Event Title: workshop: \"from a historical point of view\"
Event Dates: 01/20/2009 - 01/20/2009
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Ghent
Event Web Site: www.criticalphilosophy.ugent.be (\"news\")
Additional Information: In this one-day workshop, we will go in search of what it means to think historically. The historical point of view is not the exclusive property of historiography, but it is also present in an array of different disciplines. Arguably, the historical point of view has had its most profound influence in philosophy. This workshop will confront historians with a theoretical interest with philosophers with a historical interest, in order to thematize the elements which unite researchers from different disciplines who think historically. Although this workshop is aimed in the first place at historians and philosophers from the low countries, it should also prove useful to a more international audience and to researchers from other disciplines. Speakers: -Ed Jonker (Universiteit Utrecht) -Herman Paul (Universitiet Leiden -Eric Schliesser (Universiteit Leiden) - Gertrudis Van De Vijver (UGent) & Helena De Preester (Hogent) Tuesday 20/1/09, 10.00-17.00 Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent Participation is free, but participants are asked to register in advance. In order to do so, please send an e-mail anton.froeyman@ugent.be. For questions and further information, see http://www.criticalphilosophy.ugent.be/ (�News), or send an e-mail to anton.froeyman@ugent.be or gertrudis.vandevijver@ugent.be

Event Title: The Tenacity of the Nature/Nurture Divide
Event Dates: 03/20/2009 - 03/21/2009
Location: Germany, Berlin
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Event Web Site: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/index.html
Registration Deadline: 02/20/2009
Additional Information: The tenacity of the nature/nurture divide Two-day workshop to be held on March 20-21, 2009 At the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Department III) Brief Description: The formula nature/nurture (Na-Nu) has captured a very basic split in the causal structure we assign to the constitution of the human. The divide determines explanatory strategies in scientific and non-scientific arenas. We aim to further our understanding of the tenacity of this binary distinction by contextualizing it within a large time scale, and through different cultures. This workshop will bring together scientists, historians and philosophers, who will tackle the Na-Nu complex from different and complementary angles and will contribute to the collective answering of questions linked to it. Is there for instance something inevitable about such dramatic dichotomous structure? Why does it seem to recur, under ever new shapes, with every new shift in the life and social sciences? Or has it progressively weakened under the strain of criticism and alternative frames? Are we then witnessing its last incarnations? What would a future con�ceptual field of humanities and the life sciences look like without such a conceptual and ontological divide? Speakers: Evelyn Fox Keller, Lisa Gannett, Peter Hammerstein, Tim Ingold, Ursula Klein, Geoffrey Lloyd, Federico Navarrete, Eric Turkheimer, Elizabeth Williams. Organizers: Carlos L�pez-Beltr�n, Maria Kronfeldner The workshop is part of the Project �A Cultural History of Heredity� (Department III). If you would like to attend, please contact: Maria Kronfeldner maria.kronfeldner@philosophie.uni-bielefeld.de (Please note: participation is free, but space is limited)

Event Title: History of Science in Practice
Event Dates: 05/06/2010 - 05/09/2010
Location: Athens, Greece
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): National Hellenic Research Foundation, University of Athens
Event Web Site: www.hpdst.gr
Abstract Deadline: 02/15/2010

