Subject: postdocs at Center for History of Recent Science Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:42:08 -0500 From: Nathaniel Comfort <[log in to unmask]> CC: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] The Center for History of Recent Science, in the Department of History at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., is offering two two-year postdoctoral fellowships to begin August 1999. "Recent science" comprises lines of research in physical or biological sciences that have been carried out for the most part by scientists who are still living. In effect, that means research done since the second world war. Work in history of recent science poses novel historiographical problems, notably the use of interviews and their integration with the more traditional materials of the historian. Inquiries and letters of application should be sent by March 1, 1999 to Horace Freeland Judson, Director of the Center for History of Recent Science and Research Professor of History, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052. Application instructions are also available at: http://www.gwu.edu/~recsci/ Horace Freeland Judson Director Center for History of Recent Science George Washington University telephone & facsimile: 410 889 4581 mailto:[log in to unmask] ------------- Subject: Re: N, E, and I Conference Details Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:27:14 -0500 (EST) From: <[log in to unmask]> Call for Papers The Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion will hold an International Interdisciplinary Conference in Calcutta 1-4 August, 2000. The Conference theme is Language, Thought and Reality: Science, Religion and Philosophy. The theme can be addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the philosophical, religious and scientific traditions of the World's great civilizations. The program will include plenary addresses, volunteered papers, invited papers and panel discussions. Registered participants who are members of professional associations or societies are encouraged to submit proposals for holding meetings in the conference on behalf of their associations or societies. The organizers are committed to upholding the highest academic standards with emphasis on the exchange of ideas and face to face dialogues among thinkers drawn from a wide range of the world's cultural traditions and movements. Some suggested topics: Knowledge and Reality, Appearance and Reality, Alternative Logics, Relativity and Relativism, Relativism and Absolutism, Moral Relativism, Ontological Relativism, Epistemological Relativism, Cultural Relativism, Deconstructionism, Existential Phenomenology, Culture and Meaning, Emptiness, Theories of Truth, Theories of Meaning, Theories of Consciousness, Eternal Sound, Realism and Idealism, Materialism and Spiritualism, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Transcendence and Immanence, Skepticism, Agnosticism, Mysticism, Esotericism, Sociology of Religion, Science and Religion, Science and Philosophy. The Advisory Board comprises: Kisor K. Chakrabarti (USA), Willem Derde (Belgium), Owen Flanagan (USA), Michael Ferejhon (USA), Jonardon Ganeri (UK), Robert Goldman (USA), Michael Howard (USA), Gerald Larson (USA), Chris Ross (Canada), Isaac Nevo (Israel), Leon Schlam (UK), Sukharanjan Saha (India), Braj Sinha (Canada). Program Committee: Guy Beck (USA), Anjan Dasgupta (India), Linda Bennet Elder (USA), Devasish Mukherjee (India), Kim Vaz (USA), Peter Westbrook (USA). Arrangements have been made for airline tickets at substantial discounts and a seven-day trip inside India. Interested persons should contact the organizers. Hotel reservations during the conference have also been made. Information will be available on-line at http://www.elon.edu/chakraba. Registration: The advance registration fee for the conference is $80 and on site registration fee is $120. Conference events are currently expected to include a reception and an evening cultural program. We welcome your participation and suggestion. If you would like to contribute a paper to this event please send an abstract of about 150 words to: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Elon College Campus Box 2336 Elon College, N.C. 27244, USA. E-mail [log in to unmask] Phone (336) 538-2705, Fax (336) 538-2627. Deadline for proposals is April l, l999. ----- Subject: CFP session on microscopy at ISHPSSB Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:08:13 +0100 From: [log in to unmask] (Jutta Schickore) Call for papers for a session proposed for ISHPSSB Meeting, July 1999 Organizers: Jutta Schickore & Judy Johns Schloegel Disciplining Microscopic Practice In this session we aim to examine the means by which microscopic practices were established as reliable procedures for the study of biological entities, and the implications of these practices for conceptual and disciplinary developments in the life sciences. We welcome papers concerning any period of the history of microscopy, and on any aspect or aspects of observational, representational, and social practice in microscopic investigations. We propose to examine questions such as: how were particular preparative techniques and representational methods accepted as informative? and what technical, material, conceptual, disciplinary, aesthetic, or social factors and priorities shaped these outcomes? How did accounts and images of microscopic entities come to be accepted as accurate? and how were the meanings of these accounts and images negotiated? And what role did these practices play in the formation of disciplines in the life sciences? Paper abstracts should be received no later than December 31, 1998. If you are interested in contributing a paper to this session, please contact: Jutta Schickore Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Wilhelmstrasse 44 D-10117 Berlin Germany phone: +49.30.22.667.165 email: [log in to unmask] or Judy Johns Schloegel Avenue Parmentier 2A B-1150 Brussels Belgium phone: +32.2.771.0145 email: [log in to unmask] --