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To be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia 13-15 January 2016 Conference Host: Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Siem Reap (Cambodia) http://www.khmerstudies.org/ With support from: Center for Khmer Studies (Cambodia) The Canada Research Chair in Health Care Pluralism, Université de Montréal (Canada) University of Sydney (Australia) Tembusu College at National University of Singapore (Singapore) Program Committee: Dr. Krisna Uk, Center for Khmer Studies, Cambodia Prof. Laurence Monnais, Université de Montréal, Canada Assoc. Prof. Hans Pols, University of Sydney, Australia Dr. Mitch Aso, University at Albany, SUNY, United States and members of the Local Organizing Committee As HOMSEA will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in Siem Reap (where everything began ten years ago!), all proposals on the subject of the history of medicine and health in Southeast Asia will be considered, but preference will be given to those on the theme of:“History of Medicine in Southeast Asia: Future Perspectives” Plea...

The Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics (HAPP) at St Cross College, University of Oxford is able to offer one Visiting Fellowship a term for scholars coming to Oxford to carry out research on a topic in the history and philosophy of physics with details on how to apply at the webpage below: http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/happ/happ-visiting-fellowships-st-cross-college

he BSHS Annual Conference will take place from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July 2015 at Swansea University. Registration is now OPEN. To register use this link: http://www.bshs.org.uk/register-bshs-annual-conf-2015 Full details of the conference, including (shortly) its draft programme, may be found here: http://www.bshs.org.uk/conferences/annual-conference/2015-swansea. Enquiries about the academic programme may be directed to bshs2015programme@bshs.org.uk. Please note registration will close on 5 June 2015. Venue and accommodation The conference will be held at the Singleton Park campus of Swansea University, which overlooks the magnificent sandy beach of Swansea Bay and adjoins Singleton Park proper, containing botanical gardens, boating lake, and acres of open meadow. It will start on the evening of Thursday 2 July with a plenary lecture delivered by Prof Iwan Morus (Aberystwyth University). On Friday afternoon we will announce the winners of the Dingle Prize and the new John Pickstone ...

Second Call for Papers - International Conference “Science & Religion” The National Hellenic Research Foundation - Institute of Historical Research and the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens – Epistemology & Science Education Lab are organizing the International Conference “Science & Religion” in Athens, 3 – 5 September 2015. The Conference is associated with the NARSES Research Project aiming to map the relationship between sciences and religion from the 4th c. AD to the 20th c. in Southeastern Europe and the East Mediterranean. The Project focuses on social formations where Eastern Christianity was the dominant religious tradition with the purpose to fill an important gap in the historiography of science: while a huge literature exists on the relation between science and religion in the context of Western Christianity there is almost a void for the areas of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan states, marked by Eastern Christian...

The School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds is pleased to offer a variety of funding opportunities to support taught postgraduate study.  The closing date for several of these schemes is *Friday 8 May*. They are: Santander Scholarships AHRC Research Preparation Masters Studentships Fees Scholarships Small Endowed Awards School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science Taught MA Scholarships The School of PRHS at Leeds is one of the largest centres for philosophy and HPS in the UK.  It has a thriving postgraduate community, and an internationally renowned research profile (with particular strengths in aesthetics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, history and philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion). The School offers the following MA programmes: Philosophy Philosophy of Science History and Philosophy of Science History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Please feel free to contact the Directo...

S OMMAIRE N° 40 –MAI 2015 L’image du mois : Une seringue en os, XVII ou XVIII e (Jean-Pierre Martin) Histoire des instruments : -          Montrez-moi votre glotte… le spéculum laryngien du docteur de Labordette (Guy Gaboriau) -          Autres instruments antiques et anciens du musée du Val-de-Grâce (Richard-Alain Jean) -          La collection des instruments de chirurgie au Musée de l’Histoire de Marseille : L’usage des instruments en temps de peste (Jamel El Hadj) -          Canne anglaise ? … origine France ! (Bernard Petitdant) Histoire de la santé : -          Antoine François Fourcroy (1755-1809), médecin et comte d’Empire, réformateur et promoteur de l’enseignement hospitalo-universitaire en France (Xavier Riaud) ...

** ATT: Last chance to send your paper (call ends May 4) ** We are pleased to announce that the 2nd Luso-Brazilian Meeting on the History of Tropical Medicine (2LBMHTM) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 14-16 October 2015.  It is organized by the Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT) and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) of the New University of Lisbon, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) and the Centre for Global Health Histories (CGHH), of the University of York. The Luso-Brazilian Meetings on the History of Tropical Medicine have always sought to strike a balance between historiographical reflections, which help develop a broader comparative analysis, and case-studies examining different national, colonial, post-colonial, international and global contexts. We will continue to favor both approaches at the 1st meeting. The bulk of historiographical research has explored the period in the post-World War ...