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Dibner Program in the History of Science 2013-14 Fellowships The Dibner Program in the History of Science offers historians of science and technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and to work in the other resources for the history of science and technology at the Huntington. Short-Term Awards Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage. Tenure of fell months. Amount of award:  $3,000 per month. Long-Term Awards Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent.  Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2012. Tenure of fellowship:  Nine to twelve months. Amount of award:  $50,000. Applicants can be conducting research or already be at the writing stage and need reference materials only. The deadline for submitting an application is NOVEMBER 30, 2012. For more details and instructions on how to apply: http://www.huntington.org .

To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Kuhn'sThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a Kuhn-and-revolutions-themed special issue of articles from Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences is now available for free downloading at the journal's website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science-part-c-studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-biological-and-biomedical-sciences/ In the main journal, articles from the current (September 2012) issue include: * Anna Maerker on Florentine anatomical wax models in eighteenth-century Vienna * Roberta Millstein on Darwin, race and sexual selection * Leon Rocha on Needham, Daoism and Science and Civilization in China Gregory Radick Professor of History and Philosophy of Science School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Tel: (UK) 0113 343 3269 Email: G.M.Radick@leeds.ac.uk<...

Crisis y problemas demográficos en España desde el Antiguo Régimen hasta el presente Date: 2012-09 By: Vicente Pérez-Moreda (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Fernando Collantes (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ahe:dtaehe:1206&r=his El trabajo analiza las crisis demográficas españolas desde una perspectiva de largo plazo que cubre el Antiguo Régimen y la edad contemporánea. Para el Antiguo Régimen, se consideran las crisis de mortalidad: alzas bruscas de las defunciones que conducían a fuertes descensos de la población en las localidades y comarcas afectadas. Para el periodo contemporáneo, durante el cual las crisis de mortalidad fueron remitiendo (si bien de manera muy gradual, ya que persistieron durante el siglo XIX y comienzos del XX), se analizan los procesos de despoblación rural y provincial impulsados por movimientos migrato...

The University of Kent's School of History seeks to appoint a historian of modern science and/or technology (c. 1700 to present). Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate a commitment to research-led teaching at all levels and to the intellectual culture of this vibrant department. They will also contribute to the activities of the Centre for the History of the Sciences. The successful candidate will have a PhD in History or Science Studies with experience of working in a Higher or Further Education context. Evidence of substantial research activity, including outputs of 3* or 4* quality ready for submission to REF 2014, is essential. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach a range of history of science and/or technology modules at all stages, and the ability to teach Science Communication at Masters level . Being committed to a team culture of research and teaching is also essential to the role. For more information, see the University ...

Tengo el placer de anunciarles la puesta en línea del sitio web de la recién creada Sociedad Hispánica Jules Verne, asociación creada el 2 de julio pasado. El sitio comprende: - Foro en español y francés - Bibliografía visual de las obras de Verne en español - Biblioteca virtual en español (que poco a poco irá nutriéndose de nuevos textos) - Inscripción en línea a la Sociedad. Todas las personas que deseen ser miembros pueden hacerlo en línea. La inscripción a la Sociedad da el derecho de recibir "Mundo Verne", la revista oficial de la Sociedad que comenzará a publicarse en enero del 2013 en papel, entre otras muchas ventajas que pueden ser consultadas en la dirección: http://www.shjv.org/sociedad/sociedad-adhesion