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 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! Trevor Pearce Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology ********************************************** 1) Prize: The History of Science Society seeks nominations for the Levinson Prize, awarded biennially for a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history. To be eligible, the book must have been published in 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013. Deadline: extended to 1 May 2014. http://www.hssweb.org/nominations/ 2) Graduate fellowship: Studentship for a Home / EU student studying for an MPhil / PhD program in the Centre for Genomics in Society (EGENIS) at the University of Exeter. The successful applicant will work with Professor John Dupré and will be connected with his ERC project entitled "A Process Ontology for Contemporary Biology." Deadline: extended to 23 May 2014. http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1165 3) Conference: "Redefining the Self: Biological and Philosophical Perspectives," Université Paris-Sorbonne, 23-24 June 2014. http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/bersini/Self-NonSelf/index.html 4) Workshop: Philosophy of Biology @ Madison workshop, 30 May to 1 June 2014. Registration deadline: 16 May 2014. https://sites.google.com/site/uwpobam/home 5) Video series: Videos from the November 2013 symposium "Thinking Extinction: The Science and Philosophy of Endangered Species and Extinction" are now available online, including a keynote address by Stuart Pimm, a roundtable discussion featuring Margaret Atwood, etc. http://thinkingextinction.com/media/ 6) New journal: αnalytica is a new open-access, English-language electronic journal dedicated to philosophy of science. αnalytica invites submissions in all areas of philosophy of science and of individual sciences, and is open to all traditions, schools and approaches. http://www.analytica.phs.uoa.gr **************************** 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]