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New book: Intellectual disability: A conceptual history, 1200–1900

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Edited by Patrick McDonagh, C. F. Goodey and Timothy Stainton This collection explores the historical origins of our modern concepts of intellectual or learning disability. The essays, from some of the leading historians of ideas of intellectual disability, focus on British and European material from the Middle Ages to the late-nineteenth century and extend across legal, educational, literary, religious, philosophical and psychiatric histories. They investigate how precursor concepts and discourses were shaped by and interacted with their particular social, cultural and intellectual environments, eventually giving rise to contemporary ideas. The collection is essential reading for scholars interested in the history of intelligence, intellectual disability and related concepts, as well as in disability history generally. Url:  http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526125316/ 1 Introduction: the emergent critical history of intellectual disability - Patric

Podaliriana. Rapsodias sobre el sueño terapéutico

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Autor: Luis Montiel ÍNDICE Invitación al viaje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 HELÉNICA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Genealogía mítica de la medicina occidental  . . . . . 17 ¿Del mito al logos?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22 Los hijos de Asclepio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Donde comienza lo incierto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Los varones divinos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Sobre la condición divina de las enfermedades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Morir; dormir… tal vez soñar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Los señores del inframundo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Los templos de Asclepio, Apolo y los héroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Hypnos y Thánatos . . .

CfP: Ciencia, tecnología, saberes locales e imperio en el mundo Atlántico, siglos XV-XVII

Historia Crítica, publicación de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), anuncia que recibirá artículos para el dossier “Ciencia, tecnología, saberes locales e imperio en el mundo Atlántico, siglos XV-XVII”. Editores invitados Mauricio Nieto Olarte (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) y Antonio Barrera Osorio (Colgate University, Estados Unidos). Los artículos se recibirán del 01 al 30 de junio 2018. Uno de los frentes que parece ofrecer una mirada mucho más rica y compleja de la historia de la ciencia Atlántica es justamente el papel de los saberes locales del Atlántico y su relación con las prácticas científicas y técnicas asociadas a los proyectos imperiales y coloniales desde la temprana modernidad. Esta es una invitación a presentar trabajos que cuestionen nociones europeas de modernidad y globalidad a través del estudio de casos históricos de otras modernidades; trabajos que den cuenta de la emergencia de una ciencia de alcance globa

CfP: Concept Formation in the Natural and Social Sciences

WORKSHOP: CONCEPT FORMATION IN THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES LOCATION: Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich DATE: Thursday, 18 October - Saturday, 20 October, 2018 ORGANIZERS: Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich) and Sebastian Lutz (Uppsala University) WEBSITE: http://conceptformation2018. weebly.com This workshop will bring together historians and philosophers of the natural and the social sciences to investigate the nature of concept formation and the relation between concept formation in the natural and the social sciences. Some of the investigations will be abstract, analyzing the conditions of concept formation in general, other investigations will focus on specific historical or philosophical issues in a natural or a social science. We invite submissions of contributed papers in English to conceptformation2018@gmail.com . Please submit a title, a short abstract of 100 words (copied in the body of the email), and an extended abstr

CfP: Female Networks: London, Thursday 13 September 2018

CFP Female Networks: Gendered Ways of Producing Knowledge (1750-1830) London, Thursday 13 September 2018 Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London It has been evident for some time that women were active participants in scientific culture  across Europe in the eighteenth century, and a number of individuals such as the Duchess of  Portland, Caroline Herschel, or Madame Lavoisier are well known. Women typically  operated outside scientific institutions, although some women associated together to read,  learn, consume and produce scientific knowledge, such as the Dutch merchants’ wives of  the Natuurkundig Genootschap der Dames (Women’s Society for Natural Knowledge), or the  botanizing women of late eighteenth-century England (Jakob and Sturkenboom, 2003;  Shteir, 1996).  This workshop will address women’s activities at the scale of the circle, network, or  community. It will explore how communities and networks of women were created and 

One year post at Harvard

LECTURER ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of the History of Science Position Description: The Department of the History of Science at Harvard University seeks applications for one or more lecturers on the history of science. Specific areas of teaching may include the following: history of medicine, history of the human sciences, gender studies. Lecturers will be responsible for advising undergraduate students and teaching as many as four courses. The position(s) may be part-time or full-time depending on the area of specialization and the curricular requirements of the department. The position is for one year with a start date of July 1, 2018 and an end date of June 30, 2019. Keywords:* faculty, instructor Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England Fields: history of medicine, history of human sciences, gender studies Basic Qualifications: Doctorate in history of science or related field

MSCA Fellow - Demography of historical influenza pandemics

Centre for Welfare and Labour Research OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University (former HiOA) is Norway’s third largest university, with more than 20,000 students and over 2000 employees. We conduct research in areas that are important for welfare and value creation, for instance health, education, social sciences, technology and design. OsloMet has an academic stimulating environment with a variety of welfare schemes.  Centre for Welfare and Labour Research (SVA) consists of Work Research Institute (AFI), Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), and Consumption Research Norway (SIFO). MSCA Fellow - Demography of historical influenza pandemics Call for Expression of Interest for mutual  application under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship scheme We hereby invite for top-class researchers of any nationality (at any stage in their career) in the

CfP: Second Workshop on Scientific Archives

Date: 13 & 14 August 2018 Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. Organized by: Committee on the Contemporary Archives of Science and Technology (C-CAST) of the International Council on Archives/Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA/SUV) Proposals are now being accepted for the Second Workshop on Scientific Archives, organized by Committee on the Contemporary Archives of Science and Technology (C-CAST) of the ICA/SUV. The aim of the workshop is to explore topics in the area of the contemporary archives of science and technology. Possible themes for papers include (but are not limited to): -          Collaboration between scientists and archivists to best capture contemporary material -          Appraisal of science and technology archives -          Curating and making accessible science and tec

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History and Philosophy of Scienceat Tel Aviv University

The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, offers one or two Post-Doctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2018–19. The recipient(s) will spend the academic year at the institute pursuing their own research project while interacting with faculty and students. Fellowship award will be based on consideration of scholarly distinction and academic promise within the area of history and philosophy of science broadly construed. Candidates must hold a PhD degree in a relevant academic field, which has been awarded from a recognized university after October 2013. The fellowship awards the sum of c. NIS 86,000, for one year, with the possibility of extending the fellowship for a second year under similar conditions. Prospective candidates should apply by March 23, 2018. They should mail the following: • Cover letter stating how your work adds to or interacts with the work done at the Institute. • Updated CV and publ