dialogue across diverse areas of current study and long-standing scholarly discussion around these and related themes.

We invite submissions that engage with the problem of uncertainty from across the critical social sciences and humanities: papers that investigate the production, marshaling, or technical management of uncertainty from a historical, ethnographic, or theoretical perspective. Among other topics, papers might address the role of uncertainty in environmental management, scientific and actuarial forecasting, the deployment of medical technologies and treatments, and the crafting of identity. We also welcome submissions focusing on the methods and ethics of social scientific inquiry and how we understand and communicate uncertainties in our own research.

The conference will feature Hugh Gusterson and Karen Barad as keynote speakers as well as faculty discussants from several institutions for student panels. There is no registration fee.

Please send abstracts for 15 minute papers to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by February 1, 2010. Submissions should include a title, abstracts of no more than 250 words, and a short biography of no more than 100 words. Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with any inquiries.

Whither the History of Nineteenth-Century Medicine?, a one day symposium

April 23 2010 | Welcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Manchester

Deadline: January 31 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the nineteenth century lay at the very heart of medical historical scholarship. Indeed, many historians chose to focus on this period precisely because they believed that it was in the nineteenth century that modern medicine was born. Historians charted the 'rise' of the profession and of hospital and laboratory medicine. They traced the development of social medicine and public health and reflected on the increasing involvement of medical practitioners in everyday life. Meanwhile, historians of psychiatry, spurred on by the intellectual legacy of Michel Foucault, sought to understand the asylum as a social, cultural and political institution.
This workshop seeks to address this state of affairs and to ask where the history of nineteenth-century medicine goes from here. Exciting and important research is certainly being carried on but what are the key questions that historians are asking? What are the major themes being examined and what areas remain unexplored? Is it, for example, possible to write 'new' accounts of psychiatry or public health? How are new histories of institutions, such as hospitals and asylums, to be written? Are there new histories of 'big' diseases to be uncovered or histories of neglected diseases and conditions, especially the chronic and non-fatal? Can we elaborate a more effective account of the nineteenth-century medical marketplace? And with all the work that has been done on representation, it is now time to write a history of practice?

Applications to present 20-minute papers are invited from anyone working in the field of nineteenth-century medicine. Please submit a title and one page abstract of proposed papers to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Instruments: Mental and Material: 6th Annual HAPSAT Conference

April 25 2010 | University of Toronto

Deadline: March 19 2010

URL: www.hps.utoronto.ca/hapsat/

Updated: January 15 2010

On *Sunday April 25*, HAPSAT, the Graduate Student Society at the Institute
for the History and Philosophy of Science at Technology at the University of
Toronto, will host its sixth annual conference, *Instruments: Mental and
Material. *

Scientific instruments have emerged as a central theme in the history and
philosophy of science and in science and technology studies. In *Leviathan
and the Air Pump*, Shapin and Schaffer cite instruments, together with
writing style and modest witnessing, as the technologies that enable the new
scientific life. More recently, Galison’s *Image and Logic *gives instrument
makers equal standing with theorists and experimentalists within the trading
zones of scientific discovery. The historiography of medicine has also
explored how instruments played a significant role in changing the
diagnostic acumen of doctors and revolutionizing concepts of disease.
However, there is still a great deal of work to be done in order to consider
instruments as both a serious subject of study, and a resource for
historical investigation and argumentation. Similarly, since Hacking’s
seminal *Representing and Intervening*, philosophers of science have
acknowledged instruments as being of central importance to the practice of
science. They have become a nexus for worries about empiricism and standards
of evidence; Latour (*Science in Action*) for instance, has argued that
facts and artifacts are constructed in the same way, while Davis Baird (*Thing
Knowledge*) argues that instruments contain knowledge of how to produce
effects.

The keynote address will be given by *Jacalyn Duffin* (Queen’s University):
“Stethoscope: Technology and the Meaning of Life”

We welcome papers addressing, but not limited to, the following questions:

• How do we learn from instruments? What roles do scientific
instruments play in scientific investigations of nature

• What is the relationship between science and instrumentation?

• To what extent have medical instruments transformed the
patient-practitioner relationship?

• Can abstract entities like scientific models or mathematical
equations be considered instruments? Is there anything to be gained by doing
so?

• How have social, cultural, and economic contexts shaped decisions
about instruments?

• How can we, as historians, learn from instruments? Can our textual
field learn to effectively marshal material evidence?

• How can we trust scientific instruments?

• What kind of evidence do we get from scientific instruments?

We invite graduate students and recent graduates working in fields such as
HPS, STS, history, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, gender studies, and
law, to submit paper and panel proposals that critically engage with this
theme. For papers please email abstracts of up to 250 words to
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by *March 19, 2010* and for panels please email a document
with a 250 word abstract describing the panel as a whole in addition to
individual abstracts for each paper (also 250 words). Each presenter will be
given 20 minutes.

We hope to be able to offer billeting and small travel subsidies for
graduate students traveling to Toronto for the conference.

For more details and our past programs, please go to
www.hps.utoronto.ca/hapsat/

International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM)

May 01 2010 | Washington, DC

Deadline: November 20 2009

Updated: January 13 2010

This conference should be of interest to anyone doing research on blogs, microblogs (e.g., twitter), and other social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, wikipedia, match, email, eBay, flickr, dopplr, etc.). Up until now social scientists have had only modest representation at the conference. But the organizers are very enthusiastic about including the perspectives offered by social scientists (that's why they invited me to co-chair the program committee). So I urge you to consider presenting your research at the ICWSM this year.

If you would like submit a paper or poster please note that the ICWSMuses the model common in the computer sciences where submissions are full papers (up to 8 pages), are subject to peer review, and, if accepted, are printed in full in the conference proceedings where they count as full publications. New research paradigms in CSCW come with unforeseen ethical challenges. This workshop will focus on methodological challenges in doing Internet research,
with a focus on:
data collection and analysis, differing ethical norms in various research communities studying the Web, unanticipated consequences of new kinds of online research, pedagogical approaches and issues in teaching online research ethics Instead of traditional position papers, participants should submit a case study (can be more than one) of up to four pages describing an ethical issue that they find particularly tricky or controversial with pro and con arguments for both sides, as well as a brief cover letter describing their research interests and background in this topic. Submissions should be formatted in standard ACM SIGHI format and submitted in either Adobe PDF
(.pdf) or Microsoft Word document format (.doc or .docx) to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by November 20, 2009.

WEBSITE:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~yardi/ethics-cscw2010.htm

Conference workshop: Bio-Objects – Life in the 21st Century, Institute for Advanced Studies on Scien

May 03 2010 | Graz, Austria

Updated: January 13 2010

The workshop is part of a series of annual meetings of the Marie Curie Research Network BioStep, which emerged from the New Genetics /New Society? Integrating Science, Society and Policy Marie Curie Fellowship programme at the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) of the University of York, UK. BioStep stands for 'Bio (social) science,technology, and policy'.

*Bio-Objects – Life in the 21st Century

Bio-objects, or concepts, materialities and processes that are related to "life", play a crucial role in the 21st century in which increasing knowledge of life and its components are fundamentally transforming what life means and where its boundaries lie. New developments in the biosciences - especially the molecularisation of life - and their influence on healthcare and other aspects of our society are analysed in a diverse body of literature, looking into ethical, legal and social implications of these new developments.
We argue that new bio-objects deserve a special focus, because they are produced by, and in their turn, are producing these developments in special ways. We define "bio-objects" as a new mixture of relations to life, or perhaps more specifically spatio-temporal configurations to which 'life' is attributed. They are new ongoing boundary projects between entities that were once considered 'pure' substances making up particular, discreet forms of living organisms. As a consequence, the boundaries between human and animal, organic and nonorganic, living and suspension of living, time and space, subject and object, agency and effect are questioned, destabilised and in some cases re-established.

Making the study of bio-objects explicit enables us to use it as a heuristic device – to point out and start tracing the new relations that make speaking about life and living as objects possible. However, with the concept we do not intent to reduce life to a thing or an entity - a mute object without agency. Rather, by questioning life’s status as an 'object' – bio-object – of current technological innovations we want to point out how life is in constant interplay with novel techniques aiming at re-routing, diversifying, collecting and commodifying the vital processes that 'life' consists of. Thus, bio-objects cannot be reduced to any pure form preceding them - rather, their plane of existence is something that could be seen as a network of unstable ontologies, an ongoing process rather than a stable form of being. As such, bio-objects contest the boundary lines between entities we are often accustomed to take for granted as existing by themselves and for themselves, and open up a new space for thinking what is it that we think is scientifically graspable in ‘life’.

The workshop on bio-objects traces a variety of contemporary bio-objects in their emergence, stabilisation and circulation through a number of European countries. The workshop consists of diverse empirical investigations that provide new ways of thinking about how novel bio-objects enter our contemporary life and societies. They range from traditional to advanced configurations of life and living such as artificial hips, cloned animals, embryos, cybrids, genetic resources, biobanks and the forms of governance that surround them. During the workshop the network members will discuss the edited-volume on bio-objects on which they are already working as well as future research opportunities.

*The MC network: BioStep
Between 2002 and 2005 fifteen young scholars from various countries and disciplines –all involved in STS research- participated in the Marie Curie programme at SATSU. On the basis of their common interest and shared experiences in York, the Marie Curie fellows, together with SATSU staff and director Andrew Webster decided to establish a network to explore common research (interests) and prepare publications. The first network meeting took place in York in April 2007. The second meeting, funded by the Brocher Foundation, took place in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2008. This meeting was clustered around three themes: the changing boundaries of human, animal and society; the new forms of governance engaged in the social regulation of these boundary shifts; and the new social and cultural relations that are made possible by these changes. In trying to find common ground between the various specific areas of research, the idea of bio-objects emerged as a theme the network wanted to explore further. Therefore, the third meeting at the Centre for Gender research at Uppsala University centred around bio-objects and took place in June this year. We have discussed the outline of our edited volume on bio-objects on which we will work in the upcoming year.
Participants of the upcoming workshop in Graz includes fellows from various countries including Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Hungary, Estonia, Austria, Germany, UK and Canada. In addition, scholars from the host country Austria as well as a small number of guest expert speakers working on the same area from
Autralia and US will be invited to present their work in the workshop.

*Meeting schedule
The workshop is arranged parallel to the IAS-STS 9th Annual Conference arranged by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science Technology and Society in Graz, May 3-4 2010.

The workshop has been awarded a significant amount of funding by 4S. Other funding sources include SATSU and IAS-STS. The organizers of the workshop would sincerely like to thank all of them for making this 2010 meeting possible.

Contact persons: Niki Vermeulen (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Sakari Tamminen (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Forced Migration: Challenges and Change 3rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refu

May 06 2010 | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Deadline: January 29 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

In recent years, the idea of change has charged political debate in countries around the world and has, in some cases, catalyzed the election of new governments and the creation of innovative programs and policies. This period has also been one of significant change for the field of forced migration. New policies and increasingly securitized perceptions of forced migration have created new practices such as interdiction, detention and expedited deportation that have changed the protection landscape in both the global North and South. At the same time as scholars have questioned the labelling and bureaucratic categorization of forced migrants, the United Nations has piloted new approaches to improve the protection and assistance available to members of traditionally marginalized ?categories?, particularly internally displaced persons. Massive displacement in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis raised the profile of ?environmental refugees? as an issue predicted to grow in importance as the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident. In Canada, the government has recently announced that it is preparing a package of changes to the refugee determination system, including the fast-tracking of claims from countries that are generally considered safe. As a precursor to more sweeping anticipated changes, the government has already imposed visa requirements on Mexico and the Czech Republic in an attempt to stem the flow of refugee claimants from those countries.

The 2010 CARFMS Conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, displaced persons and advocates from diverse disciplinary and regional backgrounds to discuss the changes and challenges faced in the field of forced migration. We invite participants from a wide range of perspectives to explore the practical, experiential, policy-oriented, legal and theoretical questions raised by different processes of change affecting forced migrants at the local, national, regional and international levels. The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from leaders in the field, and we welcome proposals for individual papers and organized panels structured around the following broad sub-themes:

Asylum, protection and durable solutions: Needs, current practices and prospects for reform Calls for reform of national and international refugee protection systems have been raised in different quarters, with dramatically diverse visions for change. What are the key challenges facing advocates, policymakers and displaced communities and individuals? How have trends in the interception, interdiction, processing, detention, deportation, protection, settlement and integration of forced migrants shaped prospects for reform? What models might inform the productive reform of the Canadian refugee system? What role might scholars play in efforts to strengthen the protection of forced migrants and the effective resolution of displacement?

Theorizing the changing field of forced migration

Past decades have seen rapid development ? domestically and internationally ? in the study of refugee protection and forced migration both within traditional disciplines and across disciplinary lines. With such significant change in research and policy in recent years, the longer view ? both to the past and to the future ? cannot be neglected. What is the nature of refugee protection in a globalized world, and how is it important (or not) to consider the ?new? era? What have been the historical trajectories of laws, policies and practices in forced migration, and how can the historicization of the field advance understandings of change and contemporary challenges? How have different disciplines, methodologies and approaches affected our understandings? Finally, what role is there for actors outside of academia, from policymakers and refugee advocates to displaced persons themselves?

Experiencing displacement: Changes and challenges How have recent political and social changes, and changes in the structure and operation of the refugee regime affected the lives of displaced persons? What can scholars of forced migration learn about the contemporary reality of the refugee regime by focusing on the lived experience of displaced individuals and communities? In this section, we particularly welcome presentations by displaced individuals, advocates, and organizations working directly with forced migrants.

Pre-conference workshops/networking A number of pre-conference workshops and networking sessions will take place on the afternoon of May 5. More information on pre-conference workshops/session will be available on conference website shortly.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Individuals wishing to present a paper at the conference must submit a 250-word abstract by January 29, 2010. The conference organizers welcome submissions of both individual papers and proposals for panels.

Please submit your abstract via the conference website: http://carfmsconference.yorku.ca/. For more information, please contact Heather Johnson .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

International Conference: History of Science in Practice

May 06 2010 | Athens, Greece

Deadline: February 15 2010

URL: http://www.hpdst.gr/contact

Updated: January 13 2010

We are pleased to announce the International Conference "History of Science in Practice", organized by the Programme of History, Philosophy and Didactics of Science and Technology (National Hellenic Research Foundation and University of Athens) and the Hellenic Society of History, Philosophy and Didactics of Sciences. The Conference will be held in Athens, Greece from 6th to 9th May 2010 and updated info will be available at http://www.hpdst.gr/events/conferences/history-of-science-in-practice
As its title suggests, the Conference will explore the possibilities of putting history of science into practice, both in teaching and in communication with the public. The http://www.hpdst.gr/publications/hsi
Submission of papers: Abstracts must be submitted using the Abstract Form at http://www.hpdst.gr/events/conferences/abstract-upload
All abstracts will undergo a peer review process. Abstracts should be uploaded electronically to the Congress website between 1 December 2009 and 15 February 2010
Registration:
Participants to the Conference are kindly asked to register on-line at http://www.hpdst.gr/events/conferences/registration
Registration will open 1 December 2009.
You may also use the following contact form: http://www.hpdst.gr/contact

The Informal and the Formal: Contested Categories of Socio-Economic Life Convenor: Italo Pardo

May 07 2010 | Gioiosa Marea, Italy

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

This conference recognizes both the empirical difficulty in categorising human activities as belonging strictly to the formal sector or the informal sector of the economy and the blurred boundaries between these sectors. It brings together anthropologists who specialise in different ethnographies with the main aim of addressing the complexity of the informal sector, the attendant challenges in attempting to define it and the problematic relationships between activities that take place within and without the officially set boundaries of the formal sector.

The ethnographer is often confronted with small-scale businesses and other economically significant actions and forms of exchange (individual or collective) that, not exclusively rooted in what is officially defined as ‘the informal sector’, generally address the market as a whole. From a worm’s eye viewpoint, it could be reasonably suggested that such activities may not always be strictly legal and they may not always agree with the ‘laws’ of market capitalism, but not for this should they be misread as evidence of marginality - cultural, economic, political and moral. On the contrary, it should be asked whether even people with a disadvantaged background may be actively engaged in negotiating the messiness of their lives and redefining their place in society. Contested knowledge acquired through prolonged involvement in the flow of local life brings out the weakness of the distinction between employment and work and of a view of informal work activities as a separate mode of production or as belonging to a ‘casual economy’. Of course, such complexity must be set against the background of the graded relationships between the legal and the illegal sectors that colour many dealings at various levels and in various sectors of associated life, which raises stimulating questions as to the extent to which the blurred boundaries of the ’divide’ mirror other aspects of social and cultural life (such as kinship, marriage and social and moral networks) in each specific ethnographic setting. It is not unusual to find complex links, in terms of production, distribution and consumption, between the formal sector and activities that are rooted in the informal sector, at the limits or beyond the limits of the strictly legal. For example, ethnographically diversified findings suggest that small- to medium-range formal businesses often rely on workshops that produce goods illegally (evading tax on the purchase of raw materials and the sale of finished products, as well as employment tax and other welfare state contributions) and that a proportion of such products finds its way into the legal market. In this context, the complex relationship between the legal and the illegal is a key issue, the empirical analysis of which may help us to clarify broader, far-reaching economic processes in view of ever-growing global competition. Such an approach needs to account for problematic processes whereby what is illegal at a given time in a given place may be legal in another place or may become legal at another time in the same place; it should indeed be borne in mind that changes in the law may turn given situations on their head.

Bringing together diversified ethnographic analyses, this Conference will stimulate a comparative view of this complex topic.

Participants are asked to draw on their diverse research experiences to examine ways to address effectively the analytical and theoretical issues raised by this topic.

This event will be organized in such a way as to allow ample time for presentation of working papers and discussion.

Proposals (max 500 words) should be sent by 15 March 2010 to Dr Marcello Mollica:

Chief Coordinator, CUA
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Fribourg
Bd de Pérolles 90
Bureau G 302
1700 Fribourg Switzerland
Tel. ++41 26 300 74 79
Fax ++41 26 300 96 64
e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Archive and Everyday Life Conference

May 07 2010 | McMaster University, Ontario

Deadline: October 15 2009

URL: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~english/taylor_10/index.html

Updated: January 13 2010

This conference will bring together academics, advocates, artists, and other cultural workers to examine the intersecting fields of archive and everyday life theory. From Simmel through Mass Observation to contemporary Cultural Studies theorists, the objective of everyday life theory has been, as Ben Highmore writes, to ?rescue the everyday from conventional habits of the mind?to attempt to register the everyday in all its complexities and contradictions.? Archive theory provides a means to explore these
structures by ?making the unfamiliar familiar,? hence opening the possibility of generating ?new forms of critical practice.? The question of a politics of the archive is critical to the burgeoning field of archive theory.

How do we begin to theorize the archive as a political apparatus? Can its
effective democratization be measured by the participation of those who engage
with both its constitution and its interpretation? ?Archive? is understood to cover a range of objects, from a museum?s collection to a personal photograph album, from a repository of a writer?s papers in a library to an artist?s installation of found objects. Regardless of its content, the archive works to contain, organize, represent, render intelligible, and produce narratives. The archive has often worked to
legitimate the rule of those in power and to produce a historical narrative that presents class structure and power relations as both common- sense and inevitable. This function of the archive as a machine that produces History?telling us what is significant, valued, and worth preserving, and what isn?t?is enabled through an understanding of the archive as neutral and objective (and too banal and boring to be political!). The archive has long occupied a privileged space in affirmative culture, and as a result, the archive has been revered from afar and aestheticized, but not understood as a potential object of critical practice.
Please see website for more conference topics. Following the conference, we intend to publish an edited collection of essays based on the papers presented at the conference to facilitate the circulation of ideas in this exciting field of inquiry.

