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Studies in the History of Knowledge  is a book series at Amsterdam University Press, publishing monographs and edited volumes on the history of knowledge. The series has a global scope, with a preference for studies transcending disciplinary and geographical boundaries or tracing how academic and non-academics actors cooperated in the making, teaching, and circulation of knowledge.     The series is currently welcoming new proposals. Proposal forms and author instructions can be found  here . Informal inquires can be made to the series editors: Klaas van Berkel (Groningen),  Jeroen van Dongen  (Amsterdam), and  Herman Paul  (Leiden).     Recently published volumes in the series include  Knowledge and Culture in the Early Dutch Republic: Isaac Beeckman in Context  (2022),  The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge: The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020  (2022), and  Astronome...

Abstracts invited from early-career researchers (defined as researchers who have not held a permanent academic position) for a speaking slot in a two-day workshop on  sufficiency and health(care) , organised by the Wellcome-funded project  Best Interests and Sufficient Benefit. Abstracts should be anonymised, no more than 500 words, and can interpret the topic broadly. Possible topics include the definition of health in terms of sufficiency, sufficientarian approaches to healthcare allocation, the place of health in a (minimally) good life, the idea of a fair innings, and the relationship between sufficiency and disability. Papers critical of the idea of sufficiency are very welcome. The workshop will take place on the  14-15 June 2023  at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Accommodation and reasonable UK travel will be funded. The workshop will be primarily in person, but remote attendance can be facilitated if needed. Please send abstract...

V Jornadas Novatores :  “Filosofía y Medicina: reflexiones filosóficas en torno a las ciencias de la salud”.  26 y 27 de abril de 2023.  Universidad de Salamanca, España   Deadline :  25 de enero de 2023   Página Web:  http://novatores.usal.es   Atocha Aliseda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia   Anna Estany, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona   Cristian Saborido, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia   Jordi Vallverdú, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona   Conceptos de salud y enfermedad   Alargamiento de la vida   Reduccionismo y holismo en medicina   Controversias en medicina   La explicación médica   Razonamiento en medicina   Metodología en medicina   Evidence-Based Medicine   Percepción del paciente de la enfermedad   Los modelos en medicina   Nuevas tecnologías y cuidado de la salud   La práctica médica ...

The Division of History of Technology at TU Berlin invites proposals for a two-day historical workshop taking place on  5–6 October 2023 . The workshop will feature a keynote by Ortwin Renn, Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam. Deadline:  10 February 2023 The public acceptance of technological innovation is seen as a decisive factor in current technology-related issues and debates, be it around the transition to renewable energies or the reshaping of mobility and food systems. In short, it's integral to a number of fields linked to the grand challenges that our contemporary societies face. The concept of “technology acceptance” has frequently been critiqued on several grounds: 1) It naively assumes acceptance of technological innovation as the norm. 2) It thus renders critique, resistance, or even reluctance as deviant and thereby only worthy of attention because of said deviance. 3) It conceptualizes the public as well as l...

We invite authors to submit abstracts (300-500 words) prepared for blind review for the upcoming 5 th  annual workshop  Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) . Please provide also information about your affiliation and contact details in a separate file. Submit your abstract via  EasyChair .             Submission deadline:  January 20 th , 2023    Deadline for communicating decisions:  February 20 th , 2023    Conference dates:  May 19-20, 2023        Keynote speakers:  Eran Tal (McGill University) & Agnes Bolinski (University of South Carolina)     There will also be a book panel on  A Middle Way: A Non-Fundamental Approach to Many-Body Physics  including Robert Batterman (University of Pittsburgh), Jennifer Jhun (Duke University), and another commentator to be confirmed.   The workshop will be hybrid. The in-person portion will t...

Historical reflections on epidemics and contagions have long pointed to the complexity of these phenomena, within which the 'natural' dimension of disease and its spread is intertwined with the social and cultural considerations that identify it, along with moral and political readings that seek factors and subjects to which responsibility can be traced and causality of contagion explained. In these terms, research showed how epidemics are socially and culturally dense phenomena, in which these and other different elements mark ways and times of social and institutional response to contagion. Thus, it became clear how the social and institutional response is marked in no small measure by moral and cultural instances that look to the transgression of norms as the main factors in both contagion and spread. In the context of historical reflections on epidemics, AIDS has always been a relevant historical example through which to grasp the epistemological complexity of epidemics and...

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Inspired by its 2023 exhibition  Women in Science,  the American Philosophical Society is organizing two international conferences that will explore the history of women in science, the present state of science and society, and the opportunities to create a more inclusive and diverse practice of science. The Society’s first gathering will focus on the themes “achievements and barriers,” while the second will focus on “opportunities.” Both conferences aim to examine these themes from historical, contemporary, and interdisciplinary perspectives.   The program committee is now accepting proposals for the first conference on “Women in Science: Achievements and Barriers.” The conference will be held in-person at the Society in Philadelphia on June 8-9, 2023. The conference will also be livestreamed. The program committee invites paper proposals from scholars in all fields, and especially historians, practitioners, policymakers, educators, and others whose work bears upon ...

Bologna, Italy, June 8-9, 2023 Conference website https://philhead.org/events/ 10th-international-philosophy- of-medicine-roundtable/ Invited speakers Prof. Anya Plutynski (Washington University in St Louis) Dr. Fedro Peccatori (IEO – European Institute of Oncology) The talks by the two invited speakers will be on the theme: “Modeling and Treating Complex Diseases” Affiliated symposia Two affiliated symposia will be held on June 7: “From Evidence Based Medicine to Evidence Based Psychiatry?” organized by C. Amoretti, L. Bortolotti, E. Lalumera “Extending Lifespan: Theoretical, Ethical and Socio-economic Aspects” organized by M. Benzi, A. Blasimme Venue The 10th biennial Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable will be held at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, organized by the Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, and by the Inter-University Research Centre on Health and Disease (PhilHeaD). Call for Abstracts Altho...

HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology is an open access, on-line peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the History of Science and Technology, published in English by a group of Portuguese research institutions and De Gruyter/Sciendo. HoST encourages submissions of original historical research exploring the cultural, social and political dimensions of science, technology, and medicine (STM), both from a local and a global perspective.    Past thematic issues have dealt with topics as diverse as circulation, science communication, natural history, or the relation between science, technology and politics. Future issues might deal with both established and emerging areas of scholarship. The editors of HoST are looking for proposals for two thematic dossiers to be published in 2024 (HoST volume 18, issue 1-June, issue 2-December).    Each thematic dossier should be prepared by the guest editor(s) and include four research papers along with an intro...