Call for Papers (Second Call) 6th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science - Lisbon, 4-6 September 2014
Call for Papers (Second Call)
6th International Conference of the
European Society for the History of Science
Lisbon, 4-6 September 2014
Communicating
Science, Technology and Medicine
The 6th International Conference of the European
Society for the History of Science will be held
in Lisbon, 4-6 September 2014 and is
organized by the Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology(CIUHCT),a
research centre associated with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of
Lisbon and the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of
Lisbon.
The theme of the conference is
"Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine”.
Communicating science, technology and medicine has
always been central to the scientific and technological enterprise, but across
ages and spaces agents, audiences, means, aims and agendas behind this complex
process have varied considerably. The interpretations put forward by historians
of science, technology and medicine have also changed considerably. Historians
have been compelled recently to move away from former historiographical
categories opposing creative producers to passive recipients and consumers, and
contrasting the production of knowledge with its transmission. The vertical
model of diffusion has been superseded by a horizontal conception of
circulation and appropriation of science, technology and medicine, which gives
voice to various actors and to their different, often contradictory, agendas. Within this framework, practices of science,
technology and medicine appear as involving in an essential way forms of
communication, to such an extent that the distinction between the making and
the communicating of science, technology and medicine is ultimately blurred.
The 6th ESHS aims at stimulating historical
and historiographical studies and debates on the communication of science,
technology and medicine along the following sub-thematic clusters.
1) Human and non-human agents: experts,
amateurs, and institutions;
2) Networks of circulation and communication of knowledge;
3) Means of communication: correspondence, papers, books,
textbooks, popularization outlets, newspapers, radio, theatre, films, cartoons
and internet;
4) Spaces and modes of communication: conferences, classrooms,
public demonstrations, exhibitions, instruments, collections and museums;
5) Audiences: lay and specialized audiences, consumers;
6) Rhetorical devices;
7) Communication in the European Periphery;
8) Communication in a globalized world: challenges and
constraints; ideology of communication, hegemonic
values and commercialized science, technology and medicine
Deadlines NEW
Symposia
Submission (theme and rationale of symposium and abstract of papers) – 10
Jan 2014
Decision
regarding accepted symposia – 10 February 2014
Abstract
Submission for stand-alone papers)– 10 March 2014
Decision
regarding accepted papers – 10 April 2014
Language
Abstracts, presentations and proceedings
should be in English, preferably.
Fees
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ESHS member
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Non ESHS member
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Non ESHS member who joins ESHS (*)
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deadlines
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Early registration fee
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Euro 150
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Euro 170
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Euro 180
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30 April 2014
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Standard registration fee
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Euro 200
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Euro 240
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Euro 250
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30 June 2014
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Late and onsite registration fee
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Euro 220
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Euro 260
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Euro 270
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After 1 July 2014
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(*) Non ESHS members who want to join ESHS benefit from a special offer
of one year membership including the online ESHS journal, CENTAURUS.
Website address http://www.eshs.org/ and http://eshs2014.ciuhct.com/
For any other information please contact
the local secretariat Fátima de Haan (occoe@occoe.pt)
Looking forward to seeing you in Lisbon
On behalf of the Local Organizing
Committee
Ana Simões
Maria Paula Diogo