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1. CFP for conference: "Science, Knowledge, and Democracy," hosted by the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, April 1-3, 2011. The goal of the conference is to bring together scholars working in moral and political philosophy, social epistemology, philosophy of science, and related areas to reflect broadly on the relationships between science, knowledge, and democracy. Abstract submission deadline: November 1st, 2010. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100614-1.pdf

2. Online graduate course in Biomedical Ethics, offered as part of the new "Science in a Changing World" graduate track at UMass Boston. Contemporary moral debates regarding new and emerging technologies, as well as now-classic debates such as end of life treatment, stem-cell research and prenatal screening. Exploration of basic methods in reasoning, social analysis and philosophical methods through critical thinking about ethical dilemmas in biomedicine and their contexts. Students of all backgrounds are welcome. Dates of class: July 19-Aug 5, 2010. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100614-2.html

3. The The International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching (IHPST) Group June Newsletter is now available on the web. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100614-3.html

4. White Rose IPBio Symposium and Summer School, "Intellectual Property and the Biosciences," Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds, 7-8 July 2010. With the recent overturning by a US court of patents on genes associated with breast cancer, questions about the role of intellectual property in the biological sciences are high on the agenda. This meeting, comprising a one-day symposium and a half-day summer school, and bringing together international experts in law, science policy, history, philosophy, sociology and other disciplines, will aim to clarify key issues and explore ways forward. Deadline for submission for summer school: Friday 18 June, 2010. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100614-4.html

5. PSBio (Philosophical Foundations for Systems Biology) announces a PhD fellowship in contemporary philosophy of science/philosophy of biology based at the University of Oslo, Norway (in cooperation with researchers at the universities of Copenhagen and Helsinki). The application deadline is July 15, 2010. Both Nordic and international applications are welcomed. http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20100614-5.html

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