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At a time of environmental crisis, studying histories of the manipulation of natural resources has never been more important. While our ancestors used different terms to talk of such matters, they engaged with (or stridently disengaged from) the same questions.   This symposium, which has been generously supported by the Institute of Humanities at Northumbria University, aims to draw together expertise from across disciplines to engage with managed and mechanical water systems in the period 1500-1800. Our focus for this multidisciplinary symposium is on how humans have sought to make water work for them—for not only practical but also artistic purposes.   While water’s centrality to life has long made it a rich source for metaphor and symbolism, Thomas Willard notes that the period between 1500 and 1800 ‘saw a breakthrough in the understanding of water: what it was and how it blended with other substances to form waters of great variety’ (‘Testing the Waters’ in Clas...

Zoom webinar: Sharing histories of women in engineering and applied science from around the world   Date: Friday April 8th 2022 (two sessions: 10.00-12.00 GMT and 15.00-17.00 GMT)   Are you active in researching the history of women in engineering and applied science? Are you interested in talking to others working on this topic across the world? We invite you to join us for this inclusive webinar, which is an opportunity to share your stories and plans.   If you want to participate, please email   EWinternational2021@ gmail.com   with a 200-word summary of your work by  March 20 th .  To be in the audience, please sign up via Eventbrite   here . If preferable, pre-recorded presentations are welcome.     This event will be hosted by the  Electrifying  Women International project at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the  Women’s Engineering Society  (UK) and the  International Network of Women Enginee...

We’re advertising two funded MA studentships, supported by Wellcome funding, for September 2022 entry to the History of Medicine MA programme at Newcastle University. Please forward on to anyone you think might be interested. I’ve summarised the main details below; full details can be accessed at: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=H0000006 The deadline for applications is March 11th 2022 at 5pm. The scholarship includes the home rate of tuition fees, plus an annual living allowance of £16,000 and a personal research and development fund of £250. Successful international candidates will be required to fund the difference between home fees and international fees. Please note that the living allowance component of the award cannot be used for this purpose. The studentships are open to UK, EU and international applicants who: Have applied for, or hold an offer of admission for the MA History of Medicine Hold, or expect to achieve, a 1st class honours degr...

V CONGRESO DE POSTGRADO DE LA SLMFCEVALLADOLID 2022 EL V Congreso de Postgrado de la SLMFCE (Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de Ciencia en España) se celebrará en Valladolid los días 13 y 14 de junio de 2022. Las ediciones anteriores tuvieron lugar en Granada (2010), Sevilla (2013), Valencia (2016) y Donostia-San Sebastián (2019). El objetivo es reunir a investigadores/as jóvenes para explorar propuestas dentro de las áreas temáticas de interés de la SLMFCE, que incluyen:  A. Lógica, historia y filosofía de la lógica, B. Filosofía del lenguaje, C. Filosofía de la mente y  epistemología, D. Filosofía y metodología de la ciencia, E. Historia de la ciencia, F. Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad, G. Argumentación. Página web: https://5postgradoslmfce.wixsite.com/es-22 El llamamiento se dirige a estudiantes de Máster y Doctorado, y también a quienes presentaron su tesis doctoral en los últimos tres años en las áreas de investigación mencionadas. 1. Envío de Propuestas: Los ...