4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science
Convocatoria ponencias"The Circulation of Science and Technology"
4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science
Barcelona, Noviembre 18 - 20, 2010
Cierre de propuestas de simposios: 30 de noviembre.
Cierre de envío de abstracts: 1º de febrero de 2010.
Foreword
Historiography has recently acknowledged that circulation of ideas and techniques plays a central role in the understanding of their evolution. Given that science and technology are international achievements, their dissemination could be the most distinctive element in their construction. Circulation is not a simple change of geographical place; it carries with it epistemological and philosophical changes as a result of the crossing of cultural and political boundaries. Networks cover a wide range of local settings, actors, institutions and interests, both in the production of new science and technology, and in the reception and appropriation of known science and technology.
The conference should stimulate studies and debates about the dissemination of science and technology: first, the circulation of ideas, theories, methods and practices; second, of objects, instruments, machines, artefacts, seeds, plants, minerals, drawings, illustrations, inscriptions, paintings…; third, of texts: manuscripts, printed books, textbooks, journals, letters, book notes; fourth, of scientists and technicians around the world in “grand tours”, trips for leisure, lecturing, business and industrial espionage; and fifth, of information about institutional organization, transmission of knowledge and the influence of local contexts, among others.
Important dates:
Deadline for symposia proposals: November 30th 2009
2nd Circular (Call for Papers, Grant and Registr. Info): January 11th 2010
Deadline for confirmation of accepted symposia: January 11th 2010
Deadline for grant application: February 1st 2010
Deadline for abstract submisson: February 1st 2010
Deadline for confirmation of grant applications: May 3rd 2010
Deadline for confirmation of accepted papers: May 3rd 2010
Deadline for early registration: May 31st 2010
3rd Circular (Schedule, Preliminary Program): October 18th 2010
Abstracts on the web: October 18th 2010
Opening of the Conference: November 18th 2010
More information available at: http://taller.iec.cat/4iceshs/
European Society for the History of Science: http://www.eshs.org/
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