Paper Submissions should include (1) contact information; (2) a 300-500 word
abstract; and (3) a one page curriculum vitae or a brief bio. Panel Proposals should include (1) a cover sheet with contact information for chair and each panelist; (2) a one-page rationale explaining the relevance of the panel to the theme of the conference; (3) a 300 word abstract for each proposed paper; and (4) a one page curriculum vitae for
each presenter. Please submit individual paper proposals or full panel proposals via
e-mail attachment by October 15, 2009 to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with the subject line ?Archive.? Attachments should be in .doc or .rtf formats. Submissions should be one document (i.e. include all required information in one attached
document).
Conference organizing committee: Mary O?Connor, Jennifer Pybus, and Sarah Blacker
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~english/taylor_10/index

MS4: Models and Simulations

May 07 2010 | University of Toronto

Deadline: November 20 2009

URL: http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/ms4/index.htm.

Updated: January 13 2010

Scientific models and computer simulations play numerous roles in the sciences, but as a class of tools for use in the articulation of theory, experiment, technological design and application, and prognostication for purposes of public policy, they have only relatively recently come under systematic scrutiny by the community of scholars in history and philosophy of science. The conference aims to raise and investigate important questions about the methodology of practices of modelling and computer simulation, providing a forum for ongoing debates and new angles of approach, on such topics as: how models and simulations are constructed; how they are confirmed; how they may be understood to represent and explain worldly phenomena; how they function in cutting-edge research; and how they influence decision making in the arena of public policy. A number of bursaries for graduate students presenting papers will be available to help defray the cost of travel and accommodation.

Submissions of proposals for individual papers and symposia are welcome in
the form of an extended abstract. For information on submissions, registration, etc., please visit the conference website: http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/ms4/index.htm.

fPET-2010 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology

May 09 2010 | Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado USA

Deadline: December 28 2009

URL: www.philengtech.org

Updated: January 13 2010

Call for Papers - Deadline 28 December 2009 (Monday)
Background: The 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is an outgrowth of the Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering (WPE-2007 in Delft and WPE-2008 in London). The mission of the Forum is (1) to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology by philosophers and engineers alike and (2) to build bridges between existing organizations of philosophers and of engineers. fPET-2010 will be held as an intensive one-day meeting on 9-10 May 2010 (Sunday evening-Monday) at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO.
Abstracts (500-750 words) are invited for submission in one of three tracks:
Track One: Philosophy (reviewing by philosophers)
Track Two: Engineering ethics and other interdisciplinary topics (mixed reviewing)
Track Three: Reflections of practitioners (reviewing by engineers)
All submissions will be blind-reviewed by the program committee. Those accepted for presentation at fPET-2010 will be scheduled for 30-minute talks (inclusive of Q&A). All abstracts accepted for fPET-2010 will be published online at the Forum website and in a printed volume available at the meeting. A volume of selected papers from fPET-2010 will be published by a major publisher.
Instructions: Abstracts may be submitted electronically at www.philengtech.org/submissionNotification of acceptances will be sent by 1 March 2010. Abstracts (500-750 words) due Monday, 28 December 2009
www.philengtech.org

First Berlin Forum Innovation in Governance

May 20 2010 | Berlin

Deadline: February 14 2010

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: February 14 2010

The Innovation in Governance Research Group at the Technische Universität Berlin is pleased to publish a Call for Papers for the First Berlin Forum Innovation in Governance, which will take place in Berlin on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 May, 2010. This Forum is the first in an initial series of four, which will take place on an annual basis until 2013.

Entitled "Studying the emergence and development of new forms of governance", the first Forum aims to lay the conceptual and methodological grounds for studying the genesis, dynamics and politics of new forms of
governance.

We therefore invite you to submit proposals for papers that discuss and/or probe particular approaches to conceptualise innovation in governance and trace the development of governance patterns through time and space.

We also invite proposals for poster presentations. A planned poster session will include a concourse with five minutes for each poster to highlight questions, approach and findings.

We will be able to cover travel expenses for a limited number of participants. Please therefore indicate your need for travel funds when submitting your proposal.

The deadline for the submission of all abstracts is Sunday, 14 February 2010. Please submit your proposal via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of February.

Thinking With Insects**: Entomological Reflections on History, Medicine and Politics

May 20 2010 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Anthropologies of African Biosciences Group

Updated: February 14 2010

Knowledge about insects has informed models and manipulations of human
societies, from apiary inspired labour reform in Victorian Britain to large- scale resettlement schemes for controlling sleeping sickness in colonial Africa. Religious, cultural, economic and political authority has been framed by knowledge of bugs; analysis of their behaviours has challenged our concepts of sociability, intentionality and language. Investigations of their habitats have informed how we construct, cultivate and manage public space. Insects are not only embedded in ecosystems but in cultural understandings; folklore, fiction and media constitute the insect as pest,pollinator or pestilence. In many ways, entomology is a political science par excellence; insect knowledge is enmeshed with the problems of governance, population welfare and ecological stewardship. Insect interventions – vector control, pest eradication, specimen collection and colony cultivation – register the evolving relationship between science, society, and technology.

“Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities”

May 20 2010 | The Portland Center for Public Humanities at Portland State University

Deadline: January 04 2010

URL: www.publichumanities.pdx.edu

Updated: January 13 2010

We hear talk of "sustainability" everywhere—sometimes as an ecological vision, an advertising strategy, a countercultural dream or even a business model. Given the diverse uses of “sustainability,” how might those of us who invoke it most effectively address our ecological,
economic, and social challenges? This conference is an invitation to construct bridges across the diverse terrains of sustainability theory and practice, engaging in productive dialogue and debate that might lead to innovative green frameworks for environmental scholarship,
activism, research, and policy.

Proposal Guidelines:
We welcome proposals both for traditional academic paper presentations as well as other formats, including panel discussions, interviews, workshops, art installations, and media screenings. Presentations that speak broadly to an interdisciplinary audience and that seek to
stimulate broad conversation about the future direction of green or environmental knowledge and practice are especially encouraged.

Please send proposals of 250 words or less by Monday, January 4, 2010 to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Please write “Understanding Sustainability” in the subject line and attach your proposal in the form of a Microsoft Word compatible file. Both the e-mail text and document should include name, affiliation,proposal title, and full contact information (address, phone, e-mail) for all participants. More information about this conference and the sponsoring Humanities Sustainability Research Project may be found at

Fourth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-10)

May 23 2010 | George Washington University, Washington, DC

Deadline: December 01 2009

URL: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php

Updated: January 13 2010

Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Featuring a keynote by Professor Bob Kraut on "Designing Online Communities from Theory"

The International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media is a unique venue that brings together researchers from the disciplines of NLP, Social Psychology, Data Mining, Sociology and Visualization to increase our understanding of social media in all its incarnations. Research that blends social science and technology is especially encouraged.
SUBMISSION
People interested in participating should submit through the ICWSM-10 website a technical paper (up to 8 pages, not including references), poster or demo description (up to 4 pages) by the deadlines given above (Midnight PST). Papers must be must be formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style (see the AAAI author instructions page at http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php). Details for the submission procedure will appear at the conference website: http://icwsm.org
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
http://www.icwsm.org For general information regarding ICWSM-10, please write .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). More details about the CFP and the conference will appear on the website over time.

Biomedical Visualisations and Society: Virtual Reality and its Application to Healthcare

May 24 2010 | University of Warwick

Updated: January 13 2010

An ESRC funded seminar series for early-career researchers interested in the social and political dimensions of biomedical visualisations. Each two-day workshop will combine a lecture from a leading scholar in the field and time for peer discussion with an opportunity to engage with visualisation in practice and ask questions. Attendance is free but places are limited. Some funding is available towards travel and accommodation costs for researchers who have no alternative funding source.
For more information, visit the project website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/biomedicalvisualisationsandsociety
Or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Virtual Reality and its Application to Healthcare
24th – 25th May 2010
Keynote Speaker: Rachel Prentice, Cornell University, USA.
Includes a visit to the Digital Lab, University of Warwick, guided by Professor Vinesh Raja.

Identity in the Information Society Workshop (IDIS10)

May 26 2010 | Rome, Italy

Deadline: December 10 2009

URL: http://www.editorialmanager.com/idis/

Updated: January 13 2010

The third IDIS annual workshop provides an opportunity to present leading edge research, exchange ideas, encourage collaboration, andbuild communities across the various research groups working on contemporary identity topics and in the related fields of privacy and
security. Check previous workshops at http://is2.lse.ac.uk/idis/2009/.

Scope

IDIS10 explores the relationship between “Identity and Organizations”, whether public or private sector, local or global, formal or informal, for-profit or not. We welcome contributions ranging across different disciplinary areas, reflecting the broad nature of the study area with
its interwoven concerns of law, technology, and information systems alongside other social, political and management issues.

Topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
• New identity technologies
• Emerging practices and behaviours enabled with identification
processes
• Changing notions of identity: customers, citizens, and audiences
• Information and identity risks and how they are managed
• Surveillance and privacy issues
• Regulatory and legal issues

Important dates:
Submission of papers to Workshop (4-6000 words): 10 December 2009
Decision and Screening Feedback to authors: 19 February 2010
Presentation of selected papers at IDIS10 Workshop: 26-28 May 2010
Submission to IDIS Journal of revised selected papers: 25 June 2010
Feedback from reviewers to authors: 3 September 2010
Submission of final version papers: 5 November 2010
Publication in IDIS Journal from January 2011

Submit papers to IDIS Journal: http://www.editorialmanager.com/idis/
selecting “IDIS10 Workshop” article type.

2nd Workshop on Architecture + Social Architecture

May 26 2010 | Brussels, Belgium

Deadline: February 01 2010

URL:

Updated: January 13 2010

This is the second conference on “Architecture and Social Architecture” which seeks to explore a notion of relationships between organizations and their affiliated architecture. In recent years, organizational scholars have given attention to ways of conceiving space in organizations. However, little attention has been given to the influence of architecture on organizations and social behavior in the context of architectural spaces. Additionally, other disciplines such as, architecture, science and technology studies, and urban design and planning have examined the intersection between physical architecture and the organizations that structure it that may provide new lenses for organizational scholars and vice versa. We are particularly interested in cross-fertilization of disciplines that illuminate new and novel methodological, theoretical and analytical approaches.

Abstract submissions of 400 words should be submitted online by February 1. For more information visit website at:

Ten Years After - Mapping the Societal Genomics Landscape

May 27 2010 | Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam

Deadline: January 08 2010

URL: www.society-genomics.nl/en/conference-2010

Updated: January 13 2010

The Centre for Society and Genomics (CSG, The Netherlands), in collaboration with the UK-EGN network and VALGEN (Canada) will hold its biannual Conference on Society and Genomics on May 27-28 in Amsterdam. We invite submission of abstracts for papers and posters addressing the upcoming conference’s theme: Ten years after - Mapping the societal landscape of genomics.
The basic objective of the conference is to map and assess the emerging societal landscape of genomics. Four zones will be distinguished: the urban, the industrial, the rural and the environmental zone. Within these zones, a range of topics (dealing with innovation, governance, infrastructures and emerging issues) will be addressed in the form of parallel sessions. Besides plenary lectures, the programme includes ~ 50 scholarly presentations in parallel sessions, while participants will also have the opportunity to display posters.
We invite submission of abstracts for presentations or posters no later than January 8, 2010.
Further information about the theme of the conference, the practicalities and the call can be found on CSG’s website: www.society-genomics.nl/en/conference-2010

Venice Summer School on Science and Religion, 2010

May 29 2010 | Venice, Italy

Deadline: November 12 2009

URL: http://www.vssr.info

Updated: January 13 2010

The Venice Summer School on Science and Religion held in Venice, Italy, intends to be a key venue to expand and deepen the work of scholars interested in the interface of two of humanity's most central approaches to the search for truth and meaning. The school is open to all scholars seeking enhanced engagement with central topics in science
and religion.

The theme for the 2010 summer school is "Values & Science." The school will meet 25 May through 29 May 2010. Lecturers include George Ellis, Keith Ward, and David Sloan Wilson. The school's organizing committee includes Karl Giberson, Thomas Jay Oord, William Shea, and Donald Yerxa.

The Venice School on Science and Religion will award scholarships to participants whose proposals are chosen as most relevant for the school's discussion. Interested individuals should submit materials when applying for admission.

All application materials for the school are due 12 November 2009. Notification of acceptance will be 31 January 2010. More information regarding the application and other matters are available on the school website:
http://www.vssr.info

The 21st International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) Conference

June 01 2010 | Singapore

Deadline: September 30 2009

URL: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/iaha/index.htm

Updated: January 31 2010

The Conference will be held in Singapore in June 2010. The Conference is being hosted by the Department of History of the National University of Singapore with the generous support of the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies and the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.
The IAHA Conferences offer a unique opportunity for scholars within the Asian region, as well as from other parts of the world, to discuss, share and gain new insights from their latest historical studies, and to foster solidarity and camaraderie among academics working on Asian history.
Proposals for individual papers, panels and colloquia, along with titles and short abstracts, are strongly encouraged from all interested parties and should be sent in no later than 30 September 2009.

Workshop Ethics on the laboratory floor; explorations for a methodology

June 01 2010 | University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

Deadline: March 01 2010

URL: http://www.utwente.nl/ceptes/ceptes_activities/deliberation_engineering/

Updated: January 14 2010

These last years there has been a growing interest in the engagement of ethicists in the context of scientific engineering research, with the aim to anticipate the ambiguous impacts that technological innovations have on the quality of human life. In this way ethicists are thought to be able to contribute to the constitution of the technological product, at a stage when it is still malleable.

Several scholars have developed views on how an ethicist in this context should work, but there is not yet a detailed ‘method’. With this workshop we want to contribute to the development of such a method. We want to focus especially on the themes of reflection and deliberation, for the enhancement of ‘reflection’ and the broadening of ‘deliberation’ is often understood to be the primary aim of the work of an ethicist in the scientific research context. Yet it remains unclear what this involves. Questions are raised such as: what is reflection/deliberation? How should ethicists enhance reflection? What are the consequences of such an enhancement of reflection on the deliberation about research choices? How much should this deliberation be broadened? And what is the specific input of an ethicist in this deliberation?

This workshop aims to act as a platform to discuss and critically engage with these questions. Confirmed invited participants are Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Rosalyn Berne, Ulrike Felt, Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann and Arie Rip.

We invite abstracts (500-1000 words) from philosophers and social scientists. Theoretical philosophical papers about deliberation, reflection and moral linguistics are welcome, but also descriptions and analyses of concrete joint deliberation processes on the laboratory floor about ethical issues. Sub-themes are:

* Reflection/deliberation
* Future scenarios
* Ethical language and communication
* The institutional context

For contact or more information, please look at our workshop website http://www.utwente.nl/ceptes/ceptes_activities/deliberation_engineering/

The deadline for submission is March 1, 2010. The authors of selected papers will be notified by email. Abstracts should be sent to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

“Connected Understanding”, Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, 2010 (CCA)

June 01 2010 | Concordia University, Montreal

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: http://acc-cca.ca/en/annual_conference

Updated: January 13 2010

“Connected Understanding” is the theme of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) 2010 Congress within which the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) will hold its Annual Conference from June 1 - 3 at Concordia University. We are calling for proposals that explore, critique and extend this theme as well as for proposals on any other relevant themes to Communication Studies. Please see website for further information on panels, prizes, travel Please note that Masters students interested in taking part in the
conference must submit through the Graduate Masters Sessions. See the GMS terms of reference: http://acc-cca.ca/en/annual_conference

Full details on submission, proposal forms, prizes, accommodation, etc., are included in our Conference FAQ: http://acc-cca.ca/en/annual_conference
.
Submission Details
All proposals must be submitted using the online submissions form. Full details are available at http://www.acc-cca.ca/reg/ . Please follow the directions on this website carefully and review the
Conference FAQ for more details: http://acc-cca.ca/en/ annual_conference . All proposals will be peer-reviewed by the conference organizing committee.
For additional information, please visit the CCA web site :
http://www.acc-cca.ca/, http://www.acc-cca.ca/en/annual_conference, http://acc-cca.ca/en/conference/upcoming_conference

Fourth Conference on the History of Recent Economics

June 03 2010 | École normale supérieure de Cachan

Deadline: September 30 2009

URL: http://www.hisreco.org/

Updated: January 13 2010

The Second World War and its aftermath marked a major stage in the establishment of economics as one of the dominant discourses in contemporary societies. The spread of economic ideas into many areas of social life invites mutually profitable engagements between historians of economics and historians of other social sciences. It also presents great potential for those working on the history of economics to broaden their audience beyond those that they have traditionally addressed.

The past decade has been witness to a surging interest in the history of economics post-WWII. This new scholarship has made good use of newly available source-materials, rehearsed new methodologies for the study of the past and looked across disciplinary boundaries for insights. The first three HISRECO conferences offered wide-ranging samples of this work. For the fourth consecutive year, we are inviting submissions of papers on the post-WWII era. Papers that deal with the period leading up to this may be considered, but only if they shed significant light on subsequent developments. Though all proposals will be carefully considered, our preference is for papers that place post-war economics in a broader context, whether this is parallel developments in other social sciences, politics, culture or economic challenges. To this end, we solicit proposals from scholars trained in history, economics, sociology, or any field that may yield insights. Proposals from doctoral students and junior researchers are actively encouraged.

If you are interested in participating, please submit a proposal containing roughly 500 words and indicating clearly the original contribution of the paper (if you have a draft of the paper, we would be happy to see that as well). The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is 30 September 2009. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent by 15 November 2009 and completed papers will be due on 1 March 2010 so that we can provide feedback and then give discussants time to prepare worthwhile comments.

Proposals should be sent electronically to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
For further information about the conference please contact Philippe Fontaine.

2010 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society: Social Implications of Emerging Technol

June 07 2010 | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Deadline: October 02 2009

URL: www.ieeessit.org or www.uow.edu.au.

Updated: January 13 2010

The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). ISTAS`10 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia, will bring together participants sharing research, projects, and ideas about: Automatic Identification, Automatic identification technologies including biometrics (DNA), RFID, Surveillance, dataveillance, sousveillance, anti-surveillance, uberveillance, National security, emergency response, border control, e-tollways, e-passports, Location-Based Services, Geographic information systems, digital mapping, geotagging, street view, CCTV, Location-based services, global positioning systems (GPS), tracking, monitoring, Social Networking, Social networking applications, blogs, glogs, cyberstalking, collaboration, Data collection, data merging, data matching, data mining, disclosure, Mobile comms, wearable computing, ubiquity, context-aware applications, Nanotechnology, Microchip implants, biomedical solutions, diagnostics, drug delivery, Nanotechnology, bionics, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, robots, cyborgs, Privacy, Security & Human Rights, Cyberethics, privacy, data protection, trust, control, consent, transborder flows, Security, law enforcement, covert/overt policing, laws, regulations, public policy, Social implications, registers, human rights, intellectual property, social equity.

Additional papers on other traditional fields of interest to SSIT also are welcome. ISTAS ‘10 will be a multi-disciplinary event for engineers, scientists, researchers in the social sciences, arts/law and humanities, and decision makers in the public and private sectors.
Important Dates: Abstract submission (200 words) October 2, 2009
Full/Short paper submission (5000/2000 words): November 13, 2009
Final camera-ready copy: March 26, 2010
All submissions to Katina Michael at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
For more information visit: www.ieeessit.org or www.uow.edu.au.

Risky entanglements? Contemporary research cultures imagined and practised

June 09 2010 | Albert Schweitzer Haus, Vienna

Deadline: January 29 2010

URL: http://sciencestudies.univie.ac.at/events/conference2010/

Updated: January 12 2010

Recent key macro studies agree that scientific research is
increasingly entangled in various societal rationales. On the one
hand, these analyses should be understood within the context of the
growing importance attributed to scientific and technological
innovation for shaping contemporary societies. On the other hand,
society's readiness to contribute to an innovation-friendly climate is
considered a key-asset for materializing this imagined progress. For
both issues, the human side of science, thus researchers and their way
of doing research, their values and their readiness to engage with
both science and society, is perceived as essential.

