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] ********************************************** [Apologies to all those who sent in announcements that are now past deadline -- we lost childcare when SARS-CoV-2 hit, and ISHPSSB announcements were one of many things that fell by the wayside.] Job: The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University invites applications for a full-time benefits-eligible lecturer position beginning 16 August 2020. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and teaching undergraduate courses in bioethics required for our Biomedical Sciences degree. Deadline: 26 June 2020. https://bit.ly/2CdHukC Job: The UCLA Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the history of medicine. The chronological and geographical range are open but they especially welcome candidates whose work includes a transnational or global dimension, who are interested in the technological and material aspects of medical practice, broadly construed, and who think in an integrated way about the history of science, technology and medicine and their place in a history department. Deadline: 31 August 2020. https://bit.ly/30Kkggd New Archive: The Archives at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India is a collecting public archive for the history of contemporary biology in India. They look forward to receiving visitors, but they are also open to research queries via email, and in many cases can send digitized material. https://bit.ly/2N5D95g Call for Papers: "Seeing Clearly Through COVID-19," a topical collection (edited by G. Boniolo & L. Onaga) of the journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Submissions are welcome from 15 August 2020 until 31 December 2020. All papers will be peer-reviewed as soon as possible and will be published online immediately following acceptance. https://bit.ly/2BgDBut Call for Papers: "Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on COVID-19," a topical collection (edited by D. Teira & S. Leonelli) of the journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Submissionsare welcome from 15 August 2020 until 31 May 2021. All papers will be peer-reviewed as soon as possible and will be published online immediately following acceptance. https://bit.ly/3fybKoO Topical Essay: Elliott Sober, "Infectious Diseases and the Evolution of Virulence," blog post at Auxiliary Hypotheses. https://bit.ly/3d5kwsI **************************** 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]