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Hemingway, Kansas City (also headquarters (VPI & SU) and Diana Barkan (Caltech) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Hallmark Greetings empire) may have will begin assessing proposals for the HSS Kansas City, Missouri a better claim to being the capital of a sessions this month. A preliminary program 21-25 October quintessentially American form of intellec­ for HSS will be published, per usual, in the Hyatt Regency Crown Center tual culture. July issue of the HSS Newsletter. A full pro­ Our 1998 conference coincides with gram for HSS events will also be available on the 17th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy In just under six months, the His­ the HSS web site. ofSciencefusociation (PSA), which will share Paper and session proposals for the tory of Science Society will gather for its space with HSS at the Hyatt Regency Crown 1998 HSS Annual Meeting were due in the 1998 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mis­ Center. HSS and PSA events will be detailed Executive Office by 1 April of this year; souri - Corn-Belt home of Elmer Gantry, in a common program, available to attendees and the self-styled "heart ofAmerica." Situ­ registration materials will be published in the of both meetings. While pre-registration for ated at the confluence of the Missouri and July issue of the Newsletter and will again be the two meetings will be handled separately, available from the HSS web site. We strongly Kansas (Kaw) rivers, the city was established attendees will have equal access to events encourage electronic registration for the meet­ ca. 1820 by a group of fur-trappers led by hosted by HSS or PSA. PSA Program Chair ing - by submitting a registration form Fran<;:ois Chouteau - and now boasts of Don Howard (Notre Dame University) has directly from the web, you can help us to keep having more fountains and statues than Rome already selected more than one hundred pa­ better and more accurate records of mem­ or Paris. A.5 the birthplace of Jean Harlow pers for presentation at the PSA meeting; bers' names, physical and email addresses. and Charlie Parker, childhood home ofWalt HSS Program Chairs Mordechai Feingold Disney and Harry S. Truman, and some­ • time stomping-ground of Ernest

CONTENTS April1998 • Cover Story 1 News of the Society 2 1998 HSS Elections Nominee Profiles 4-7 Awards, Honors, & Appointments 8 News & Inquiries from our Members 9- 10 Jobs, Fellowships/Grants, & Prizes 11 - 20 Future Meetings 21-28 ISIS Books Received 28-35 Election Ballot 36 ...... ------

