CfP: Osiris volume on Frankenstein and its iterations in the history of science and medicine
Type: Call for Papers
Date: October 15, 2016
Location: United States
Subject Fields: History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Intellectual History
To follow the publication of our recent book, Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives (Rutgers UP, 2016) and in honor of the upcoming bicentennial of the publication of Frankenstein, Les Friedman and I are proposing an edition of the history of science journal Osiris
to be devoted to iterations of the Frankenstein story in the history of
science and medicine. We are still searching for a few contributors
who would be interested in writing on any aspect of this in any region
at any time. Possible themes include but are not limited to
experimentation, scientific institutions and universities, Arctic
exploration, the search for the "spark of life," Galvinism, anatomy, the
rise of scientific disciplines, and the formalization of scientific
practice/the formation of scientific truth. For now, only a 500 word
abstract is required by the miuddle of October. It will be submitted
with the complete proposal for consideration, and we hope to hear we
were selected in November. I hope to hear from interested contributors
ASAP at akavey@jjay.cuny.edu.