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The Division for the History of Science and Technology (DHST) are organizing a symposium titled "Epidemics and sustainability in history" for the 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology, which will be held (in hybrid format) on 29 June - 5 July 2025 in Dunedin, New Zealand ( https://www.ichst2025.org/ ). This symposium aims at exploring the historical interplay between epidemics and sustainability within a ""healthy"" globalized world. Aligning with the Congress theme of Peoples, Places, Exchanges, and Circulation, it emphasizes situating local knowledge and practices within both local and global contexts to reflect how global perspectives influence local, national, and regional studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine (HSTM). The symposium highlights the importance of the circulation and movement of knowledge, techniques, texts, people, and material objects across borders. Contributions will explore how these in

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS) invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, published by the University of Chicago Press. This position is typically held by three co-Editors; applicants may apply individually or as a team. The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal requires a dynamic and visionary team of editors to guide the editorial direction of the journal, manage its content, and foster its continued growth and academic impact. The Editors will also serve as Officers of the Society. About the Journal The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, published by the University of Chicago Press, is a leading journal in the field of drug history, offering scholarly analysis of the social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of drug use, policy, and regulation. Published twice per year, the journal addresses historical developments from a global perspective, engagin

Open Philosophy ( https://www.degruyter.com/opphil ) invites submissions for the topical issue "Artificial Intelligence and Philosophical Health," edited by Dr Luis de Miranda (University of Turku, Finland). DESCRIPTION In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has sparked intense debate about its impacts on human cognition, society, and our fundamental understanding of intelligence, purpose and consciousness. Concurrently, there has been a resurgence of interest in practical philosophy and its potential to enhance human well-being, as evidenced by the growing field of philosophical practice and counseling. The concept of “philosophical health” has emerged in two recent books (Bloomsbury, 2024) as a holistic framework for understanding and cultivating human well-being and planetary compossibility through philosophical practice. It goes beyond mere critical thinking or reflection, encompassing a comprehensive approach to life that integrates bodily awar

Evidence-Based Medicine Reconsidered https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/evidence-based-medicine-reconsidered/ Conference Dates: April 5-6th, 2025 10th Floor Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh Call for Abstracts We invite papers which address topics related to evidence in medicine, broadly speaking. These include, but are not limited to: Defenses (or criticisms) of the supposed superiority of RCTs over observational studies, mechanistic studies, modeling, and individual clinical judgment; Discussions of lessons that philosophy of medicine or EBM can learn from recent experiences; Papers offering theoretical discussions of procedures for integrating and evaluating evidence from different sources; The merits and limitations of emerging kinds of medical evidence, such as adaptive trials, so-called real-world evidence, precision or personalized medicine research, and big data research Evidence in diverse contexts, such as clinical practice, alternative healthcare, drug or

Call for Papers Deadline for submission of abstracts is  07 January 2025   The MCCT is an annual interdisciplinary conference that provides a forum for emergent critical scholarship, broadly construed. The conference is free for all to attend and follows a non-hierarchical model that seeks to foster opportunities for intellectual critical exchanges where all are treated equally regardless of affiliation or seniority. There are no plenaries, and the conference is envisaged as a space for those who share intellectual approaches and interests but who may find themselves at the margins of their academic department or discipline. The MCCT is an offshoot of the  London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT ) and shares its approach and ethos. The intellectual content and thematic foci of the conference has been determined by the streams outlined in the  full CFP . Please look through the streams to see where your presentation submission will best fit.  The deadline for presentation submission

Entrevista a Roberta Biasillo   “Fascism adjusted its approach to nature according to the development of its policies; but the essential idea of the fascist nature is probably the autarchy.” En aquesta entrevista parlarem amb Roberta Biasillo sobre les relacions entre la natura, les dones i les colònies amb el feixisme italià.

Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 17.01.2025 Notification Date: 31.01.2025 Workshop Date: 21.02.2025 Psychiatric and psychological diagnosis is an increasingly frequent component of social life and a subject of analysis in social sciences and philosophy. The role of diagnosis in scientific and therapeutic discourse requires consideration of its practices and theoretical foundations, combining empirical, analytical, and normative approaches. This workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary scientific discussion where various facets of diagnosis form the central theme. We invite social scientists, especially anthropologists and sociologists focused on field research and critical discourse analysis, and philosophers exploring the foundations of psychiatric diagnosis within ethical and epistemological frameworks. A particularly relevant philosophical framework is the theory of hermeneutical injustice, which examines harm arising from insufficient interpretive resources, poten

Following the symposium on the Histories of Expertise in September 2024 at the University of Turku in Finland, we are delighted to announce the call for contributions for an edited volume. This collection is dedicated to analysing the making of experts, expertise, and expert knowledge in human societies from historical perspectives. We invite contributions from historians of science, knowledge and technology, intellectual historians, and related disciplinary fields that consider the cultural, material and social processes that in specific historical contexts contributed to the making, contestation, application, reception, and mobilities of expertise. The main purpose of our volume is to consider expertise as an analytical tool to examine different types of individuals, ideas and initiatives in different social and cultural contexts. Building on feminist, postcolonial, decolonial, and global histories and historiographical developments during the past decades, the volume seeks to interr

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the third SISS Conference of Early Career Scholars in History of Science “Storie di scienza”: Landscapes of Science. Places, Objects, Knowledge, Imaginaries. The conference will be held at the University of Padua (3-5 September 2025: Conference; 6 September 2025: Day trip) Deadline for submitting proposals: 30 April 2025 Information and details (both Italian and English) are available on the conference webpage: https://societastoriadellascienza.it/index.php/it/attivita/convegni-siss/155-convegno-giovani-2025

Topical Collection in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science Guest Editors: Enno Fischer (Institute of Philosophy, TU Dresden) & Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, KU Leuven) Open for submissions: 1 November 2024 – 30 April 2025 Originally going back to Larry Laudan’s (1977) distinction between the ‘context of acceptance’ and the ‘context of pursuit,’ the concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. For instance, philosophers have explored the different stances on pursuitworthiness adopted by towering figures in the field such as Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend (e.g., Šešelja & Straßer, 2013; Shaw, 2022), and have advanced and debated manifold epistemic criteria on what makes a scientific idea or proposal worthy of being undertaken (e.g., Achinstein, 1993; Šešelja et al., 2012; Šešelja & Straßer, 2014; Shan, 2020; DiMarco & Khalifa, 2019, Fleisher, 2022). The si