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The International Institute of Social History offers a four years PhD grant and a two year postdoctoral grant for a grand project on the centurial social history of labour in the Iranian oil industry, studied by a team of five PhD and Post-Doctoral researchers. Prof. Touraj Atabaki Cruquiusweg 31 1019AT Amsterdam Phone: 031-206685866 Fax: 0031-206654181 Email: tat@iisg.nl Visit the website at http://www.iisg.nl/jobs.php

ALL FOR APPLICATIONS Three Part-time Research Positions at the Project ‘Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics, 18th - 21st centuries’ The Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies in History, Economy and Society (Moscow, Russia), the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and the New Economic School (Moscow, Russia) are looking for three part-time research assistants to the ‘Electronic Repository of Russian Historical Statistics, 18th - 21st centuries’, a project funded by the ‘Dynasty’ foundation (Moscow, Russia). The ideal candidates for the positions are researchers in the early stage of their career (PhD/candidate of science degree not earlier than 1 September 2000), or currently enrolled in a PhD/candidate of science program in history, economics or the social sciences. Successful candidates will carry out tasks related to the identification of relevant sources and statistical collections, the planning and implementation...

Dear colleagues, Just in case you have any students interested on it.... Best wishes Laurinda Abreu Applying for Eramus Mundus master PhoenixEM – Dynamics of Health and Welfare European Students   We are still accepting applications for grants (500 euros x 24 months plus mobility grants) for European students. The deadline was postponed for May 22, 2010. The Application Form is available in:  http://mundushealthwelfare.ehess.fr/ Please send it to Veronique.Mege@ehess.fr   and   laurinda.abreu@mail.telepac.pt Required Attachments The application form prompts you to attach the following (your application will not be considered without them): CV (in English) A research project draft (see the guidelines) Motivation letter (in English) A digital copy of all your academic certificates Letters of Reference (two)

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Science Studies @ NYU Location: New York , United States Post-doctoral Fellow in Science Studies (broadly construed) New York University , Environmental Studies Program The use of scientific assessment as a formalized process for evaluating knowledge for the specific purpose of informing government decision-making has expanded since the mid-1970s, but how successful have these assessments been? As part of a multi-year collaborative project between New York University , UCSD, and The Woodrow Wilson School's Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program at Princeton University , we seek a post-doctoral fellow to examine the scientific assessments regarding acid precipitation, the epistemologies on which they have relied, and the controversies which they have engendered. The ideal fellow will have a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science or a closely related field, and sufficient scientific background and interest ...

D ear all, Applications are now open for the third event in the AHRC-funded ‘Theories and Methods: Literature, Science and Medicine’ training programme ( www.litscimed.org.uk ). The event will take place 1-2 July 2010 hosted by the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the National Maritime Museum, in London.  Day 1: Using History of Science Archives (Royal Institution of Great Britain). Day 2: Exploring Science, Literature and Objects (National Maritime Museum). There will be twenty funded places given to doctoral students for this training event. Bursaries are available for travel/subsistence and accommodation. Applications must be submitted by 1 June 2010 (forms and a provisional programme are available at http://litscimed.org.uk/page/event3 ). We hope to confirm places by Tuesday 8th June 2010. Even if you have applied but been unsuccessful in applications for previous events we encourage you to put in an application for this and future events. We should note, howeve...

The jounal Dynamis joins Scielo http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0211-9536&lng=en&nrm=iso The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO is an electronic virtual library covering a collection of Spanish scientific journals selected following preestablished quality criteria. The library is an integral part of a project being developed by FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, in partnership with BIREME - the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information. In Spain , the SciELO project is result of the collaboration between OPS/OMS and Carlos III Health Institute ISCIII and it's been developed by the National Library of Health Sciences . The main aim of SciELO is to develop a common methodology for the preparation, storage, dissemination and evaluation of Spanish scientific literature in electronic format. As the project develops, new journal titles will be added in the library collecti...

SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL ANTICONCEPCIÓN, MATERNIDADES Y DERECHOS DE LA SALUD EN LOS SIGLOS XX y XXI (a 10 años del fallecimiento de la Dra. Marcela Nari) 10 y 11 de junio de 2010 Museo Roca, Vicente López 2220, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Organizan: Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA Programa Master Erasmus Mundus Gemma y Grupo HUM-603 del Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer de la Universidad de Granada Proyecto PFEFYT (HAR-05809, Ministerio Español de Ciencia y Tecnología) Jueves 10 de junio 09:00-09:30 Dora Barrancos (Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA), Nora Domínguez (Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA)  y Teresa Ortiz Gómez (Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer y Dpto. Historia de la Ciencia , Universidad de Granada) Presentación de las jornadas Planificar/desear/evitar la maternidad: políticas y exp...

Eä, Vol. 1 Nº 3: Nuevo número. Nuevo estilo. Nuevas aplicaciones . Con enorme placer y satisfacción les presentamos el nuevo número de   Eä – Revista de Humanidades Médicas & Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología . ¿Qué hay de nuevo?  El  Vol. 1 Nº 3  se presenta con un conjunto de novedades:  Nueva interfaz grá fica  para mejorar la experiencia de nuestros lectores, Nuevo espacio en redes sociales:  desde marzo pasado Eä aterrizó en   Twitter . A través del usuario  @eajournal1   actualizamos diariamente con noticias, eventos, recursos online novedosos, tendencias 2.0 y descubrimientos recientes en Humanidades Médicas y Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, entre otros. Nuevas aplicaciones.   Como nuestro sitio crece de la mano de la ola 2.0, además de las funciones habilitadas para que los usuarios pudieran subir   eventos ,   enlaces   y   publicaciones , desde e...

Isis Volume 101, Number 1 (March 2010) is now available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/2010/101/1?ai=t8&ui=5gal&af=H     Frontispiece   Isis March 2010, Vol. 101, No. 1: vii. Citation | Full Text | PDF Version (116 KB)   Articles   Organisms in Their Milieu: Alfred Giard, His Pupils, and Early Ethology, 1870–1930   Raf De Bont   Isis March 2010, Vol. 101, No. 1: 1-29. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Version (814 KB)     History without Time: Buffon's Natural History as a Nonmathematical Physique   Thierry Hoquet   Isis March 2010, Vol. 101, No. 1: 30-61. Abstract | Full Text | PDF Version (850 KB)     A Brave New Animal for a Brave New World: The British Laboratory Animals Bureau and the Constitution of International Standards of Laboratory Animal Production and Use, circa 1947–1968   Robert G....