Vol. 39, No. 1, January 2010
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Notes from the Inside
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News
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Member News
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2009 HSS Annual Meeting Survey
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2009 Employment Survey
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Adventures in Romantic Science
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The True Story of Newton and the Apple
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Perspectives on Science
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Darwin Film Released
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What’s In A Session?
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Letter: How Not to Engage “Anti-Evolutionist” Historians
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The John Tyndall Correspondence Project
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The 2010 Election Slate
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2009 Prize Winners
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D. Kim Foundation for the History
of Science and Technology in East Asia
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HSS 2010 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
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Jobs, Conferences, Grants
As we begin this new year, and new decade, the advance of the calendar coincides with substantial changes in the HSS Executive Office. As many of you know, the suspension of the history of science program at the University of Florida prompted the Society to seek a new home for the Executive Office. Even with these discouraging economic times, we received four excellent bids and the site selection committee (Jane Maienschein, chair; Bernie Lightman; Maggie Osler; and myself ) visited the schools with the top three offers (by the way, these officers devoted hundreds of hours to these site visits, and I am grateful for their efforts). We were enthusiastically received by each host and school leaders told us that they see history of science as an important part of their plans to restructure their universities during a time of massive cuts – some seeds of hope for the future of the history of science. In the end, the Executive Committee recommended to Council that we accept the bid from Notre Dame University, a recommendation that Council unanimously endorsed. We are in the process of finalizing the contract with Notre Dame, and I expect to move with the office during the summer of 2010. I will leave the University of Florida, the place where I was trained, with mixed feelings, but this sadness is tempered by the excitement of joining a well-established faculty in HPS, in a new facility at a school with a rich tradition in the history and philosophy of science. We also plan to work closely with the Reilly Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Notre Dame – physically, as well as intellectually, since our proposed offices will be adjacent to the Center. I would like to express my gratitude to Don Howard and to my new Notre Dame colleagues for their hospitality and for their graciousness in welcoming us to South Bend.
The physical move will help us make some bold changes, including the rebuilding of the HSS Web site from the ground up. The redesign will help us improve services to our members and to the public, and I will welcome any suggestions that you might have for our Web site as we begin this project.
In closing, I wish you the happiest of new years and thank you for your membership in the HSS.
-Jay