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Update on HSS Secretary & Director Searches History of Science Society Executive Offices The searches for Secretary and Executive Director of the HSS (announced in the last Newsletter) continue. The salary for the University ofWashington Executive Director will be in the range of$36,000, plus benefits. Junior Box 351330 scholars are encouraged to apply. The evaluation of candidates will Seattle, Washington 98195-1330 begin the last week of April and will continue until both positions are Phone: 206/543-9366 filled. Interested persons should contact Ronald L. Numbers, Depart­ Fax: 206/685-9544 ment of the History of Medicine, 1300 University Ave., University of e-mail: hssexec@u. washington. edu Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 ([email protected]). Web site: http://weber. u. washington. edul"' hssexecl Suggestions Sought! Plzysicaladdress{fed-Ex. UPS): Johnson Hall, Room 226 The Committee on Education is compiling a brief bibliog­ University of Washington raphy of books that provide accessible introductions to the history of Seattle, Washington 98195-1330 science (or parts of it) for non-specialist undergraduates and faculty members. The finished bibliography will be posted on the Society's Subscr~t!tion Inquiries.· ISIS and HSS Newsletter website later this year. What books would you recommend to a non­ Please contact the University of Chicago Press directly, at: specialist colleague grappling with Darwin or a History 101 student [email protected], (fax) 773/753-0811, or write intrigued by the Scientific Revolution? We need, and want, your University of Chicago Press, Subscription Fulfillment Manager, suggestions for what belongs on the list. Send them (title and author; P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, IL 60637. publication data if you have it handy; brief annotations on subject Moving? matter/significance welcome) by 1 June 1998 to: EdComm Bibliog­ Please notify both the HSS Executive Offices and the University raphy, c/o A. Bowdoin Van Riper, 1995 Hastings Street, Marietta, GA of Chicago Press at the above addresses. 30062, Fax: (770) 423-6432, e-mail: [email protected]. HSS Newsletter Editorial Policies. Advertising. and Submissions Mendeleev Interest Group Now Forming The History ofScience Society Newsletter is published in Richard Rice and Nathan Brooks are pleased to announce January, April, July, and October, and sent to all individual the formation of the Mendeleev Interest Group (MIG) within HSS. members of the Society; those who reside outside of North Everyone with an interest in the life and/or professional career of America pay an additional $5 annually to cover a portion of first­ Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev is invited to participate. The idea for the class airmail charges. The Newsletter is available to nonmembers MIG grew out of the session "Dmitrii Mendeleev: New Perspectives" and institutions for $25 a year. at the 1996 HSS meeting in Atlanta. One of the laments of session The Newsletter is edited and desktop published by participants was that Mendeleev is perhaps the most eminent scientist Wendy Bagwell Cleary in the Executive Office on an Apple of all time about whom there is no biography in the English language Power Macintosh system using Microsoft Word and Aldus (except for one fictional book and 1-2 poor translations from Soviet­ PageMaker.The format and editorial policies are determined by era biographies in Russian). Part of the reason, of course, is the barrier the Executive Secretary in consultation with the HSS Executive of the Russian language for most Western historians, but another Committee and the Newsletter Editor. All advertising copy must difficulty is that Mendeleev' s work as a chemist was only a small part be submitted camera-ready. Advertisements are accepted on a ofhis professional career, which also included forays into economics, space-available basis only, and the Society reserves the right not natural-resource development, government service, and even spiritu­ to accept a submission. The rates are as follows: alism! The group's short-term goal is a meeting ofMendeleev scholars, Full page (9"long; 7.5" wide), $350; Half page (4.5" aficionados, and fans with a symposium to celebrate his life and long; 7.5" wide), $200; Quarter page (3" long; 5" wide), $100. achievements and a workshop to plan a collaborative, multi-author The deadline for insertion orders and camera--ready copy is six biography in English (and perhaps in Russian also). The long-term weeks prior to the month ofpublication (i.e., November 15 for goal is the completion of that biography by 2007, the 1OOth anniver­ the January Newsletter) and should be sent to the attention of the saryofMendeleev's death on February?, 1907 Oanuary20, old style). HSS Executive Office at the above address. HSS recommends The MIG organizers hope that the membership will include people that all camera-ready ads be sent via overnight or 2-day mail to from around the world and with interests that range over the many the physical address above. different disciplines and areas in which Mendeleev worked. For The deadline for news, announcements, and job/ further information, please contact either Richard E. Rice, General fellowship/prize listings is firm: The first of the month prior to Education Program, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA the month of publication. Long items (feature stories) should be 22807, (540) 568-2847, Fax: (540) 568-2913, [email protected]; or submitted six weeks prior to the month of publication as e-mail Nathan M. Brooks (currently on sabbatical from New Mexico State file attachments or on a 3.5"disk (along with a hard copy). Please University), 6100 22nd Road, Arlington, VA 22205, (703) 536- send all material to the attention of Wendy Bagwell Cleary at 4240, [email protected]. • the HSS address above (e-mail or disk appreciated). April1998 page3

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TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATIONS

An application form for travel grants for graduate students and independent scholars appears below. In order to be considered for a Travel Grant, applications must be received in the HSS Executive Office no later than 5 June 1998. Preference will be given to applications from HSS members, those presenting papers or participating in societal governance, and applicants who have not received funding in the past year. All travel supported by an HSS Travel Grant must be arranged through the Society's travel agent, Association Travel Concepts (ATC). Travel grants cover travel to the meeting location only and are usually awarded to cover a portion of the travel costs. In addition, the Society will reimburse only those costs reported to the Society in the form of the HSS Travel Expense Report. As per National Science Foundation requirements, only travel on US air carriers will be reimbursed. For additional information or inquiries, please contact the HSS Executive Office .

