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Dear friends and colleagues, The Fondazione Lanza (Center for Advanced Studies in Ethics, Padova - Italy ), in collaboration with the Chair of the History of Medicine at the University of Padua and the Department of Medical Humanities at the University of Marmara in Istanbul, is pleased to announce the first edition of the Summer Course in Medical Humanities, which will be held in Padua and Venice from Sunday 7 to Friday 12 September, 2014. For its innovative approach and the importance and usefulness of the topics that will be touched, as well as for the ethical values represented by the different arts in different ages, we believe that such a course can be addressed to all the professionals who have to deal with the care and assistance to the sick and suffering as well as experts in bioethics and all the students of history of medicine and arts. Within the course there will be a section dedicated to paper/poster presentation. The Course Program is available on the ...

S hadows of the Mind: Discourses of Superstition and Nature in the Early Modern World Special Issue of  Preternature Extended Deadline:  1 March 2014 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 time as it facilitated virulent attacks between rival...

ESRC 3-year PhD or 4-year (MSc+PhD) studentship opportunity in STSUCL UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies participates in UCL¹s doctoral training centre sponsored by the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC). We are fast approaching the STS deadline for consideration for this funded programme (our deadline is 31 Jan). Science and Technology Studies is a disciplinary pathway in the UCL scheme. Details: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/shs/esrc/disciplinary-pathways Applications are welcome, as are enquiries from individuals with substantial project ideas. contact sts@ucl.ac.uk We are especially interested in projects at the interface of science policy and governance, or involving contemporary science and technology studies focusing on life sciences, such as evolution or biodiversity research. A recent STSUCL success story in ESRC funded PhD studentships is Dr Christine Aicardi (e.g., http://tinyurl.com/stsucl243 ). Joe -- Professor Joe Cai...

DISSERTATION REVIEWS Dissertation Reviews ( http://dissertationreviews.org/ ) is your window to recently defended and unpublished dissertations, as well as articles on archives and libraries around the world. The Science Studies and Medical Anthropology series are edited by Leon Rocha (University of Cambridge), the Bioethics series is edited by Tamara Kayali (Australian National University), and the Editor-in-Chief is Thomas Mullaney (Stanford University). The following is a list of the posts for January 2014. [Bioethics]   Ryan Tonkens, "The Virtues and Vices of Rigging the Natural Lottery: A Character-Based Evaluation of Prenatal Genetic Alteration," (York University (Toronto), 2012), reviewed by Tamara Kayali (Australian National University) http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/6652 [Medical Anthropology, Tibetan/Himalayan]   David M. Citrin, "The Anatomy of Ephemeral Care: Health, Hunger, and Short-Term Humanitarian Intervention in No...

The Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL seeks to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies (100% FTE). The field of specialisation is open. For this post, the department has a preference for expertise in contemporary science and technology. This should be understood to include science and technology policy research, sociology of science and technology, or related fields. The duties of the post will include teaching on the department’s undergraduate and graduate programmes, supervising graduate students and contributing to administrative, pastoral, and engagement activities in the department. Closing date: 5 th March 2014; interviews to be held in the week beginning 31 st March For further details and links to the online application system: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/vacancies About the department: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Joe Cain (Head of Department) J.Cain@ucl.ac.uk For queries about...