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Assistant Professor of the History of Recent Life Sciences The Department of History of Science at the UW-Madison invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the history of recent life sciences, extending back to the mid-twentieth century.  The position begins in August 2013.. Applicants should already hold a doctorate in History of Science, Science and Technology Studies, History, or related disciplines, or they must complete the doctorate by the time of the appointment. The successful candidate will help to advance research and teaching in the historical, political, cultural, and ethical dimensions of recent life science. The successful candidate will contribute to strengthening the humanities at the UW by drawing on historical perspectives and promoting interdisciplinary synergy within the humanities in ways that engage critically with the recent life sciences. This person should be prepared to engage in the intellectual life of ...

Sylvelyn Haehner-Rombach, ed.   Alltag in der Krankenpflege: Geschichte und Gegenwart / Everyday Nursing Life: Past and Present. Stuttgart   Franz Steiner, 2009.   307 pp.   $72.00 (paper), ISBN 978-3-515-09332-3. Reviewed by Aeleah Soine (Saint Mary's College of California) Published on H-German (October, 2012) Commissioned by Benita Blessing Everday Nursing in International Perspective _Alltag in der Krankenpflege: Geschichte und Gegenwart _/ _Everyday Nursing Life: Past and Present_ is a unique compilation of papers from the Second International Conference on the History of Nursing, which was sponsored in 2008 by the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart, Germany. Contributors represent leading scholars in German, British, and American histories of nursing but also include a few recognized scholars in the broader fields of German history and the history of medicine. As the organizer of the conference and editor of the book...

Climate and beyond. Knowledge Production about Planet Earth and the Global Environment as Indicators of Social Change The Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research of the University of Bern, the Institute of History of the University of Bern and the History Department of the University of Zurich are organising a conference to bring together historians of the earth sciences and environmental historians. It aims to explore the social, cultural and political changes induced by earth scientists and the knowledge and institutions they have created over the last two centuries. Scope of the Conference The conference will look at the issue of social change through the lens of earth matters. What do we learn about societies, their norms and collective mentalities by analysing how people dealt with planet earth, its history, climate, surface patterns, or the mechanisms underlying its dynamic structure? Topics of the precirculated papers include, for ins...

Benvolgudes i benvolguts, L’últim número de la revista Spontaneous Generations ( http://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations ), dedicat a les representacions visuals i la ciència, inclou una ressenya de la 6ena Escola de Primavera en Història de la Ciència i Divulgació preparada pels nostres companys Ignacio Suay i Mar Cuenca de l’IHMC López Piñero: ( http://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/article/download/16159/15622 ). L’últim número de la revista Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica ( http://publicacions.iec.cat/PopulaFitxa.do?moduleName=revistes_cientifiques&subModuleName=&idColleccio=3170 ) conté el dossier “Representacions visuals en ciència” amb contribucions del nostre company Agustín López (CEHIC), i de Katy Barett, Nick Hopwood, Sebastian Pranghofer i José Ramón Marcaida, tots ells participants en la 6ena Escola de Primavera en Història de la Ciència i ...