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 at [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] ********************************************** Call for Applications: Summer Institute, "Practices of Individuation and Classification in Science," 18 June to 1 July 2017, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Junior scholars, especially graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, are encouraged to apply. Accepted participants will receive generous stipends to offset expenses associated with travel and attendance. Deadline: 15 February 2017. goo.gl/NgBIJ0 Call for Applications: Summer Program, "Philosophy of Science for Underrepresented Groups," 10-14 July 2017, University of Pittsburgh. Housing, meals, and transportation costs will be covered, and all course materials provided. Open to undergraduates and North American students only. Deadline: 15 March 2017. goo.gl/G4gBuE Postdoc: 3-year postdoctoral position in applied ethics or history/philosophy of science, University of Tübingen, starting 1 April 2017 or the earliest possible date thereafter. To apply, send your application (CV and usual materials), including a short research proposal for an independent research project (2-3 pp.), to Prof. Dr. Thomas Potthast. Deadline: 28 February 2017. Postdoc & PhD Positions: "The role of the immune system in the maintenance and construction of the organism," beginning in September/October 2017, under the supervision of Thomas Pradeu, CNRS in Bordeaux. Deadline: 25 April 2017. goo.gl/pLGR9w [postdoc] / goo.gl/XS2yX0 [PhD] Cover Design: Help design a new cover for *Biology and Philosophy*! Submit any appropriate work that you have created and which you think appropriately captures the journal to editor Michael Weisberg at [log in to unmask] The winner will receive a year free subscription to the journal and several books from Springer Nature. Deadline: 1 March 2017. Prize: The first recipient of the Everett Mendelssohn Prize from the *Journal of the History of Biology* is Rachel Mason Dentinger, for her article "Patterns of Infection and Patterns of Evolution: How a Malaria Parasite Brought 'Monkeys and Man' Closer Together in the 1960s." It is freely available online at goo.gl/qQEajU goo.gl/f6uxDR New Translation: The British Society for the History of Science is delighted to announce the publication online of a new translation with commentary of Gregor Mendel's landmark 1866 paper "Experiments on Plant Hybrids." The new translation and commentary are the work of Dr. Staffan Mueller-Wille (Exeter) and Dr. Kersten Hall (Leeds), in collaboration with Michel Durinx from Centimedia. goo.gl/ad0Mcl **************************** 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]