Listserv for the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (see the end of this message for directions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from this listserv) **************************************************************************** This listserv sends out brief descriptions only. For further details, follow the link listed. Please send me items to post to the list that would be of interest to Society members: position announcements, postdoctoral announcements, grant and funding opportunities, conference announcements, calls for papers, and brief queries on research topics. The sooner you send me something, the more likely that I will be able to have it posted before its deadline. Thanks! Roberta L. Millstein Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology **************************************************************************** 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 **************************** End of announcements ************************** -- DIRECTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBING Send an email message to: [log in to unmask] with the following in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE ISHPSB-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname For example, if your name were Gregor Mendel: SUBSCRIBE ISHPSB-L Gregor Mendel DIRECTIONS FOR UNSUBSCRIBING Send an email message to: [log in to unmask] with the following in the body of the message: SIGNOFF ISHPSB-L ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Roberta L. Millstein Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology <http://www.ishpssb.org/> Listserv archives: <http://lists.umn.edu/archives/ishpsb-l.html> Snail mail: Department of Philosophy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8673 Email: <[log in to unmask]> Web: <http://www.RLM.net/>