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History of Science: Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Swansea Science: The First 100 Years Closing date: 30th April 2015 Key Information The Department of History and Classics, Swansea University, invites applications from suitably-qualified UK/EU candidates for a doctoral studentship, funded by the College of Arts and Humanities, to conduct research on the history of the STEM disciplines at Swansea University in advance of the university’s centenary in 2020. The recipient of the studentship will contribute to our understanding of the evolution and significance of work in the sciences at Swansea since the institution’s foundation. There will be some scope to shape the precise direction of the research according to his/her interests and expertise. The studentship, which is full-time and will run for three years, will begin in October 2015, and will be supervised by Dr Christoph Laucht and Dr Adam Mosley. Applicants should have a background in the history of science, tec...

Benvolgudes/ts, Els propers 11 i 12 de maig de 2015 se celebrarà a l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) i a l'Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB), respectivament, el simposi: "Una nueva Historia Natural. Primeras noticias ibéricas sobre la naturaleza de las Indias". El simposi es clourà amb una visita guiada a l'exposició "Salvadoriana" per part d'un dels seus comissaris: Pepe Pardo. ( http://museuciencies.cat/exposicio_temporal/salvadoriana/#horizontalTabExpo1 ) Podeu trobar més informació sobre el simposi al web d'ARBAN: http://arban.espais.iec.cat/2015/04/23/una-nueva-historia-natural-primeras-noticias-ibericas-sobre-la-naturaleza-de-las-indias/ La inscripció és gratuïta i oberta a tothom. Si voleu assistir-hi, envieu, si us plau, un correu electrònic a: emma.sallent@ub.edu Moltes gràcies! Ben cordialment, Emma pel comitè organizador: José Pardo-Tomás, Institut Milà i Fontanals, CSIC Barcelona Juan Pimentel, Cent...

International Workshop: The Establishment of Genetic Counseling in the Second Half of the 20th Century Berlin, February 2-3, 2016 Deadline: May 17, 2015 The rapid development of molecular genetics in the 1950s not only led to the establishment of human genetics as a separate discipline, it also fundamentally changed the thinking about disease and health. Genetics became indispensable for studying the causation, formation, and development of diseases. Yet, because of the low potential for an actual cure of genetic diseases, genetic counseling received special significance as "the most immediate and practical service that genetics can render in medicine and surgery,” according to the WHO Expert Committee on Human Genetics in 1964. Genetic counseling centers were set up throughout the world, although unevenly distributed. The reasons for why people sought counseling varied considerably – from evaluating the risk of having a child with Down’s Syndrome to detecting the...

Program of the Congress of the International Academy for Philosophy of Sciences (Académie International de Philosophie des Sciences, AIPS) University of A Coruña, Ferrol Campus, 23-25 September 2015 Prologue at the Pazo de Mariñan, 22 September 2015 Tuesday, 22 September 2015 Evening Activities at the Pazo de Mariñan 18:00—19:30 Round Table on “Formal Sciences, Objectivity, and Truth:” Gerhard Heinzmann (University of Lorraine/CNRS, Nancy), Jean Guy Meunier (University of Quebec at Montreal), Reinhard Kahle (New University of Lisbon), and Marco Buzzoni (University of Macerata) . Chairman: Evandro Agazzi (University of Genoa/Panamericana University). 19:30—20:00 Coffee break 20:00 Presentation of the book Scientific Objectivity and its Contexts : Mario Alai (University of Urbino Carlo Bo), Alberto Cordero (City University of New York), and Evandro Agazzi (University of Genoa/Panamericana University). Chairman: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez (University of A Coruñ...