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Robert Brain ed. (Chicago, 1997); "Science, Politics, and the Art of Persuasion: No information provided; no photo available. Promoting the New Scientific Medicine in New York City" with Elizabeth Fee in David Rosner, ed., flit't's oj:\icknt'.i.l: f>ubfir Health and James H. Capshew Epidemics in New York City (Rutgers, I t)t)"i). Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Pamela 0. Long Indiana University. Ph.D., Univer­ Visiting Assistant Professor, Depart­ sity of Pennsylvania, 1986. HSS ac­ ment oft he~ I is tory ofScience, Medi­ tivities: Founding Chair, Forum for cine and Tcchnology,Johns Hopkins History of Human Science (1988- University (I t)t)"i-1 t)l)l'i). Ph.D. Uni­ 90), Corresponding Secretary ( 1991); versity of Maryland, I l)79. HSS ac­ Coordinating Committee, Forum for tivities: Advisory Editor, Isis the History of Science in America ( 1997 -I t)t)t)). Selected publications: (1995-98); Committee on Research "Power, Patronage, and the Author­ and the Profession (1994-96); session chair, HSS Annual Meetings ship ofArs: h·om Mechanical Know­ (1995, 1996, 1997). Selected publications: "Big Science: Price to the How to Mechanical Knowledge in Present," Osiris 7 (1992): 3-25; "Frankenstein," 84 (1993): 758- Isis the Last Scribal Age," Isis 88 (March 1997): 1-41; (( :o-authored with 761; "Engineering Behavior: Project Pigeon, World War II, and the Alex Roland) "Military Secrecy in Antiquity and Early Medieval ConditioningofB. F. Skinner," TechnologyandCulture34 (1993): 835- Europe: A critical Reassessment," History and Technology 11 ( 1994): 8 57; Psychologists on the March: Science, Practice, and Professional Identity 259-290; "Invention, Authorship, "intellectual Property,' and the in America, 1929-1969 (Cambridge,1998). Origin ofPatents: Notes toward a Conceptual History," Technology and Culture 32 (April, 1991): 318-355; "Humanism and Science" in Lesley Cormack Renaissance Humanism: Its Sources, Forms and Legacy 3 vols., ed. A Associate Professor, Department of Rabil, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988), 3: 486-512; History and Classics, University of (Editor) Science and Technology in Medieval Society, Annals ofthe New Alberta. Ph.D. University of Tor­ YorkAcademyofScience, vol. 441 (New York, 1985); "The Contribu­ onto, 1988. HSS activities: session tion ofArchitectural Writers to a 'Scientific Outlook' in the Fifteenth organizer, HSS Annual Meetings and Sixteenth Centuries, "journal ofMedieval and Renaissance Studies (1995, 1997); book reviewer for Isis. 15 (Fall, 1985): 265-289. Selected publications: "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Geography Pamela E. Mack as Self-Definition in Early Modern Associate Professor, Department of England", Isis 82 (1991):639-661 (reprinted in The Scientific Enterprise in Early Modern Europe, Peter History, Clemson University. Dear, ed. (Chicago, 1997); Flat Earth or Round Sphere: Misconcep­ Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, tions of the Shape of the Earth and the Fifteenth-Century Transfor­ 1983. HSS activities: Committee mation ofthe WorldEcumeme 1 (1994):363-385. Charting an Empire. on Finance (I 997-1998); Treasurer Geography at the English Universities 1580-1620 (Chicago, 1997). (I 993-1996); Chair, Committee on Independent Scholars ( 1987-1990); Co-chair, Committee on Women Evelynn M. Hammonds (1990-199 I); Council (I 991-1992). Associate Professor of the History Selected publications: Viewing the of Science, Program in Science, Earth: The Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System (MIT Technology, and Society, Massa­ Press, 1990); From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACAI chusetts Institute ofTechnology. NASA Winners of the Collier Trophy for Aerospace Research and Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993. Development(Government Printing Office, 1998). HSS activities: Co-Chair Com­ mittee on Women (1993-1995); Bruce Moran session organizer/chair, HSS An­ Professor of History, Department of History, University of Nevada, nualMeetings(l993,1995, 1996). Reno. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978. HSS Selected publications: Childhood's Deadly Scourge: The Campaigns to Control Diphtheria in New York activities: Former member Committee on Education; Derek Price City, 1880-1930(Hopkins, 1998); GenderandScientificAuthorityco- Award Committee (1987-88; Chair, 1988); Pfizer Prize Committee (1994); session organizer and contributor HSS annual meetings . • April1998 page 5

