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Leeds Philosophy/History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Teaching Assistantship 2011-14 The School of Humanities at Leeds intends to offer a Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Philosophy or History and Philosophy of Science for its full-time PhD programmes. The scholarship is available from 26 September 2011 and consists in a payment of £8500 per annum for teaching and maintenance, along with full fee waiver for Home/EU students and partial fee waiver (equivalent to full Home/EU rate) for international students. The Scholarship is available only to new PhD applicants, not to currently registered PhD students. Scholarship recipients are expected to provide teaching and teaching support for Philosophy/HPS for up to six hours per week on average. Appropriate training is normally compulsory for all holders of these awards. This award is tenable for one year in the first instance in the School of Humanities, and is renewable annually for your second and third years of study, subj...

The ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, University of Edinburgh are currently looking for a Research Fellow to join our team, focusing on key aspects of the relationship between genomics and society. You should be a social or natural scientist interested in working on the relationship between genomics and society.   You will help to shape the work of the ESRC's Genomics Policy and Research Forum by contributing to the development of research, thematic programmes and events covering a wide range of policy relevant issues, ideally building on your existing research expertise.   You should have a PhD (social science, science or humanities) or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience.    You should also have good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.   Knowledge of developments in the life sciences and an interest in linking social science, science and public policy would be an advantage.  Main Purpose of Job To contribute to the de...

Se ha editado el catálogo de la exposición itinerante: "FRANCISCO GINER DE LOS RÍOS: UN ANDALUZ DE FUEGO" . Sevilla, 2011. Edición a cargo de José García-Velasco. ISBN: 978-84-9959-041-7 Adjunto enlace con información: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/servicios/publicaciones/detalle/73156.html Francisco Herrera. Universidad de Cádiz

The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHoSTM) at Imperial College London is offering a 3-year AHRC-funded doctoral studentship on the topic of ‘Veterinary training and veterinary work: A female perspective, 1919-2000’, to commence in October 2011 or January 2012. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growing body of knowledge about women in science, and also to develop new perspectives on the history of the veterinary profession. CHoSTM has a thriving PhD programme, and was judged the top history department in the United Kingdom in the 2008 RAE.   The studentship is in collaboration with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Charitable Trust. Based in Westminster, the Trust’s library holds a considerable quantity of relevant archival material. In addition to facilities at Imperial College, the successful student will be allocated a desk space, computing facilities, training and support by the RCVS Charitable Trust, along with £1000/...

Durham International Junior Research Fellowships Durham University is delighted to launch a new Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) scheme, designed to attract the most talented researchers in Europe and beyond, and build international networks of scholars with a common passion for the deepest theoretical questions and most pressing practical problems facing humanity. The JRF scheme is aimed at researchers with substantial post-doctoral experience, but recent doctorands of exceptional ability and researchers who have followed non-traditional academic career paths (such as in public corporations, NGOs or industry) are also encouraged to apply.   JRFs will pursue new research ideas of their own design, undertaken in collaboration within academic researchers at Durham University Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of the diverse spectrum of opportunities offered by the Institutes at Durham, which span the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, and link their proposals to r...

Le comunico que el número 2 del volumen 7 de la Revista de Medicina y Cine/ Journal of Medicine and Movies, editada por el Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Salamanca, está disponible en http://revistamedicinacine.usal.es/index.php/es/vol7/num2 Un cordial saludo Comité Editorial Contenidos Editorial: Artículo De la experiencia colectiva de la enfermedad: Salud Pública y cine Tabernero Holgado C. Originales: Artículo El cine y las dimensiones colectivas de la enfermedad Tabernero Holgado C, Perdiguero-Gil E. La reivindicación del saber lego en la defensa de la salud pública: Erin Brockovich Menéndez Navarro A. Contrastes, paradojas y exclusiones en torno al aborto. Una lectura posible de Asunto de mujeres y El secreto de Vera Drake Jiménez Lucena I. ...