Category: Call for Papers

Call for Papers:  Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy: UNESCO (1946-1958) Organised by the Institut d’Història de la Ciència (IHC), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and the Centre Alexandre Koyré (CAK), CNRS-EHESS-MNHN, Paris. This is a call for participation to an international on-line workshop exploring the role of science popularization as cultural diplomacy at UNESCO. From its creation… Continue reading CfP Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy: UNESCO (1946-1958)

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

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?”

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

Organisers Willemijn Ruberg, Utrecht University Rational 26-28 August 2021Department of History and Art History, Utrecht University In recent years research into the history of forensic science has expanded. In addition to institutional developments and advances in technology, increasingly the entanglements between legal frameworks, forensic institutes, technology and culture have been explored by historians and scholars… Continue reading Forensic Cultures

Organisers Joanna Behrman, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Christian Joas, Niels Bohr Archive Greg Good, Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics Rational The American Institute of Physics (AIP) Center for the History of Physics and Niels Bohr Library & Archives are pleased… Continue reading Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences

Organisers Dr Sophie Gerber, TMW Eleanor Armstrong, UCL Rational How can the science and technology museum, as a cultural and social institution, explore the opportunities of reflecting and developing a plural society? In what ways are these museums still bound by existing collecting, labeling, and exhibiting practices? How are museum curators, practitioners, scholars grappling with… Continue reading Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections

Organisers Sjang ten Hagen & Emma Mojet (Vossius Center, University of Amsterdam) Rational The University of Amsterdam will host a two-day workshop on 7-8 May 2020, entitled “How Disciplines Interact”.* Format of the workshopHistorians of the sciences and the humanities have described many interactions between disciplines. One frequently occurring form of interaction concerns the transfer… Continue reading “How Disciplines Interact” (University of Amsterdam, 7-8 May 2020)