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1. Call for abstracts: 10th Annual Philosophy of Social Science 
Roundtable, University of Washington - Seattle, March 7-9, 2008. 
Abstracts on any topic in philosophy of the social sciences are 
welcome.  Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2007. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-1.html

2. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations invites ISHPSSB members 
to submit articles on philosophy, history, and social studies of 
epidemiology. They welcome submissions related in any way to 
epidemiology (which they define as quantitative research on health, 
where people or populations are the unit of analysis, including both 
population and clinical research). 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-2.pdf>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-2.pdf

3. The MBL-Arizona State University Seminar in the History of Biology 
invites applications for the 2008 Seminar, "Embryos in Historical 
Context," Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, May 14-21, 
2008.  The MBL-ASU History of Biology Seminar is an intensive week 
with annually varying topics designed for a group of no more than 25 
advanced graduate students, postdoctoral associates, younger 
scholars, and established researchers in biology, history, 
philosophy, and the social sciences.  Application deadline: January 
15, 2008. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-3.html

4. Call for abstracts: "Biological Explanations of Behavior: 
Philosophical Perspectives," Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, 
June 12-15, 2008.  This conference will be organized around three 
general themes: explanations in behavioral genetics, developmental 
explanations of behavior, and the evolution of behavior. Deadline for 
abstracts: December 1, 2007. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070915-4.html


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