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Call for Papers: 2012 Convention of the Antique Telescope Society The 2012 Convention of the Antique Telescope Society < http://webari.com/oldscope/ > will be held September 28-29 in Hamburg, Germany. Several sessions of papers are scheduled and we invite you to submit an abstract of a proposed paper. We welcome papers on subjects including historic telescopes and accessories, early observatories and astronomers, astronomical instrument makers, the history of optics, and especially the history, construction, and preservation of telescopes. Submit your abstracts to the Papers Coordinator: Peter Abrahams 10040 NW Thompson Road Portland, OR 97229-3822, USA or send it via e-mail (preferred) to: abrahams.peter@gmail.com Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: September 4, 2012. Early applications would be helpful. Your abstract should be brief, preferably no more than 200 words. Please indicate the time you need for your presentation. A digital projecto...

Tenure Track History of Medicine Position in Harvard's History of Science Department The Department of the History of Science at Harvard University is conducting a tenure -track (assistant or associate professorial level) search in the history of medicine, post 1800. A Ph.D. is required by the expected start date, and the Department is especially interested in candidates who show exceptional promise as scholars, teachers and mentors, and who can offer high-impact courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2013. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a brief outline ofpresent scholarly projects and future plans, a brief statement of teaching experience and approach, and names and contact information for 3-5 references. We also ask candidates to submit a sample of recent scholarly work and copies of external teaching evaluations if available. All materials should be submitted directly to...

SCHOOL OF HISTORY – QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group Research Assistant The Research Assistant will actively contribute to the ‘Makers of Modern Biomedicine: testimony and legacy’ project of the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, funded until December 2016 by a Strategic Award from the Wellcome Trust to Professor Tilli Tansey. The Group exists to promote the study of recent medicine and medical science; to create and strengthen synergistic links between professional medical historians and members of the biomedical research community; and to encourage the creation of archival deposits for future research. The post-holder will contribute to the efficient organisation and running of Witness Seminars and have responsibility for editing and publishing transcripts of these in the series Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine , normally as co-editor. They will ensure the effective dissemination of information/r...

The University of Leeds Centre for History and Philosophy of Science invites applications to its new Visiting Fellowships scheme for the academic year 2012-13. Visiting Fellows will be provided with full IT and library access and office space where possible.   There are no formal duties.   Fellows will be expected to pursue their research and to participate in seminars, reading groups and other aspects of the research life of the   Centre for HPS. Fellowship periods can be from 3 months to 1 year.   Junior and senior applicants are equally welcome, though applicants must hold a PhD. The fellowships are non-stipendiary. Proposed research projects should clearly mesh with the research interests of members of the Centre for HPS. To apply, please send -- a CV, plus -- a letter indicating (a) the research project you would pursue during the fellowship period, and (b) your preferred start and end dates to the Director of the Leeds HPS Cent...

Call for Applications: Two doctoral positions (History of Medicine, Berlin) Applications are invited for 2 doctoral positions (65% E13) to be held for up to five years from 1 October 2012 at the Institute for the History of Medicine, Charité Berlin, for the research project “Ways of Writing: How Physicians Know, 1550-1950” funded by the European Research Council.   Successful applicants will join the ERC research group comprising Volker Hess, Andrew Mendelsohn, Ruth Schilling, Alexa Geisthövel, and Annemarie Kinzelbach, to complete a seven-person team by focusing on one of the following areas: 1.     Physici and Protophysici:   Physicians in administration in early modern northern Italy and / or the Spanish court.   Writing practices at the intersections of state or local government, university or medical corporations, and natural history.   Languages: Latin, Italian and/or Spanish required. 2.     Between lab...