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Dear Colleagues, The following IHPST announcements might be of interest. # 13 th Biennial International IHPST Conference The 2015 IHPST Biennial Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro, July 22-25, at The Federal Center of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (CEFET/RJ) under the co-chairmanship of Marco Braga and Andreia Guerra.  Closing date for conference submissions is March 14 .  Further details of registration, accommodation, venue are available at:   http://www.abq.org.br/ihpst2015/ # Science & Education Current Issue (Vol. 24 Nos. 1-2) Thematic Issue: Mendel, Mendelism and Education: 150 years since the “ Versuche” Contents and details at: http://link.springer.com/journal/11191/24/1/page/1 # Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , Open Access Issues on Landmark Papers The world’s oldest scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Societ...

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Lecturer in the History of Science and Technology, tenable from 1 September 2015. Applications are welcome from scholars with research expertise in any aspect of the history of any of the physical sciences or of technology, in any region of the world, in the period since 1800. We would particularly welcome applications from scholars whose work connects with areas of broader interdisciplinary focus at King's, such as international relations, war and conflict, and the environment. Applications from candidates with the demonstrable ability to attract external grant funding, and/or to engage with public audiences, would also be particularly welcome. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the delivery of teaching in this broad area at all levels, from introductory undergraduate lectures to PhD supervision. They will also conduct and publish top-quality research in their field of specialism. The Department of History at King...

"175 years of The Economist: An International Conference" 24 and 25 September, 2015 Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL Deadline for submissions: 15 May, 2015 In 2018 the Economist magazine will be 175 years old. This conference is a prelude to a book that will examine the political, economic and cultural impact of one of the most significant news publications in the modern world. The workshop will take place at University College London over 2 days: 24-25 September 2015. We seek to bring together journalists and researchers from many fields including economic, social and political historians, cultural analysts, sociologists, literary and media scholars. Papers are invited on any topic connected to The Economist, past and present, and the following suggested topics are intended to be neither prescriptive nor comprehensive: • Controversies: Corn laws, currency vs banking school, free trade, the people’s budget, the wel...

We are now in a golden age for science in entertainment. Academy Award winning films such as Gravity and The Theory of Everything, and television ratings titans like The Big Bang Theory have proven that science–based entertainment products can be both critically acclaimed and financially successful. In fact, many high profile scientific organizations including the US National Academy of Sciences and the Wellcome Trust in the UK now believe that science communication can, and perhaps should, be both informative and entertaining. These groups have embraced movies and television as legitimate vehicles for science communication by developing initiatives to facilitate scientific involvement in the production of films and television programs. Science communication scholarship on entertainment media has been slow to catch up with the enthusiasm shown by these scientific organizations, as science communication studies of science in mass media still predominantly focus on news media. ...