Event Title: Sex, Race, and Reproduction. Configurations of Biological Knowledge Around 1800
Event Dates: 06/12/2009 - 06/14/2009
Location: Vienna, Austria
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Institute for Human Sciences
Additional Information: Around 1800, the life sciences and the human sciences, including philosophy in its modern form, were �in the making.� Mechanistic explanations of natural life were increasingly criticized, and new epistemic strategies towards �life� were formulated. In these processes, knowledge concerning �human nature� was configured in different ways and articulated from various political-ethical perspectives. Scientific, philosophical, political-ethical, and economic meanings overlapped in concepts of race, descent, inheritance and reproduction as well as those of generation, procreation, sex and sexuality. However, these concepts were not stable but highly contested in regard to their epistemological as well as socio-cultural status. In the order of knowledge the status of biology as a science and social knowledge were far from being fixed. But, the political-epistemological problems of naturalism and biological naturalization that to this day still haunt the social and human sciences, including philosophy, emerged at the horizon. This interdisciplinary workshop aims at analyzing different constellations of biological knowledge, i.e., the formation, circulation and articulation of biological concepts in scientific, philosophical and socio-political contexts. Questions to be discussed are: what kind of epistemic strategies were formed in regard to the emerging life sciences, how were they linked to politics of knowledge, and, especially, how did political-epistemological strategies referring to race and sex intersect. Speakers: Robert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University) Staffan M�ller-Wille (University of Exeter/Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) Florence Vienne (Technische Universit�t Braunschweig) Tobias Cheung (Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) Sara Figal (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) Penelope Deutscher (Northwestern University, Evanston) Waltraud Ernst (University of Hildesheim) Tristana Dini (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Napoli) Petra Gehring (Technische Universit�t Darmstadt)

Event Title: Second Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP)
Event Dates: 06/18/2009 - 06/20/2009
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Minnesota
Event Web Site: http://ships.umn.edu/spsp
Abstract Deadline: 02/01/2009
Additional Information: The SPSP biennial conferences provide a broad forum for scholars committed to making detailed and systematic studies of scientific practices � neither dismissing concerns about truth and rationality, nor ignoring contextual and pragmatic factors. The conferences aim at cutting through traditional disciplinary barriers and developing novel approaches. We welcome contributions from not only philosophers of science, but also philosophers working in epistemology and ethics, as well as the philosophy of engineering, medicine, agriculture, and other practical fields. Additionally, we welcome contributions from historians and sociologists of science, pure and applied scientists, and any others with an interest in philosophical questions regarding scientific practice. The SPSP Conference in 2009 will be held concurrently with a large workshop for teachers on integrating historical, philosophical and sociological perspectives into science teaching (http://ships.umn.edu/2009). Joint sessions are planned. The Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) aims to create an interdisciplinary community of scholars who approach the philosophy of science with a focus on scientific practice and the practical uses of scientific knowledge. For further details on our objectives and activities, see the Society\'s website: http://www.philosophy-science-practice.org

Event Title: ISHPSSB 2009, Brisbane
Event Dates: 07/12/2009 - 07/16/2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Sydney
Event Web Site: http://www.ishpssb2009.org
Abstract Deadline: 02/01/2009
Additional Information: CALL FOR PAPERS The 2009 meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology will take place from Sunday, 12 July, through Thursday, 16 July, at Emmanuel College, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia, hosted by the University of Sydney: http://www.ishpssb2009.org ISHPSSB brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences as well as history, philosophy, and sociology of science. The ISHPSSB biennial summer conferences are known for their innovative, transdisciplinary sessions and for fostering informal, cooperative exchanges and on-going collaborations among a variety of international scholars. This will be the first meeting to be held in the southern hemisphere. The aim of the conference is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and results across a range of fields. The submission of papers and sessions on any topic within the society\'s scope is welcomed. We also encourage the submission of posters, workshops, and general interest sessions based on themes identified in session proposals. It is our goal to develop a program that will allow maximal interactions, while also giving people the chance to present their ideas to their colleagues. Meeting near the Great Barrier Reef in the year of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin\'s Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of Darwin\'s birth and the publication of Jean Baptiste Lamarck\'s Philosophie Zoologique, we suggest some possible ideas for proposals, including: (1) Darwinism from different perspectives, including future perspectives on Darwinism; (2) The history, philosophy, social studies, and theory behind current debates about the genetics of evolutionary change; (3) The history, philosophy, social studies, and biology of coral reefs-a subject that engaged Darwin and which is now the subject of much attention related to the global environmental crisis; (4) The nature of amateur participation in science, especially \"citizen science\" that encourages stakeholders of various kinds to protect the coastal environment, and the role of NGOs in shaping science policy; and (5) Topics such as biodiversity, biogeography, and systematics. Submissions on other subjects that reflect an individual\'s current area of research, however, are also welcomed. Scholars wishing to attend the meeting are invited to submit session and paper proposals on the ISHPSSB website: http://www.ishpssb.org/meeting.html. Deadline for submissions is 1 February 2009. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words; instructions for using the abstract submission system can be found at: http://www.ishpssb.org/meetingsubmissioninstructions.html. To facilitate collaboration in putting together sessions, a forum is available on the ISHPSSB website to post ideas and solicit participants for sessions and discussion panels: http://www.ishpssb.org/phorum/index.php?18 Acceptance decisions will be communicated in early March. Graduate students are especially encouraged, and there will be opportunities available for obtaining travel funding. Information on registration and accommodation will be provided on the conference website. Please direct any inquiries to the Program Co-Chairs: Manfred Laublicher: Manfred.Laubichler@asu.edu Marsha Richmond: Marsha.Richmond@wayne.edu

