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 provided. Please send me items at [log in to unmask] 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. **Please include a link to details, as we only send out a digest of brief descriptions.** Thanks! Trevor Pearce Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology [log in to unmask] ********************************************** ISHPSSB Workshops: The ISHPSSB Off-Year Workshop Committee invites proposals for off-year workshops taking place from April to December 2020. While the society cannot provide financial support for off-year workshops, it will provide publicity, advice to organizers, and some funding to support graduate student travel. Deadline: 31 January 2020. https://bit.ly/2RB5bHG Postdoc: The Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on "Spaces for Medical Research and Care." REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS BEGAN ON 15 JANUARY 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. https://bit.ly/37dobCE Write-Up Fellowships: The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) in Klosterneuburg, Austria (close to Vienna) announces five "Writing-Up Fellowships" for late-stage PhD students working in inter and transdisciplinary sustainability science with a focus on theoretical dimensions (conceptual, methodological, and epistemological) of sustainability research. We especially encourage philosophers, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and conceptually-inclined scientists to apply. Deadline: 30 January 2020. https://bit.ly/2EGHlnv Call for Abstracts: Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains (POBAM) 2020 Workshop, University of Utah, 8-12 June 2020. The workshop showcases new work in the philosophy of biology. Submissions can be on any topic in the philosophy of biology or biology-oriented philosophy of science. Deadline: 31 January 2020. https://bit.ly/2QjTdT2 Call for Abstracts: The fellows of the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Science History Institute are pleased to invite proposals for a two-day graduate and early-career conference on science education, science popularization, and their histories. The conference will be held at the Institute in Philadelphia, 28-29 May 2020. Deadline: 3 February 2020. https://bit.ly/2Gd8OxY Call for Abstracts: Eighth meeting of the association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies (FEMMSS), University of Waterloo, 20-23 August 2020. Deadline: 15 March 2020. https://bit.ly/2NNGYMX Call for Papers: "Values and Pluralism in the Environmental Sciences: From Inferences to Institutions," a special issue of *Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences*, edited by Zachary Piso and Viorel Pâslaru. Deadline: 15 June 2020. https://bit.ly/2uhlqlc (PDF) Colloquium: "Doing Science in a Pluralistic Society," University of Dayton, 26-28 March 2020. Speakers will examine questions pertaining to doing science in a diverse, democratic and pluralistic society. https://bit.ly/36gyV1M **************************** 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Pearce 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 Email: [log in to unmask]