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 **************************************************************************** Moderator's note: Deadline for submissions for ISH 2007 in Exeter is February 15, 2007. Information on submissions is on the <http://www.ishpssb.org/meeting.html>Meetings page; post session ideas in the <http://www.ishpssb.org/phorum/list.php?9>Forum. 1. Workshop "Graphing Genes, Cells and Embryos," Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, May 17-20, 2007. The workshop will gather biological scientists and scholars to discuss the graphical practices in molecular, cellular, developmental and evolutionary biology, principally during the 20th century, with incursions in the 19th and 21th centuries. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-1.html 2. The Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds intends to offer up to four postgraduate studentships in Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science, and Health Care Ethics, accepted for full-time or part-time postgraduate taught or research degree programmes in the Department. Closing date 9 March 2007. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-2.html 3. The History of Science Society Fellowship in the History of Space Science, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration History Division, funds a nine-month research project that is related to any aspect of the history of space science, from the earliest human interest in space to the present. The deadline for applications is 2 April 2007. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-3.html 4. Themed Lecture Series: Second Term 2006/2007, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK, "Histories of the Global Eradication of Smallpox." <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-4.html 5. The Biohumanities Project at the University of Queensland announces its revamped podcast site, including the proceedings of four Queensland Biohumanities Conferences: "Evidence-based medicine"; "Idealisation, Mechanism and Reduction: New Directions in the Philosophy of Proximal Biology"; "Philosophy of Ecology"; and "The Conceptual Impact of the Genomic Revolution." <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20070205-5.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/>