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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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