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. Conference: "T. S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: Impact, Relevance and Open Issues," Organized by the Department of Philosophy & History of Science, University of Athens and the Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago. Conference will take place at the University of Athens, Panepistemiou 30, Athens, Greece, 21-23 August 2008. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-1.html 2. McGill-Queen's University Press announces the recent publication of a book called Philosophy of Biology, by Brian Garvey. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-2.html 3. The Department of Philosophy at Bristol will shortly be advertising two post-doctoral positions, each of three years duration, to begin in October 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter. Candidates with backgrounds in philosophy of science, evolutionary biology, economics, game theory, or political philosophy are encouraged to apply. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-3.html 4. Call for Papers: "First International Conference on the Evolution and Development of the Universe." They are seeking cosmologists, physicists, astrobiologists, theoretical and evo-devo biologists, complexity, systems and hierarchy theorists, philosophers, and other scholars who wish to explore and critique hypotheses of evolution and development at universal and subsystem scales. Their first international conference on these topics will be occurring in Paris, France on 8-9 October, 2008. Their first deadline for abstract and paper proposal submission is July 30th, 2008. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-4.html 5. The Tenth biennial IHPST conference will take place at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, June 24-28, 2009. It will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame's HPS Graduate Program and Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values. <http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080705-5.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/>