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4S Palestine Forum | Contributions Call

Published On: Jul 30 2024

The 4S Palestine Forum, launched earlier this year as the initial project of the Working Group on War and Genocide that was initiated at 4S Honolulu in 2023, is welcoming further contributions.

Please submit new short blog-style entries, as well as references to published work, syllabi, and other resources by writing info@4sonline.org.

View the Palestine Forum in its entirety here: https://www.4sonline.org/palestine_forum.php

CfP | Writing History of Science on the Global South

Published On: Nov 25 2024

Deadline: Dec 1, 2024

Marcos Cueto (Fiocruz, Brazil), Patricia Palma (U. Tarapacá, Chile), Thomás Haddad (U. São Paulo, Brazil) and Roberto Chauca (U. Sydney, Australia) are organizing a symposium titled “Writing History of Science on the Global South” for the upcoming 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology which will take place at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, 29 June-5 July 2025. We welcome papers that address the role that people and institutions in the Global South have played in the construction of “universal” scientific ...

Goethe University | 8 Doctoral Positions

Published On: Oct 4 2024

Deadline: Nov 26, 2024

The DFG research training group (RTG) „Fixing Futures“ will offer 8 doctoral researcher positions at Goethe University in Frankfurt, starting May 1, 2025. The mission of the RTG „Fixing Futures“ is to investigate ‘technologies of anticipation‘ – that is, socio-material orderings and temporal orientations that have the capacity to define entire domains of knowledge, forms of social organisation, or even societies as a whole. We have now published the information and guidelines for applicants and the application form on the Fixing Futures website. Applic...

CfP Graduate Students | Pre-conference workshop

Published On: Oct 4 2024

Deadline: Dec 1, 2024

Lithium Extraction: Research Directions and Needs in Latin America, LASA conference at UC Santa Barbara, Center for Restorative Environmental Work. This pre-conference workshop brings together scholars from different disciplines to discuss research advances and needs regarding lithium extraction and climate justice in Latin America. The workshop will have two components- a virtual morning graduate student paper workshop and in-person afternoon roundtable discussions.

CfP | InterAcademy Partnership Competitive Grants

Published On: Oct 18 2024

Deadline: Dec 2, 2024

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) invites proposals from IAP member academies and regional networks, for projects that would help advance IAP’s mission and strategic goals. Proposed projects should preferably be collaborative across member academies and regional networks. Priority will be given to project proposals that aim to establish or continue support for collaborations across disciplines (for example, collaborations across academies of science, medicine and engineering), especially in areas linked with recent or ongoing IAP projects, and/or involve long-term IAP member academies a...

Princeton | HMEI Environmental Fellows Postdoctoral Program

Published On: Oct 4 2024

Deadline: Nov 30, 2024

The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton University is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 HMEI Environmental Fellows Program. This postdoctoral program seeks scholars from all disciplines across the sciences, engineering, policy, and the humanities. The fellowship supports early career scholars in developing their research within a highly collaborative community of environmental scholars.

CfP | Medical and Health Humanities: Global Perspectives 2025

Published On: Oct 4 2024

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024

The 3rd international conference on Medical and Health Humanities: Global Perspectives 2025 in Doha, Qatar on February 7-8, 2025 invites abstracts for oral presentations and posters on the topics of: narrative medicine, medical sociology, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics and narrative ethics, literature and medicine, arts therapies and arts-in-health, healthcare communication, the history of medicine and other humanistic initiatives in health and medicine.
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2024 | Notification of Acceptance: January, 1 2025 | Event: Feburary 7–8, 2025

Volvo Environment Prize nominations

Published On: Nov 25 2024

Deadline: Jan 20, 2025

The Volvo Environment Prize aims to recognize and support outstanding scientific achievements that contribute significantly to environmental stewardship and sustainability. The Prize is awarded annually and consists of a hand-crafted diploma, a glass sculpture, and a cash award of SEK 1.5 million (approximately Euro 135,000 or USD 142,000). The two most important criteria are scientific excellence and contributions to decision-making and policy. The candidate must have an outstanding research and publication record, and special attention is paid to the scientist’s impact. Nominations for...

CfP | Unsettling Global Media and Communication Studies

Published On: Oct 10 2024

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024

The Center for Advance Research for Global Communication fellows are pleased to welcome submissions for the CARGC Fellows 2025 Biennial Conference. This conference is an excellent space for students, early career scholars, and practitioners. We welcome interdisciplinary and multimodal approaches and contributions from early career scholars across various fields. Keynote speech will be given by Dr. Nabil Echchaibi (University of Colorado Boulder).

New Book | Engineers and the Two Taiwans

Published On: Oct 10 2024

"What a book. Engineers and the Two Taiwans traces how engineers creatively crafted professional identities and pathways in the cracks of multiple, shifting empires – and in so doing helped create Taiwan as a thing-unto-itself. In showing how engineers shaped and were shaped by geopolitics and the birth of a new electronics industry, the book opens up fresh perspectives on longstanding questions about who engineers are, how they are trained, where they ought to work, and ultimately what engineering is for."
Jessica M. Smith | Professor | Colorado School of Mines

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