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Virtual Issue of Social History of Medicine, marking the Society for the Social History of Medicine 2014 Conference 'Disease, Health and the State'. Guest editors Laurinda Abreu and Sally Sheard hand-pick 20 articles and 18 book reviews from our back issues. All articles and reviews are free to access until 8 August 2014 and can also be found here. Laurinda Abreu and Sally Sheard Introduction Articles Paul Slack Dearth and Social Policy in Early Modern England Harold J. Cook Policing the Health of London: the College of Physicians and the Early Stuart Monarchy Simon Szreter The Importance of Social Intervention in Britain's Mortality Decline c.1850–1914: a Re-interpretation of the Role of Public Health F. B. Smith The Contagious Diseases Acts Reconsidered Nadja Durbach ‘They Might As Well Brand Us’: Working-Class Resistance to Compulsory Vaccination in Victorian England E. P. Hennock Vaccination Policy Against Smallpox, 1835–1914: A Comparison of England with Prussia and Im...

The contest is open to graduate students and recent graduates,and the winner receives registration, lodging, travel expenses and a banquet ticket to an SHOT annual meeting of their choice. (Including, for example Dearborn 2014, Albuquerque 2015, Singapore 2016.) Deadline is August 1, 2014 See complete information and rules at: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/tech_stories/video_contest.html Please contact suzannemoon@techculture.org with any questions. We look forward to seeing your entries!

Announcing the Fall 2014 Joel A Tarr Prize Call for Submissions: Envirotech, a special interest group within the Society for the History of Technology and the American Society for Environmental History, invites nominations for the 2014 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize. The Tarr Prize recognizes the best article published in either a journal or article collection on the relationship between technology and the environment in history. The prize committee is particularly interested in publications that show how studying the intersections of environment and technology can lead to new insights into historical topics. Articles originally published in any language are welcome, but applicants must provide a translation of non-English articles. To be eligible for the 2014 prize, the article must be published between November 1,  2012, and June 15, 2014. The Tarr Prize carries a cash award of $350 and will be conferred at the Society for the History of Technology conference in Dearborn, ...

History and Philosophy of Biology is edited by Dawn Digrius, California State University, (History of Biology) and Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, UCSC, (Philosophy of Biology). www.pickeringchatto.com/hpb Dawn Digrius invites proposals for single-authored books and edited collections concerning the historical examination of plants, animals and humans including but not limited to: natural history, evolutionary theory, genetics, environmental sciences and the role that social, economic, and political forces played in knowledge production; she is also interested in practices of science and science in practice, from a historical perspective, bioethics, biotechnology and molecular biology in their historical context. The series spans historical examination of non-Western science and brings together insights from historians and philosophers to shed light on significant developments and issues in the life sciences. Contributions from both established and younger scholars are welcome. Please contac...

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) seeks a Head Librarian (to begin no later than January/February 2015) to: ·        Support the research of scholars in a wide range of specialties ·        Oversee the acquisition of works in both paper and digital form ·        Coordinate an extensive inter-library loan program ·        Supervise a staff of 6 fulltime librarians ·        Develop strategies for integrating new techniques and sources for interdisciplinary research in the humanities ·         Represent the Institute at national and international forums on the future of research in the humanities The MPIWG is the world’s largest research institute in the history of science, with projects spanning many disciplines, cultures, languages, ...

Programa de la Trobada 2014 (23.07.2014) DIVENDRES, 26 de setembre de 2014 9.00-11.00h. Sala Abat Panyelles Sessió 1. Rafael Patxot com a pretext: els mecenatges científics Coordinació: Sílvia Alemany Comunicacions: Francesc Xavier Duran, Rafael Patxot: un esbòs biogràfic Maria Àngels Suquet, Rafael Patxot protagonista dels tallers d’història de l’arxiu municipal de Sant Feliu de Guíxols Eliseu Guillamón, La descoberta del jardí de la Masia Mariona Santiago Vallmitjana, Jorge Núñez, Antonio Marzoa, La ullera astronòmica de Rafael Patxot i Jubert Oriol Puig, Rafael Patxot, Pioner en observació meteorològica i en l’estudi dels núvols Joaquim M. Puigvert, Rafael Patxot i els mecenatges culturals. L’exemple de l’Estudi de la Masia Àlvar Martínez, Empar Pons, Una científica a l’exili: l’insòlit itinerari de Josfa Barba Gosé (Barcelona 1903 -Filadèlfia 2000) 11.00-11.30h Cafè 11.30-13.30h. Sala Abat Panyelles Sessió 2. La ciència dins la ficció literaria Coordinació: ...

Autor : D. Simón Lorda, C. Gómez Rodríguez, A. Cibeira Vázquez, O. Villasante (eds.) Año : 2013. Número en la colección : 51. N. Páginas : 608 Tamaño : 20,5 x 13,5 cm. Ilustraciones : Sí. ISBN : 978-84-95287-69-4 Índice : Los autores Prólogo/Introducción Literatura y psiquiatría -La función paterna en el Quijote, Valentín Corcés Pando -El instinto de muerte de R Novoa Santos. Acerca de la muerte, el suicidio, la eutanasia y el derecho a decidir sobre la propia vida, Federico Menéndez Osorio -Enfermos y sanadores en la obra de Cunqueiro, Ángel Vázquez de la Cruz -Sustancias narcóticas y alucinógenas en los textos cervantinos, Francisco López-Muñoz, Cristina Andrade-Rosa, Pilar García-García y Cecilio Álamo -La psicología imaginal como herramienta de análisis de la obra narrativa de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Julio Zarco Rodríguez, Celia Rodríguez Varela y Ana Suela Martín -El “ánima” en la obra narrativa de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Julio Zarco Rodríguez,...