Event Title: Morris Award 2012
Event Dates: 01/09/2012 - 05/01/2012
Location: London, UK
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Contact E-mail: peter.morris@nmsi.ac.uk
Additional Information: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 MORRIS AWARD The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry solicits nominations for the 2012 John and Martha Morris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Modern Chemistry or the History of the Chemical Industry. This award honours the memory of John and Martha Morris, the late parents of Peter Morris, the editor of Ambix, who has contributed the endowment for this award. The Morris Award is administered by a sub-committee on behalf of SHAC. The recipient chosen to receive the Morris Award will be expected to deliver a lecture at a meeting of SHAC, where the awardee will be presented with an appropriate framed photograph, picture or document and the sum of GBP 300. The award is international in scope, and nominations are invited from anywhere in the world. The first Morris Award was given to Professor Raymond Stokes (University of Glasgow) for his path-breaking work on the German chemical industry. A complete nomination consists of 􀂾 a complete curriculum vitae for the nominee, including biographical data, educational background, awards, honours, list of publications, and other service to the profession; 􀂾 a letter of nomination summarising the nominee�s achievements in the field of history of modern chemistry and/or the history of the chemical industry and citing unique contributions that merit this award; and 􀂾 two or more seconding letters. Only complete nominations will be considered for the award and the nomination documents must be submitted in electronic form. All nomination materials should be submitted by e-mail to Peter Morris at peter.morris@nmsi.ac.uk and a separate email which indicates that the material has been submitted should be sent to the same address (a precaution in case of incomplete transmission of documents) for arrival no later than 1 May 2012.

Event Title: Oxford History of Chemistry Seminar by Charles Webster: Paracelsus: Chemistry and Revolution
Event Dates: 03/06/2012 - 03/06/2012
Location: History Faculty Lecture Theatre, Old Boys' High School, George Street, Oxford OX1 2RL
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Oxford and the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Event Web Site: http://www.ambix.org
Contact E-mail: anna.roos@history.ox.ac.uk
Additional Information: Oxford History of Chemistry Seminar Sponsored by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (www.ambix.org) Tuesday 6 March 2012, 5-7 p.m. in the History Faculty Lecture Theatre, Old Boys' High School, George Street, Oxford CHARLES WEBSTER (Emeritus Fellow, All Souls, Oxford) Paracelsus: Chemistry and Revolution CHARLES WEBSTER was senior research fellow at All Souls College and previously Reader in the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford. Webster is well known for his magisterial study of the Baconian tradition in seventeenth-century science, The Great Instauration. Science, Medicine, and Reform, 1626-1660 (1975). In Oxford, he combined his work on early modern science and medicine with a parallel commitment to the history of the National Health Service. As the Official Historian of the NHS, Webster produced a two- volume history of the organisation published in 1988 and 1996. His elegant and definitive analysis of the life and works of Paracelsus: Paracelsus, Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time (2008) was shortlisted for the History of Science Society's Pfizer Prize.

Event Title: Empirical Philosophy of Science - Qualitative Methods
Event Dates: 03/21/2012 - 03/23/2012
Location: Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University / Philosophy of Contemporary Science in Practice Group
Event Web Site: http://ivs.au.dk/forskning/projects/philosophyofcontemporaryscienceinpractice/workshopsandconferences/
Contact E-mail: su.wagen@ivs.au.dk
Abstract Deadline: 12/02/2011
Additional Information: Call for Papers: Empirical Philosophy of Science - Qualitative Methods Extended Deadline: December 2, 2011 March 21-23, 2012 Conference venue: Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark (http://www.sandbjerg.dk/eng/welcome.aspx) Keynote Speakers: Nancy Nersessian, Georgia Institute of Technology Lisa Osbeck, University of West Georgia Erika Mansnerus, London School of Economics Hauke Riesch, Imperial College London Organizers: Hanne Andersen, Aarhus University Susann Wagenknecht, Aarhus University Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University / Philosophy of Contemporary Science in Practice Group The workshop seeks to explore the benefits and challenges of an empirical philosophy of science: What do philosophers gain from empirical work? How can empirical research help to develop philosophical concepts? How do we integrate philosophical frameworks and empirical research? What constraints do we accept when choosing an empirical approach? What constraints does a pronounced theoretical focus impose on empirical work? Qualitative methods such as interviewing, fieldwork and qualitative text analysis gain increasingly appeal among philosophers of science. More and more scholars in philosophy resort to empirical work in order to study scientific practice. At the same time, the results produced through empirical work are very different from those gained through the kind of introspective conceptual analysis more typical of philosophy. Empirical work based on qualitative methods has a long and rich research tradition rooted in the social sciences. The use of qualitative methods in philosophy of science therefore also brings philosophers in close contact with philosophically inclined social