The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) is pleased to announce the outcome of the competition for the third IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science. This prize competition seeks to encourage fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science as an integrated discipline. For this… Continue reading IUHPST essay prize 2021
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History of astronomy: 1-year postdoc position
DISHAS is inviting applications for a 1-year post-doctoral position in the history of astronomy The position is expected to start on October 1, 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter Applications no later than May 31, 2021. Result will be published on June 30, 2021. In the astral sciences, texts and genres of text, diagrams,… Continue reading History of astronomy: 1-year postdoc position
CfA Diplomatic Studies of Science, 8-9 november 2021
Diplomatic Studies of Science: The Interplay of Science, Technology and International Affairs After the Second World War Monday, November 8th, 2021 and Tuesday November 9th, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Maison de la Chimie, 28 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris The Gordon Cain Conference 2021 focuses on the fascinating interplay of science, technology and international affairs after the Second World War. By… Continue reading CfA Diplomatic Studies of Science, 8-9 november 2021
Executive Director, History of Science Society
The History of Science Society seeks a visionary Executive Director. Founded in 1924, the Society is dedicated to understanding science, technology, and medicine in historical context. More than 1700 individual members, one-third of whom reside outside the United States, support the Society’s mission to foster interest in the history of science, promote discussion of science’s… Continue reading Executive Director, History of Science Society
book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”: new volume
We have the pleasure to inform you that a new book has appeared in the book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”, published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/15657): Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds.Editors: Cécile Michel and Karine Chemla, 2020: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030483883 The following four titles have already been published: Pieces and Parts in… Continue reading book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”: new volume
International on-line workshop Observing, sensing, detecting
Observing, sensing, detecting Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives International on-line workshop 4-5 February 2021 Organized by the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA), with the endorsement of Commission C3 History of Astronomy of IAU and of History of Physics Group of the European Physical… Continue reading International on-line workshop Observing, sensing, detecting
CfA ESHS 2nd Early Career Scholars Conference 2021 (deadline extension)
2nd ESHS Early Career Scholars Conference Science and its Enemies: Exploring Conflicts and Alliances in the History of Science Call for Abstracts (Deadline extended) 20-22 September 2021 in Athens, Greece The Early Career Scholars Network of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) was founded to better integrate graduate students and early career researchers in the activities… Continue reading CfA ESHS 2nd Early Career Scholars Conference 2021 (deadline extension)
Call for Papers Science and Education: “Why Trust Science and Science Education?”
Call for Papers Science & Education Special issue: “Why Trust Science and Science Education?” Public debates around issues such as climate change and vaccination have put into question the public trust in science (Oreskes, 2019). Some science education researchers have adopted positions that science is fundamentally shaped by ideology (Mackenzie, Good, & Brown, 2014). The… Continue reading Call for Papers Science and Education: “Why Trust Science and Science Education?”
CfP Observing, sensing, detecting: Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives
Observing, sensing, detecting: Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives Organizer: Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA) Online workshop, 5 February 2021 During the 20th century and up to the recent outbreak of gravitational astronomy, the art of observing the cosmos has deeply changed both in terms… Continue reading CfP Observing, sensing, detecting: Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives
Call for applications for an Assistant Professor – History of early modern geology
The FARE research project (Grant of the Italian Ministry of University and Research), “Positioned Cosmology in Early Modernity: The Geo-Praxis of Water-and-Land Management in Venice”, together with the ERC research endeavor (CoG, Horizon 2020, GA 725883), “Institutions and Metaphysics of Cosmology in the Epistemic Networks of Seventeenth-Century Europe at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice… Continue reading Call for applications for an Assistant Professor – History of early modern geology