Monthly Archives: September 2013

Early Modern Medicine of the Mind

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 30, 2013

Conference: Early Modern Medicine of the Mind 30-31 May 2014, The Warburg Institute The idea of the cure and care of the soul, seen as parallel or complementary to the cure and care of the body, became increasingly popular in the early modern period, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It is certainly not […]

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Printing Mathematics in the Early Modern World

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 28, 2013

Conference: Printing Mathematics in the Early Modern World 16-17 December 2013, All Souls College, Oxford The early modern period saw the printing, in large numbers, of mathematical tables, primers, textbooks and practical manuals, as well as the incorporation of mathematical notation into a wide range of works on other subjects. Algebraic notation, diagrams and even printed […]

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Seminar Series: Education in the Long Eighteenth Century

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 25, 2013

Seminar Series: Education in the Long Eighteenth Century Institute of Historical Research, London Saturdays, 2.00-4.00 pm.   12 October 2013 (The Court Room): Sarah Faulkner (Edinburgh): ‘Suitors as Tutors in Frances Burney and Jane Austen’. 9 November 2013 (Room 349): Sophie Bankes (Open University), ‘The Confessions of J. Lackington, Late Bookseller (1804): A Pattern for Education […]

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CFP: Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees at 300 years

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 23, 2013

CFP: Science, Politics, and the Economy – The Unintended Consequences of a Diabolic Paradox Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees at 300 years 6 June 2014, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Keynote Speakers: Harold Cook (Brown University), Neil DeMarchi (Duke University), Margaret Schabas (University of British Columbia) 2014 marks the 300th anniversary of the publication of Bernard […]

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics Education in Science and Engineering

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 20, 2013

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Due Date: January 30, 2014 The Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow for three years beginning July 1, 2014. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree by summer 2014. Applications are welcome […]

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PISCOPIA: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 19, 2013

PISCOPIA: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Padova PISCOPIA is a Programme co-funded by the Marie Curie actions under the FP7 Programme of the European Union to attract outstanding junior researchers for a period of 12 or 24 months. The main objective is to reinforce the international dimension of the University of Padova. The Programme intends […]

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CFP: Ninth Annual Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 19, 2013

CFP: Ninth Annual Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science  10-12 April 2014, University of Surrey The ninth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, on 10-12 April 2014. Keynote speakers will include Professor Bernard Lightman (York University, Toronto) and Professor Mary […]

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CFP: Economic Reasoning as Knowledge and Practice Authority

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 19, 2013

CFP: Economic Reasoning as Knowledge and Practice Authority 24-25 January 2014, Aarhus University Regimes of thought and legitimizations of action draw upon systematized authorities of religious, juridical, moral, scientific and increasingly economic reasoning. These authorities interrelate in various ways. They compete to be the prime, societal authority; they supplant each other; they borrow metaphors, concepts, […]

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Assistant Professor Position at LMU Munich

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 18, 2013

Assistant Professor Position at LMU Munich (MCMP) The Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at LMU Munich seek applications for an Assistant Professorship with a specialization in (at least) one of the following areas: Philosophy […]

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4th Postgraduate Workshop on the History of Alchemy and Chemistry

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 18, 2013

Call for Registration: Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry’s 4th Postgraduate Workshop on the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: ‘Alchemy and Chemistry in Context’ 26 October 2013, Birkbeck College Every year the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) runs an international workshop for graduate students and early career scholars working on the history […]

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