scientists studying science. This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to explore some of the methodological, conceptual and practical challenges of conducting qualitative empirical work in philosophy of science. The discussion will focus on recently accomplished or ongoing research projects, and will address questions concerning the quality of empirical work and its explanatory power and theoretical significance for philosophy of science. In order to ensure a comprehensive discussion we invite papers both from scholars in philosophy and the social sciences who study scientific practice with the help of empirical methods. Of particular interest are submissions that introduce examples of empirical work in philosophy of science, discuss first-hand experiences with qualitative methods and/or provide reflections upon the scope of an empirical philosophy of science. To apply: Proposals for papers (in either Word or pdf format) should include title, an abstract of ~800 words as well as the participant's name, e-mail, phone and institutional affiliation. Deadline for the submission of abstracts: December 2, 2011. Decisions will be announced latest by December 10, 2011. Please send submissions to: Susann Wagenknecht / su.wagen@ivs.au.dk The all-inclusive conference fee (415 Euro) will cover accommodation and food at Sandbjerg Estate for March 21-23, 2012. An additional night's accommodation and breakfast can be booked for 118 Euro per person. PhD students can apply for a 50% reduction. Please contact Susann Wagenknecht regarding availability. Travel details and further information can be found at: http://ivs.au.dk/forskning/projects/philosophyofcontemporaryscienceinpractice/workshopsandconferences/

Event Title: SCIENTIAE: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early-Modern World
Event Dates: 04/26/2012 - 04/28/2012
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Simon Fraser University
Event Web Site: http://www.d.umn.edu/~smatthew/Scientiae_Conference_Vancouver.html
Contact E-mail: silenus@sfu.ca
Abstract Deadline: 10/18/2011
Additional Information: This is the third and final call for *Scientiae: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early-Modern World*, a conference to be held in Vancouver, B.C., under the auspices of Simon Fraser University, April 26th-28th, 2012. As described in the original CFP (below, in English and French), the conference is situated at the nexus of interdisciplinary early-modern/Renaissance studies, and history/philosophy of science. It thus cuts across the grain of both those sorts of meetings, providing an opportunity for concerted and holistic focus on early-modern science as a topic _sui generis_. In order to give all who may be interested the opportunity to submit a proposal, despite the pressures of the academic autumn, the deadline for *Scientiae* has been extended to OCTOBER 18TH, 2011. Proposals should be sent as Word or .pdf attachments to: silenus@sfu.ca The keynote speakers for *Scientiae* will be Mario Biagioli (UC Davis) and Peter Harrison (Oxford). Dr. Biagioli is the author of *Galileo's Instruments of Credit* (Chicago, 2006) and *Galileo, Courtier* (Chicago, 1993), among many other publications. Dr. Harrison's publications include *The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science* (Cambridge, 2007), *The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science* (Cambridge, 1998), and, as editor, *The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion* (Cambridge, 2010). Palgrave Macmillan has expressed an interest in bringing out a volume of essays based on papers given at *Scientiae*, and we are currently working out further publication arrangements. All sessions of *Scientiae* will be held in the Segal and Fletcher meeting spaces of the Harbour Centre campus, Simon Fraser University: http://www.sfu.ca/mecs/harbour+centre/meeting.html . All conference spaces are tech-enabled, modern, bright, and comfortable. A favorable conference rate will be available at the Delta Suites Hotel, directly across the street from Harbour Centre: see http://www.deltahotels.com/en/hotels/british-columbia/delta-vancouver-suites/ . Many other accommodation options are available in the immediate area. The conference location, waterfront in the heart of downtown Vancouver, is excellent for walking, dining, shopping, etc. Late April, with luck, brings warm spring weather to the region; even while skiing continues on the local mountains, including Whistler. For more information, and ongoing updates, see the conference website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~smatthew/Scientiae_Conference_Vancouver.html . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CFP (English): Paper and panel proposals are invited for *Scientiae*: a new interdisciplinary conference on early-modern science, to be held in Vancouver, B.C. (under the auspices of Simon Fraser University), April 26th-28th, 2012. The working assumption of the conference is that interdisciplinarity is not only an option, but a necessity, for the study of early-modern culture in its knowledge of the natural world. That is because period science is itself an interdisciplinary function, emerging from Biblical exegesis, advanced design, and literary humanitas; as well as from natural philosophy, alchemy, craft traditions, etc. By the same token, emergent science lends unique coherence to the gathered diversity of early-modern or Renaissance scholarship, when it is taken as an intellectual focal point. *Scientiae* offers a forum for scholars of the period�s art and literature, as well as its intellectual history, to illuminate aspects of early-modern science in the latter�s proper strangeness. Topics and questions may include, but are by no means limited to: -- Protestantism and science: a decisive thesis? -- Period