As this unfolds on a global scale, it is interesting to observe within
research policy and science institutions the convergence of various
discourses that stress and imagine what seem to be the key values or
myths guiding research today: excellence, accountability, mobility,
flexibility, ethical conduct, societal relevance or application
orientation, to mention but a few. However, far too little analytic
attention has been devoted to (1) how these broad and ostensibly
universal notions impinge on different work and knowledge production
cultures, (2) how specific local histories and contingencies play out
in practice, (3) how these global changes get refracted locally and
personally, and (4) how all this re-frames what being a researcher
today actually means. This lack seems astonishing given the importance
the 'human factor' is attributed in current policy discourses around
innovation.

This conference invites contributions that address change and
continuity of work and knowledge production cultures in research, and
ask in which processes ethical, societal and economic rationales shape
these very cultures. Of particular interest are contributions that are
combining more refined empirical analyses with broader theoretical
frameworks of change. By combining works that address different
regional-historical contexts and different scientific fields, the
conference's explicit goal is to open up comparative perspectives,
thus contributing to a broader understanding of contemporary research
cultures.

Risky entanglements?: Contemporary research cultures imagined and practised

June 09 2010 | Albert Schweitzer Haus, Vienna

Deadline: January 29 2010

URL: http://sciencestudies.univie.ac.at/events/conference2010/

Updated: January 13 2010

Recent key macro studies agree that scientific research is increasingly entangled in various societal rationales. On the one hand, these analyses should be understood within the context of the growing importance attributed to scientific and technological innovation for shaping contemporary societies. On the other hand, society's readiness to contribute to an innovation-friendly climate is considered a key-asset for materializing this imagined progress. For both issues, the human side of science, thus researchers and their way of doing research, their values and their readiness to engage with both science and society, is perceived as essential.

As this unfolds on a global scale, it is interesting to observe within research policy and science institutions the convergence of various discourses that stress and imagine what seem to be the key values or myths guiding research today: excellence, accountability, mobility, flexibility, ethical conduct, societal relevance or application orientation, to mention but a few. However, far too little analytic attention has been devoted to (1) how these broad and ostensibly universal notions impinge on different work and knowledge production cultures, (2) how specific local histories and contingencies play out in practice, (3) how these global changes get refracted locally and personally, and (4) how all this re-frames what being a researcher today actually means. This lack seems astonishing given the importance the 'human factor' is attributed in current policy discourses around innovation.

This conference invites contributions that address change and continuity of work and knowledge production cultures in research, and ask in which processes ethical, societal and economic rationales shape these very cultures. Of particular interest are contributions that are combining more refined empirical analyses with broader theoretical frameworks of change. By combining works that address different regional-historical contexts and different scientific fields, the conference's explicit goal is to open up comparative perspectives, thus contributing to a broader understanding of contemporary research cultures.
Please see website for associated details:
http://sciencestudies.univie.ac.at/events/conference2010/

Forensic Cultures in Interdisciplinary perspective

June 11 2010 | University of Manchester, UK

Updated: February 14 2010

This international conference examines in analytical and historical perspective the remarkable prominence of forensic science and medicine in contemporary culture. It brings together leading scholars from history, sociology and socio-legal studies, media and cultural studies, and practitioners working within the diverse locations of forensic culture -from crime scenes and bio-medical laboratories to television studios. Topics for discussion include the politics and practice of DNA evidence, the use of "cold case review" in re-evaluating celebrated murder trials from the past, the historical invention of "crime scene investigation", the work of forensic identification at mass grave sites, and media forensics - including a dinner event featuring the creators of the BBC forensic dramas _Waking the Dead_ and _Silent Witness_.

_Forensic Cultures_ is sponsored by the University of Manchester's Centre for
the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), and by the
Wellcome Trust.

For further details, including registration information, please see the
conference website at www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/forensics/

or contact the organisers, Dr Ian Burney (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Dr
David Kirby (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).

Recycling Textile Technologies

June 14 2010 | University College London

Updated: February 14 2010

This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together researchers who work
on textile recycling, including anthropologists, geographers,
historians, political economists, designers, and materials scientists.
This is with a view to develop a research agenda that explores
innovation in textile recycling technologies in the widest sense, and
how these succeed or fail in becoming socially embedded. Textile
recycling activities, as socio-technical systems, arise in specific
cultural contexts within global trading patterns, and their study may
incorporate the underlying relationships between people and things, raw
materials and technologies and the emergence of entrepreneurs and
innovators in social networks amongst other (f)actors.

We see at least three possible clusters of themes emerging, but welcome
further ideas:

1. Reinventing Old Solutions to New Problems?

Industrial recycling practises are specific, historically situated
socio-technical systems. While pre-industrial papermaking industries
used rags as a source of raw materials, 19th century textile mills
looked to recycled clothing as a cheaper source of raw material for the
wool shoddy industries. In the 21st century, the problem has changed to
what to do with mountains of cast-off clothing, and this drives the
search for technologically solutions appropriate to diverse cultural
contexts. Anthropological understandings of technology embrace
materials, makers, designers, and users in a relational networks
including socio-economic, political, and legal factors. In this broader
context, how are some old technologies being reinvented for the future,
and in what fields are new technologies being successfully developed?

2. The value of knowledge and skills in cultural contexts

As different cultures have developed different somatic skills and
practices, we wish to investigate the importance of tacit knowledges to
recycling. Consideration of these embedded knowledges within the global
perspective raises a number of questions specific to the processing of
waste textiles. How are knowledge and skills valued differently within a
textile waste industry compared to primary production? How intimately do
you need to know used textiles in order to process them effectively, and
how do differing levels of entanglement affect your social status within
a recycling system? For those who are bodily engaged with waste, how
valuable are these tacit knowledges and are they acknowledged by others?
And what are the cultural specificities of the valuing of people and
skills within different textile waste sectors? For example, there are
differences in skills and status between an immigrant rag sorter in a UK
factory, an illiterate migrant woman cutting up rags in an Indian shoddy
factory and the designer creating eco-textiles from recycled materials.
Do these differences come down to a narrowing of knowledge domains? Are
these limitations the only factors affecting personal value ranking
within global systems?

3. Networks of global trade

Since at least the early 19thC rags have been globally traded for reuse
and recycling industries. Many rag businesses are family businesses that
have been trading for generations, and have nurtured valuable networks
of business contacts that span the developed and developing world in
both directions. The movement of second-hand textiles across the globe
both creates social relations and at the same time is enabled by
pre-existing social contacts. Why is it difficult to start up a new rag
trade business? A related question is what can waste do as an actor in
international trade? For example, how does the trade in second-hand
clothing and textile waste facilitate the movement of other goods along
similar networks? To what extent is textile waste trade a conduit for
other licit and illicit goods? How might the degrees of regulatory
frameworks surrounding waste enable or inhibit other flows of goods, and
is this conducive to it becoming the visible front for invisible
commodity exchange? Is this particular to textiles, to waste or raw
materials in general?

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words by Feb 28th to:
Lucy Norris .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) AND Julie Botticello
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Department of Anthropology, UCL.

This workshop is being initiated as part of the ESRC project, the Waste
of the World
www.thewasteoftheworld.org

Objectivity in Science

June 17 2010 | University of British Columbia

Deadline: December 01 2009

Updated: January 13 2010

Over the past two decades questions have arisen regarding the objectivity of specific projects in or fields of science: for example, can we trust medical research when it is funded by pharmaceutical companies? Or, whose research in climate science meets the standards of scientific objectivity? Such questions have become important in framing public debate about science and science policy. At the same time, the objectivity of science has become an increasingly important topic among historians and philosophers of science as well as researchers in other fields in science and technology studies (STS) such as sociology of science, rhetoric of science, and cultural studies of science. This conference seeks to advance scholarly perspectives on the objectivity of science by bringing them into conversation with one another. The conference also asks whether and how such scholarly perspectives on objectivity might or should inform public debate. The conference will investigate, moreover, how the specific concerns of scientists, science policy experts, science journalists, and other groups might be made more salient in the research of the STS community.

The goal of this conference, thus, is to provide a forum for STS researchers of diverse disciplinary backgrounds, practicing scientists, and other researchers to discuss and debate issues concerning the nature of objectivity in science. A particular concern will be to discuss how, when, and why questions of objectivity arise within science, in science policy debates, and in public engagement with science. In addition to conference sessions held during the day, this conference will feature two evening panel discussions, open to the public and focused on particular areas of research wherein the issue of scientific objectivity is particularly salient. The public panel discussions will focus on questions of objectivity in collaborative aboriginal research and in research on harm reduction.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Ian Hacking (University of Toronto and the Collège de France) and Professor Naomi Oreskes (University of California at San Diego).
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We welcome individual paper and panel submissions related to the theme of scientific objectivity.

Proposals for papers should include author information (including email address), paper title, and an abstract of no more than 500 words. Speakers will have 30 minutes to present and discuss their work.

Proposals for panel sessions should include the name of the panel organizer (including email), a brief description of the panel, author information, paper titles, and abstracts for each paper. Panel sessions will be ninety minutes in duration, including discussion time.

Program Committee: Alan Richardson (UBC), Robert Brain (UBC), Candis Callison (UBC), Lesley Cormack (Simon Fraser University), Flavia Padovani (UBC), and Jonathan Tsou (Iowa State University).

The deadline for paper and panel submissions is December 1, 2009. Please email submissions to Dani Hallet at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Risk, Governance, and Accountability, Society for Risk Analysis

June 21 2010 | King's College London

Deadline: January 11 2010

URL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/srae2010

Updated: January 13 2010

The 19th SRA-Europe conference in 2010 aims to facilitate an exchange of ideas among all actors in the field of risk: academics from across the disciplines, policy makers, the private sector, NGOs and other interest groups. The conference organisers welcome presentations on all aspects of risk analysis, broadly encompassing risk assessment, risk characterisation, risk perception and communication, risk management, and risk governance.

The special conference theme will be Risk, Governance and Accountability. This theme reflects the increasing centrality of risk analysis to decision-making in a wide range of policy and organisational contexts and the increasing demands by the public for decision-makers to account for outcomes.
The 2010 conference will be held at King's College London and will be co-sponsored by the Environment Agency, the Food Standards Agency and the Health and Safety Executive. King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious university institutions, and its central London location is within walking distance of world famous attractions, such as the
Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tate Modern, and Covent Garden.

We invite scientists and practitioners wishing to present their work at the conference in the form of an oral presentation, poster, or symposium, to submit an abstract, no later than January 11th 2010.

For more information about the conference and important dates, please visit the website at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/srae2010,
or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

3rd International Conference on The History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA 2010)

June 22 2010 | Singapore

Deadline: December 30 2009

Updated: January 13 2010

All proposals on the subject of the history of medicine and health in Southeast Asia will be considered, but preference will be given to those on the theme of:

New Medicines, Markets, and the Development of Medical Pluralism

The theme “New Medicines, Markets, and the Development of Medical Pluralism” intends to explore how both local and metropolitan actors in Southeast Asia have contributed historically to the growth and development of medical markets throughout the region, here implying both traditional pharmacopeia as well as the arrival of newer pharmaceuticals in colonial and post-colonial settings. With a time frame preceding formal colonial intervention in the region and ranging up to the present, with the creation of a local infrastructure for biomedical and biotech work, participants are encouraged to submit individual papers and panels with possible themes including:

Women and Health in Southeast Asia
Medical pluralism in Southeast Asia: A Historical Perspective
Medical markets in SEA
Southeast Asian Biopoleis (including the growth of biomedical infrastructure, Science Parks, and Local Production Facilities¬identification of pharmacopoeia, drug development)
New Sources, New Methodologies, New Historiographies

As the HOMSEA meeting will coincide with the IAHA 2010 meeting in Singapore, those interested in expanding the discussion either geographically¬to include North East Asia and South Asia¬chronologically, or methodologically are encouraged to apply to HOMSEA as well as the IAHA meeting to broaden the scope of discussion.

Please see the IAHA website at: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/iaha/index.htm

Please submit a one-page proposed abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a one-page CV by 30th December 2009 to: Laurence Monnais ( .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Please note that it may be possible to subsidize some of the costs of participation for scholars from less wealthy countries.

For further information about funding and the general organization of the meeting, please contact: John DiMoia (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

IPA 2010 Grenoble: Discourse and Policy Practices: Politics – Legitimacy - Power

June 23 2010 | Grenoble, France

Deadline: January 31 2010

URL: http://www.ipa2010-grenoble.fr/discursive-practices-and-legitimate-power-in-forest-and-nature-policy/

Updated: February 14 2010

The social sciences are witnessing a 'practice turn', of which traces are also found in the policy sciences. Policy discourses are for example conceptualized as: (1) the result of 'messy practices'; (2) only loosely embedded in democratic practices; (3) hardly related to social practices; and (4) the opposite of 'what is really happening'. This panel wants to identify how the practice turn impacts the field of forest and nature conservation policy, specifically relating it to accounts of politics, legitimacy, and power in general. Conceptually, the relationship between discourse and practice will be particularly key. This relationship can range from discourse as one of the many components of a practice to discourse as constituting practice. Methodologically, we want to discuss whether a practice turn gives primacy to ethnographic techniques, or that other methods retain equal value. To discuss these, and related issues, we call on you to write papers on the following topics:

The relation between forest and nature discourses and management practices. Is policy 'what is happening'? The politics of policy discourse. How do we retrieve the politics and power of policy discourses from policy practices? In forest and nature conservation policy, public participation and transparency are often expected to contribute to democratic legitimacy. Do these also constitute democratic practices? The methodological consequences of a practice turn. How do we research green policy practices and in what ways do we present our findings?
January 31, 2010:
Deadline for paper submission (Abstract; max 500 words)

February 15,
2010 : Notification of acceptance and registration

May 15, 2010 : deadline for full papers

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent by email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Politics of Design

June 24 2010 | Manchester, UK

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/marc/

Updated: February 14 2010

In the last decade numerous STS trained scholars engaged in a venture
of unpacking design practices. Yet, to study the practical course of
design means to be simultaneously involved in the subject of politics
and in the particular sort of politics that is centred on objects
(Latour & Weibel, Making Things Public). Recent studies in political
philosophy and STS have argued that politics is not limited anymore to
citizens, elections, votes, petitions, ideologies and particular
institutionalised conflicts (DeVries, What is Political in Sub-
politics?), and have reformulated the question of politics into one of
cosmopolitics (Stengers, Cosmopolitics; Latour, Politics of Nature)
and ontological politics (Mol, Actor Network Theory and After). The
“political” is not defined as a way of codifying particular forms of
contestation but as opening up new sites and objects of contestation
(Barry, Political Machines).

Looking to assess the multifarious ways design can be “political” and
the various sites of politics of design, this workshop will explore a
range of questions pertaining to theory and methodology:

To what kind of politics can we get access when we strive to unravel
design not through ideology but through the work of designers, their
rich repertoire of actions, their controversies, concerns, puzzles,
risk-taking, and imagination? And likewise, what kinds of politics are
embedded in the objects of design, with their multiple meanings of
materiality, pliability, and obduracy?
How does design’s potential to bring an ever-greater number of non-
humans into politics contribute to the re-composition of the common
world, the cosmos in which everyone lives? What are the politics of
the relations invoked by design practices? Is design “political”
because it brings together land and NGOs, gravity laws and fashions,
preservationists and zoning regulations, architectural languages and
concerned communities, dives and stakeholders, land registers and
modernists, and if so, how?
What are the multiple design sites where political action might be
seeping through? How is politics carried out today in sites often
unrelated to the traditional loci of political action: in building
development companies, planning commissions, building renovation
sites, urban spaces, local communities, architectural offices, public
presentations of designers? And what can we learn from the different,
even unexpected forms of concernedness that we may come across in such
contexts?
How and under which conditions does design become one of the means
through which politics is being carried out? How does design turn the
“public” into a problem - and thus engage and mobilise it -
triggering disagreements and generating issues of public concern? How
do designers and planners make their activities accountable to
citizens?
If the “political” is considered a moment in the complex trajectory of
design projects, processes and objects, what are the methods we use to
account for them? How can we map, track, trace and document
ethnographically and historically these moments of becoming political?

The workshop is expected to attract a diverse group of scholars from
the fields of STS, architecture, geography, political economy,
environmental psychology and planning, design studies, sociology,
cultural studies and political sciences.

8th International Conference on new Directions in the Humanities

June 29 2010 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

Deadline: August 13 2010

URL: http://www.HumanitiesConference.com/

Updated: January 13 2010

We are very pleased to be holding this year's conference in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is one of the most diverse and dynamic cities in the United States, attracting immigrants and visitors from around the world to its wide range of attractions, activities and professional opportunities. Although Los Angeles is perhaps most well recognized as the center of U.S. movie and television production, its cultural role exceeds that of its most famous industry. Its music, literary and visual and performing arts communities, for instance, reflect the diverse perspectives of Angelinos and are internationally influential. The Los Angeles area is home to some of the best galleries and museums in the country and to distinguished centers for humanities research, such as the Getty Center, the Huntington Library and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. The city is also a center of higher education, boasting many of the finest colleges and universities in the United States, including the host of this year's International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The Humanities Conference provides a space for dialogue and for the publication of new knowledge that builds on the past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a renewed agenda for their future.

In addition to an impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Humanities. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 13 August 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.HumanitiesConference.com/.

The First Annual Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ)

June 30 2010 | VIBE Hotel in Sydney, Australia

Deadline: December 30 2009

Updated: January 13 2010

This interdisciplinary and transnational conference is accepting proposals on ALL aspects of popular culture. We are seeking a strong representative presence for the study of Queer Popular Culture at this conference. Graphic novels, comics, popular romance, television, film and internet are only some aspects of the study of queer popular culture. Creative work is also accepted. Proposals for panels are welcome.

We will also be holding a postgraduate poster evening. All postgrads and undergrads (provided they are working with the guidance of a trained scholar) interested in presenting their would-be or current research are invited to submit an abstract. Please mark your submissions: Poster Session.

Abstracts (300 words max.) should be sent as e-mail attachments to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) The deadline for submissions is 30th December, 2009. Please include your name, affiliation, mailing and e-mail address, and the title of your presentation. E-mails should be entitled: PopCanz Conference. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within one week, please resend your submission. Accepted presenters will be notified via e-mailin January 2010.
A selection of papers from the conference will be solicited for publication.
Additional information is available on the PopCanz blogsite: http://popcanz.blogspot.com/
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Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Tim

June 30 2010 | Adelaide

Deadline: February 01 2010

URL: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Updated: January 13 2010

In a time of rapid social, economic and political transition this conference calls for consideration of the meaning and possibilities of change for gender in Australia and internationally. We invite papers on themes including (but not limited to):
-Indigenous women and political change, -Global feminisms, -Asian women and women in Asia,
-Feminist activism/politics, -Feminist economics, -Gender in technology & science, -Feminist models of governance, -Gender and Health, -Migration and gender, -Gender and youth cultures
Abstracts for oral presentations of 20 minutes duration should include:

Title of the paper, name and institutional affiliation of author(s), and an abstract of no more than 300 words. Contact details for presenter (postal address, phone, fax and email) and a brief biographical note about author/s -100 words.

Abstracts should be sent as an e-mail attachment to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Further information about the conference can be accessed at:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/womens-studies/awgsa/conference.php
or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Science and the Public 2010

July 03 2010 | Imperial College, London

Deadline: March 01 2010

URL: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/687/

Updated: January 15 2010

Now in its fifth year, the Science and the Public conference aims to bring together the various strands of academia which consider science’s relationships with groups generally called ‘the public’. Delegates come from a wide range of disciplines: science and technology studies, history of science, geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies, sociology, development studies, English literature, science policy studies and more.

The range of topics covered may include (but are not limited to):
* PUS, PEST, PR.
* Surveying public knowledge and attitudes.
* Science and the arts (including science fiction).
* Science, publics and personal identity.
* The role of industry and/ or the third sector in public engagement
and scientific research.
* The challenges of ‘upstream’ engagement.
* Popular science and professionalization.
* Specific public-science issues: e.g. climate change, MMR, energy policy, GMOs.
* Studies of specific media: e.g. film, books, the internet, museums, radio.
* Science, religion and the ‘New Atheism’.
* Politically engaged scientists.
* Churnalism vs. investigative science journalism.
* Edu-tainment.
* Scientific advisers, spin and secrecy.
* Patients and publics in health services.
* Science and the sceptics.
* Amateur science.

