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Applications are welcomed for a PhD position to become part of the research team of the Emmy Noether group “Spaces of visualisation – topographies of knowledge. Early modern anatomical theatres between art, nature and science” at RUB. The project is led by Jun.-Prof. Christine Beese at the Department of Art History and is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The research project examines the role of anatomical theatres as built spaces in the formation of science as an independent realm and in the implementation of epistemological shifts in the early modern period. As spaces that crossed the borders between art, technology and science, and between sensual experience and rational examination, anatomical theatres are designed to reflect the negotiation and formation of scientific beliefs. As a building type that was established across various nations, they are particularly suitable for analysing the role of architecture in the visualization and implementation of science as a ta...

RETHINKING THE SEXED BODY. Faculty of Philosophy. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.  Madrid, Spain. 16–17 October 2024 Contemporary philosophical debates on the sexed body are often marked by an underlying dichotomy or conflict between nature, biology, and matter on the one hand, and culture, language, discourses and symbolic regimes, epistemological frames and norms, sociocultural practices and conventions, and power relations, on the other. A number of thinkers insist, however, that this binary opposition is impoverishing and/or fundamentally mistaken, and seek to rethink the sexed body as a complex, plural, and plastic reality constituted and sustained by a manifold of processes, agents, dimensions, and differential relations that cannot be separated into water-tight compartments. The purpose of this international conference is to bring into dialogue different perspectives on the sexed body that can contribute to this nuanced understanding, shed light on the mult...

Humboldt University of Berlin, November 28-30, 2024. Submission deadline: June 12, 2024 Acceptance letters in August Small textual and material forms seem particularly adept at circulating within and between different publics. This conference investigates how the movement of brief, compressed, and otherwise small forms ranging from early modern pamphlets to Instagram stories shape the development of diverse publics, as well as the interplay between them. We propose to explore the relationship between small forms and publics through three related strands of inquiry: how infrastructures affect the circulation of small forms, how practices including remediation enable their circulation, and how the circulation of small forms shapes the formation, operation, and dissolution of public life. Due to their compactness and tendency to circulate rapidly, small forms accelerate the movement of information in ways that (trans)form both historical and contemporary publics. The development of th...

Call for Presentations We invite submissions for a conference on "Emerging Technologies and Classical Liberalism." The conference will explore classical liberal, ordoliberal and libertarian perspectives on emerging technologies, examining ethical, political, economic and regulatory aspects. Suitable topics/questions include but are not limited to: Is there a distinctive classical liberal/ordoliberal/libertarian way of thinking about technology? Classical liberal/ordoliberal/libertarian perspectives on specific technologies (artificial intelligence, geo-engineering, human enhancement, medical technologies, crypto-currencies, etc.) Potentials and limits of tech regulation Techno-optimism, effective accelerationism Technology and the ethics of economic growth Classical liberalism/libertarianism and science fiction Invited speakers Bartek Chomanski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland) Johanna Jauernig (Freedom Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA) Anselm Küsters (Ce...

Integrated History and Philosophy of Science, 10th conference. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 27-29 March 2025 Call for papers The Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science invites the submission of abstracts for individual papers and “lightning talks” for &HPS10, the 10th conference in the series Integrated History and Philosophy of Science. We seek contributions that genuinely integrate historical and philosophical analyses of science (i.e., the physical sciences, life sciences, cognitive sciences, and social sciences) or that discuss methodological issues surrounding the prospects and challenges of integrating history and philosophy of science. For information about the Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science and previous conferences, see http://integratedhps.org/ . Keynote speakers: Lydia Patton (Virginia Tech), Marius Stan (Boston College) Please note that &HPS10 does not run parallel sessions and, give...

As a literary genre and a form of cultural aesthetic cyberpunk narratives depict dark visions of the future in which technology, society, and human existence merge. A major element of this setting is Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is often portrayed as a powerful, autonomous entity in cyberpunk universes. In cyberpunk genres, AI typically symbolizes both the zenith of human advancement and a looming existential danger for human beings. The dynamic between humans and AI in these narratives not only raises ethical dilemmas but also highlights the potential conflicts and challenges associated with the development of advanced AI technologies. With this CfP we address all colleagues who devote their research to various literary, cultural, and filmic, linguistic and semiotic manifestations of Cyberpunk and AI in narratives. We particularly encourage proposals relating to reception and impact of this genre and individual works, but proposals on any other aspect of the contrastive cyberpu...