Registration open: Science in Public (13-15 July 2016, University of Kent)
Registration open: Science in Public 2016
University of Kent, Canterbury, 13-15 July 2016
Registration for the Science in Public 2016 conference is now open
via this link. The early bird rate is available until 20 May.
A draft timetable for
the conference runs from lunchtime on Wednesday 13 July to about 3pm on
Friday 15 July. There is a full range of packages with accommodation or
day rates available. Thanks to support from
the British Society for the History of Science we can offer reduced
rates to students, unwaged and freelance attendees.
The call for papers is open until 11 April. See below for more details.
Call for Papers: deadline 11 April
The the annual Science
in Public conference is an occasion for cross-disciplinary debate
and discussion and a forum for sharing all work considering the
relationships between science, technology, medicine and their multiple
publics. We welcome submissions from scholars of, for
example, science communication, history of science, science policy,
geography, psychology, literature, social or cultural studies and
practitioners of communication, engagement or the arts in relation to
science. Papers may relate to science in mass media,
museums or online spaces; public engagement and participation; popular
science and its histories; science, publics and policy; and science in
fictions, art and cinema.
The theme for this year’s conference, hosted by the
Centre for the History of the Sciences at the University of Kent, is
Science in Public: Past, Present and Future. We therefore
particularly welcome papers, panels, projects and sessions that can draw
on and speak to questions about science and the public across different
time periods or that consider how historical
studies might influence current thinking, or vice versa. Opening and
closing plenary sessions supporting this theme are from the
interdisciplinary projects
Constructing Scientific Communities (with Professors Sally Shuttleworth and Chris Lintott) and
Unsettling Scientific Stories (with
Professor Iwan Morus and Dr Amanda Rees). We will also, on the
Thursday, have a strand focusing on comedy and science communication,
including: a panel
session looking at its history, role and pitfalls; a workshop for those
who would like to use comedy in their own communication activities; and
a SiP-themed comedy gig.
We welcome traditional papers and panel
sessions and innovative formats, including discussion, performance or
practice-based workshops. We also welcome expressions of interest from
those who would like to perform a set for our comedy
gig.
Abstracts: send abstracts of about 250 words, enquiries and queries to Rebekah Higgitt (r.higgitt@kent.ac.uk).