Potential contributors should email a 300 word abstract to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 1st March2010. Please include full contact details (name, affiliation, email) of all authors.

Panel proposals should include a panel abstract and individual abstracts for each of the papers on the panel as well as contact information (name, affiliation, email) of the presider (moderator) and all panel members.

All submissions should be emailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 1st March 2010. All other enquires also to this address.

Managing Knowledge in the Techno-sciences, 1850-2000

July 05 2010 | University of Leeds

Deadline: November 30 2009

URL: http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Invention/invention.htm

Updated: January 13 2010

An international conference by the collaborative research project ‘Owning and disowning invention: intellectual property, authority, and identity in British science and technology, 1880-1920’ (University of Leeds & University of Bristol) supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the White Rose IPBio Project (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York)
The conference brings together researchers investigating the history of knowledge management since the mid-19th century – a period that saw the rise of the techno-sciences, trans-European controversies over the legitimacy of patenting, and the coining of the term ‘intellectual property’. Contributions are welcome from a variety of perspectives concerning ‘intellectual property’ and the 'intellectual commons' in the techno-sciences e.g. the cultures of monopoly, shared ‘open’ knowledge and of sponsored invention. Participants are encouraged to examine critically the foundations and methodology of historical research on the techno-sciences, including biomedical and agricultural forms.
Abstract Submission Abstracts for individual papers or panel sessions should be submitted by 30 November 2009. Abstracts for individual papers should not exceed 200 words and should be accompanied by the author’s short curriculum vitae (1 page). Proposals for panel sessions should comprise: an outline of the session (200 words), abstracts for the three individual papers (200 words) and CVs (1 page) for each of the contributors. All submissions should be emailed as an MS Word file attachment to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 30 November 2009.
A registration fee may be charged for presenters at this conference. Please indicate in your email if you would like to be considered for assistance in this regard.
Further Information For enquiries about the academic content of the conference please contact: Prof. Graeme Gooday, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) tel. 0113 343 3274 Centre for History & Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK For administrative enquiries please contact Dr Stathis Arapostathis, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) tel. 0113 343 8027, Centre for History & Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds For information on the ‘Owning and Disowning Invention’ project, please see http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Invention/invention.htm

Biomedical Visualisations and Society: 3D Foetal Ultrasound

July 06 2010 | University of Warwick

Updated: January 13 2010

An ESRC funded seminar series for early-career researchers interested in the social and political dimensions of biomedical visualisations. Each two-day workshop will combine a lecture from a leading scholar in the field and time for peer discussion with an opportunity to engage with visualisation in practice and ask questions. Attendance is free but places are limited. Some funding is available towards travel and accommodation costs for researchers who have no alternative funding source.
For more information, visit the project website:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/biomedicalvisualisationsandsociety
Or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
3D Foetal Ultrasound
6th- 7th July 2010
Keynote Speaker: Lisa M. Mitchell, University of Victoria, Canada
Includes a visit to 4D scan provider ‘Babybond’, with company director Jan Steward.

The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration

July 07 2010 | Gdańsk, Poland.

Deadline: March 07 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

WikiSym, the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration,
will be held this summer in Gdansk, Poland. Starting this year,
WikiSym aims to explicitly broaden its scope, exploring not only the thriving wiki community, but also other open movements and open collaboration initiatives. This includes related areas such as open online communities, collaborative creation of multimedia content (with or without wikis), and open journalism and publishing, just to list a few examples.
Furthermore, our goal is to establish WikiSym as a venue for the
exchange of information, experiences and practices among an interdisciplinary audience, including researchers, practitioners, industry representatives and experts with a wide variety of different backgrounds.

As a result, WikiSym has established 3 complementary tracks to merge
the contributions from such a diverse community:

* Wiki track: Focused on research in wiki technology,wiki websites, wiki communities, and in general any kind of initiative pivoting around wiki software.

* Industry track: This new track will focus on the specific needs of enterprises and private companies interested in sharing and promoting their experiences around wikis and open collaboration projects/products/initiatives.

* Open collaboration track: This track is a dedicated venue for sharing research results and experiences in initiatives that may not be built specifically on wiki software, but share the "wiki way" of organization. These may include open collaborations, open communities,
and open movements that allow the interchange of ideas and contributions
from participants with a range of interests and motivations.

Research manuscripts may be sent to any of these tracks. However, submitting the same manuscript to more than one track at the same time is not allowed. Therefore, please select the most appropriate track for the topic covered in your manuscript before submitting.

IMPORTANT DATES

* March 7th: Submission deadline for research papers.
* March 21st: Submission deadline for Doctoral Symposium
proposals, posters, demonstrations, workshops, panels, tutorials.
* May 4th: Notification of acceptance for research papers.
* May 11th: Notification of acceptance for Doctoral Symposium
proposals, posters, workshops, tutorials, panels.
* July 7-9: WikiSym 2010!

Given the interdisciplinary nature of wikis and open collaboration initiatives, WikiSym invites contributions in a wide range of fields.

Society for the Social History of Medicine Conference

July 08 2010 | Durhan and Newcastle, UK

Deadline: November 01 2009

URL: www.sshm.org.

Updated: January 13 2010

The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions for its 2010 Conference ‘Knowledge, Ethics and Representations of Medicine and Health: Historical Perspectives’, to be held at Durham and Newcastle (UK), 8-11 July 2010, organised by the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine (NCHM).

Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2009

The organisers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers under the theme ‘Knowledge, Ethics and Representations of Medicine and Health: Historical Perspectives’. We particularly encourage papers addressing questions such as:

* What processes have generated knowledge about the body, illness and health that has become authoritative in different societies?
* How have claims of medical expertise been justified vis à vis claims from other domains of social and cultural authority such as religion and law?
* What did it mean for medical practitioners in different cultural and social contexts to claim to be ethical as well as knowledgeable?
* How did they present themselves to the public?
* What kind of material, visual and textual representations of body, mind, health and disease have gained ‘defining power’ exerting influence on medical practice and research until today?

Submissions covering all periods (from Antiquity to the 21st Century) and all regions of the world are welcome.

In addition to individual papers, we seek proposals for panel sessions (with 3 papers), as well as suggestions for suitable chairpersons.

Abstracts of up to 250 words should include the title of the paper, information concerning the research question examined, the sources used and preliminary results. Please also include on the abstract your contact details (name, affiliation, e-mail-address).

All papers are to represent original work not already published.

Please send your proposal by 1 November 2009 to the NCHM (Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). Decisions on papers will be made by January 2010.

For more information on the SSHM please see www.sshm.org. For more information on the NCHM, a collaboration of historians of medicine from Durham and Newcastle universities, please see www.nchm.ac.uk.

CFP: AAHPSSS in Sydney, July 2010

July 09 2010 | Sydney, Australia

Deadline: May 31 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

The next conference of AAHPSSS (the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science) will take place at the University of Sydney, in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science (New Law School building), on July 9-11, 2010. Information about accommodation and registration is on the AAHPSSS website at http://www.usyd.edu.au/aahpsss/AAHPSSS2010-conference.html . If you need accommodation you are strongly encouraged to book early as the hotels and hostels will fill up.

The conference will take place immediately after the AAP meeting at UNSW in Sydney (more information at http://www.aap-conferences.org.au/) .

Membership in AAHPSSS (now 25 $ yearly, 10 $ for students) allows you to register for the conference at a lower fee. Members register at a cost of 40$ for both days or 20$ / day; non-members register at a cost of 80$ for both days or 40$ /day. Students and unwaged: 20 $ / day or 40 $ / both days. Remember, your membership dues contribute to student bursaries and prizes. Registration information is available on the AAHPSSS website; for further matters concerning payment contact the Treasurer, Dean Rickles, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Student assistance will be available via the Ian Langham Memorial Bursaries, funded by membership fees. Enrolled honours and postgraduate students wishing to apply for an Ian Langham Bursary should submit an abstract as above and indicate that they intend applying for a bursary on the form when submitting their abstract. Bursary applicants will need to provide a full written version of their paper (approx. 3000 words-3500 max.) along with evidence of student status by 31 May 2010 to the Secretary, Charles Wolfe (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). Criteria for selection of eligible papers include whether they engage scholarly dialogues in the HPS/STS literature, whether they evidence knowledge and appropriate use of HPS/STS methodologies, and that the author is a student enrolled in either an honours or postgraduate program. You must also be able to provide, on request, the written support of your supervisor. Bursaries will be allocated subject to these conditions and the availability of funds (monies are generally distributed according to distance between the home institution and the conference venue).The best student paper will be awarded the Ian Langham Prize at the conference although the AAHPSSS Executive reserves the right not to award the Prize.

Please send electronic submissions either of individual papers, panels (typically 3 speakers, maximum 4), or book sessions to the Secretary, Charles Wolfe, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Mention AAHPSSS 2010 in the email subject heading.

Submissions are due by 31 May 2010; registration must be completed by 15 June 2010; afterwards a late fee of 30$ will be added.

RC 25 Language and Society XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Sociology on the Move

July 11 2010 |

Deadline: January 03 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

The Research Committee on Language and Society, RC 25, of the International Sociological Association (ISA) is calling for abstracts for the ISA World Congress on the theme of Sociology on the Move.
RC 25 conceives of studies of language broadly including all varieties of sociological analyses of language/representation. We welcome proposals of on the conference theme that are of specific relevance to language and society. Please submit an abstract of (350 words maximum) by January 3, 2010 directly to the session organizer. The abstract should include your name, organization affiliation, country of residence, and email address. Please do not send your abstract to more than one session.
Hegemonies in Classification Processes
Gianluca Miscione, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, The Netherlands, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Daniela Landert, University of Zurich, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Classifications serve as shared systems to organize and handle knowledge in any given domain. Classifications depend on language to provide labels for classes and on linguistic practices to establish, apply and reproducing classifications. Successfully established classifications affect thinking and coordination of social activities across different settings and actors. The role of classifications is becoming more evident since organizing processes are increasingly taking place across dispersed individuals, groups, organizations and contexts, a development that is supported by information and communication technologies (ICT). Indeed, when the common understanding and coordination are not facilitated by co-location, classifications are expected to keep patterns of action aligned.
Clear examples for this development can for instance be found in the two empirical fields of health care and of online communities. In the case of health care, information about patients needs to travel with and beyond the patients themselves, in order to allow consequent actions to be performed by a variety of actors. In the case of online communities, classifications are often negotiated collaboratively among globally dispersed laypersons. This leads to shifts in power between these laypersons and the experts of hegemonic classifications.
The mutual dependency of power and classifications raises the question how changes in the roles of the actors who negotiate classifications affect and maybe challenge power relations and hegemonies in a wider sense. Therefore, the “double hermeneutic” between those who are usually termed ‘subjects’ and ‘objects’ has to be revised, mutual dependency between classifications and their objects needs to be highlighted.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD CONGRESS GO TO:
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/rc/rc25.htm
http://www.language-and-society.org/conferences/index.html

RC 25 Language and Society XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Sociology on the Move

July 11 2010 |

Deadline: January 03 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

3rd International Deleuze Studies Conference: Connect, Continue, Create

July 12 2010 | Amsterdam

Deadline: March 01 2010

URL: www.deleuze-amsterdam.nl

Updated: January 13 2010

The third annual International Deleuze Studies Conference will explore how the three ...creative domains of thought - art, science and philosophy - connect, continue and create together. The visionary quality of the profoundly generous and complex philosophy of Gilles Deleuze may provide new and productive ways of understanding connections, in a world that is increasingly globally linked and technologically mediated.
Please send your abstract (max. 200 words) and a short bio to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) before the 1st of March, 2010. Confirmation of acceptance will be emailed before April 15th, 2010. Selections will take place on the basis of the number of
panel presentations. www.deleuze-amsterdam.nl

VIII Latin American Meeting of Social Studies of Science and Technology

July 20 2010 |

URL: Buenos Aires

Updated: February 14 2010

Science and Technology for Social Inclusion in Latin America
July 20 – 23, 2010
Buenos Aires

http://www.esocite2010.escyt.org

Call for abstracts
Fifteen years after the first Latin American Meeting of Social Studies
of Science and Technology, Buenos Aires will be host again the host
for the 2010 ESOCITE Meeting. The growing attendance and the
development of new institutions noticed throughout the past meetings,
highlights the rising consolidation of the field of Social Studies of
Science and Technology within the Latin American countries.

Nowadays, the VIII ESOCITE Meeting faces two important challenges: to
further strengthen the field of Social Studies of Science and
Technology in Latin America and to argue for a public discussion about
the role of scientific and technological knowledge in the region, its
uses in societies which requires the mobilization of S&T in order to
find solutions for long-standing and important problems such as that
of democratization, inequality, development and social cohesion, among
others.

Indeed, throughout the last decades, citizens, governments and
researchers in Latin America have done vast efforts to develop
institutions and projects to produce both: useful knowledge for its
societies and relevant findings for the international scene. However,
social inequalities at most of these countries have barely diminished
until today. In broad terms, the employment of scientific and
technological knowledge in order to mitigate this situation has been
only marginal.

In this sense, the motto for the VIII ESOCITE Meeting: “Science and
Technology for Social Inclusion” means the chance to boost the debate
about the ways in which science and technology can (or should)
contribute to improve the social cohesion and to reduce the social gap
in Latin American countries.

Main topics

1. Science and Technology policies in Ibero-america. History and
challenges
2. Institutions, disciplines and fields of science and technology
3. Technology, innovation and society
4. Process of production and use of scientific and technological
knowledge
5. Public participation, public communication and democratization of
science
6. Risk of science and technology
7. Theoretical and methodological issues in the study of science and
technology
8. International dimensions of science and technology
9. STS Education and Higher Education
10. Rising technosciences

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

On-line registration: http://www.esocite2010.escyt.org/envio_resumen.php
You should create your username on the site. This will allow you to
upload your abstract.

The submission should include: Title, Author(s), institutional
references of the author(s) (Institution, work address, phone number,
e-mail, area of research), Topic number (1-10), Keywords, and
abstract.

The abstract should include: Title, Author(s), institutional
references of the author(s) (Institution, work address, phone number,
e-mail, research area); Topic number (1-10), Keywords.
The abstract should also mention: the problem to develop, central
argument of the article, key conclusions, theoretical and
methodological approach.
Maximum length: 3000 characters (counting spaces) in Word format or
PDF archive.

Abstract approval will be required to upload your paper to the ESOCITE
web page (A complete uploading guide is available on the web site)

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Second Communication and On-line registration: Available from 3
December, 2009
Third Communication: 8 February, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: 5 March, 2010
Evaluation results: April 2010

Meeting registration:
Early registration: until 22 May, 2010
Late registration: until 3 July, 2010
Paper submission deadline: 19 June, 2010

Questions and queries, please send an e-mail to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Official languages for submission of abstracts and papers: Spanish,
Portuguese, English and French

Thinking, doing and publishing Visual research: The state of the field?

July 20 2010 |

Deadline: March 30 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

Thinking, doing and publishing Visual research: The state of the field?
The IVSA CONFERENCE, Bologna, Italy, on July 20-22, 2010

Mobile mediascape is mix of cultural and institutional settings,
developments, applications, business strategies and consumers' facts,
and it is by accounting this multiple diversity that we will be able to
better understand such a complex subject. But the mobile mediascape
changes so quickly, is uncertain, and so malleable a field that it is a
struggle against time to observe important and pertinent things before
they are out of date. This panel aims to better understand the trends and discourses of the visual mobile mediascape; the way they affect not only how we perceive mobility, but also how we use and visually comprehend our mobile phones. What are the relations between mobile phone technologies, practices, identity formation and sociality within the digital culture? How do these complex and intertwined factors affect cultural transformations? What is visual mobility and what does it represent? What are its historical origins and these cultural mobile trends' logic? How do the cultural discourses and meta-discourses shape our understandings of what the visual mobile mediascape is? In this panel we will analyze different ways of production and consumption of visual mobile outputs.

Case studies, webnography, digital sociology, visual studies, cultural
studies, visual anthropology, different approaches are welcome.

Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Please send abstracts or completed papers to:

Gaby David (PhD Candidate)
Lhivic - Laboratoire d'Histoire Visuelle Contemporaine
EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Everyday Life in the Segmented City

July 22 2010 | Florence, Italy

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

For the first time in human history, a majority of the world's population
lives in urban areas, and by 2050 more than 2/3 will live in metropolitan
regions across the globe. At the same moment metropolitan regions confront
unprecedented economic, social, and political challenges, the meanings of
everyday life are put into question because of the changing structure and
interdependence of urban economies. North American cities register the
largest number of foreign-born persons in their history, while cities in
Europe confront issues of social integration with emergent minority
populations in the suburbs and inner city neighborhoods. The rapidly growing
urban regions in China and India confront the continuing pressures of rural
to urban migration that will produce the largest urban populations in human
history. While the focus on the global city often emphasizes similarities
in the development of metropolitan regions and neo-liberal regimes, we are
interested in better understanding how individuals and groups respond to and
create dynamic change in everyday life within the ever changing urban
environment.

We invite contributions for a conference on everyday life in the segmented
city to be held in Florence this July 22-25, 2010. The presentations will
be grouped into the following subject areas:

Cinematic urbanism: Images and representation of the segmented city;
emergent symbolic economics of consumption and production; tourism and
visual consumption of the city.

Governance and planning: Multicultural cities and ethnic spaces; strategies
to govern the multicultural city; citizenship and participation in the
segmented city.

Suburbanization and the post-urban city: Suburban growth and urban sprawl;
revolt of the banlieues; social exclusion in the inner suburbs; urbanity and
urbanism in the suburban fringe

Appropriations of urban space: Emerging patterns of social exclusion and
personal security; privatization and surveillance of urban space; reclaiming
public space

The right to the city: Migration and immigration in the 21st century
metropolis; social participation in the segmented city; contested urban
spaces.

We invite submissions for papers on these and related topics. Please send
abstract of your paper or presentation by March 15, 2010 to the address
listed below.

Papers on cinematic urbanism: Dr. Lorenzo Tripodi, Berlin
(.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Papers on governance and planning: Dr. Camilla Perrone, Università degli
Studi di Firenze (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Papers on Suburbanization and the post-urban city: Dr. Gabriele Manella,
Università degli Studi di Bologna (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Papers on appropriations of urban space: Dr. Circe Monteiro, Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Papers on the right to the city: Dr. Milan Prodanovic, University of Novi
Sad (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) or Dr. Ray Hutchison University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).

Participants will be contacted with information concerning participation in
the conference by March 15th, 2010. Completed papers will be required by
May 30, 2010.

For other general inquiries concerning Everyday Life in the Segmented City,
contact Ray Hutchison, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Selected papers from the conference will appear in special edited volume
titled Everyday Life in the Segmented City (a volume in the series Research
in Urban Sociology, published by Emerald Press).

Discounted hotel accommodations in Florence will be available to
participants in the conference. This conference is supported with funding
from the Del Bianco Foundation in Florence.

More information concerning conference location and lodging may be found on
the web at Everyday Life in the Segmented City. This will be updated with
additional information concerning housing and other conference details as it
becomes available.

Eleventh Annual Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium: Filmic Representations of Indigenous Peopl

July 23 2010 | Maine

Deadline: April 01 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

Scholars, particularly during the last two decades, have sought to understand cultural representations of Indigenous peoples. In Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Culture, anthropologist Elizabeth Bird explains that when we seek to understand popular constructions of the Native more clearly, we are then better able to counter the mythmaking process and transform those representations. The 2010 Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium will explore how amateur and noncommercial filmmakers around the world have created a wide range of representations regarding Indigenous peoples and cultures. We are interested in presentations focusing on interpretations of moving images that will improve our historical, cultural, global and critical understanding of how filmmakers working outside of the mainstream have been informed by, contributed to, and countered popular representations of Indigenous peoples.