medicine, from Scholasticism to Humanism and beyond. -- Nature and scripture: which interprets which? -- Integrating the Iberian empires � a recalibration, or a transformation? -- �Experimental� reading. -- Royal Society rhetoric: how well has it really been understood? -- Renaissance philosophy and the development of a �new� cosmology and anthropology. -- Paracelsianism, Neoplatonism, alchemy: where are we now? -- Invention and discovery: separable economies? -- Theological origins of the new science. -- Hermeneutic consequences of the Newtonian settlement. -- Scholastic scientia and postmodern theory. -- Early-modern information: is there any? -- Science and mimesis: reflection, or transformation? -- Early-modern literature and the new knowledge: friends, or foes? (French): Nous invitons la soumission de propositions de communication ou de session pour *Scientiae*, un colloque inter-disciplinaire sur la science d�Ancien R�gime qui prendra place � Vancouver,C.B. (sous les auspices de l�Universit� Simon Fraser), du 26 au 28 avril 2012. Le principe de ce colloque est de poser que l�interdisciplinarit� n�est pas seulement une possibilit�, mais constitue une absolue n�cessit� pour qui veut �tudier la culture des temps modernes (16e-18e si�cles) quant au savoir qu�elle �labore sur la nature. Cette exigence vient du fait que la science de cette �poque est elle-m�me une fonction interdisciplinaire, qui provient de l�ex�g�se biblique, des avanc�es des th�ories sur l�harmonie naturelle et de l� humanitas litt�raire, ainsi que de la philosophie naturelle, de l�alchimie, des traditions artisanales etc. Dans cette perspective, la science qui na�t alors conf�re une exceptionnelle coh�rence � la diversit� qu�elle re�oit en h�ritage de l��rudition pr�-moderne et Renaissance, d�s lors qu�elle la prend comme point de r�f�rence. *Scientiae* se propose comme un forum pour les chercheurs travaillant sur l�art et la litt�rature de cette �poque, tout autant que sur l�histoire intellectuelle afin de mettre en lumi�re certains aspects de cette science pr�-moderne tout en lui conservant, comme il se doit, sa particuli�re �tranget�. Sujets et questions pourront comprendre, sans que ctte liste soit exhaustive : -- Protestantisme et science: une th�se d�finitive? -- Histoire de la m�decine, depuis la Scholastique jusque l�Humanisme, et ses suites. -- Nature et �criture: laquelle interpr�te laquelle? -- Prendre en consid�ration les empires ib�riques � recentrage ou transformation? -- Lecture �exp�rimentales�. -- Rh�torique de la Royal Society: comment a-t-elle �t� comprise? -- La philosophie de la Renaissance et le d�veloppement de �nouvelles� cosmologie and anthropologie. -- Paracelsianisme, N�oplatonisme, alchimie: o� en sommes-nous? -- Invention et d�couverte: des �conomies distinctes? -- Origines th�ologique de la nouvelle science. -- Cons�quences herm�neutiques du consensus Newtonien. -- Scientia scholastique et th�orie postmoderne . -- Information avant les temps modernes: peut-on en parler? -- Science et mimesis: reflet ou transformation? -- La litt�rature et les nouveaux savoirs sous l�Ancien R�gime: amis ou ennemis? -- JD Fleming (SFU), Steven Matthews (UMinn), Co-convenors silenus@sfu.ca

Event Title: Conference: History Comes to Life: Seventeenth-Century Natural History, Medicine and the 'New Science
Event Dates: 04/27/2012 - 04/27/2012
Location: London, UK
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): The Royal Society
Event Web Site: http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/history-comes-to-life/
Contact E-mail: felicity.henderson@royalsociety.org
Registration Deadline: 04/27/2012
Additional Information: The day conference "History Comes to Life: Seventeenth-Century Natural History, Medicine and the 'New Science'" will be held on Friday, 27 April 2012, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Royal Society, London. This conference considers the interrelationships between medicine and the endeavour of natural history in the seventeenth-century. It will be held to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Martin Lister (1639-1712), Royal Physician and the first arachnologist and conchologist. The meeting will not only address Lister's work but will consider to what extent practices and technologies of natural history changed between the Renaissance and the seventeenth century. We will also explore how acquisition of natural history knowledge and new schemes of taxonomy affected perception and treatment of animals for medical and experimental use. Speakers and session chairs include:
 Prof. Tim Birkhead FRS, University of Sheffield; Dr Isabelle Charmantier, University of Exeter; Prof. Anita Guerrini, Oregon State University; Dr Sachiko Kusukawa, Trinity College, Cambridge; Dr Gillian Lewis, St. Anne's College, Oxford; Dr Daniel Margocsy, Hunter College; Dr Brian Ogilvie, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Dr Anna Marie Roos, University of Oxford; Dr Charlotte Sleigh, University of Kent; Dr Alexander Wragge-Morley, University College, London. The conference is organised by Dr Anna Marie Roos and sponsored by Cultures of Knowledge, University of Oxford, and the Mellon Foundation; The Fell Fund; The British Society for the History of Science; the Royal Society; and the Wellcome Trust. The conference fee is �40 (full fee), or �30 (student/retired/unemployed). The conference fee includes lunch and refreshments. An optional conference dinner will be organised at an extra cost of �35. There are a limited number of student bursaries available to assist with conference fees and other expenses. Registration for this event is now open online at: http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/history-comes-to-life/ Please email Felicity Henderson (felicity.henderson@royalsociety.org) with any queries about this event.

