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1. New book by John O. Reiss, Not by Design: Retiring Darwin's 
Watchmaker.  This book tells how Darwin left the door open for the 
revival of the argument of design--and at the same time argues for a 
new conceptual framework that avoids the problematic teleology 
inherent in Darwin's formulation of natural selection. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-1.html

2. New book by Sherrie Lynne Lyons, Species, Serpents, Spirits and 
Skulls: Science at the Margins in the Victorian Age.  This book 
explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience, drawing 
on four examples from the nineteenth-century-sea serpent 
investigations, spiritualism, phrenology, and Darwin's theory of 
evolution. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-2.html

3. The Ecology Program at Federal University of Bahia (Salvador, 
Brazil) is selecting research fellows.  They seek to fill three Post 
Doctoral positions in the area of: (A) Epistemology applied to 
Ecology, (B) Statistical analyses applied to ecology or Ecological 
Modeling, and (C) Landscape ecology or restoration ecology or 
conservation ecology.  Applications will be accepted until November 
15, 2009. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-3.html

4. New journal, Environment, Space, Place.  Published in 
collaboration with the International Association for the Study of 
Environment, Space, and Place (IASESP), Environment, Space, Place is 
a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal committed to values 
contributing to our rootedness to the earth and attunement to the 
environment, space, and place. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-4.html

5. Applications are solicited for the History of Biology Seminar at 
the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  The 
2010 Seminar will occur 19-26 May.  The topic this year is "From 
Linneaus to the Encyclopedia of Life" and will examine issues of 
biodiversity and taxonomic science, with a look at the EoL project 
housed at the MBL along with historical and philosophical 
discussions.  Deadline for applications: January 15, 2010. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-5.html

6. Applications are solicited for a new graduate track at UMass 
Boston, "Science in a Changing World."  The program seeks to prepare 
students to participate in questioning and shaping the direction of 
scientific and social changes, as well as to teach and engage others 
to participate in this important endeavor. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-6.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-6.html

7. New book by Lynn M. Morgan, Icons of Life: A Cultural History of 
Human Embryos. This book uses feminist and science studies approaches 
to analyzing the Carnegie Institution of Washington's human embryo 
collecting project in the early 20th century. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-7.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-7.html

8. Applications are solicited for a 2010 Workshop in Woods Hole MA, 
USA, "Problem- and case-based learning about biology-in-society" 
April 22-25, 2010.  The topic and the processes of this workshop are 
designed to attract a diverse group of scientists, science educators, 
and scholars from the various areas of science and technology studies 
interested in the life sciences and pedagogical innovation. Deadline 
for applications: 15 January 2010. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-8.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-8.html

9. The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center, at the 
University of Utah announces its 2010-2011 fellowship competition. 
Tenured and non-tenured faculty and independent scholars are eligible 
to apply.  The Tanner Humanities Center will be a co-sponsor of the 
ISHPSSB 2011 meeting in Salt Lake City.  Deadline for applications: 
December 1, 2009.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-9.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091101-9.html


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