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1. Duke's 8th Annual Conference in Philosophy & Biology and the 
Annual Consortium for the History and Philosophy of Biology will 
occur May 22nd - 24th, 2009 at Duke University, Durham, NC.  The 
topic of this year's conference is "Form, Function and Homology": 
homology and function in systematic taxonomy in evolution and 
development.  Register for free by May 15, 2009. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-1.html

2. A prestigious History of Genetics Day will take place on Wednesday 
9th September 2009 at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich, UK, 
commemorating JIC's 100 year history and the legacy of William 
Bateson.  This will be the opening event of the 'John Innes Centenary 
Symposium - Genetics 100 Years On' which runs from 9th to the 11th 
September 2009.  Register online. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-2.html

3. Call for application for Alghero Summer School 2009, "The Social 
Self," 20-27 September.  The aim of the summer school is to provide a 
limited number of qualified students with the opportunity to attend 
short-courses of six hours (two hours each day), as well as main 
lectures of two hours (one hour talk, one hour discussion), focused 
on the analysis of the social roots of the Self.  Application 
deadline: June 30, 2009. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-3.html> 
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-3.html

4. At the Swiss National Science Foundation sponsored professorship 
of Marianne Sommer a doctoral and a postdoctoral position (100%) are 
available, beginning February 1, 2010. The professorship is located 
at the Department of History of the University of Zurich, 
Switzerland. The positions are granted for the duration of four 
years.  The positions are part of the project "History Within: The 
Phylogenetic Memory of Bones, Organisms, and Molecules" that engages 
the cultural history of the historical life sciences.  Deadline for 
application: July 1, 2009.  
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-4.html

5. Cincinnati Darwiniana is in full swing at the University of 
Cincinnati. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Charles 
Phelps Taft Research Center and organized by Bob Richardson and Rob 
Skipper, Cincinnati Darwiniana is a speaker series linked to a 
graduate seminar in the philosophy of biology. Seminar topics include 
chance variation in Darwin, random drift and chance in evolution, 
genetics and reduction, molecular evolution, and evo-devo.  Podcasts 
of the talks are available. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-5.html

6. The University of Alberta announces a two-year postdoctoral fellowship
in science and technology studies at the University of Alberta, 
funded by the SSHRC Cluster Grant, "Situating Science.".  Start of 
position: 1 August 2009.  Application deadline: 29 May 2009. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-6.html> 
http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20090503-6.html


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