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Archives 2.0: Saving the Past, Anticipating the Future Be part of a major international conference on the challenges and opportunities around the acquisition and management of archives by cultural institutions at the National Media Museum in Bradford on 25 & 26 November 2014. Dear Colleagues We’re pleased to announce that online registration is now available. Please follow the link below to view the programme and reserve your place at this seminal event. http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/Collection/ArchivesConference Remember: Book early to avoid disappointment! Best wishes Paul Paul Goodman Head of Collections, Projects Conference Office National Media Museum Pictureville, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 1NQ Direct tel: 01274 203378

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe; Director: Prof. Dr. Sven Dupré in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage programme; contact: drs. Suzanne Maarschalkerweerd, programme manager C&R) announces     one fellowship for three months     between January 1 and December 31, 2015. The tenure of the fellowship is to be divided between the two institutes: the first and third months will be spent at the MPIWG, the second month at the UvA (“Ateliergebouw”). The fellow will be offered research facilities at both institutions. Outstanding junior and senior scholars (including those on sabbatical leave from their home institutions) are invited to apply. Candidates should hold a doctorate or should be engaged with research in the history of science and technol...

Just a brief reminder that registration will be closing on the 18th August for the biennial congress of the World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, held at Imperial College London, 10-13 September 2014. This event, of interest to scholars of the history of medicine, environmental history, and human-animal relationships among others, is being held held for the first time in Britain this year.  We have an exciting programme of speakers from 30 countries, addressing the twin themes of ‘One Health’ (connections between human and animal health) and ‘War, animals and the veterinary profession.’ There will also be sessions on veterinary collections, general veterinary history and oral history: http://www.veterinaryhistorylondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/provisional-timetable-01-05.pdf   Keynotes will be delivered by Professor Donald F. Smith, Professor of Surgery and Dean Emeritus at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (‘History of On...

Two post-doctoral fellowships (24 months) in the history of science and technology are offered to publish in the series of Edition Open Sources (EOS). Edition Open Sources pioneers a new paradigm for academic publishing of primary sources in the history of science. It combines open access (Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA) and rigorous peer review to ensure that each publication marks a significant contribution to scholarship.   Primary sources are reproduced in facsimile and XML-structured transcriptions, accompanied by scholarly essays. Edition Open Sources is a joint venture of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany and the University of Oklahoma. Each fellow will be expected to publish a work in Edition Open Sources (EOS) by the end of the second year of the fellowship. Each fellow will acquire skills relevant to the digital humanities using the EOS workflow and is responsible for editing of his or her own work to the end stage of ...

Virtual Issue of Social History of Medicine, marking the Society for the Social History of Medicine 2014 Conference 'Disease, Health and the State'. Guest editors Laurinda Abreu and Sally Sheard hand-pick 20 articles and 18 book reviews from our back issues. All articles and reviews are free to access until 8 August 2014 and can also be found here. Laurinda Abreu and Sally Sheard Introduction Articles Paul Slack Dearth and Social Policy in Early Modern England Harold J. Cook Policing the Health of London: the College of Physicians and the Early Stuart Monarchy Simon Szreter The Importance of Social Intervention in Britain's Mortality Decline c.1850–1914: a Re-interpretation of the Role of Public Health F. B. Smith The Contagious Diseases Acts Reconsidered Nadja Durbach ‘They Might As Well Brand Us’: Working-Class Resistance to Compulsory Vaccination in Victorian England E. P. Hennock Vaccination Policy Against Smallpox, 1835–1914: A Comparison of England with Prussia and Im...

The contest is open to graduate students and recent graduates,and the winner receives registration, lodging, travel expenses and a banquet ticket to an SHOT annual meeting of their choice. (Including, for example Dearborn 2014, Albuquerque 2015, Singapore 2016.) Deadline is August 1, 2014 See complete information and rules at: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/tech_stories/video_contest.html Please contact suzannemoon@techculture.org with any questions. We look forward to seeing your entries!

Announcing the Fall 2014 Joel A Tarr Prize Call for Submissions: Envirotech, a special interest group within the Society for the History of Technology and the American Society for Environmental History, invites nominations for the 2014 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize. The Tarr Prize recognizes the best article published in either a journal or article collection on the relationship between technology and the environment in history. The prize committee is particularly interested in publications that show how studying the intersections of environment and technology can lead to new insights into historical topics. Articles originally published in any language are welcome, but applicants must provide a translation of non-English articles. To be eligible for the 2014 prize, the article must be published between November 1,  2012, and June 15, 2014. The Tarr Prize carries a cash award of $350 and will be conferred at the Society for the History of Technology conference in Dearborn, ...

History and Philosophy of Biology is edited by Dawn Digrius, California State University, (History of Biology) and Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, UCSC, (Philosophy of Biology). www.pickeringchatto.com/hpb Dawn Digrius invites proposals for single-authored books and edited collections concerning the historical examination of plants, animals and humans including but not limited to: natural history, evolutionary theory, genetics, environmental sciences and the role that social, economic, and political forces played in knowledge production; she is also interested in practices of science and science in practice, from a historical perspective, bioethics, biotechnology and molecular biology in their historical context. The series spans historical examination of non-Western science and brings together insights from historians and philosophers to shed light on significant developments and issues in the life sciences. Contributions from both established and younger scholars are welcome. Please contac...