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University of Oxford Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School: Mind, Value and Mental Health< http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ppss2 > (14 - 19 July 2013): Open for applications A one-week accredited residential summer school presented by the Faculty of Philosophy and the Department for Continuing Education, and based at St Catherine's College, Oxford. We will explore the areas in which the philosophy of mind and ethics or the philosophy of value come into contact with issues about mental health. The Summer School will appeal to a wide range of people with a professional or academic interest in the fields of philosophy and/or mental health. This intensive programme will be delivered by renowned experts in the field through keynote lectures and seminars offering opportunities for substantial dialogue between philosophers, scientists and mental health practitioners. Sessions will include:   *    Self and Other (Edward Harcourt, Anita Avramides and ...

Call for papers: Animals in Asian history, society, thought Workshop, January 24-26, 2013 Manchester, Centre for Chinese Studies, BICC Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2012, send to: dagmar.schaefer@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:dagmar.schaefer@manchester.ac.uk > While rice dominates the modern view of Asia, animals have always played a crucial in Chinese and Japanese society, history and thought. This workshop attempts to shift the perspective and discuss Asian notions of animals in their understanding and management of nature. Are animals an overlooked topic in Asian studies? What role did they actually play in Asian thought, as a resource, as a living being, and in state politics and individual lives? What was the relation between humans and animals and how can such an approach be used to understand changes in Asia society and approaches to fields of scientific and technological development? The workshop aims at historical and cross-cultural comparison. It has iden...

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Department II (Lorraine Daston), announces two postdoctoral fellowships for up to two years, starting date September 1, 2013 . Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply. The fellowship will be awarded in conjunction with the following two Working Group research projects: Historicizing Big Data Science in Circulation Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science or a related field at the time the fellowship begins; the Ph.D. degree should have been awarded in 2010 or later. The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is an international and interdisciplinary research institute ( website ). It is expected that candidates will be able to present their own work and discuss that of others fluently in English. Applications may however be submitted in German, English, or French. Fellowships are endowed with a monthly stipend between 2.100 € and 2.500 € (fellows from abroad) or betwe...

The IX International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education (ICHSSE) will take place in Flensburg, Germany from July 30 th through August 3 rd . The topic of the conference is “Enabling Scientific Understanding through Historical Instruments and Experiments in Formal and Non-Formal Learning Environments.” Traditionally, this conference brings together history of science experts interested in science education and science education experts interested in using the history of science. As the topic of this conference explicitly addresses topics that are relevant to museums and science centers, experts from both fields have also been invited. Traditionally, the ICHSSE has no parallel sessions, intending to encourage communication among the participants; therefore, each 25-minute paper is followed by 20 minutes of discussion time. This, however, limits the number of participants who can present their recent work. To compensate for this limitation, we have schedule...

First Call for Papers: 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CULTURAL HISTORY (ISCH): Artefacts, Culture, and Identity Istanbul, 11-14 September 2013 Istanbul University and Fatih University invite the members of ISCH to join the society’s seventh annual conference 2013 on the shores of the Bosphorus. Istanbul defines its unique location through the border between two continents. Its multifaceted history as a metropolis in different civilisations invites us to reflect what it is when we talk about culture: Who is the agent manifesting cultures? How does culture change over time across political and social transitions? How do present-day inhabitants relate to cultural artefacts found in the soil of their land? The conference will explore the relationship between culture, concepts of geographical space, historical time, socio-ethnic groups and individuals. Language, religions, ideologies, elite and mass cultures all converge in shaping the way human ...