New Book: Contested Categories. Life Sciences in Society

Contested Categories. Life Sciences in Society

Edited by Susanne Bauer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Ayo Wahlberg, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Drawing on social science perspectives, Contested Categories presents a series of empirical studies that engage with the often shifting and day-to-day realities of life sciences categories. In doing so, it shows how such categories remain contested and dynamic, and that the boundaries they create are subject to negotiation as well as re-configuration and re-stabilization processes.

Organized around the themes of biological substances and objects, personhood and the genomic body and the creation and dispersion of knowledge, each of the volume’s chapters reveals the elusive nature of fixity with regard to life science categories. With contributions

tenure track position in the History and Sociology of Psychology-The University of Groningen

To whom it may concern, The University of Groningen, the Netherlands, offers a tenure track position in the History and Sociology of Psychology, broadly defined. Application November 30 2009 at the latest; starting date August 1 2010 at the latest. http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/1780/lang/en/

Kind regards Trudy Dehue

Biomedical Visualisations & Society - workshop series

Biomedical Visualisations and Society
University of Warwick   An ESRC funded seminar series for early-career researchers interested in the social and political dimensions of biomedical visualisations. Each two-day workshop will combine a lecture from a leading scholar in the field and time for peer discussion with an opportunity to engage with visualisation in practice and ask questions. Attendance is free but places are limited. Some funding is available 

final CFP + graduate student bursaries: Models and Simulations

MS4: Models and Simulations
7-9 May 2010, University of Toronto
Abstract submission deadline: 20 November 2009

Scientific models and computer simulations play numerous roles in the
sciences, but as a class of tools for use in the articulation of theory,
experiment, technological design and application, and prognostication for
purposes of public policy, they have only relatively recently come under
systematic scrutiny by the community of scholars in history and philosophy
of science. The conference aims to raise and investigate important questions
about the methodology of practices of modelling and computer simulation,
providing a forum for ongoing debates and new angles of approach, on such
topics as: how models and simulations are constructed; how they are

Perspectives on PGD: A one day seminar organized by the Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society

—Please circulate widely—

Perspectives on PGD:
A one day seminar organized by the Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society
Venue: Clore Management Centre, Birbeck College, University of London
Date: Friday 20th November 2009 10:00 – 5:00

Morning Session: Legal and Theoretical perspectives
-Peter Lovett, Birkbeck College - Law's involvement with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis & questions of enhancement: an alternative stance
-Sharon Persaud, Birkbeck College - Saviour siblings & the law: has Luhmann anything useful to say?

Afternoon Session: Social and Bioethical perspectives
-Haniwarda Yaakob, University of Lancaster - Individual Reproductive Autonomy in Malaysia: Why Couples Should be Allowed to Use Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Select the Sex of Their Child

Conference Announcement: 150 Years After The Origin of Species: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives

150 Years After The Origin of Species: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives

Victoria College, University of Toronto, November 21-24 2009

www.hps.utoronto.ca/darwin 

Eä: Call for selecting national correspondents

Inicio del mensaje reenviado:
De: Eä - News <news@ea-journal.com>Fecha: 4 de noviembre de 2009 15:26:45 GMT+00:00Para: tomas.criado@uam.esAsunto: Eä: Call for selecting national correspondentsResponder a: Eä - News <news@ea-journal.com>


Call for national correspondents

We are looking for correspondents with residence in: United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, India, China, Japan, Israel and Australia (not exclusive).

Profile: we are looking for people 25 years or older, university graduates working on research in Medical Humanities and/or Social Studies of Science and Technology. High English level and good command in the basic tools of Microsoft Office and Internet.

Task description: selected candidates are to search for the main distribution lists of information (i.e. listerv) about the different medical humanities and social studies of science and technology that are used by teachers, researchers, students, professionals and scholars of their countries. They should identify the main scientific societies, networks and other associations of researchers of the different medical humanities and social studies of science and technology of their countries, periodically inform about scientific and academic events that take place in their respective countries in the mentioned disciplines so that our journal may contribute with its promotion. They should also contribute promoting Eä in different academic institutions in their area and in social networks (Facebook, blogs, and simmilar).

Selected candidates will be functioning as national correspondents of their countries; their names will be published in our journal as a part of the staff and will receive an accrediting certificate. We estimate that the time for accomplishing this task will not exceed a total of 4 (four) hours a month. The job will be free lance and pro bono, for a period of six months that may be renewed for an extra period by an agreement of both parts.

Being national correspondents will not prevent selected candidates from submitting papers for publication in our journal.

Applications should be submitted to info@ea-journal.com, attaching abridged CV. Please write in the subject  “Call for correspondents”.

For more information, please contact us to info@ea-journal.com.

¡Thank you for your interest!


- Eä’s Staff

Philament call for papers

Philament call for papers

Call for Papers for Issue 16 of Philament:
Borders, Regions, Worlds
   
"Besides, interesting things happen along borders- transitions- not in the middle where everything is the same".
Neal Stephenson

Submission Deadline: 31st January 2010
  
Philament, the peer-reviewed online journal of the arts and culture affiliated with the University of Sydney, invites scholars to contribute articles to our latest issue upon the theme of Borders, Regions, Worlds. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Philament call for papers

Philament call for papers

Call for Papers for Issue 16 of Philament:
Borders, Regions, Worlds
   
"Besides, interesting things happen along borders- transitions- not in the middle where everything is the same".
Neal Stephenson

Submission Deadline: 31st January 2010
  
Philament, the peer-reviewed online journal of the arts and culture affiliated with the University of Sydney, invites scholars to contribute articles to our latest issue upon the theme of Borders, Regions, Worlds. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Spontaneous Generations Volume 4: Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture

Call for Papers - Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science - Volume 4: Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture.

Spontaneous Generations is an open, online, peer-reviewed academic journal published by graduate students at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.

In addition to articles for peer review, opinion essays, and book reviews, Spontaneous Generations is seeking contributions to its focused discussion section.  This section consists of short peer-reviewed and invited articles devoted to a particular theme. This year, the theme is "Scientific Instruments: Knowledge, Practice, and Culture." See below for submission guidelines.