The NHF Summer Symposium is a multi-disciplinary gathering devoted to the history, theory, and preservation of moving images. NHF is located in Bucksport, a town of 5,000 on the coast of Maine (for more info on NHF, please visit: http://www.oldfilm.org). Typically, presentations are in English, and last 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. The symposium is open to archivists, artists and scholars from all disciplines. NHF houses a 125-seat cinema with 35mm, 16mm, videotape, and DVD projection. We especially encourage presentations that include interesting moving images.

We prefer e-mail submissions. Please send 250-500 word abstracts outlining your paper ideas to the symposium organizers at the address below. We are happy to discuss your presentation ideas with you in advance of a formal submission. The Symposium Program Committee (Snowden Becker, Univ. of Texas; Janna Jones, Northern Arizona University; and Mark Neumann, Northern Arizona University) will begin reviewing proposals on April 1, 2010.

Please email questions and submissions to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Desiree Alliance 2010 Conference for the Academic Track

July 25 2010 | Las Vegas, NV

Deadline: March 01 2010

URL: http://www.desireealliance.org/conference.htm

Updated: February 14 2010

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Working Sex and the Twilight of Liberation

What is the significance of academic research and theory when it comes to sex work practice and policy? Where should academic researchers stand at a time when sex workers are becoming increasingly vocal in both call and response for social justice?—and in this endeavor sex workers are challenging the Academy through interrogation, deconstruction, and reconstruction of academic methods, theory, and praxis. What is the relationship between research and activism? As human rights activists across the globe call for decriminalization, what should our goals be? How can we reevaluate the ways that we write, think, and apply research among diverse sex work communities, especially where questions of sex work policy are of material concern?

The 2010 meetings of the Desiree Alliance, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, Nevada, will provide a critical space to tackle these scholarly, theoretical, and political concerns head-on as we examine our academic and public roles in relation to the most pressing problems confronting sex work policies and sex workers today. We intentionally offer the double meaning of “twilight” (as both a state of promise and uncertainty) in order to focus attention upon academia’s changing relationship with sex workers and publics who remain concerned with a wide array of interrelated exchange networks and practices. An interrogation of our contemporary goals, contributions, and intellectual heritage must critically examine the relationship between social justice and decriminalization in this twilight of hazy anticipation. We hope to generate serious conversation about these issues as we continue to reinvent sex work as a space of study and activism for this new millennium. Themes we hope to explore include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Global Models and Cross-Cultural Comparison: Global models from Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, and the US are examples of places where an array of policies have been implemented to various degrees of success. But success for whom? We encourage papers that offer a critical engagement and cross-cultural comparison to tease out the intricate meanings of policy from macro-level politics to micro-level personal experiences. Furthermore, while decriminalization has been the primary call to action in terms of social justice for sex workers, it has been under direct attack because the rhetoric and realities of global human trafficking remains the most prominent point of discussion in contemporary public discourse. How can we balance our investment in decriminalization with an understanding of popular public discourse on trafficking? How might we continue to renegotiate (and defend) the fundamental call for decriminalization as a basic human right in such a hostile political environment? This theme seeks to illuminate the relationship between policy, practice, and publics.

(2) The Interrelations Between Violence Against Sex Workers and Legal Policy: Violence against sex workers, and those identified as sex workers by law enforcement authorities, continues to be an area that is under-examined and under-theorized. How do we re-think notions of violence over time, space, and identities as sex workers increasingly articulate experiences with violence from private military contractors, police, military personnel, and other government officials? How do we conceptualize the complex of engagements and negotiations that materialize where legal policy and violence against sex workers meet? How do we develop and disseminate research that effectively addresses such serious concerns? This theme aims to interrogate the interrelationship between violence against sex workers and legal policy.

(3) Health Education and Outreach: Contemporary sex work research has championed sex workers as active partners rather than static subjects in health education and outreach projects. However, we continue to struggle to make sense of complex relationships between identity and power. For example, involving sex workers as active partners may often be met with resistance from colleagues. Funding agencies may be reluctant to fund projects that involve sex workers when laws criminalize sex work. How can sex work researchers challenge these obstacles and continue to further develop and deploy research methods and applications that take seriously sex-worker-as-partner paradigms? This theme seeks to explore historic, contemporary, and envisioned projects that holistically address health education and outreach across diverse sex work populations.
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We encourage submissions from all areas, genders, backgrounds, and ethnicities.
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A PROPOSAL SHOULD INCLUDE:
+ Title for your presentation
+ Affiliation with an organization or university you'd like to have listed (not required)
+ A short paragraph with your background and experience, or interest, in sex work, the adult entertainment industry, or the sex workers rights' movement
+ A bio which will appear in the program and on the website (approx. 200 words)
+ A detailed abstract (the description that will appear in the program and on the website- 500 words or fewer)
+ Technical support needs (e.g., projector, AV, Mac/PC, etc.)

DEADLINE:
Proposals must be submitted by March 1st, 2010 to be considered, and all submissions will be notified of acceptance by March 30th, 2010. Please let us know in advance if you need extra time or if you need to be notified of acceptance earlier. In some cases, panels will be suggested if more than one outstanding proposal on a specific topic is accepted.

CONTACT:
Please submit your proposal to Elizabeth Nanas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and copy .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), with the subject line, "Academic Proposal". Please also feel welcome to contact her through Skype at enanas72, or by phone at 313-915-4933. You may also contact the Desiree Alliance toll-free at 866-525-7967 or through email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

ABOUT THE DESIREE ALLIANCE:
The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of organizations, communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services, political advocacy, and health services for sex workers. We provide leadership and create space for sex workers and supporters to come together to advocate for human, labor and civil rights for all workers in the sex industry. For more information about our organization, please visit us at http://www.desireealliance.org/default.htm

Bringing STS Into Environmental History

August 05 2010 | Trondheim, Norway

Deadline: February 05 2010

URL: http://sts-eh2010.miljohistorie.net/

Updated: January 16 2010

This workshop focuses on the intersection of STS and environmental history, paying particular attention to how conceptual tools, approaches, and insights from science and technology studies might enrich historical studies of interactions between humanity and the natural world. We aim to bring together a variety of international scholars, primarily environmental historians but also historically-minded sociologists, ethnographers, and anthropologists to consider how, for instance, the social construction of science, public understanding of science, actor-network theory, and technological systems can be used in historical studies of human-natural interactions. Participants will present papers that develop specific empirical case studies while also being explicitly reflective about the STS methodological basis and theoretical contributions of that study.

The workshop is limited to 14 participants. Each participant will prepare a draft text that will be pre-circulated to workshop attendees in June 2010. At the workshop, each paper will be briefly presented by the author and then fully discussed by the group in a one-hour session. After the workshop, participants will be asked to revise their papers for possible inclusion in an edited volume to be submitted to an international academic press.

The workshop schedule will be as follows:
Wednesday, 4 August: Arrival, pre-workshop social event.
Thursday, 5 August: Morning and afternoon sessions.
Friday, 6 August: Morning session. Afternoon excursion.
Saturday, 7 August: Morning and afternoon sessions.
Sunday, 8 August: Departure.

Through generous grants from the Research Council of Norway, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, and Cornell University, all participant travel expenses, conference fees, and accommodation and meals during the conference will be paid.

To be considered as a workshop participant, please send an abstract of up to 300 words and a brief CV (2-3 pages) to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 5 February 2010.

We aim to include a range of scholars at various stages of professional development, so advanced Ph.D. students and junior scholars are especially encouraged to apply.

For more information, please visit the workshop web page at http://sts-eh2010.miljohistorie.net

EASA Maynooth, Crisis and Imagination

August 24 2010 | Scotland

Deadline: March 01 2010

URL: http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2010/index.htm

Updated: January 13 2010

Launching ‘Engaging Anthropology in Practice’ a project based in Scotland, this panel will showcase anthropological engagements being carried out in Europe that challenge the division between non-academic/academic audiences, to learn from these experiences and to create possible links of cooperation

The conference theme for the 2010 EASA biennial meeting asks whether at this time of global economic crisis anthropologists should resist the pressure to reframe the discipline in terms of what ‘practical use’ it may have. Rather, we believe that this is a very opportune moment to explore what ‘practical use’ entails. We also ask what imaginative acts are necessary to construe the ‘practical’ as opposed to the ‘theoretical’. It is necessary to trace the theoretical threads of this conceptual opposition in order to avoid reproducing it implicitly in the work we choose to carry out as ‘engaging anthropology’.

During the panel we will launch “Engaging Anthropology in Practice”, a project based within the Scottish Programme of Advanced Training in Social Anthropology (STAR). The project aims to develop a training agenda for postgraduate students and early career anthropologists by creating exchanges with gatekeepers of different forms of media in the UK. The aim of this panel is to showcase this sort of work already being done in Europe, to learn from these and to create possible links of cooperation.

The panel explores what imaginative acts are needed to practice anthropology in a way that reflexively engages in the world without reductionism. We welcome accounts of such engagements and especially ones that identify particular training issues, contributions that challenge the academic/non-academic division of audiences and contributions that are ‘imaginative acts’ in their form as well as content. Non-anthropologists will be invited to present and participate in this panel.

You must supply a paper title, a short 300-character abstract, and a 250-word abstract (NB: the electronic submission software is strict about this and the character count includes spaces).
Call for abstracts will open in mid-December and the deadline for abstracts is 1st March 2010. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either of the panel convenors.
For general information on the conference, see http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2010/index.htm

Out in public: towards an anthropology of public socialities in urban space

August 24 2010 | Maynooth, Ireland

Deadline: February 23 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

This workshop will explore the formation of urban publics as forms of deliberate stranger sociality that flourish in urban environments. The participation in urban publics is a significant form of place-making through which city residents can both stake symbolic claims to the city and shape the urban fabric. While cities have always presented contexts for the close co-presence of strangers, publics involve a conscious, voluntary stranger-relationality centered around a shared activity. The question of the relationship between publics as fleeting social formations and geographically locatable urban space has not been central to the debates on public spheres that developed out of the famous Habermasian account of decline. The quasi-metaphorical usage of space that dominates in the works of many public sphere theorists elides the question of how public stranger sociality is tied to the use and production of concrete spaces. We invite papers that draw upon
ethnography to reflect upon different forms of public sociality and the production of urban space. Questions to be considered could include the following:
How do different kinds of publics influence the production of urban space?
How do non-hegemonic groups contribute to the formation of urban publics through particular forms of sociality?
How are socio-political dimensions of public urban space affected by increasing privatization and commercialization of urban environments?
How are uses of public urban space regulated in the name of security and/or order, and what consequences does this have for the formation of publics?
How do multiple public spheres relate to hierarchies and hegemonies?

4S Panel: Portrait of the ARTist: Cross-cultural constructions of ‘woman’ in the context of assiste

August 25 2010 | Tokyo, Japan

Deadline: January 20 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

Category: Biomedicine
Reproductive technologies push the envelope of existing discourse, requiring new definitions of kinship, and new subjectivities to accurately represent the issues at hand. Embedded within this discourse, however, is a larger, long-unresolved paradox in the simultaneous construction of reproductive service users as patient and as consumer; a tension which has been further complicated by the emergence of a globalised “reproductive market” in which gametes, embryos and even wombs are bartered, borrowed and sold. While theorists have wrestled with the meanings and regulatory dilemmas of concepts such as ‘mother’, ‘father’, ‘life’ and ‘choice’, and scientists in the fields of gene therapy and regenerative medicine have become increasingly dependent upon human ova for the technologies they seek to perfect, the discourse of reproductive and genetic technologies relies increasingly on compartmentalization, separating the woman as knowing-subject from her constituent body parts, and leaving her largely outside the frame of debate.

This panel is seeking an international selection of papers which explore similarities and differences in the construction of women within the discourse of assisted reproductive technology (ART) emanating from different political and cultural contexts. By examining these discourses from a more global perspective, we may begin to uncover patterns that can lead to a greater understanding of the differential impact of these technologies upon the bodies of women worldwide, and explore possibilities for returning the woman-subject to the center of the frame. We cordially invite submissions for inclusion on the above panel, particularly from a non-Western perspective.

Possible areas for discussion are (but are not limited to): - construction of the woman user of ART in the popular media, legislative debate, medical literature, etc - self-created support networks for women ART users - rights-based vs other discourses in the regulation of ART services - use of ART on fertile partners of infertile men, or for the production of biologically unrelated children – at what price motherhood? - women ART users’ construction of themselves - motherhood and “desperation” in the context of expected social roles - physical and psychological impact of ART on women’s health

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts of 500 words or less should be submitted to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Word or RTF attachments, or in the body of your email. This must include a summary of the paper’s main arguments and methodology, as well as a brief statement on the contribution to the STS literature. You are very welcome to contact us to discuss possibilities for submission in the first instance.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 20th January, 2010.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 25th January.
Further information may be found on the 4S website:
http://www.4sonline.org/meeting.htm

Tokyo 2010: 35th 4S Annual Meeting

August 25 2010 | Komaba I Campus, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo

Deadline: January 15 2010

URL: http://4sonline.org/meeting.htm

Updated: January 13 2010

Call for Papers: “SS in Global Contexts”

EPIC2010 道 Dō / The way of ethnography

August 29 2010 | Midtown Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan

Deadline: March 14 2010

URL: http://www.epiconference.com/epic2010

Updated: February 17 2010

The start of this new decade marks an exciting new departure for EPIC, as we move beyond North America and Europe for the first time – to Tokyo.

EPIC is the premier international forum bringing together artists, computer scientists, designers, social scientists, marketers, academics and advertisers - and others! - to discuss recent developments and future advances around ethnographic praxis.

We seek original, high quality and engaging papers, workshops, artifacts and presentations concerning ethnographic praxis in industry, including case studies on research investigations, methodological & theoretical advances, discussions on outcomes, standards, and new applications of ethnography around this year’s conference theme:

Dō captures the sense of individual mastery that is achieved only with the help of a community and its rich heritage. Dō implies a body of knowledge and tradition with an ethic and an aesthetic.

Dō is the “path” we have travelled and also the way ahead of us.

EPIC 2010 will feature a wide range of ethnographic applications in industry, different “ways” forward. Ethnographic praxis in industry is global in scope, but adapted to different geographies (Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, North America), different contexts (academia, business, NGO’s, government), different industries (technology, healthcare, consumer goods, advertising) and different purposes (product innovation, strategy, interorganizational collaboration, communications, policy making).

Join Epic 2010 and help define Ethnography’s Dō. Show others “the way” of doing ethnography in your context, in your industry, in your geography, for your goals.

Send any inquiry about the conference to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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“Probing Technoscience” - a track within the EASST conference 2010

September 02 2010 | Trento

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

Track 8: PROBING TECHNOSCIENCE
The term technoscience emphasises the convergence of the scientific and the technological realm within a new technoscience paradigm. After the terms initial coining by the Belgian philosopher Hottois in the late 1970s, it has been re-introduced by Latour and Haraway, elaborating on the specific relationship of natural and artificial objects or, more broadly, nature and culture. In discussing technoscience, both authors not only point at the ontological differences between what they call technoscience and normal science (referring to the relationship of the epistemic realm of science and the constructionist approach of technology), they also focus on the cultural and material dimension, especially within the everyday perceptions and practices prevalent either within science or, more generally, within western society. During the past decade, an increasing number of scholars have begun to adopt the concept of technoscience, drawing on Latour and Haraway as well as on other literature. The concept has been applied in analytical as well as critical approaches. Technoscience has been discussed as a theoretical concept within STS and as an epistemic approach within science. The latter strand also refers to analyses and research on epistemic cultures initiated by Hacking, Pickering, Knorr Cetina and Rheinberger. The main aim of the proposed track is to probe the concept of technoscience in empirical and theoretical terms. The core of the concept is seen in the (proposed) convergence of science and technology, of representing and intervening, of understanding and performing and of the natural and the artificial. The track is open for discussions on the state of the art of the theoretical conceptualisation as well as for empirical analyses of technoscience (s), e.g. in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, biomedicine, systems biology, neuroscience and converging technologies, but also ecotechnologies. Furthermore, reflections on the significance of the concept of technoscience for STS, science and technology governance and society in general are welcome. Contributions should address one or more of the following questions: - Do emerging technosciences differ from traditional sciences (e.g. concerning the relationship between science and technology)? - Or does the concept of technoscience mainly represent an alternative analytical background to be applied to all scientific fields alike? - What does the label “technoscience” bring to light and what does it obscure?- What are the societal implications and governance issues raised by the concept of technoscience?- Is it possible to build upon and further develop the concept of epistemic cultures against the background of technoscience studies? Abstracts of no more than 500 words can be submitted online following website instructions on submission between January 20th and March 15th. We plan to organise for sessions with rather empirically grounded approaches (drawing on technoscience case studies) as well as for sessions starting from rather theoretical discussions - depending upon your submissions. Abstracts will be reviewed by the convenors. Authors will be notified by May 15th.

EASST 010 – Practicing science and technology, Performing the social

September 02 2010 | Trento

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

TRACK 16. BIO-OBJECTS – LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY

Bio-objects, or concepts, materialities and processes that are related to "life", play a crucial role in the 21st century in which increasing knowledge of life and its components are fundamentally transforming what life means and where its boundaries lie. New developments in the biosciences - especially the molecularisation of life - and their influence on healthcare and other aspects of our society are analysed in a diverse body of literature, looking into ethical, legal
and social implications of these new developments. New bio-objects deserve a special focus, because they are produced by, and in their turn, are producing these developments in special ways.

In our terms "bio-objects" are a new mixture of relations to life, or perhaps more specifically spatio-temporal configurations to which 'life' is attributed. They are new ongoing boundary projects between entities that were once considered 'pure' substances making up particular, discreet forms of living organisms. As a consequence, the boundaries between human and animal, organic and nonorganic, living and suspension of living, time and space, subject and object, agency and effect are questioned, destabilised and in some cases re-established.

Making the study of bio-objects explicit enables us to use it as a heuristic device – to point out and start tracing the new relations that make speaking about life and living as objects possible. However, with the concept we do not intent to reduce life to a thing or an entity - a mute object without agency. Rather, by questioning

life’s status as an 'object' –bio-object – of current technological innovations we want to point out how life is in constant interplay with novel techniques aiming at re-routing, diversifying, collecting and commodifying the vital processes that 'life' consists of. Thus, bio-objects cannot be reduced to any pure form preceding them

- rather, their plane of existence is something that could be seen as a network of unstable ontologies, an ongoing process rather than a stable form of being. As such, bio-objects contest the boundary lines between entities we have accustomed to take for granted, as existing by themselves and for themselves, and open up a new space for thinking what is it that we think is scientifically graspable in ‘life’.

The session on bio-objects traces a variety of contemporary bio-objects in their emergence, stabilisation and circulation through a number of countries. It will consist of diverse empirical investigations that provide new ways of thinking about how novel bio-objects enter our contemporary life and societies. They range
from traditional to advanced configurations of life and living such as artificial hips, cloned animals, embryos, cybrids, genetic resources, biobanks and the forms of governance that surround them.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent through the abstract submission portal on the conference wbsite (http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010) by 2010 March 15th.

Design, performativity, STS

September 02 2010 | Trento, Italy

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: www.studioincite.com, www.gold.ac.uk/sociology/staff/

Updated: January 15 2010

This track provides the opportunity to explore the extent to which forms of enactment, rather than description, might allow us to talk about the different material and temporal textures of design, innovation, interventions and STS. It aims to consolidate and push so far dispersed discussions about the relation of concepts of performativity and design through an exchange of ideas and methods from STS and design practice, conceived broadly to include empirical examples and theoretical reflections as well as art-design-STS interventions (Jeremijenko).

There is a longstanding interest amongst STS scholars in the design of new technologies, products and services (e.g. Cockburn & Ormrod, Shove, Suchman, Woolgar), as well as extensive research on design interventions in the fields of science and medicine (e.g. Clarke, Dumit). In addition designers themselves are moving beyond the design of discrete products and have started to look to STS for ways in which open and thus more uncertain challenges may be conceptualized (Kimbell, Whyte). This track encourages papers from those working in a variety of institutional locations, both inside and outside academic research.

