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PhD Position in European Space History The DFG-funded Emmy Noether research group "The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the Twentieth Century” at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut of Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for a two-year PhD position. Salary grade accords to E 13 TV-L. Candidates should have completed their post-graduate studies in History with a specialization in History of Science, History of Technology, Cultural History or Art History by the time the appointment begins. Applicants should be fluent in English. The ability to work in German would be an asset. Applicants without any knowledge of German are expected, if appointed, to acquire within one year a sufficient level of proficiency. The successful candidate will be expected to conceptualize and compose a dissertation that is related to European Space History. Furthermore, she/he will be actively engaged in all activities relevant to the research ...

Shadows of the Mind: Discourses of Superstition and Nature in the Early Modern World Special Issue of  Preternature Edited by James A.T. Lancaster and Richard Raiswell The advent of novel approaches in early modernity to understanding and mastering nature - from natural magic, to natural history, to natural philosophy - motivated discourse about how best to distill true knowledge (vera scientia) from an increasing body of claims about the natural world. The need to develop a language with which to frame this discourse naturally led magicians, alchemists, historians, and philosophers to turn to that facet of society which already possessed the terminology necessary to deal with epistemological deviation; namely, the Christian religion. The adoption of traditionally religious terms such as "idol," "vanity," and "superstition" by investigators of nature afforded the opportunity to differentiate claims to true knowledge, at the same tim...

Benvolguts/des, En plau informar-vos amb antelació que, els dies 19 i 20 de setembre d'enguany, tindrem a Barcelona, la professora Lorraine Daston, directora del MPI d'Història de la Ciència de Berlín, i una de les figures cabdals de la nostra disciplina en les darreres dècades. La professora Daston impartirà dos seminaris: Dijous, 19 de setembre de 2013: 18:30 IEC, C/Carme, 47, Barcelona "Nature's Revenge: Responsibility, Reasonableness and Risk in Historical Perspective" Divendres, 20 de setembre de 2013: 12:00, CEHIC-UAB "The Science of Clouds" Trobareu més informació a: http://www.cehic.es/ficha_noticies.php?sitelang=ca&idnoti=269 A més d'aquests seminaris, esperem compartir amb ella alguns àpats i cafès, per a poder discutir de manera informal idees i projectes de recerca. Us mantindrem informats dels detalls de la seva visita. De moment, si podeu, marqueu en la vostra agenda aquests dos dies. Salutac...

L’alimentation et le temps qu’il fait Essen und Wetter Food and Weather 2-4 avril 2014 à la Sorbonne (amphithéâtre Louis Liard) et au Goethe-Institut de Paris organisé par l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, le CNRS UMR 8185 ENeC et l’IEHCA Karin Becker, IEHCA / Université de Münster Vincent Moriniaux, ENeC / Université Paris-Sorbonne Martine Tabeaud, ENeC / Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne This multidisciplinary colloquium aims at filling a gap in research by studying the numerous interdependences between weather conditions and human food. It leans on two networks: that of the IEHCA, which works on the history and the cultures of food, and that dedicated to representations of weather (Perception of climate network). Yet, both research fields of food and meteorology train an “interscience” (Parrochia) which requires a holistic approach of a “total phenomenon” (Mauss). The human beings who are biological and social , try to...