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CALL FOR PAPERS Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Fifth Biennial Conference University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark June 24-26, 2015 Abstract Submission Deadline: 5 January 2015 Please submit paper or session proposals via spsp2015.au.dk/submission Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2015 Main Contact: Sabina Leonelli, S.Leonelli@exeter.ac.uk Keynote speakers will include: Marcel Boumans (Eramus University of Rotterdam), Nancy J. Nerssessian (Georgia Institute of Technology), Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), and Léna Soler (University of Paris-I) The Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) is an interdisciplinary community of scholars who approach the philosophy of science with a focus on scientific practice and the practical uses of scientific knowledge. For further details on our objectives, see our mission statement on our website at http://www.philosophy-science-practice.org/en/mission-statement/. The SPSP confer...

Dear Colleagues, The December IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at: http://ihpst.net/newsletters/ CONTENTS 1.            President’s Report 2.         Science & Education, vol.24 nos.1-2, January 2015 Thematic Issue: Mendel, Mendelism and Education: 150 years since the “Versuche” Guest Editors: Erik L. Peterson & Kostas Kampourakis 3.            Reflection on 25 years of Journal Editorship: Michael R. Matthews 4.         Call for Journal Submissions 5.         Report on 3rd Latin American Regional IHPST Conference, Santiago, Chile 6.          Report on 2nd Asian Regional IHPST Conference, Taipei, Taiwan 7.            13th Biennial IHPST Confere...

Chers collègues, Clystère n° 36 – Janvier 2015 est paru ( January 2015 is online / Enero de 2015 es aparecida) : http://www.clystere.com Meilleurs voeux, Best Wishes, Mejores Deseos ! Dr Jean-Pierre Martin service de gériatrie centre hospitalier Jean Leclaire 24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda France ---------------------------------------------------------- Clystère : E-revue histoire des objets et instruments médicaux anciens, histoire de la santé : www.clystere.com ----------------------------------------------------------- SOMMAIRE N° 36 – Janvier 2015 Editorial L’image du mois : La chaise de Barany (Joël Desjardin) Histoire des instruments : -          Pierre Salles, coutelier chirurgical à Riom, XVIIIe : marque et vignette (Philippe Mereau) -          La fabrication des instruments de chirurgie : le point de vue de l’ingénieur (Philippe Lépine) -          Les ...

La redacción de Panace@ anuncia que el número monográfico de la revista, que se publicará en diciembre de 2015, y que coordinarán Gonzalo Casino, Antonio Calvo Roy y Santiago Graiño, estará dedicado al “Periodismo científico y biosanitario”.  El objetivo de este monográfico es hacer una revisión de los enfoques, prácticas y maneras de ejercer esta especialidad. Tras una revisión histórica, parece claro que estamos en un momento crítico en el que están pasando muchas cosas a la vez y están cambiando de manera notable las prácticas habituales. Pretendemos conocer el estado del periodismo científico y biosanitario hoy, determinado por dos realidades nuevas: por una parte, la doble crisis —de negocio e informativa— de los medios de comunicación; por otra, el impacto de los nuevos canales y herramientas que las tecnologías de la información han puesto a disposición tanto de los usuarios individuales como de los medios. La pregunta que se pretende responder es: ¿cómo afecta esta doble ...

Sixth International Workshop on the History of Human Genetics Glasgow, UK (Scotland), June 5-6, 2015 Principal Themes: ‘Human Gene Mapping’ and ‘Oral History of Human Genetics’ Call for Abstracts/Papers: We would like to invite proposals for the Sixth International Workshop on the History of Human Genetics which will take place in Glasgow, UK (Scotland), 5-6 June 2015. The topics for this workshop are ‘Human Gene Mapping’ and the ‘Oral History of Human Genetics’. Proposals for presentations (250 words maximum) should be submitted via the ESHG webpage: https://www.eshg.org/636.0.html.  The deadline for proposals is January 9, 2015. The History of Human Gene Mapping Gene mapping in Drosophila began over a century ago, but human gene mapping is more recent, beginning with the linkage between haemophilia and colour-blindness on the X chromosome by Bell and Haldane in 1937 and the first autosomal linkage by Jan Mohr in Copenhagen in 1951. In 1973 the first Workshop on Human Gene Mapping...