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Job: The History and Philosophy of Science group at Utrecht University
invites applications for an Assistant Professor in History and
Philosophy of the Life Sciences (0.8-1.0 fte) beginning in January
2021. Deadline: **4 October 2021.**
https://tinyurl.com/yyq42vy7

Postdoc: The National Human Genome Research Institute is offering a
two-year postdoctoral fellowship (with an option for a third year).
The selected fellow will be expected to produce scholarly writings
related to the history of genomics and to pursue original research
studies of science communication, with special emphasis on engagement
with diverse and underserved groups. Deadline: Open until filled.
https://tinyurl.com/yxwewnle

Call for Papers: "Ancestry: Evidence, Inference, and Identity," 22-23
January 2021, University of Pittsburgh. The aim of this virtual
conference is to bring together anthropologists, biologists,
historians, and philosophers of science to address the concept of
ancestry in relation to scientific inferences about the evolutionary
history of humans. Deadline: 30 November 2020.
https://tinyurl.com/y2g29d4q

Seminars: The Biological Engineering Collaboratory is pleased to share
details of an online seminar series, to run in Fall 2020, featuring
some of its members. Each of the speakers has recorded a short video
by way of introducing the topic of their seminar, and inviting your
participation.
https://tinyurl.com/yypjhxqg

Book: Jörg Matthias Determann, *Islam, Science Fiction and
Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim
World*
https://tinyurl.com/yyzzlyjq

Book: Trevor Pearce, *Pragmatism's Evolution: Organism and Environment
in American Philosophy*
https://tinyurl.com/y4kaokce

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