There is now a large body of work that explores how realities and representations are enacted simultaneously in user representations, prototypes, concepts and scenarios. A debate about the implications of the performative aspects of these representational and translation devices is long overdue. How does the current developments of non- representation and ‘messy’ approaches relate to process and the performative (Thrift, Law). How does mess relate to the performative? Are designers working in a non-representational way?

The aim of the track is to expand the debates about performativity in relation to processes of enactment and becoming, the material and temporal. These might include papers dealing with scripting, affordance, liveness, ‘performance’ as well as enactments in relation to technical objects, materials and mess.

Presentations might be ethnographic fieldwork reports, synthetic analyses from secondary data or mappings of the field. However following the implication of the conference theme to take seriously the performing of the social, as well as traditional papers we also invite presentation formats which themselves might take on a more experimental or performative mode in relation to design and STS, or are materially ambitious. What kind of materials might perform the social? In this way we recognise that the material and temporal conditions of the EASST conference situation - it’s own liveness in Trento - might themselves be re-designed to explore performativity. We hope this will encourage design practitioners or those working with art, design and STS materials to take up our challenge to intervene and interrogate STS’s own enactments.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent by email (following website instructions) by 2010 March 15th.

Digital Game Play as Sociotechnical Practice

September 02 2010 | Trento, Italy

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010/abstract-submission

Updated: January 15 2010

The Digital Game industry has become one of the fastest growing, innovative and globalised industries in advanced Western economies and Digital Games have become a key cultural artefact and leisure practice in contemporary societies. Developing out of the American military industrial and academic complex in the 1970s the study of Digital Games design and play is the study of a range of sociotechnical practices and the negotiations between a range of human and non-human actors operating within systems of rules. The complexity of these relationships brings forth a series of questions that can be investigated using Science and Technology Studies approaches. However, to date games studies, with few exceptions, have failed to adopt STS approaches and the STS community has largely ignored this area of study.

This track seeks to develop the relationship between the game studies community and the STS community. Several research questions can be used to guide this: What STS theories can be used to understand Digital Games as sociotechnical phenomenon? Is the concept of practice and the practice-based approach useful to investigate Digital Games? Is there a relationship between power as inscribed and imposed by artefacts and the technical dimensions of Digital Games? What rules are inscribed into Digital Games technologies and what social worlds do these rules describe? What contribution can the study of Digital Games make to the STS discipline at large? And what contribution can an STS approach make to game studies? Can we foresee an after-method approach for Digital Games? We invite papers that tackle the sociotechnical dimensions of Digital Games and address some of the questions outlined above. Contributions might include (but are not restricted to):

• Digital Games as material semiotic artefacts
• Digital Games as sociotechnical assemblages
• The mess of digital games
• Innovation in game design as actor-networking and social shaping
• Digital Game design and/or play as performance and practice
• Disruptive sociotechnical users’ practices (e.g. hacking, modding)
• The scripting of gendered gaming practices
• Governance and regulation of gaming practices

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent by email (following website instructions:
http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010/abstract-submission) by 2010 March 15th. Please include also a preliminary references list (up to 4). Contact for inquiries: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Convenors

Aphra Kerr is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. Her research focuses on the regulation, production and consumption of digital media and in particular of digital games; she established and runs the industry and community website. (http://www.gamedevelopers.ie)

Helen W. Kennedy is Deputy Head in the Department of Culture, Media and Drama at the University of the West of England (UWE) in the UK. She has been researching and writing about games since 1993 and co-founded and chaired (from 2004 – 2009) the Play Research Group at
UWE.

Jennifer Jenson is Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education at York University. Her research interests include gender and gameplay and the design and development of digital games for education.

Stefano De Paoli is postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. Stefano has worked in STS since 2004 and recently his research interest has embraced Massive Multiplayer Online Games http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/people/postdocs/stefano_de_paoli.shtml)

Practices and the Environment: Performing Sustainability and Doing STS

September 02 2010 | Trento, Italy

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010/abstract-submission

Updated: January 15 2010

This track focuses on sustainability technologies as practices, including the practices of innovation, governing and consumption that underlie sustainable and unsustainable behaviours, and the adoption of behaviours that are held to be more sustainable (for example, lower energy consumption, choosing particular modes of transport and waste reduction). Our interest in sustainability as a practice emerges in part from Elizabeth Shove’s (2003) observation that unsustainable patterns of consumption are inscribed in every day, taken-for-granted human activities. Employing Theodore Schatzki’s notion of practice as a nexus of temporally emerging, tangled, differentiated and dispersed performances, sayings, emotions, technologies, people and things, we ask what kinds of understandings, procedures and engagements (Schatzki, 1996; Warde, 2003) mobilize and stabilize practices of sustainability. Further, rather than bracketing sustainability technologies as discrete entities, we ask how a practice-based approach might help us to understand their social shaping within practices. Finally, we ask what a practice-based approach means for doing STS.

We welcome theoretical and empirical papers. Suggested contributions might include, but are not limited to, the following approaches, topics and questions:
• Advantages and disadvantages of a practice-based approach to sustainability
• Social learning and behaviour change; the evolution and adoption of sustainable practices
• The role of institutions in performing sustainability; governance, policy and planning
• Interactions of lay, expert and professional practices of sustainability
• Practice-based approaches to socio-technical systems of sustainability
• Research methods for STS studies of practices
• Case studies of sustainable technologies
• The role of community in sustainability practices
• Normativity and analytical-distance in STS studies of sustainability practices
• The politics of sustainability practices; public participation and democracy
• Language and discourse of sustainability practices
• The role of technology in the performance of visions and expectations (un)sustainability,
• Sustainable technologies as practices
• Global, cultural and gendered variations in (un)sustainability practices

Re-thinking Global Society, The Bauman Institute - International Launch Conference School of Sociolo

September 06 2010 | University of Leeds UK

Deadline: January 31 2010

URL: http://sociology.leeds.ac.uk/bauman

Updated: January 13 2010

We are delighted to announce that the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds will formally launch the Bauman Institute in September 2010, established in honour of Leeds’s Emeritus Professor of Sociology Zygmunt Bauman.

In recognition of the launch, we are holding an International Conference here at the University of Leeds on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th September 2010. The Conference aims to bring together international expertise amongst scholars, researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students, working in a variety of fields across the arts, humanities and social sciences. As such, we are delighted to announce amongst our confirmed plenary speakers:
We invite abstracts of not more than 150 words and tied to any of the above themes to be submitted not later than 31st January 2010 to the email address below. All abstracts will be subject to peer-review and should be sent to the Director of the Bauman Institute, Dr Mark Davis: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
For further details: http://sociology.leeds.ac.uk/bauman

Health – A new religious awakening in Western Societies?

September 13 2010 | Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School

Deadline: March 01 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

Some scholars claim that health has taken over the role of religion in contemporary Western societies. Health has become synonymous with happiness and the possibility of living a perfect life. Health has become a matter of truth, intertwining norms, human practices and power relations. Today life itself is permeated by different kinds of health strategies, which situates the medicalised body as subject and object of regulation. The individual subject is now expected to experience the inner and outer world, and rebuild its own identity in relationship to a discourse of health and well-being. Speaking in the light of health is, as Monica Greco claims, a very powerful rhetoric. In this conference we have invited some of the most influential scholars working in the fields of sociology, history of medicine and the body, politics of bioethics, critical theory etcetera to discuss the prominent, normative role of health today. They will touch upon questions such as: How does the sociology of the body and the way we reflect upon diseases connect to neoliberal thinking? How do technologies of health differ from other technologies of subjectification? How does health and well being discourse define us as human beings? How does the normal differs from the pathological in these discourses? And are we all becoming somatic individuals?
Email contact information: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Abstracts should be approximately 500 words (ONE page, Word document, single spaced, excluding references).New and young scholars with ‘work in progress’ papers are welcomed. In the case of co-authored papers, ONE person should be identified as the corresponding author. Note that due to restrictions of space, multiple submissions by the same author will not be timetabled. Abstracts should be emailed .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Abstracts should includeFULLcontact details, including your name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address.State the title of the track to which you are submitting your abstract.

Conference on health in a sociological/political/philosophical view Department of Organization, Cope

September 13 2010 | Copenhagen

Deadline: March 01 2010

Updated: January 14 2010

Health – A new religious awakening in Western Societies?
Some scholars claim that health has taken over the role of religion in contemporary Western
societies. Health has become synonymous with happiness and the possibility of living a perfect
life. Health has become a matter of truth, intertwining norms, human practices and power
relations. Today life itself is permeated by different kinds of health strategies, which situates the
medicalised body as subject and object of regulation. The individual subject is now expected to
experience the inner and outer world, and rebuild its own identity in relationship to a discourse
of health and well-being. Speaking in the light of health is, as Monica Greco claims, a very
powerful rhetoric. In this conference we have invited some of the most influential scholars
working in the fields of sociology, history of medicine and the body, politics of bioethics, critical
theory etcetera to discuss the prominent, normative role of health today. They will touch upon
questions such as: How does the sociology of the body and the way we reflect upon diseases
connect to neoliberal thinking? How do technologies of health differ from other technologies of
subjectification? How does health and well being discourse define us as human beings? How
does the normal differs from the pathological in these discourses? And are we all becoming
somatic individuals?

The conference will involve a combination of plenary lectures from four key note speakers, and
the presentation of papers by conference participants in smaller, themed groups. The groups will
be organized in following tracks:
1) Health as religion: the normative role of health in contemporary Western societies
2) The politics of bioethics: bio-medicine, neo-liberalism and health
3) Health care professionals, patients, citizens and the re-organizing of private and public
domains.
4) Identity formation in health discourses: the sick body as object and subject of regulation

Important dates:
March 1 2010: Abstract
March 15 2010: Notification of decision of acceptance
June 15, 2010: Full Paper

Email contact information:
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Abstracts should be approximately 500 words (ONE page, Word document, single spaced,
excluding references). New and young scholars with 'work in progress' papers are welcomed. In the case of co-authored papers, ONE person should be identified as the corresponding author. Note that due to restrictions of space, multiple submissions by the same author will not be timetabled. Abstracts should be emailed .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Abstracts should include FULL contact details, including your name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. State the title of the track to which you are submitting your abstract.

Price of conference: 100 Euro (including lunch, coffee, conference materials)

Sentient creatures: Transforming biopolitics and life matters

September 15 2010 | Oslo, Norway

Deadline: March 15 2010

URL: http://www.cultrans.uio.no

Updated: January 15 2010

The concepts of biopower and biopolitcs, so eloquently and significantly laid out by Michel Foucault, are quite possibly insufficient to our understanding of past and contemporary living. Just think about zoonoses including the ?swine flue? pandemic, and the ways in which the production of facts about the human body have been and continue to be built upon the observation and manipulation of animals. These and similar examples suggest that two correctives or re-emphases are required. First, studies of life and the living alert us to the fact that biopolitics is not only about humans, in the form of the human individual, or in the form of the human population, it is rather about an assemblage of matters of life. Second, there is neither a self evident or totalising human power over life, nor an unproblematic politics of life. The relation between life and politics needs both theoretical and empirical specificity. To expand slightly on each of these:

First, even a narrow focus on the life of living humans immediately takes in nonhumans and other than human lives. Securing life and making life live is always more than human. Indeed, humans are and always have been conditioned upon non-humans: as in laboratory medicine, in our ways of producing and taking life - for food, and as crucial entities in debates about who ?we? think ?we? are. Animals are objects, but also subjects, symbols and signs.

Second, if lives are practised in many places and with many others, then how do we start to understand the lives that are being and have been made? Past work has tended to underline various practices of control and technologies of knowledge and surveillance. Perhaps rather than an overarching framework we need narratives and ethnographies of the living, taking in the multi-sited, multi-logic and multiple ways in which lives are and have been assembled, disassembled, practised and possibly policed and politicised. Instead of asking only how is and has control and knowledge been extended over life, we should also look at the imperfect living practices which often defy orders, escape detection, fail to produce or only loosely hang together.

An aim of this conference is to bring historically oriented narratives and approaches together with contemporary studies, hence to bring the archive into an exchange with, for instance, ethnographic ways of working. It is to link the ways in which we narrate the past now, with ways of approaching and re-presenting the present. Thus our questions will not only evolve around what´s going on, what are these transformations, but also the question of method; how to do the work ? empirically as well as theoretically.

Possible topics for sessions and papers are: Protecting, caring, conserving, killing, enhancing, ordering, securing, displaying, naming, modeling lives

How do we understand current and past interventions in lives and living processes?

Are current and past attempts to politicize biology,and to biologize politics, or biopolitics, sufficient to understand who and what is at stake?

How are practices as diverse as public health, health care, agriculture, field and laboratory science, politics and war changing lives and altering as those lives change?

The conference will take place at the Thorbjørnrud hotel outside Oslo. The event is a joint venture? with CULTRANS (http://www.cultrans.uio.no) and the projects Newcomers to the farm, Animals as objects and animals as signs standardisation and visualization of animals, Nature and Science in Politics and Everyday Practices and the Research network DRUGS.

If you want to take part in the conference: Send an abstract of about 400 words to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) presenting your research interest and the paper you want to present at the conference. Deadline March 15 2010. Deadline for a short version of the paper will be May 15. There will be a conference fee covering hotel and food expenses.

Contemporary medical science and technology as a challenge for museums

September 16 2010 | Copenhagen

URL: http://tinyurl.com/ylx5atx

Updated: January 15 2010

The 15th biannual conference of the European Association of Museums for the History of Medical Sciences (EAMHMS) will be held at the University of Copenhagen, 16–19 September, 2010.

This year’s cross-disciplinary conference focuses on the challenge to museums posed by contemporary developments in medical science and technology.

The image of medicine that emerges from most museum galleries and exhibitions is still dominated by pre-modern and modern understandings of an anatomical and physiological body, and by the diagnostic and therapeutical methods and instruments used to intervene with the body at the ‘molar’ and tangible level – limbs, organs, tissues, etc.

The rapid transition in the medical and health sciences and technologies over the last 50 years – towards a molecular understanding of human body in health and disease and the rise of a host of molecular and digital technologies for investigating and intervening with the body – is still largely absent in museum collections and exhibitions.

As a consequence, the public can rarely rely on museums to get an understanding of the development and impact of the medical and health sciences in the last 50 years. Biochemistry and molecular biology have resulted in entirely new diagnostic methods and therapeutic regimes and a flourishing biotech industry. The elucidation of the human genome and the emergence of proteomics has opened up the possibility of personalised molecular medicine. Advances in the material sciences and information technology have given rise to a innovative and highly productive medical device industry, which is radically transforming medical practices. But few museums have so far engaged seriously and in a sustained way with these and similar phenomena in the recent history of medical sciences and technologies.
The contemporary transition in medical and health science and technology towards molecularisation, miniaturisation, mediated visualisation, digitalisation and intangibilisation is a major challenge for the museum world; not only for medical museums, but also for museums of science and technology, and indeed for all kinds of museums with an interest in the human body and the methods for intervening with it, including art museums, natural history museums and museums of cultural history.

Contemporary medicine is not only a challenge to exhibition design practices and public outreach strategies but also to acquisition methodologies, collection management and collection-based research. How do museums today handle the material and visual heritage of contemporary medical and health science and technology? How do curators wield the increasing amount and kinds of intangible scientific and digital objects? Which intellectual, conceptual, and practical questions does this challenge give rise to?

The conference will address questions like (but not limited to):

+ How can an increasingly microanatomical, molecularised, invisible and intangible (mediated) human body be represented in a museum setting? Does the post-anatomical body require new kinds of museum displays?
+ How can museums make sense of contemporary molecular-based and digitalised diagnostic and thereapeutic technologies, instrumentation and investigation practices in their display practices?
+ How can museums make use of their older collections together with new acquisitions from contemporary medicine and health science and technology?
+ What is the role of the visual vs. the non-visual (hearing, smell, taste, touch) senses in curatorial practice and in the public displays of contemporary medical science and technology?
+ What can museums learn from science centers, art-science event venues etc. with respect to the public engagement with contemporary medical science and technology? And, vice versa, what can museums provide that these institutions cannot?
+ How can museums draw on bioart, ‘wet art’ and other art forms to stimulate public engagement with the changing medical and health system?
+ How does physical representations of contemporary medicine in museums spaces relate to textual representations in print and digital representations on the web?
+ How can museums integrate emerging social web technologies (Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) in the build-up of medical and health exhibitions?
+ What kind of acquisition methods and policies are needed for museums to catch up with the development of contemporary medical science and technology, especially the proliferation of molecular and digital artefacts and images?
+ What kind of problems do museum encounter when they expand the acquisition domain from traditional textual, visual and tangible material objects to digital artefacts (including software, audio- and videorecordings, and digitally stored data) and non-tangible scientific objects.
+ How can participatory acquisitioning, crowd-sourcing, wiki-based methods, etc. (‘museum 2.0’) be employed for the preservation and curation of the contemporary medical heritage?
+ How can curatorial work in museums draw on medical research and engineering and on academic scholarship in the humanities and social sciences? And, vice versa, how can museums contribute to medical teaching and research and how can their collections stimulate the use of physical objects in the humanities and social sciences?

The conference will employ a variety of session formats. In addition to keynotes and sessions with individual presentations of current research and curatorial work there will also be discussion panels and object demonstration workshops.

We welcome submissions from a wide range of scholars and specialists – including, for example, curators in medical, science and technology museums; scholars in the history, philosophy and social studies of medicine, science and technology; scholars in science and technology studies, science communication studies, museum studies, material studies and visual culture studies; biomedical scientists and clinical specialists; medical, health and pharma industry specialists with an interest in science communication; engineers and designers in the medical device industry; artists, designers and architects with an interest in museum displays, etc.

We are especially interested in presentations that involve the use of material and visual artefacts and we therefore encourage participants to bring illustrative and evocative (tangible or non-tangible) objects for demonstration.

100-300 word proposals for presentations, demonstrations, discussion panels, etc. shall be sent before 28 February 2010 to the chair of the program committee, Thomas Soderqvist, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

For further information, see http://tinyurl.com/ylx5atx or contact Thomas Soderqvist, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). For practical information about travel, accommodation, etc., please contact Anni Harris, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), after 4 January 2010.

The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies

September 29 2010 | Darmstadt, Germany

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies
(S.NET) is an international association that promotes open intellectual
exchange towards the ad-vancement of knowledge and understanding of
nanotechnologies in society. S.NET represents diverse communities,
viewpoints, and methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. It
welcomes contributions from scientists and engineers that advance the
critical reflection of nanotechnologies and related developments.

The program committee invites all discussions of anthropological,
cultural, economic, ethical, historical, philosophical, political, and
sociological aspects of nanosciences and emerging technologies. This can
take the form of individual abstracts, proposals for sessions with three
to five presentations, and other formats. 250-word abstracts for
individual papers, up to 1000-word-abstracts for sessions and other
formats can be submitted online until March 15 at www.theSNET.net.
Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by April 30, 2010. Graduate
students are encouraged to submit.

In the spirit of an emerging society that looks at emerging technologies
as an emerging field of inquiry, we welcome all innovative suggestions
about themes and session-formats to foreground critical issues. These
can be submitted informally at any time to the program committee. -
Where needed, we will try to secure travel stipends for speakers. - This
year's plenary speakers include Armin Grunwald, Richard Jones, Bernard
Stiegler, and Jan Youtie.

More information about S.NET, the past meeting in Seattle, and the
upcoming conference in Darmstadt can be found at www.theSNET.net.

Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)

September 30 2010 | Tacoma, Washington

Deadline: March 31 2010

URL: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/

Updated: January 15 2010

The Society for the History of Technology will hold its annual meeting in Tacoma, Washington from September 30 to October 3, 2010. The Program Committee invites paper and panel proposals on any topic in the history of technology, broadly defined. Sessions dealing with non-Western technologies are particularly welcome. Of special interest for 2010 are proposals that engage in themes that resonate with the concerns of the specific locale. These include:

Consumption: In the popular imagination, the Tacoma-Seattle area is associated with several important corporate entities (Boeing, Microsoft, Nintendo, Starbucks, etc.) whose goods and services are deeply embedded in global consumer culture. At a moment in time when consumption, sometimes excessive, sometimes globalized, sometimes exploitative, is of great concern to both the public and policy-makers, Tacoma is an appropriate place for historians to (re)consider technologies of consumption. We are especially interested in papers that see production and consumption as coterminous processes and which historicize consumption as part of broader processes in the history of technology. We define consumption very broadly to include the public's active engagement with technologies and technological systems, which may include environmental, communications, and obsolete technologies.

The Program Committee encourages sessions dealing with topics appropriate to the meeting location, such as aerospace and maritime history, labor history, forest products, information technology, and themes relevant to the Pacific world. We also encourage historians of technology to reach out to scholars in aligned and/or related fields when constructing research proposals as one way to create a more interdisciplinary environment. Finally, we invite papers and panel proposals that emphasize the longue durée, particularly those that problematize demarcations such as modern/premodern, colonial/postcolonial, and preindustrial/industrial. As always, sessions dealing with pre-modern, Medieval, and ancient topics are especially welcome.

The Program Committee's highest priority in evaluating paper and panel proposals is scholarly excellence. The Committee welcomes proposals for individual papers or sessions, as well as works-in-progress from researchers of all stripes (including graduate students, chaired professors, and independent scholars). It welcomes proposals from those new to SHOT, regardless of discipline. Multinational, international, and cross-institutional sessions are also desirable. We especially encourage proposals from non-Western scholars.

For the 2010 meeting the Program Committee continues to encourage unconventional sessions; that is, session formats that vary in useful ways from the typical three/four papers with comment. These might include round-table sessions, workshop-style sessions with papers that are pre-circulated electronically, or "author meets critics" sessions. We also welcome poster proposals for presentation in poster sessions. Please note that in general we discourage panels with more than three papers.

The deadline for proposals is 31 March 2010. Please submit your proposals to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Proposals for individual papers must include:
1. a one-page abstract (maximum 600 words)
2. a one-page curriculum vitae, including current postal and e-mail addresses

Proposals for complete sessions must include:
1. a description of the session that explains how individual papers contribute to an overall theme.
2. the names and paper titles of the presenters
3. for each presenter, a one-page summary (maximum 600 words) of the paper's topic, argument(s), and evidence used
4. for the commentator, chair, and each presenter: one-page c.v., with postal and e-mail addresses

Please indicate if a proposal is sponsored by one of SHOT's special interest groups.

Submission Instructions:
1. Materials should be sent as a single text attachment to an e-mail message to the Program Committee Chair, Asif Siddiqi at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

2. Proposals for complete sessions as well as individual papers should be submitted in one file.
3. Please adhere to the 600-word limit for each paper. Use no unusual fonts or special formatting, and save your attachment either as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or as a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file. Nearly all word processing programs, including those used on Apple computers can save text in the Rich Text Format. Do not use Adobe Acrobat (pdf).
4. Name your attachment with your last name and the word 'proposal', e.g. 'Smith_proposal.doc'.
5. A session organizer should also deliver a description of the overall session. If you are organizing a session and proposing a paper in that session, you will be delivering both an "abstract" and "proposal", plus your c.v.
6. If you are proposing a non-traditional session you may indicate that in the "abstract." These also require a curriculum vitae.

General information:
While SHOT rules exclude multiple submissions (i.e., submitting more than one individual paper proposal, or proposing both an individual paper and a paper as part of a session), scholars may both propose a paper and serve as a commentator or session chair.

Generally speaking, the Program Committee discourages scholars from presenting papers at two consecutive meetings held in North America. Exceptions can be made for scholars traveling from overseas. Individuals are always welcome to serve as chairs and commentators and are encouraged to let the Program Committee know if they are available.

For more information about the Society for the History of Technology and our annual meeting, please see the SHOT webpage:
http://www.historyoftechnology.org/

For questions, please contact SHOT Secretary Bernie Carlson at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

2010 International Metropolis Conference The Hague

October 04 2010 | The Hague

Updated: February 14 2010

The International Metropolis Project is an international network of
researchers, policy officials and NGOs sharing a common vision of enhancing migration and diversity policy by applying empirical social science research. Now the world's largest such network, it is perhaps best known for its major annual conferences, the next of which takes place in The Hague, 4 - 8 October 2010. Each conference attracts between 800 and 1000 delegates for high-level plenary sessions, a comprehensive study tour programme and more than 60 concurrent workshops. The conferences are an opportunity for delegates - both expert and novice - to discuss critical issues, identify research and policy gaps, compare international experiences and build the Metropolis network. The 2010 International Metropolis Conference will be of interest to policy makers, administrators and representatives from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as academic researchers.

I would like to draw your attention to the Call for Workshop Proposals, and invite you to submit a proposal of your own. The deadline is April 1 for the Workshop proposals. The proposals will be adjudicated according to the strength of the proposal, best fit with conference themes, and representation of a broad range of perspectives from various countries. Workshops must have participation by representatives from more than one sector (academic, government/policy, and NGO/community). Workshops that do not meet this criteria will not be included. Metropolis is actively encouraging participation from Asian and African countries, and encourages workshops that address gender aspects of migration and diversity. Please read the attached calls carefully. Additional information can be found on the conference website (http://www.metropolis2010.org/).
This conference is an excellent opportunity to showcase your own research to a wide and diverse public, to exchange empirical data and theoretical ideas, to extend your network, and to prepare international publications.

Membranes, Surfaces and Boundaries: interstices in the history of science, technology and culture

October 07 2010 | Workshop at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.

Deadline: January 31 2010

URL: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/workshops/en/Membranes-Surfaces-Boundaries.html

Updated: January 13 2010

The world, more of than not, is and has been conceived in its compactness, as stuff, things, and objects; far less so, in its interstices. Science, technology and culture, of course, are permeated and traversed by boundary phenomena: From the materialities of life itself, whether cellular membranes, skin, immune-systems or ecological habitats, to surface, separation and purification processes in chemistry and industry to the making, processing and exhibition of photographs and films, things coalesced at surfaces. They are palpable as well in the history of geography and politics, of urban and private spaces, of literature, art, psychology and the self, and certainly enough, as interfaces, in contemporary media theory.
The workshop Membranes, Surfaces and Boundaries aims to recover and bring together these interstices. We wish to attract contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including the natural sciences, that cross, straddle and make permeable these specialist divides, and that interrogate the historical being of surfaces. We wish to focus the workshop on the materialities of membranes, surfaces, and boundaries themselves. Possible anchors are surfaces and membranes as biological entities; chemical and technical phenomena at boundaries such as catalysis, filtration or electrophoresis; or films, photographic and otherwise, as media of projection and material surface processes. We invite contributions engaging with these and other spheres and their manifold intersections. Some illustrative questions include: In the history of science, can we generate cultural histories of the biological cell, a historiographically rather neglected object? Or related, of the similarly neglected but important, huge fields such as electro-chemistry or chemical engineering? Might we re-read through surface-objects disciplinary histories, experimental practices or the ways science is permeable to its social and cultural settings (and vice versa)? In film and media studies, how can attention to the materialities of surfaces incorporate the histories of science, technology or industry? Or again, more philosophically, how can we bring together concepts and materials, the abstract and concrete, metaphors and physical boundaries in re-thinking the histories of interstices? All submitted abstracts showing some relation to our main theme will be given careful consideration. Abstracts of up to 300 words should include your name, institutional affiliation, and email address. These should be submitted by email to Mathias Grote (mgrote@mpiwg- berlin.mpg.de) and Max Stadler (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2010.

“Race-Making and the State: Between Postracial Neoliberalism and Racialized Terrorism”

October 08 2010 | University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Deadline: March 30 2010

URL: http://www.criticalraceconference.arts.ualberta.ca/

Updated: January 13 2010

Despite the ‘wilful forgetting’ evident in much Canadian and international studies scholarship, racial thinking, race-making and racial imaginaries long have served the imperial and colonial designs of empires and states alike. German philosopher Eric Voegelin was among the first to think through the relationship between race-making and the state. In Race and State, he insisted that the racial idea was a fundamental element of the modern state. For Voeglin, it was irrelevant whether race was a biological or genetic fiction; this did not belie its power or its real life political, material or social salience. Hannah Arendt in turn persuasively argued that race thinking has been wide-spread across the west since at least the eighteenth century, and functioned as a political device to differentiate the ‘primitive’, ‘savage’ and ‘barbarian’ from the ‘civilized’. Racism was a powerful ideological weapon in imperialist policies including the ‘scramble for Africa’ and in the dispossession of Indigenous lands. In Society Must Be Defended, the French social theorist Michel Foucault advanced the notion of ‘state racism’ as one expression of the biopower of the modern state, which unleashed governing technologies to ‘make live’ some groups and ‘let die’ others. Other important works on the ‘racial state’, prominent among them, Omni and Winant (1994), Anthony Marx (1998), David Theo Goldberg (2002), Sherene Razack (2008) and Sunera Thobani (2007), have linked imperial and colonial racisms to the conceits of modern liberal states, which purport to be race neutral, colour-blind and even postracial, while masking, reproducing and even reinforcing historical inequities.

The nature of race thinking and race-making are differently configured in two dominant logics of the twenty-first century: neoliberalism’s racial imaginaries of an individualized, atomized person who can leave behind her or his racial, ethnic and gendered self and the racial
imaginaries of 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’, which make clear that ‘outsider groups’ are always already shaped by racial and gendered markers. Arguably neoliberalism has depoliticized race and racism, indeed, all structural inequalities. It has reduced racism to a psychological shortcoming that can be mediated through the promotion of cross-cultural understanding. In this context, we are confronted with the paradoxical claim that while there may be racism, apparently there are no racists and no systemic conditions of racial inequality. This paradox disdains historical memory of institutional and structural racism and ‘forgets’ that racial thinking and race-making have shifted over time, space, and regimes with sometimes devastating effect. What is racism and who if anyone can be called a racist?
Race-making and the ‘racial state’ too often are imagined as cases of exceptions, such as Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa. This too elides the everyday and normalized practices of race-making and racism and obscures meaningful anti-racist practices. In such contexts, what
do anti-racism and decolonization mean? How do they manifest intheories, practices and policies?
Please visit website for details of the organization. CALL FOR PAPERS: The primary purpose of this conference is to explore race-making, anti-racism, decolonization and the state. We encourage papers and panels that take an interlocking analysis with class, gender, sexuality and disabilities. Topics may include but are not limited to: the role of the state in producing racial classifications, hierarchies and imaginaries; racial projects including colonialism,indigenous dispossession, slavery and internments; 9/11, violence and the war on terrorism; state inventions of ‘black sites’ of rendition and torture as well as routinized practices such as photographing, fingerprinting, and surveillance of racial others; race in immigration and refugee policies, detention centres and similar securitized initiatives; the political economy of race in a neoliberal era; science, genetics and race; skin, body and identity; race, fantasy and desire; comedy, satire and race; the evasion and even erasure of race from many disciplinary efforts to understand the constitution of advanced liberal states and markets; colonial encounters and racism that informed dominant relations between indigenous peoples and white settler societies; and that think through anti-racisms, anti-colonialism, decolonization and social justice in theory, policy and practice.

The R.A.C.E. 2010 conference organizer is Dr. Malinda S. Smith, Political Science Department, University of Alberta. Please send a 300 words abstract in Word or RTF with title, keywords, institutional affiliation and contact to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and include a 150 words Bio locating your work in critical race /anti-colonial scholarship by 30 March 2010 to:
Dr. Malinda S Smith, 2010 R.A.C.E. Conference Organizer, University of Alberta, Telephone: 780.492.5380 / Fax: 780.492.2580, Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address),
Web site: http://www.criticalraceconference.arts.ualberta.ca/

Globalizing Beauty: Body Aesthetics

October 14 2010 | German Historical Institute, Washington, DC

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: January 13 2010

Beauty matters. That it matters more and more in modern societies can easily be measured in the amount of money people spend on cosmetic surgeries, on fashion, on cosmetics, on looking at beautiful stars, and, since the 1990s in particular, in the number of scholarly articles and books analyzing exactly this phenomenon. Challenging the myth of eternal, unchanging, and cross-cultural beauty ideals, this conference inquires into the rise of powerful and yet ambiguous discourses on and practices of body aesthetics in the 20th century; it explores the interaction of hegemonic and non-hegemonic discourses on body aesthetics; and it tracks the impact of globalization and commodification on the struggle for beauty.

What is considered beautiful depends on time and space, that is, on cultural and social settings. Beauty is linked to other categories of difference—the good, the strong, the wealthy, the healthy people. Beauty is highly gendered, closely affiliated with racial hierarchies, and has
always been a tool of social distinction. Owning beauty and accessing beautiful things are privileges. As with consumerism in general, the acquisition of beauty relies on and reinforces preexisting social hierarchies. At the same time, the modern discourse on beauty is embedded
in ideas—one may say, illusions—of social advancement. Beauty defines identity, and it causes controversy.

Please submit materials via email to both - Hartmut Berghoff, Professor of Economic History, Director, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, email: Ms. Baerbel Thomas (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) - Thomas Kühne, Professor of History, Strassler Family Chair in the Study of Holocaust History, Clark University, Worcester, MA, email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

University history, university collections and university practices

October 14 2010 | Trondheim, Norway

Deadline: April 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

After very successful meetings in Oslo in 2008 and Tromsø/Lofoten in 2009 we are pleased to announce the Third conference on the history of science in Norway, which will take place from 14 to 17 October 2010 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. The conference is being hosted in collaboration between the Forum for Kunnskapshistorie and the NTNU Anniversary History Project.

The theme of the conference will be “University history, university
collections and university practices”. In 2010 the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the city of Trondheim will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1760 and the 100th anniversary of the Foundation of the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1910. We invite submission of papers and organised sessions related to the theme as well as to the history of science in its broader sense, including the history of social sciences and humanities. Please send proposals of no more than 200 words (word doc or rtf format) to the email address below before 15 April 2010. Please include a short biography highlighting main research interests no more than 50 words. Proposals will be
reviewed by the Programme Committee. Participants will be notified by 31 May.
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes, with additional 10 minutes for
discussion. The conference language will be English.
For submission of abstracts and requests for more information, please
contact:
Ragnhild Green Helgås (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Cross-National and Comparative History of Science Education: 4th European Society for the History

October 18 2010 | Barcelona, Spain

Deadline: January 20 2010

URL: http://4eshs.iec.cat/

Updated: January 15 2010

This session assesses the need of further cross-national and comparative work in history of science, medicine and technology prompted by current perceptions of disciplinary crisis, around questions such as "big pictures", European centres and peripheries, the rise of global history, and the integration of non-Western science in the historical canon. It intends to do so, by focusing on the study of science education, and by promoting interdisciplinary communication between two subjects which rarely interact (the history of science and the history of education). Cross-National comparison was a major driving force in the nineteenth-century organization of education. Educationists, scientists and students circulated across national boundaries and compared different educational systems, producing accounts which contributed to inform educational reforms in their own national or local contexts. In the same period, the history of education emerged as a discipline aimed at illuminating contemporary educational research and organization through a historical perspective. Cross-National comparison was a key method, which, in spite of various epistemological challenges has survived up to our days, giving rise to well-established academic fields such as comparative education.

Historians of education have often approached the study of science from the point of view of institutions and curricula, producing in certain cases large scale international comparisons, and mainly focusing on primary education, and (increasingly) on secondary education. In contrast, historians of science have favoured tight accounts of pedagogy and training in local context, and commonly focused on higher education. In the last decade, some major works in this field have produced international pictures on science pedagogy, through the study of circulation of scientists and pedagogical tools. However, approaches are still too often restricted to local or national contexts, as they are in the history of science at large.

The aim of this session is to contribute to the historiographical development of the history of science and the history of education, by presenting papers dealing with more than one national context in comparative fashion, and including historiographical and methodological reflection on the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of this approach. The purpose of this session is neither to break national boundaries, nor to reaffirm them, but to discuss about them and through them and to show how cross-national comparison offers more accurate results than traditional approaches -explicitly or implicitly- restricted to the nation. Papers may not cover a whole country and can instead focus on comparison of regions or more local unities of analysis. Intra-national comparisons will be admitted if justified, although we will favour cross-national comparisons. Papers are invited to deal in comparative and cross-national perspective with the following objects and themes: - Pedagogical practices - Curricula - Pedagogical tools (teaching collections, pedagogical diagrams, pen and paper technologies, etc.) - Institutions - Examination frameworks - Textbooks - Teaching spaces - Teachers - Students - Comparisons by contemporary circulating or transnational actors (teachers, students, educationists) - Interactions between Pedagogy and Research

Abstracts for this session should include justification of What is going to be compared, Why, and How, and arguments explaining how you think that your comparative and cross-national analysis might contribute to change the current historiography of the topic tackled in your paper. Due to the complex nature of producing comparative research on more than one national context, collaboration between scholars from different countries -although not strictly required - is encouraged and always welcomed. Analogously, we seek to promote collaboration between historians of science and historians of education. Please, include name and affiliation, and a 300-word abstract, making clear the objects of your comparative and cross-national study and the relevance to this session (What, Why, How, Historiographical Arguments). Send it as a Word or RTF document to Josep Simon (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). DEADLINE: 20th January 2010

Contacts previous to the deadline are more than welcome. If you intend to submit a paper for this session and wish to discuss your contribution, do not hesitate to contact Josep Simon (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). For information on the conference and registration deadlines see: http://4eshs.iec.cat/

Sustainable Cities? Fifth Biennial Urban History Association Conference

October 20 2010 | Las Vegas, NV

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

The Program Committee seeks submissions for panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers on all aspects of urban, suburban, and metropolitan history for the Fifth Biennial Urban History Association Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 20-23, 2010. The local host is the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

While “sustainability” has often been defined as planning for the future, we will be investigating the history of urban futures across many time periods in many metropolitan areas and many countries. We encourage submissions on questions of land use, energy, space, place, the built environment, and the natural environment in historical perspective. We would like sessions on the host city, Las Vegas, and its history of rapid, expansive growth. We welcome sessions on the history of urbanization in North America, as well as Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, in ancient and pre-modern as well as modern periods.

Beyond the theme of the conference, the committee encourages all types of historical analyses, including:

Work on qualitative research methods across urban history and the social sciences

Work on digital humanities, geography, GIS mapping, and photography

Comparative, regional, transnational studies

Work focusing on race, gender, class, and space

Research on architecture, the environment, technology, and science

Presentations on historic preservation including small cities and towns

Sessions that revisit classic works of urban and suburban history

Preference will be given to complete panels. Panel proposals should designate a single person as contact and include a brief explanation of the overall theme as well as one-page abstracts of each paper and a 250-word biography for each participant. Round table proposals follow this format but organizers should submit one page on the theme and a 250-word biography for each presenter. Those submitting an individual paper, please include a one-page abstract and a 250- word biography. Submissions are due February 1, 2010 and should be sent via e-mail to Professor Janet R. Bednarek at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

As part of the conference, the UHA will organize workshops for graduate students writing dissertations in urban and suburban history. Students who have written a prospectus and who wish to participate in a workshop should apply with a 2-4 page letter of interest by February 1, 2010 to Janet.Bednarek @ notes.udayton.edu.

Pharmaceuticals in Historical Context

October 22 2010 | University of Wisconsin

Deadline: March 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy invites submissions for the 2nd Madison Medicines Conference, “Pharmaceuticals in Historical Context,” to be held 22-23 October 2010.
Pharmaceuticals – whether from natural sources or research laboratories – have been central to the treatment of disease throughout human history. The conference organizers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers that address the theme of placing medicines into
the social, political, economic, or philosophical context of any era or place using the tools of history.