Event Title: Circulating Knowledge, East and West
Event Dates: 07/21/2010 - 07/23/2010
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of King\'s College
Event Web Site: http://www.situsci.ca/en/conf.html
Additional Information: Inspired by Dalhousie University�s online launch of the Dinwiddie Archives, this conference aims to further international dialogue and scholarly exchange between those working on the history of science in Asia, Europe and North America by examining the global circulation of scientific knowledge from the Early Modern Period to today. Circulating Knowledge, East and West will culminate in a half-day facilitation workshop to plan for further Science Studies dialogue and exchange, �East� and �West,� with future conferences in Bangalore and Singapore. For further information, we invite you to visit the Conference website.

Event Title: Mathematical Sciences & Philosophy in the Mediterranean & the East. Symposium in Honor of Prof. Chikara Sasaki
Event Dates: 08/04/2009 - 08/08/2009
Location: Kamena Vourla, Greece, 4-8 August 2009
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): The Hellenic Open University , The University of Patras, National Bank of Greece, MIBS Group VIP Travel
Event Web Site: http://www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/vandoulakis/Sasaki/Sasaki_Symposium.htm
Additional Information: The international conference is held in honor of Prof. Ch. Sasaki (University of Tokyo, Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences & Department of Mathematical Sciences). The central theme focuses on the cultural transmutations and interrelationships between Western and Eastern scientific, especially mathematical, disciplinary matrices. Prof. Sasaki�s extraordinary achievement in the history and philosophy of mathematics has offered important insights in these areas. Besides historical and philosophical papers on mathematics, speakers will also present papers on the history and philosophy of science broadly construed.

Event Title: LOGIC, LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS - A Philosophy Conference in Memory of Imre Ruzsa
Event Dates: 09/17/2009 - 09/19/2009
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Eotvos University, Budapest
Event Web Site: http://phil.elte.hu/ruzsaconf
Abstract Deadline: 06/01/2009

Event Title: Biotechnology: Past, Present & Future
Event Dates: 09/21/2008 - 09/23/2008
Location: Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): Genentech Center for the History of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Event Web Site: http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/biotech08.shtml
Registration Deadline: 08/31/2008
Additional Information: The Genentech Center for the History of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory invites all historians, scholars and students of the history of science to the forthcoming meeting: "Biotechnology: Past, Present & Future" to be held Sept 21-23, 2008. We will have a unique opportunity to study the development of the industry from its early history to the extraordinary impact Biotechnology has on our quality of life today. Hear distinguished industry participants examine how the scientific and business worlds came together to usher in the "Biotech Revolution" of the late 20th Century and how they continue to impact the industry's future.

Event Title: The Philosophy of Leibniz and Kant
Event Dates: 09/25/2009 - 09/27/2009
Location: Lexington, KY
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Kentucky
Event Web Site: http://www.uky.edu/~look/LeibnizKantConference.htm

Event Title: Darwin Conference at Chicago
Event Dates: 10/29/2009 - 10/31/2009
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sponsor(s)/Host(s): University of Chicago
Event Web Site: http://darwin-chicago.uchicago.edu
Registration Deadline: 10/01/2009
Additional Information: Over thirty distinguished biologists, philosophers, and historians will gather at University of Chicago in fall of 2009 (Oct. 29-31) to celebrate the Darwin anniversaries. The schedule and registration information can be found at: http://darwin-chicago.uchicago.edu.