Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century” (A Cultural History of Heredity V)" at the University of Exeter, 2-4 September 2010.

International workshop “Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century” (A Cultural History of Heredity V)" at the University of Exeter, 2-4 September 2010.


Organisers: Staffan Mϋller-Wille (Exeter), Bernd Gausemeier (Berlin), Edmund Ramsden (Exeter) Deadline for Paper Proposals: 30 April 2010 The Centre for Medical History and the ESRC Research Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter, UK, and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, are jointly organising a workshop “Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century (A Cultural History of Heredity V)”. This workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Exeter from 2-4 September 2010, is part of a series that reflect a long term cooperative research project between the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science

(MPIWG) in Berlin and the University of Exeter. The project aims to uncover the technical, juridical, medical, and scientific practices by which knowledge of inheritance was historically anchored in different epochs and to understand the genesis of today’s naturalistic concept of heredity.

Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, including historians of science, medicine, art, literature, law, and economics, are invited to submit paper proposals. Conference language is English. Costs for travel and accommodation will be covered. For further information see call for papers at http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/medhist/conferences/human_heredity/index.shtml

or e-mail to S.E.W.Mueller-Wille@exeter.ac.uk