Papers will be presented in plenary sessions over the two days in a workshop-style conference that seeks to foster and reflect the growing body of pharmaceutical scholarship across historical disciplines. Newer scholars are especially encouraged to submit abstracts. Some travel funds will be available for graduate students, and established scholars interested in using the scholarly resources of the American
Institute of the History of Pharmacy can apply for travel funds through the Sonnedecker Visiting Scholar Program (www.aihp.org).

Send abstracts of up to 250 words to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 15 March 2010. Abstracts should include the title of the paper, information concerning the research question examined, the sources used and preliminary results. Please also include your contact details (name, affiliation, e-mail-address). All papers are to represent
original work not already published.

”Africa for Sale” Analysing and Theorizing Foreign Land Claims and Acquisitions

October 28 2010 | Groningen University, Netherlands

Deadline: May 15 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

While foreign land acquisitions in Africa are no recent phenomenon, the last several decades have witnessed an unprecedented level of large-scale land acquisitions all over the continent;
millions of hectares of land in Africa are increasingly claimed by and leased out to transnational entities, government businesses, multinational corporations, and international organisations.
Sometimes referred to as “neo-colonialism” due to their resemblance to colonial land exploits, these acquisitions have been largely driven by a global “scramble” for food security and access to natural resources. Foreign actors gain access to land in part by employing discursive tools and media to portray African farmland as “unused” or “unproductive” while the local farmers are portrayed as “backwards”, underdeveloped, environmentally destructive, and desperately poor.
Access is also secured through the market capitalist economy and often legitimized as “economic growth” or “sustainable development”. Indeed, proponents argue that land deals bring new technologies, improved agricultural practices, poverty alleviation, and modernisation to
developing countries.

However, the presence of foreign stakeholders in local territories also involves an encounter of often contradictory cultural paradigms, leading to pervasive social, economic and cultural changes and/or conflicts. In practice, these new land deals often result in the forced eviction of subsistence farmers from land which is simultaneously viewed as their “cultural heritage”, thereby severing them from their cultural and socio-economic attachments to past, present and
future.

While the nature and scope of large-scale, foreign land acquisitions has been taken up by the non-governmental arena (e.g. NGOs) very little academic scholarship has addressed these deals both analytically and theoretically, from [comparative] historical and contemporary perspectives. In turn, several important questions remain unanswered: What are the implications of foreign land leases for local populations? How are these deals mediated, structured and legitimized?
What is the role of multinational corporations in the economic, political, social, and environmental governance of developing countries in Africa?

Submissions addressing historical and contemporary aspects of foreign land acquisitions are welcome. We also encourage papers that offer methodological tools and theoretical models to analyse these land acquisitions. Due to the multifaceted theme of the conference, we seek and welcome abstracts from a variety of disciplines.

Contributions addressing the following four fields are particularly welcome:
1.) Food security: Foreign (government or company) investments in “unused,” arable land for large-scale agricultural production.
2.) Large-Scale Mining: Multinational claims to land for mineral exploitation.
3.) Conservation Projects: International environmental NGO acquisition or control of land for biodiversity conservation and/or protected area management.
4.) Tourism: Land acquisitions for purposes of tourism development.

The following thematic list is provided to help orient potential submissions:
Cultural Implications; Poverty and “Sustainable Development”; Food and Human Security; Neoliberalism; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); China's Engagement in Africa; Environmental, Social and Cultural
Impacts; Socio-cultural dimensions of “compensation”; Multinational Mining; Land Tenure Conflict; Food and Financial Crisis; Bio-engineering; Corporate Governance; Offshore Food Production;
Debt-for-Nature Swaps; REDD (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation); Carbon Trades; Biopiracy; Ecotourism; Mining-Conservation Partnerships; Biodiversity Offsetting;
Climate Change; Land as Cultural Heritage; Cultural Change; Resettlement; Indigenous Environmental Knowledge; World Bank “Growth Poles” Project; Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

Important dates:
- 15 May 2010: deadline for abstract submission of individual papers (max. 400 words) including
brief biography of the author(s) (max. 100 words)
- 15 June 2010: selection of papers by the Conference Organising Committee and designing of the
final programme
- 1 September: deadline for submission of selected papers (max. 8.000 words)
Abstracts and papers should be written in English. The conference language is English. Please forward your submission to:
Conference Organising Committee: Michel Doortmont (Groningen University), Sandra Evers (VU University Amsterdam),
Froukje Krijtenburg (Institute of Historical Justice and Reconciliation), Caroline Seagle (VU)

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NACBS Roundtable Proposal: The “Object” of Early Modern Science

November 12 2010 | Baltimore, MD

Deadline: January 31 2010

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Updated: January 15 2010

This roundtable (4 papers) will treat the question of early modern scientific methods and instruments, particularly uses of a technology by which an object is examined, rendered, or recognized as scientifically significant. For example, papers might consider microscopes, medical instruments, or measuring devices. But the paper should also be focused on the particular object of study. Does the object under examination change through different technologies? Do different technologies yield different understandings of the same object? Are these understandings politically, ideologically, culturally inflected? How does that inflection temper our understandings of “science?” But papers could also “object” to the ways that early modern science is currently framed in the discipline. What do we need to consider now in order to understand science then? Are there helpful (or less helpful) ways of considering the idea of “objectivity?” (“Early Modern” here is broadly defined; papers pre-1800 or so will be considered) Please send a 300-word abstract and brief CV by January 31, 2010 to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Circulation, Obstruction, and Decay in the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Medicine

November 17 2010 | New Orleans, LA

Deadline: February 01 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

American Anthropological Association Meetings
New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17-21, 2010

Sponsored by the Science, Technology, and Medicine Interest Group of the
Society for Medical Anthropology
Organizers: Betsey Brada, Lara Braff, and Ian Whitmarsh

This session explores circulation in the anthropological study of science, medicine and technology. How might flow and obstruction, movement and stasis be constitutive of the circulation of bodies, medical systems, pharmaceuticals, or scientific techniques and ideas?

The movement, uptake, re-imagination, and reshaping of medical and scientific regimes have long been central themes in the social study of
science and technology. The circulation of medical and scientific models creates not merely new flows of pharmaceuticals and new modes of
treatment, but also different visions of the person and the body, and
new relations among patients and practitioners. Circulation relies on
infrastructures and regimes, often made invisible or masked in the
discourse of flow. Our focus on circulation leads us to consider not
only the structure of movement but also its viscosity or quality of
flow: What is allowed to travel and how? How might the regimes that
makes circulation within science and medicine possible be said to decay,
or dissolve? In addition to conceptualizing circulation as ordered
spatial distribution, we welcome explorations of temporal circulation,
of the future and past in constituting the present.

Circulation also draws attention to blockage, and to the central role of
constrictions and clogs. Indeed, flows might be said to rely on
constraints that obstruct or redirect previously active flows. For
example, the transnational movement of medicine relying on legislation
and regulation that constrains its distribution, while the institutional
configuration of NGOs, commerce, and research may redirect the movement
of scientific expertise. We also want to explore how occlusions may be
productive and important in and of themselves, not merely representing
the absence of flow or its precondition. How might anthropological
ideas of flow and circulation be productively troubled by explorations
of clogs, blockage, or decay?

We welcome abstracts based upon ethnographic work in the area of
science, technology, and medicine that challenge our understandings of
spatial or temporal circulation as flows and/or obstructions. Please
submit an abstract of 250 words to Betsey Brada at
by Feb 1, 2010. This panel will be submitted
early for consideration as an SMA invited panel.

Language as a Scientific Tool. Managing Language as a Variable of Practice and Presentation

November 29 2010 | Vienna, Austria

Deadline: March 01 2010

Updated: January 15 2010

Language has played an important and extended role in the history and philosophy of sciences, with language itself also becoming the subject of scholarship. Linguistic environments of scientists have unavoidably affected scientific research at various levels by, for instance, imposing cultural constraints and preconceptions, and by affecting the bounds of communication that structure science as social engagement. Despite the relevance of this phenomenon, insufficient historiographical and philosophical consideration has been paid to scientists' own thoughts on language as the essential medium of their practice, and as a malleable element that can be shaped to suit their goals.

The aim of this conference is, thus, to consider the history of language as an object of scientific concern, whether for epistemological or semantic reasons, stemming from scientists' understanding of language as a tool for conceptualising the world, from concerns on successfully communicating within the scientific community among specialists or merely between scientists and the general public. In either case the examination of the historical circumstances that have motivated such reflection appear paramount.

Language can also be considered as a consciously modelled tool for achieving definite scientific and political goals. Indeed, Bacon began his natural philosophy explicitly criticising scholastic ideas on language, which for him obscured nature instead of clarifying it. Therefore, it seemed to him that language had to be reformed and properly redefined to serve in the natural philosophic endeavour. Locke gave specific attention to language as a prior question to setting an epistemological basis to natural philosophy, in turn enforcing a separation between word and meaning that put natural philosophers in direct control over their language. This revolution in language was also one of the key points of the new science hailed by members of Royal Society such as John Wilkins, who was appointed a treatise on a new philosophical and universal language. Other voices argued that gaining explicit control over language was the only way to free it from past misconceptions. The claim that science needed to formulate a theory of language able to underwrite scientists' epistemic activity recurs right up until logical positivism. At the same time, the Renaissance witnessed the struggle between Latin and the vernacular languages as means for the written codification of knowledge. From a dominant and hegemonic position, Latin gradually ceased being the only appropriate means for learned discourse, the vernaculars taking its place. Then, language critics displayed diverse arguments intertwining language with politics. In Germany, for instance, the main argument in linguistic change at the universities was the need of the introduction of a "new science" requiring a language distinct from scholastic Latin (Christian Wolff, Christian Thomasius), and thus not pervaded with scholastic ideas. This conference focuses on the question of how the process of linguistic change was effected, perceived, and conducted by scientists. From the field of philosophical discussions, to the field of "language in use", it is possible to pose crucial questions such as the following: . How has science sought to manage language through philosophical conceptions or rhetorical techniques to obtain particular goals, epistemic or otherwise? To what extent have scientists engaged in linguistic argumentation to criticize competing paradigms? . Has language been considered to be perfectly manageable? How have influences from e.g. other languages been coped with? Can it be said that linguistic purism relates only to alien words, or also to changing reality such as technology or geographical discoveries? . How has the communication of science been discussed in relation to both the "existing world" and the learned community? Has science been seen as corresponding more accurately with the "reality" (following Herder) if written in the national language of a community? How has the communication of discoveries with other scientists been perceived if this was the case? Which were the points of conflict between perfect translatability and innate and unique features of natural languages in this respect? . In what contexts have issues of language been raised and to what ends? Is it a purely philosophically-driven debate for the purpose of articulating science, or are political and social factors (co)responsible for the crises of languages commonly used in the past? . Who were the actors of linguistic change? Did scientists/natural philosophers play only a minor role, or did the impulses and crises of used languages come from other sources? . Did scientists try to develop their own definitions of language as competing with philosophical ones? How did the endeavors for perfection of language differ among different groups?

Postgraduates are particularly encouraged to submit proposals for twenty-minute papers. The language of the conference is English. The organizers plan to publish a selection of papers from this conference. Please e-mail 300-word abstracts or proposals with a brief CV to Rocío Sumillera: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Monday, March 1st 2010.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts of 500 words or less should be submitted to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Word or RTF attachments, or in the body of your email. This must include a summary of the paper’s main arguments and methodology, as well as a brief statement on the contribution to the STS literature. You are very welcome to contact us to discuss possibilities for submission in the first instance. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 20th January, 2010. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 25th January.

IASTE 2010 The Utopia of Tradition 12th Conference of the International Association for the Study

December 15 2010 | Beirut, Lebanon

Deadline: February 12 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

In recent years IASTE scholars have examined traditions and their multitude of built forms in an increasingly interconnected global landscape. To advance this effort, this conference seeks to study how tradition inspires and informs changing concepts of Utopia in theory and space. Utopian theories and plans emerge from a complex symbiotic relationship with traditions that are based on notions of the ideal. Indeed, utopias cannot be understood without understanding the traditions from which they develop.

At its etymological root, utopia embodies both the theoretical paradox of an ideal place, eu-topia, and a non-place, ou-topia, rendering it an impossibility. As an ideal place, utopia relies on tradition, but as a non-place it attempts to negate it. Although most utopias have spatial manifestations, they often attempt to harness and make static the traditions used to create these spaces. The geographies of utopia physically ground tradition, but tradition simultaneously controls these very same geographies. This contemporary moment of economic crisis necessitates a re-examination of this dynamic.

The word ‘utopia’ is no longer as commonly referenced in professional practice as it was a few decades ago. However, architects, planners, and politicians continue to look for and disseminate notions of ideal forms. Regulated by ethnicity, religion, or race, the identity enclaves of many modern nations use territory to perpetuate the vision of a perfect community based on specific traditions. The continuation and strengthening of tradition, cloaked in the language of utopia, may thus be seen to provide the focus for new gated communities in the developing world, the dreamscapes in cities around the Persian Gulf and the Pacific Rim, and the faux-colonial homes in American suburbs. On the other hand, there is an emerging discourse that reconceptualizes utopia itself, not as a product but as an open process aimed at transforming, rather than transcending, the existing condition.

Perhaps the relationship between utopia and tradition can best be understood by examining dystopia, utopia’s twin other. Dystopia finds its clearest manifestation in literary and filmic representations, such as 1984 and Blade Runner, which embody complex imageries of terror, control, and urban anxiety. Tradition, in these brave new worlds, has often been explicitly rejected, and new forms are introduced as alternatives.

The historical development of utopia both draws upon and creates anew certain traditions of space, citizenship, and government. Those engaged with the idea of utopia have always come back to its physical realization within space, however elusive and/or illusory. In writing his Republic, Plato drew heavily on Greek traditions of warfare, civic engagement, and physical form, while Augustine of Hippo’s City of God was a response to a particular moment of empire and decadence. Thomas More created a sketchy ideological geography of ‘no place’ as a mythical island with a-spatial intonations. Since the Renaissance, when architects and artists such as Vitruvius searched for the citte felice, practitioners have tried to create physical spaces that would provide Eden-like environments for humankind. In more recent times, the modernist schemes of Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier envisioned ideal spaces that claimed to erase difference. This IASTE conference will focus on the theme of utopia and tradition in the twenty-first century.

The conference will attract an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners from around the world working in the disciplines of anthropology, architecture, art and architectural history, city and regional planning, cultural studies, geography, history, landscape studies, sociology, and urban studies. They will present papers related to the following three themes:

Track 1. Utopian Ideals versus Traditional Physical Realities
Central to the conference theme is the main tenet that utopias use tradition in their formulation and perpetuation of the ideal. Inquiries regarding attributes of utopia that may be rooted in certain traditional practices are encouraged in this line of inquiry. This track seeks to explore the convergence of ideals and realities as well as the underlying concepts of utopia and how they relate to a given traditional context or are manifested in space.

Track 2. The Practices of Utopia and the Politics of Tradition
The deployment of tradition demands a certain selectivity that negates some forms of the past while celebrating others, making this exercise inherently political. In constructing utopias, practitioners also draw upon traditional discourses, practices, and forms, thus politicizing the quest for ideal communities. A key component in interrogating utopia and tradition is the political backdrop against which they occur. Examining the linkages between utopias, politics, and tradition, papers in this track are encouraged to investigate how tradition is deployed within the political sphere, and the role the state plays in formulating notions of community and governance.

Track 3. Utopia and the Space of Difference
By the end of the twentieth century, the crisis within modernism and the critical opposition to authoritarianism had caused a retreat from the idea of utopia as an ideal and perfected spatial form. This track seeks to examine new concepts of utopia that have risen to question its previous incarnations and established traditions. Papers in this track are encouraged to explore how the latest utopias have become more of an open process that engages both the present condition and the forbidden, the unseen and the marginalized, straying from the imagined idyllic landscapes towards a new politics of difference.

ubmission requirements
Please refer to our website http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/iaste for detailed instructions on abstract submissions. A one page abstract of 500 words and a one page C.V. are required. For further inquiries, please email IASTE Coordinator Sophie Gonick at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Proposals for complete panels are welcome. All papers must be written and presented in English. Following a blind peer-review process, papers may be accepted for presentation in the conference and/or publication in the Working Paper Series.

Contributors whose abstracts are accepted must pre-register for the conference, pay registration fees of $400 (which includes a special discounted $25 IASTE membership fee), and prepare a full-length paper of 20-25 double-spaced pages. Registered students may qualify for a reduced registration fee of $200 (which includes a special discounted $25 IASTE membership fee). All participants must be IASTE members. Please note that expenses associated with hotel accommodations, travel, and additional excursions are not covered by the registration fees and have to be paid directly to the designated travel agent. Registration fees cover the conference program, conference abstracts, and access to all conference activities including receptions, keynote panels, and a tour of the Beirut Central District.

conference schedulE
February 12
Deadline for receipt of abstracts and CVs

May 5
Notification of accepted abstracts for presentation

July 15
Deadline for pre-registration and full paper submissions for possible publication in the Working Paper Series.

October 5
Notification of accepted papers for the Working Paper Series

December 15-18
Conference program

December 19, 20, 22, & 21
Optional trips

Conference Site & accommodations

The conference will be held at American University of Beirut’s West Hall with accommodation at nearby hotels. In order to be able to obtain special room rates, reservations should be made online, over the phone, or through email at the conference hotel:

Gefinor Rotana Hotel, Hamra, Beirut, http://www.rotana.com/property-.htm, E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Other accommodations with a special IASTE discount:

Casa d'Or Hotel, Hamra, Beirut, http://www.casadorhotel.com/, E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

POST-CONFERENCE TRIPS

Two optional one day trips are offered at participant’s expense to Byblos and Tripoli, or to Baalbek and Anjar, on Sunday, December 19, 2010.

A two day/two night trip to Damascus, Syria, is also available on Monday, December 20-Wednesday, December 22, 2010.

To participate in any of the three additional trips, please contact Mr. Charbel Salem, Nakhal Travel, http://www.nakhal.com, E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Note: An additional visa may be necessary for travel to Syria. Please check with your local consulate.

Inquiries
Please use the following information when making inquiries regarding the conference.

Mailing address:
IASTE 2008
Center for Environmental Design Research
390 Wurster Hall #1839
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1839
Phone: 510.642.6801
Fax: 510.643.5571
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/iaste

The Stimulated Body and the Arts: The Nervous System and Nervousness in the History of Aesthetics

February 17 2011 | Durham, UK

Deadline: July 31 2010

Updated: February 14 2010

International Interdisciplinary Conference
17-18 February 2011
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, UK
Venue: Hatfield College, Durham, UK
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 July 2010

This conference will discuss the history of the relationship between
aesthetics and medical understandings of the body. Today's vogue for
neurological accounts of artistic emotions has a long pedigree. Since
G.S. Rousseau's pioneering work underlined the importance of models of
the nervous system in eighteenth-century aesthetics, the examination of
physiological explanations in aesthetics has become a highly productive
field of interdisciplinary research. Drawing on this background, the
conference aims to illuminate the influence that different medical
models of physiology and the nervous system have had on theories of
aesthetic experience. How have aesthetic concepts (for instance,
imagination or genius) be grounded medically? What effect did the shift
from animal spirits to modern neurophysiology have on aesthetics?
The medical effects of culture were not always regarded as positive. The
second focus of the conference will be the supposed ability of excessive
reading, music and so on to 'over-stimulate' nerves and cause
nervousness, mental and physical illness, homosexuality and even death.
It will consider questions regarding the effects of various theories of
neuropathology and psychopathology on the concept of pathological
culture. What kinds of culture could lead to such over-stimulation? How
was this medical critique of culture related to moral objections and
changes in gender relations, politics and society? How was it linked to
medical concern about lack of attention and willpower?
This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars working in a
wide range of fields, including not only the history of medicine but
also in subjects such as art history, languages and musicology.
Abstracts for 20-minute papers (maximum 250 words) should be submitted
electronically to the organisers by 31 July 2010 at the following
address:
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Organisers
Dr James Kennaway
Professor Holger Maehle
Dr Lutz Sauerteig

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