Call for Papers: 2014 History of Science Society Annual Meeting
HSS 2014 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
Chicago, Illinois, USA
6-9 November 2014
The History of Science Society will hold its 2014 Annual Meeting in the Westin, Michigan Avenue in Chicago, the "Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders." As we do in every even-numbered year, we will also be with our colleagues from the Philosophy of Science Association.
The HSS encourages submissions on all topics. All proposals must be submitted on the HSS Web site (http://www.hssonline.org) or on the annual meeting proposal forms that are available from the HSS Executive Office: info@hssonline.org. Participants do not need to be members of the HSS, but all participants must register for the meeting (organizers who invite speakers are responsible for making sure that registration fees are paid). Appli cants are encouraged to propose sessions that include diverse participants: a mix of men and women, and/or a balance of professional ranks (i.e., mixing senior scholars with junior scholars and graduate students). Strong preference will be given to panels whose presenters have diverse institutional affiliations. Only one proposal per person may be submitted and an individual may only appear once on the HSS program -- workshops and other non-typical proposals (e.g., interest group lectures, noon-time roundtables) are excluded from this restriction. Prior participation at the 2012 (San Diego) and 2013 (Boston) meetings will be taken into consideration.
All proposals (sessions, contributed papers, and posters) must be submitted by 8 April 2014 to the History of Science Society’s Executive Office. Poster proposals must describe the visual material that will make up the poster. The HSS will work with organizers who wish to pre-circulate papers.
To encourag e and aid the creation of panels with strong thematic coherence that draw upon historians of science across institutions and ranks, the conference organizers have created a wiki at http://hssmeeting.wikia.com. Anyone with a panel or paper idea seeking like-minded presenters should post and consult the postings there to round out a prospective session. Instructions are available on the site. Before sending a proposal to the HSS Office, we ask that everyone read the Committee on Meetings and Programs’ “Guidelines for Evaluating Proposals.” The 2014 program co-chairs are Deborah Coen (Barnard College) and Matthew Stanley (New York University). National Science Foundation travel grants, intended to defray the cost of travel to the meeting (hotels and meals are not included), will be available for graduate students, independent scholars, a nd recent PhDs (degree in the past 5 years) -- only U.S. citizens or those studying at U.S. institutions are eligible. We will also offer a limited number of dependent care grants (up to $200) for those who need such assistance. For information on these grants, please contact info@hssonline.org or 574.631.1194
574.631.1194.Please note: Individuals who plan to participate in both conferences (HSS and PSA) may see unavoidable scheduling conflicts. We will make reasonable efforts to avoid such conflicts.