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P.S. A message from the program chairs for ISHPSSB 2011, Mark
Largent and Chris Young : "We are as excited as you about the
prospects for presenting at the 2011 meeting of ISHPSSB in Salt Lake
City. At this point, we are still finalizing details of the initial
call for papers and proposals. We expect that call to be out by the
middle of March."
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1. New book by John S. Wilkins, Species: A History of the Idea. This
comprehensive work takes a fresh look at an idea central to the field
of biology by tracing its history from antiquity to today.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100117-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100117-1.html
2. The new online, open access journal, Philosophy & Theory in
Biology (P&TB) is now "live." P&TB is a peer-reviewed open-access
online journal, available for free, that brings together philosophers
of science and theoretically inclined biologists to interact across
disciplinary boundaries.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100117-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100117-2.html
3. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the
University of Pittsburgh announces a one or two term Mellon Post
Doctoral Fellowship in the period August 30, 2010 - April 30, 2011.
The Fellowship is to support a scholar with a clearly defined
monograph project in some area of the history of science or history
and philosophy of science. Deadline for applications: February 15,
2010.
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4. Call for abstracts for a workshop, "Membranes, Surfaces and
Boundaries: Interstices in the history of science, technology and
culture," Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin,
October 7-9, 2010. Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January
2010.
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5. The December newsletter of the International History, Philosophy,
and Science Teaching (IHPST) Group is now available on the web.
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6. New book edited by David Castle, The Role Of Intellectual Property
Rights In Biotechnology Innovation. Through the lens of
biotechnology, this book delves deeply into the main issues at the
crossroads of innovation and intellectual property rights (IPRs) to
evaluate claims of the positive and negative impacts of IPRs on
innovation.
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7. Call for abstracts for "Instruments: Mental and Material," 6th
Annual HAPSAT Conference, hosted by the the Graduate Student Society
at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science at
Technology at the University of Toronto, April 25, 2010. Deadline
for paper and panel abstracts: March 19, 2010.
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8. Call for abstracts for the 45th Joint Atlantic Seminar in the
History of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 27,
2010. Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2010.
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9. Call for applications for the First European Advanced Seminar in
the Philosophy of the Life Sciences, "Causation and Disease in the
Postgenomic Era", Hermance (Switzerland), September 6-10, 2010.
Postgraduate, doctoral and early career postdoctoral researchers in
the philosophy of life sciences are invited to apply. Deadline for
applications: February 22, 2010.
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10. The previously announced conference, "Integrated History and
Philosophy of Science - &HPS3," Indiana University, Bloomington, IN,
September 23-26, 2010, has a corrected web address for abstract
submissions. The organizers also want the ISHPSSB community to know
that they are specifically interested in more submissions from
researchers working on biology (which have been underrepresented at
the previous two conferences). Deadline for abstracts: January 31,
2010. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20091201-12.html
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