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Vol. 41, No. 1, January 2012
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Upcoming Conferences

The George Sarton Memorial Lecture in the History and Philosophy of Science at the AAAS

Vancouver, 16–20 February 2012

Please join us at the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, 16–20 February. One of the highlights of the conference will be Robert Smith's Sarton Lecture: "Making Science Big: From Little Science to Megaprojects?" Registration discounts are available for HSS members. Contact the HSS Executive Office at info@hssonline.org.

Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (&HPS)

Athens, 15–18 March 2012

The 2012 &HPS Conference will be hosted by the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Athens, Greece, 15–18 March 2012. Keynote speakers will include Jed Z. Buchwald (California Institute of Technology) and Thomas Ryckman (Stanford University). For further information, and the full program of speakers, see the conference website.

CFP: STS Conference

Stockholm, 2–4 May 2012

The conference welcomes contributions from all STS-related fields, including history, sociology, and philosophy of science, technology, and environment, to provide the broadest spectrum of STS-related research in and beyond Sweden. Proposals (no more than 400 words and containing your institutional affiliation) are due by 15 February 2012. For submission information, please see the full CFP on the HSS website.

CFP: Models and Simulations 5

Helsinki, 14–16 June 2012

The Finnish Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences is delighted to host the 5th Models and Simulations (MS5) conference in Helsinki from 14–16 June 2012. Abstracts of 100 words and extended abstracts of 800-1000 words will be accepted. The deadline for submission is 5 February 2012.

HOPOS 2012

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21–24 June 2012

A call for papers has been issued for HOPOS (International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science) 2012, a conference to be held in Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada, from 21–24 June 2012. Submissions should be sent as an email attachment directly, either as a Word document or PDF file, to hopos2012.submissions@gmail.com by 15 January 2012. Keynote speakers will include Ian Hacking (University of Toronto), Penelope Maddy (University of California, Irvine), and Heinrich von Staden (Institute for Advanced Study). For full details, see the conference website.

Drugs and Drink in Asia: New Perspectives from History

Shanghai, 22–24 June 2012

The centenary of the Hague Opium Convention in 1912 marks a hundred years of the development of international controls on commercial flows in psycho-active substances. This conference, hosted by Shanghai University, seeks to bring together those conducting new research on the origins and trajectory of that system in order to exchange recent conclusions and to address emerging questions. The focus will be on Asian contexts given that these were at the heart of the controversies that drove the emergence of the international drugs regulatory system.

Values and Norms in Modeling

Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 25–27 June 2012

VaNiM 2012 which will be held at Eindhoven University of Technology in cooperation with Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 25–27 June 2012. Conference themes include "values in modeling: foundational issues," "values in engineering modeling," "values in climate modeling," and "values in operations research modeling." For speaker information see http://w3.ieis.tue.nl/en/groups/....

Gender in Science Institutions and Knowledge Systems

Keele, UK, 27–29 June 2012

The purpose of the conference theme is to help advance understanding of how gender equality and scientific quality shape and are shaped by one another. Conference themes include "institutional processes and practices," "human capital," "legislation and compliance," and "science knowledge-making." The Conference will be held at Keele Hall, a 19th century English mansion house at Keele University, Staffordshire, in Central England—the UK's largest integrated campus university.

The Jews and the Sciences

London, 27–29 June 2012

The annual conference of the British Association of Jewish Studies will take place at University College London from 27–29 June 2012. The conference theme will be "The Jews and the Sciences." The 2012 BAJS conference will immediately follow another conference at UCL on "Time, astronomy, and calendars in Jewish tradition," from Monday to Wednesday, 25–27 June 2012.

Seventh Joint Meeting of the BSHS, CSHPS, and HSS

11–14 July 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

The Seventh joint meeting of the British Society for the History of Science, the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science Society will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Previous successful meetings were in Oxford, England (2008); Halifax, Nova Scotia (2004); St Louis, Missouri (2000); Edinburgh, Scotland (1996); Toronto, Canada (1992); and Manchester, England (1988).

The Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science (PACHS) is helping with the arrangements. Dorm room accommodations will be available at the University of Pennsylvania, and a small number of hotel rooms will be reserved for the conference (individuals will need to call the hotel directly or visit the HSS website, for reservations). The program will include parallel themed sessions, education and outreach activities, and events at the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and the University of Pennsylvania. A more extensive social program is being developed by the local organizers. The conference schedule will offer delegates the opportunity to explore the many attractions to be found in the "City of Brotherly Love," including Philadelphia's extensive links to the history of science.

CFP: Twenty-Third Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association

San Diego, 15–17 November 2012

Submission is now open for papers to be presented at the PSA2012 meeting in San Diego, CA on 15–17 November 2012. Contributed papers may be on any topic in the philosophy of science. The PSA2012 Program Committee will strive for quality, variety, innovation and diversity on the program. Full CFP and members of the PSA2012 Program Committee are listed at www.philsci.org. The deadline for paper submissions is 1 March 2012.

Conference Reports

ISHN-Cheiron Joint Meeting in Calgary

The joint annual meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN) with Cheiron—the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences, held at the University of Calgary and the Banff Center for the Arts (16–23 June 2011), was a major success. Over seven days, participants enjoyed five keynote lectures, five featured lectures, 130 presentations, posters and discussion contributions, as well as a dozen panel discussions, specialized workshops, film and student events.

Download the full program

Additional reports from the Joint ISHN and Cheiron Conference are available on the website and in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (by Katherine S. Milar), "Report on the Annual Meeting of Cheiron, International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences."

University of Michigan History of Nonlinear Optics Conference

On 26 October 2011 in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan hosted a major symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the field of nonlinear optics. The keynote speaker was German physicist Ted Haensch, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for work involving the nonlinear optical process of frequency comb generation. Complete conference details are available at http://nlosymposium.physics.lsa.umich.edu.

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