Extended Deadline for Paper Submissions - 6th Norwegian Conference on the History of Science
Extended Deadline for Paper Submissions to 21st November
2014 6th Norwegian Conference on the History of Science Norwegian Museum for
Science and Technology, Oslo, 11-13 February 2015
(Please circulate in your departments, academic networks,
and on mailing lists.)
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We are pleased to invite proposals for the 6th Norwegian
conference on the History of Science, which will take place in Oslo, Norway,
11-13 February 2015, and is organized by the Norwegian Museum for Science and
Technology. The conference will bring together scholars working on the history
of science, medicine and technology on any theme, topic or period to discuss
historical, epistemological, political, institutional and ethical issues of
relevance to both a Scandinavian and international audience. Building upon the
success of the previous meetings, which encouraged national cooperation and the
strengthening of ties with the broader international community, we welcome
proposals from researchers of all nationalities at all stages of their careers.
Greg Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of
Science, Director of the Leeds Humanities Research Institute, and President of
the British Society for the History of Science will give the opening plenary
lecture on "We Need to Talk about Mendel: Raw Peas, Cooked Data, and the
Lessons of History for Genetics." Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Professor of
History of Science, Departments of History and Biology, University of Florida
will give the conference's public lecture on "It's Not Nice to Fool Mother
Nature: The History and evolution of Infectious Disease." Finally, Gard
Paulsen, historian and author of “Building Trust: The History of DNV,
1864-2014,” will give a second plenary lecture on "The Norwegian Truth: On
the Legitimacy of Ship Classification and Commissioned History."
Proposals for organized sessions, alternative types of
sessions, such as round-tables, and individual papers are especially welcomed.
Presentations will be scheduled for 20 minutes, allowing for up to 10 minutes
for discussion. No speaker may present in more than one session. Abstracts will
be reviewed by the Programme Committee on the basis of their scientific merit
and relevance.
Planned session proposals should include:
• a brief
description of the panel’s aims (150 words maximum),
• a session
title,
• an
individual abstract for each paper in the session (250 words maximum),
• titles
for all individual abstracts,
• full
contact details of the organiser and all speakers,
• details
of any specific audiovisual equipment required.
Individual paper proposal should include:
• a paper
title,
• an
abstract (250 words maximum),
• 5
keywords,
• full
contact details,
• details
of any specific audiovisual equipment required.
All proposals should be sent as a single electronic
document to: 6nchs2015@tekniskmuseum.no.
The conference language will be English. The deadline for submissions is 21
November 2014.
For conference news and announcements, please regularly
check the conference website: http://6nchs2015.weebly.com/
For any queries regarding the conference, please contact:
6nchs2015@tekniskmuseum.no.
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On behalf of the Local Organising Committee, Jon Røyne
Kyllingstad and Ageliki Lefkaditou