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The Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Exeter invites applications for its MA programmes in History and Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy and Sociology of Science, Anthrozoology and Social and Political Philosophy; and for our MRes programme in Science and Technology Studies. A brief description of these programmes can be found below; further details are available on the departmental website http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/postgraduate/taught/ or from the Director of Postgraduate Studies, Dr Sabina Leonelli ( s.leonelli@exeter.ac.uk ). MA History and Philosophy of Biology Research under way in the life sciences is arguably a source for some of the most extraordinary opportunities, and challenges, of our time. This results in a strong demand for expertise in the conceptual and practical constructions of the life sciences, both in science policy and administration as well as institutions devoted to the public understan...

Final CFP. Extended Deadline: The 4th Edition of the Bucharest Graduate Conference in Early Modern Philosophy The Center for the Logic, History and Philosophy of Science organizes its fourth graduate conference for advanced master and PhD students working on early modern philosophy and on the history and philosophy of science. The event will be held on May 10-11, 2013 at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Invited speakers: Richard Serjeantson (Trinity College, Cambridge) Peter Anstey (University of Sydney) Vlad Alexandrescu (University of Bucharest) The new deadline for submitting abstract is February 20, 2013. We cordially invite graduate students to forward abstracts on any topic   related to early modern philosophy by then. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should be prepared for blind review. Participating papers will be given 40 minutes (30 minutes talk, 10 minutes open discussion). The Program Committee will notify authors of its decisi...

Naval Expertise and the Making of the Modern World Wolfson College, University of Oxford 10-11 May 2013 This conference examines the generation of expertise in naval contexts and traces how such developments helped shape the modern world.  Expertise will be considered not only as knowledge but also as methods and practices central to the evolution of modern nation states and empires.  In the search for useful knowledge and in answering the demands of global infrastructure, navies have not only pursued military aims, but have also encouraged the formation of other areas of expertise, whether medical, technological, or bureaucratic. Recent research has identified navies as forerunners of modern scientific research, social disciplinary practices, and political economy for instance. This conference will explore such developments comparatively and consider their influence in the early modern and modern periods. By exploring how issues such as social wel...

The History and Sociology of Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania will host the Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science (WHEATS) from March 15-17, 2013. This event will bring nine graduate students from around the country to Penn for a series of events, chief among them a day-long collaborative workshop of an interdisciplinary group of article-length papers. There will also be a keynote talk delivered by Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius hosted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation on Friday night, a publishing workshop on Sunday morning, and a curated field trip to Bartram's Garden on Sunday afternoon. We would like to invite you to join the conversation and participate in any or all of the events we have planned for the weekend of WHEATS. In order to get a headcount, as well as a roster of those who will require access to the precirculated papers, we are asking those who plan to attend to register in advance. Please vis...

Call for applications Creating Life: From Alchemy to Synthetic Biology The Thirteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences ‘Villa Dohrn’, Ischia, Italy, 29 June – 6 July 2013 Applications are invited for this week-long summer school, which provides advanced training in history of the life sciences through lectures, seminars and discussion in a historically rich and naturally beautiful setting. The theme for 2013 is ‘Creating Life: From Alchemy to Synthetic Biology’. The faculty include Peter Murray Jones, Hiro Hirai, James E. Strick, Helen A. Curry, Luis Campos, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Stefan Helmreich, Wolfgang Schäffner and Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. The deadline for applications is 15 February. For more information, please visit < http://www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/events/title,26512,en.html >. Organized by: Janet Browne (Harvard), Christiane Groeben (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples), Nick Hopwood (Cambridge), Staffan Müller-Wi...