Dear colleagues, Please find below a call for contributions for a symposium at the 11th European Society for the History of Science Conference (ESHS Barcelona 4-7 Sept 2024): Testing the Limits of the Gendered Body: Extreme Corporeal Experiences in Modernity (long 18th and 19th centuries). Nuns that survived only on breathing air, mesmerized people that… Continue reading Testing the Limits of the Gendered Body: Extreme Corporeal Experiences in Modernity (long 18th and 19th centuries).
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Call for abstracts: Networks of knowledge transmission in times of crises
Call for abstracts Networks of knowledge transmission in times of crises Symposium at the 11th ESHS Conference Science, Technology, and the Earth. Barcelona 4-7 Sept. 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example of a global health crisis that revealed multiple social challenges and demanded cooperation between different domains, such as scientists, governments, policy-makers,… Continue reading Call for abstracts: Networks of knowledge transmission in times of crises
Call for abstracts: Styles of Thinking & Doing in the Ecological History of Scientific Knowledge and Practices
Ian Hacking (1982) initiated the project of exploring ‘styles of scientific reasoning’ by drawing from Alistair C. Crombie’s (1994) historical investigation on ‘styles of scientific thinking in the European tradition.’ Through this project, Hacking emphasized that ‘reason has a history’ and how standards of rationality emerge and evolve historically. Recognized as a valuable historical and… Continue reading Call for abstracts: Styles of Thinking & Doing in the Ecological History of Scientific Knowledge and Practices
ESHS Symposia, Call for abstracts ‘Cosmic Distances: Ideas and Techniques for Measuring the Celestial Realms in Medieval and Early Modern Times’
This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural symposium seeks to foster discussion on the theme of ‘Distance’ in the context of medieval and early modern astronomy and cosmology. The aim is to provide a platform for diverse perspectives and approaches on distance-related topics, bringing together scholars from various areas of expertise and theoretical background. Topics might include, but… Continue reading ESHS Symposia, Call for abstracts ‘Cosmic Distances: Ideas and Techniques for Measuring the Celestial Realms in Medieval and Early Modern Times’
ESHS2024: Science in political transitions. The role of the sciences in era changes.
Dear colleagues, We welcome contributions for a session for the upcoming ESHS2024 conference in Barcelona. Symposium title: ‘Science in political transitions. The role of the sciences in era changes’ Convenors: Max Bautista Perpinyà (UCLouvain) and Judit Gil-Farrero (Universidad de Zaragoza) Abstract: ‘Transition’ is a concept of the new millennium: we move ‘towards’ an era of… Continue reading ESHS2024: Science in political transitions. The role of the sciences in era changes.
Call for Papers – Science Diplomacy: Searching for a Deeper Past (ESHS 2024 Symposium)
11th ESHS Conference, 4–7 Sept 2024, Barcelona (Spain), Theme: Science, Technology, Humanity, and the Earth Call for Abstracts – Symposium Title: Science Diplomacy: Searching for a Deeper Past Organizers: Daniel Gamito-Marques (NOVA School of Science and Technology), Lif Lund Jacobsen (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen) Session Description This symposium organized by the… Continue reading Call for Papers – Science Diplomacy: Searching for a Deeper Past (ESHS 2024 Symposium)
Lost Hope? The Rise and Fall of the concept of the Noosphere
The symposium will explore whether hope, which was linked to the Noosphere concept in the 20th century, can be regained. This idea has fluctuated in popularity, having been a founding principle of the UN but also intertwined with reactionary political ideologies such as Russian Euroasiatism. In the symposium, I would like to ask to what… Continue reading Lost Hope? The Rise and Fall of the concept of the Noosphere
Medicine Between Commerce and Selfless Service
Medicine is a deeply ethical profession. But, especially nowadays, it cannot be done without money. What is the discourse of merciful help vs. commercial care? Which actors negotiate the space between them and how? How did the process change through history? What should be the ideal shape of up-to-date, efficient, and human medicine? Let’s elaborate… Continue reading Medicine Between Commerce and Selfless Service
Data, Satellites, and Environmental Knowledge
Proposal for a symposium at the 11th ESHS Conference, Barcelona 4-7 September 2024. Science, technology, humanity and the Earth. Title of the symposium: Data, satellites and environmental knowledge Scientific, economic and political knowledge about the environment today relies enormously on satellite data about the oceans, the atmosphere, the land surfaces and the ice. These data… Continue reading Data, Satellites, and Environmental Knowledge
Decentralising the history of knowledge: The co-construction of knowledge through discussions on the importance of informal agents and circulation processes (16th to 19th centuries).
Over the last twenty years, from a fundamentally historical perspective, the production of knowledge and its circulation have been understood as an essentially communicative practice. From this communicational process, we can understand the dynamics surrounding the production of knowledge, its acceptance and validation. These new forms of knowledge production are analysed today based on the… Continue reading Decentralising the history of knowledge: The co-construction of knowledge through discussions on the importance of informal agents and circulation processes (16th to 19th centuries).