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1.     The Shifting Ground of Nature: Establishing an Organ of Scientific Communication in Britain, 18691900 Baldwin, Melinda History of Science (ISSN: 0073-2753); Volume 50, No. 2, pp. 125-154(30); April 2012 Science History Publications Ltd. 2.     An Interim Report on a Census of Galileo's Sunspot Letters Mayer, Thomas F. History of Science (ISSN: 0073-2753); Volume 50, No. 2, pp. 155-196(42); April 2012 Science History Publications Ltd. 3.     Historiography of Not-So-Recent Science Dear, Peter History of Science (ISSN: 0073-2753); Volume 50, No. 2, pp. 197-211(15); April 2012 Science History Publications Ltd. 4.     Testing Power and Trust: The Steam Indicator, the 'reynolds Controversy', and the Relations of Engineering Science and Practice in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain Miller, David Philip History of Science (ISSN: 0073-2753); Volume 50, No. 2, pp. 212-250(39); April 2012 Science History Public...

The April IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at: http://ihpst.net/newsletters/ Please note that submission date for the IHPST Asian regional conference (#7) is April 30, and submission date for both the Literature (#3) and Energy (#4) special issues of ‘Science & Education’ is May 1. CONTENTS 1.         Science & Education Journal, Volume 21 Number 4 2.         Science & Education Journal, Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal (b) Journal on the Web         (c) Manuscript Submissions (d) Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors (e) Article Downloads (f) Journal Indexing (g) Thematic Issues (h) Journal Reviewing 3.         Journal Special Issue: Science & Literature 4          Journal Sp...

Dear colleagues, The Proceedings of the 4ESHS have just been published online. You will be able to either read or download them at the Conference website: http://4eshs.iec.cat/entrada.asp?epigraf_contingut=18 Best regards, Technical Coordination 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science.     Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010.

Dear colleagues, A new review has been posted on Dissertation Reviews (Medical Anthropology): - JANET CHILDERHOSE, "Genetic Discrimination: A Genealogy of an American Problem", reviewed by Alina Bennett. Forthcoming reviews on Dissertation Reviews (Science Studies): - EMILY WINTERBURN, "The Herschels: A Scientific Family in Training", reviewed by Barbara Becker - BRENDAN CLARKE, "Causality in Medicine with Particular Reference to the Viral Causation of Cancers", reviewed by Raffaella Campaner Please visit us at www.dissertationreviews.org To contribute a review, or to have your dissertation reviewed, please email dissertationreviews@gmail.com With best wishes, Leon Rocha (University of Cambridge) Tom Mullaney (Stanford University) -- Dr Leon Antonio Rocha Research Fellow, Emmanuel College Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge Free School Lane Cambridge CB2 3RH United Kingdom LA...

On May 10-11th, the Japan Committee of the University of Chicago is sponsoring the Tenth Japan at Chicago Conference on the theme of "Medicine, Politics, and Culture in the Japanese Empire."   The three panels will explore the circulation of medical knowledge and personnel within the empire, responses to infectious disease at the state and local levels, and the intersection between consumer culture and medicine in the metropole and empire.   For the conference schedule and further information, please see the conference website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/medicineandempire/ This event is free and open to the public.   However, we do ask that you preregister using the link that is available on conference website.   For further information, please contact Susan Burns (Associate Professor of Japanese History) at slburns@uchicago.edu .