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. **Please include a link to details, as we only send out a digest of brief descriptions.** Thanks! Trevor Pearce Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology [log in to unmask] ********************************************** TWO MORE DAYS TO SUBMIT TO ISHPSSB 2019: The deadline for submissions to the 2019 meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology in Oslo, Norway has been extended to 1 February 2019 for both abstracts and organized sessions. https://bit.ly/2VWMHT3 Postdocs: The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh is currently advertising three postdoctoral positions: (a) Research Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and Society: Beyond Disease; (b) Research Fellow in Global Health Governance; (c) Research Fellow: Data Practices in Biomedicine. Deadline: 8 February 2019. https://bit.ly/2UqLSAv Postdocs: The FNRS MIS project Digital History and Philosophy of Biology (DHPB), led by Prof. Charles Pence at the Centre de philosophie des sciences et sociétés (CEFISES) and Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP) at UCLouvain, is advertising *two* two-year post-doctoral fellowships in history and/or philosophy of biology. Deadline: 1 March 2019. https://bit.ly/2HCAekx Call for Abstracts: "Bridging the Philosophies of Biology and Chemistry," 25-27 June 2019, University of Paris Diderot, France. The aim of this conference is to bring philosophers of biology and philosophers of chemistry together and to explore common grounds and topics of interest. Extended deadline: 28 February 2019. https://bit.ly/2Sudx2B Summer School: "Life and Death," Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences, 23-30 June 2019, Ischia, Italy. There is a charge for students of €300 each, covering hotel accommodation and all meals; but students need to pay for their own travel to Ischia. https://bit.ly/2RWU2DT Student Essay Prize: The Forum for the History of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and Cambridge University Press invite submissions for their inaugural Graduate Student Essay Award. The award will be given for the best original, unpublished essay in the history of health, medicine and the life sciences submitted to the competition. Deadline: 30 April 2019. https://bit.ly/2DJbOSj Book: Marta Bertolaso, Silvia Caianiello, and Emanuele Serrelli (eds.), *Biological Robustness: Emerging Perspectives from within the Life Sciences*. https://bit.ly/2SfD0QK Book: David Ceccarelli and Giulia Frezza (eds.), *Predictability and the Unpredictable: Life, Evolution and Behaviour*. https://bit.ly/2HCG2dB Book: Mirko D. Grmek, *Pathological Realities: Essays on Disease, Experiments, and History* (translated by Pierre-Olivier Méthot). https://bit.ly/2UttXZQ Book: Maurizio Meloni, *Impressionable Biologies: From the Archaeology of Plasticity to the Sociology of Epigenetics*. https://bit.ly/2FZq5wO **************************** 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, andSocial Studies of Biology http://www.ishpssb.org/ Listserv archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/ishpsb-l.html Email: [log in to unmask]