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Call for Papers for a Session on Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World at the Society of Biblical Literature 2012 International Meeting 012 International Meeting Amsterdam, The Netherlands July 22-26 Call For Papers Closes: 2/1/2012 http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_CallForPaperDetails.aspx?MeetingId=20&VolunteerUnitId=313  The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is pleased to announce that the Universiteit van Amsterdam will host the 2012 SBL International Meeting July 22-26. SBL will organize this meeting in conjunction with the 2012 annual conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) and the triennial joint meeting of the Oudtestamentish Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (OTW) and the Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS). With delight the organizations herald this congress as a unique opportunity to advance biblical scholarship, to facilitate broad and open dialogue, and to demonstrate the strength of global collegialit...

Call for Papers STS Meeting in Stockholm May 2-4, 2012 Convener: Division of History of Science and Technology, KTH Dear STS scholars in Sweden and beyond, We would like to invite you to the next STS-meeting, which will take place in Stockholm, May 2-4, 2012. In the tradition of STS meetings in earlier years, we seek to bring together the diverse and dispersed community of STS, to provide room for presenting current research, exchanging ideas, discussing projects, and networking. We encourage submission of proposals for individual papers and entire panels. Thematically open, we welcome contributions from all STS-related fields, from history, sociology, and philosophy of science, technology, and environment, to provide the broadest spectrum of STS-related research in and beyond Sweden. Moreover, we seek suggestions for alternative formats. These could be, among others, roundtables debating the hotspots issues in the field and/or of public interest or author-meets-critic sessions ...

El profesor Juan V. Fernández de la Gala ha ganado el Premio Eduardo de Ory de Periodismo con el artículo " VARGAS LLOSA Y LA ÉTICA FELIZ DE LAS MENTIRAS" . Adjunto enlace: http://cvc.cervantes.es/el_rinconete/anteriores/septiembre_11/06092011_01.htm Saludos. Francisco Herrera Universidad de Cádiz

HOMSEA is pleased to announce that its website is now live: < http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/homsea/index.html >. Please visit us for information, events, and contacts in this important and rapidly-expanding field. Don't forget that our next meeting will be held in Solo (Surakarta), Indonesia, 2-5 July 2012: < http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/homsea/conference.html > For further information about HOMSEA please contact: homsea@gmail.com . Posted by Prof. Hal Cook John F. Nickoll Professor of History Brown University Providence, RI 02912 USA Harold_Cook@brown.edu

To further develop its partnership with the Centre for Arts and Humanities Research (CAHR) at the Natural History Museum, Kingston University is seeking to appoint Research Fellows for a period of up to two years to work on the strategic development of research programmes which draw upon the immensely rich resources available to arts and humanities scholars at the Natural History Museum.  Five fellowships are advertised with responsibility for initiating programmes of research aligned to the following research themes: 1.    Natural History and Global History 2.    Visual Cultures of Natural History 3.    Literatures and Texts 4.    Philosophy and Theory of Natural History 5.    Museology and Natural History The Fellowships consist of a £5,000 p.a. stipend payable to the employing institution of the successful applicant. This is intended to cover the costs of research support...