Monthly Archives: September 2013

CFP: Le livre et les techniques avant le XXe siècle.

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 17, 2013

CFP: Le livre et les techniques avant le XXe siècle. À l’échelle du monde. 18-19-20 juin 2014, à Paris: Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Collège de France Comité d’organisation : Thérèse Charmasson (CRHST-Universciences), Konstantinos Chatzis (LATTS/ENPC-UMLV-CNRS), Isabelle Gautheron (ENPC), Liliane Hilaire-Pérez (Univ. P7-ICT/EHESS-CAK), Soline Lau-Suchet (BULAC), […]

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CFP Reminder: Scientiae 2014

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 17, 2013

CFP Reminder: Scientiae 2014 23-25 April 2014, University of Vienna Paper and panel proposals are invited for Scientiae 2014, the third annual conference on the emergent knowledge practices of the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750). The conference will take place on the 23-25 April 2014 at the University of Vienna in Austria, building upon the success of Scientiae 2012 (Simon […]

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CFP: Nationalism, Patriotism, Ancient and Modern

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 17, 2013

CFP: Nationalism, Patriotism, Ancient and Modern 10 May 2014, University of Warwick Keynote speakers: Dr Caspar Hirschi (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) and Dr Edward Bispham (University of Oxford) The age of the concept of the nation has been the subject of much debate within the field of nationalism. Different schools have emerged during the course of the debate […]

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Conference: Schopenhauer, Love and Compassion

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 17, 2013

Schopenhauer, Love and Compassion 17-18 October 2013, Ghent University, Belgium Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) offers a stunningly original and highly complex account of love. What we call romantic love, Schopenhauer sees as propelled by our sexual drives and interests, which are manifestations of the will-to-life of the human species. The real purpose of romantic love is ultimately biological: to produce and […]

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Post-Doctoral Position, ETH Zürich

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 17, 2013

Post-Doctoral Position, Chair for Science Studies, ETH Zürich The Chair for Science Studies, ETH Zürich, offers a three-year post-doctoral position (80%), to begin on 1 January 2014. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in the history of science or a related field (obtained no longer than five years ago); and it is desirable, but […]

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Isaac Newton’s General Scholium to the Principia: science, religion and metaphysics

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 13, 2013

Isaac Newton’s General Scholium to the Principia: science, religion and metaphysics 24-26 October 2013, University of King’s College, Halifax Plenary lecture: Professor Andrew Janiak (Duke University): “Isaac Newton, philosopher” This international, interdisciplinary symposium will bring together a contingent of leading historians and philosophers of science for a systematic examination of the ideas and legacies of the General Scholium to the […]

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CFP: 4th Derrida Today Conference

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 12, 2013

CFP: 4th Derrida Today Conference 28-31 May 2014, Fordham University Keynotes: Karen Barad (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA), Elizabeth Grosz (Duke University, USA), Martin Hägglund (Yale University, USA), Michael Naas (De Paul University, USA). The Derrida Today Conference will focus on the ongoing value of either Derrida’s work, or deconstruction, to the political-ethical, cultural, artistic […]

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EMPHASIS 2013-2014

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 11, 2013

EMPHASIS 2013-2014  The purpose of EMPHASIS (Early Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Imagination) is to provide a London forum for scholars working in the history of philosophy, intellectual history and the history of science of Europe in the period 1400-1650. The term ‘philosophy’ is interpreted in its fullest Renaissance sense, and includes such themes as: […]

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CFP: Beyond the Victorian and Modernist Divide

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 9, 2013

CFP: Beyond the Victorian and Modernist Divide 27-28 March 2014, Maison de l’Université, Université de Rouen – University of France Keynote speakers: Professor Michael Bentley (University of St. Andrews) and Professor Melba Cuddy-Keane (University of Toronto) Ezra Pound’s injunction to “make it new!” or Virginia Woolf’s “on or about 1910” statement have long been used in order no support a […]

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CFP: Difference and Tolerance: A South-South Conversation

By James A T Lancaster | Published: September 8, 2013

CFP: Difference and Tolerance: A South-South Conversation 13-14 March 2014, King’s College, University of London How is tolerance, and relatedly, difference understood, declared and accommodated in political thought in Asia, Africa and the Middle East? In recent times, liberal multiculturalism has been the dominant model for dealing with difference in political theory. Yet, few scholars have attempted the empirical and theoretical […]

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