Event Title: Call for Papers: Workshop 'The Measurement of Values'
Event Dates: 06/07/2012 - 06/09/2012
Location: Berlin, Germany
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Contact E-mail: sbargheer@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Abstract Deadline: 10/01/2011
Additional Information: Call for Papers: 'The Measurement of Values' (A Workshop at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, June 7-9, 2012) The study of values in the social sciences went through a period of substantial conceptual and institutional transformation between the late 1920s and the early 1960s. Values became assigned a central place within the social science curriculum. Previously non-academic aspects of inquiry into this topic entered the academic mainstream, and both public and private research foundations provided funding for collaborative research projects on an unprecedented scale. The workshop solicits papers that address the question of how the social sciences have approached the study of values by looking at the relation between theoretical concepts, research methods, and empirical data and their development over time. Examples are the emergence and use of concepts such as preferences, attitudes, and (public) opinion, and the organization of large-scale data collection projects that range from central depositories for globally gathered ethnographic data to quantitative survey research. The aim of the workshop is to engage scholars in discussion who look at this development in various scientific disciplines (e.g. economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, and psychology) and different parts of the world (e.g. North and South America, Europe, the Soviet Union, and the developing world, particularly post-colonial countries). The workshop focuses on the formative period for collaborative research projects on values and the consolidation of this research within different social science disciplines throughout the middle of the twentieth century. Scholars working on comparable aspects in neighboring academic fields and time periods that are directly related to this development are invited to submit proposals as well. Papers may address, but are not limited to questions such as: - to what extent did large-scale collaborative research projects depart from or continue the work previously done mostly by individual scholars? - what role did private and public funding play in research on values and to what extent was it driven by political or economic considerations? - what are the similarities and differences in the way the various social science disciplines approached the topic and drew boundaries between themselves? - how did the changes in theoretical terminology, research methods, and data collecting relate to each other? The workshop can include participation of 10 to 15 scholars and will take place from June 7-9, 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. The workshop language is English. Accommodation and travel costs are covered by the Institute. Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to Stefan Bargheer (sbargheer@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) by October 1, 2011.

Event Title: The Reception of Newton
Event Dates: 07/12/2012 - 07/13/2012
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): The Edward Worth Library
Contact E-mail: eaboran@tcd.ie
Abstract Deadline: 03/01/2012
Additional Information: In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the elucidation of the precise nature and scope of Newton's influence on eighteenth-century science in particular, and on Enlightenment culture more generally. The Edward Worth Library is uniquely positioned to contribute to ongoing reassessment. An early eighteenth century library belonging to a Dublin physician, Edward Worth (1678-1733), the Library and its holdings bears witness to the spread of newtonianism in Ireland. Worth's collection reminds us of the range and depth of the newtonian impact on Europe and the crucial role played by second generation newtonians in clarifying, classifying and re-presenting Newton's ideas. To mark Dublin City of Science 2012 the Worth Library is organising a two-day conference to explore the many facets of Newton's legacy. It is envisaged that a selection of the papers will be published. Speakers include: Professor Mordechai Feingold (Caltech); Professor Sarah Hutton (Aberystwyth University); Professor Robert Iliffe (University of Sussex); Dr Scott Mandelbrote (Peterhouse College, Cambridge); Professor William Newman (Indiana); and Professor Lawrence M. Principe (Johns Hopkins University). Abstracts of 300 words and a short author profile should be sent to Dr Elizabethanne Boran (eaboran@tcd.ie) no later than 1 March 2012. Independent scholars and researchers from all disciplines are welcome. Accommodation and registration costs will be covered and a small number of travel bursaries are available. This is a partner conference of Dublin City of Science 2012.