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Bruce Moran Transformism," in: G. Laurent (ed.) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1744-1829 (Paris: Editions CTHS, 1997), pp.667-687; "Le Museum de Paris Selected publications: "German vient aLondres," in: R. Charrier and C.Blanckaert (eds.) Le Museum au Prince-Practitioners: Aspects in the Premier Siecle de son Histoire(Paris: Editions du Museum national Development of Courtly Science, d'histoire naturelle, 1997)pp. 607-634; "The Gaze of Natural His­ Technology and Procedures in the tory," in: C. Fox, R. Porter, and R Wokler (eds.) Inventing Human Renaissance," Technology and Cul­ Science (Berkeley: U. CaliforniaPress, 1995) pp. 112-151; "Organic ture22(1981),253-274; (Editor) Pa­ Molecules Revisited," in: J. Gayon (ed.) Buffon 88: Proceedings ofthe tronage and Institutions: Science, International Buffon Conference (Paris: Vrin, 1992), pp. 415-437; Technology and Medicine at the Euro- "Darwin, Vital Matter and the T ransformism ofSpecies," Journal ofthe pean Court 1500-1750 (Boydell, History ofBiology 19 (1986), pp. 369-445; Richard Owen's Hunterian 1991); The Alchemical World ofthe Lectures: May-june 1837 (Chicago & London, 1992). German Court: Occult Philosophy and Chemical Medicine in the Circle of Moritz of Hessen (Steiner, 1991); johannes Hartmann and the M. Norton Wise Didactic Care ofChymiatria (Am. lnst. Hist. Phar., 1991); "Paracelsus, Professor, Department of History, Religion and Dissent: The Case of Phillip Homagius and Georg Princeton University. Ph.D., Wash­ Zimmermann," Ambix43(1996), 65-79. ington State University (physics, 1967); Ph.D., Princeton University Naomi Oreskes (history, 1977). HSS activities: Isis Associate Professor of History & editorial board, 1991-94; Derek Price Philosophy of Science, Gallatin Award Committee, 1991-94 (chair, School oflndividualized Study, New 93-94); numerous papers, com­ York University. Ph.D., Stanford ments, and chairs at HSS meetings. University, 1990. HSS activities: Selected publications: "English Gar­ Forum for the History of Science in dens in Berlin: Aesthetics, Technology, Power," in Meaning in the America (1991-94); Session co-or­ Visual Arts: Views from the Outside: A Centennial Commemoration of ganizer, 1992 HSS annual meeting, Irwin Panofsky (1892-1968), ed. Irving Lavin (Princeto~, 1995), P~· session chair and commentator 1995, 237-254; (editor) The Values ofPrecision (Princeton, Pnnceton Um­ 1996; Friends of Geo-Clio, co-orga­ versity Press; 1995); (with Robert M. Brain) "Muscles and Engines: nizer ( 1994-present). Selected publications: The Rejection of Conti­ Indicator Diagrams in Helmholtz's Physiology," in Universalgenie nental Drift (Oxford University Press, forthcoming); "Weighing the Helmholtz: Ruckblick nach 100 ]ahren, ed. Lorenz Kruger (Akademie Earth from a submarine: The S-21 expedition," in The Earth, the Verlag, 1994), 124-145; "Pascual Jordan: Quantum Mechanics, Heavens, and the Carnegie Institution ofWashington: Historical Perspec­ Psychology, National Socialism," in M. Walker and M .. Renne~erg, tives after Ninety Years, Gregory Good, ed., History of Geophysics ? eds., Science, Technology, and National Socialism (Cambndge Umver­ ( 1994): 5 3-68. "Verification, validation, and confirmation ofnumen­ sity Press, 1994), 224-254; "Mediations: Enlightenment Balancing cal models in the earth sciences," [with Shrader-Frechette and K. K. Acts, or the Technologies of Rationalism," in Paul Horwich, ed., Belitz] Science263 (1994): 641-646; "Objectivity or heroism? On the World Changes: Thomas Kuhn and the Nature ofScience (Cambridge, invisibility of women in science," 11 (1996): 87-113. Osiris MA; MIT Press, 1992), pp. 207-256; (with Crosbie Smith) Energy andEmpire: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, 1824-1907(Cambr~~ge, Phillip R. Sloan Eng.; Cambridge University Press, 1989); "Work and Waste: P~ltt.Ic~ Professor, Program in History and Economy and Natural Philosophy in Nineteenth Century Bntam, Philosophy of Science/Program of History ofScience, 27 (1989), Pt. I, 263-301; Pt. II, 391-449; Pt. III, Liberal Studies University of Notre 28 (1990), 221-261. Dame. Ph.D. University of Califor­ nia, San Diego, 1970. HSS activities: Chair, National Program Commit­ tee, HSS Annual Meeting Toronto, CA. 1980; Chair, Committee on Meetings and Programs, 1981-83; Council Member 1981-84; Chair, Committee on HSS and Apartheid, 1986; Dibner Lecturer, HSS 1990- 91. Selected publications: "Lamarck in Britain: Transforming Lamarck's page6 History of Science Society Newsletter

L-----~------M_o_~_z_N_~_n_o_~_s_fo_r_J9_9_s_n_s_s_E_r_E__crJ_o_~_s ____ ~~~ Nominating Committee from Council & Nominating Committee from Membership-at-Large ======-::-:__ =-==~--~~--======Nominating Committee from Council Rogl'l' lflllm Paula Findlen nizcr, XVIlth lntnnarionaiCongress ofH istory of Science. Selected publi­ Associate Professor of Early Modern cations: "The Ideological and Insti­ Italian History, Stanford University. I Ph.D., UniversityofCalifornia, Berke­ tutional )ifficulries of a Jesuit ley, 1989. Co-Editor, Configurations, Scientist in Paris," N.j. Boscovich. Vita 1997 -present. HSS activities: Council t' Attil'it/1 Scitllt~/tCtl (1993); (1998-2000); Pfizer Prize Sub-Com­ l'Anlltomit rl'ullt Institution mittee (1997-1999): Dibner Visiting Scimt~fiqut. l 'Act~rl/mie des Sciences Historian of Science ( 1996-1998); ses­ de f>11ris, /666-180.) (Paris: Editions sion organizer, HSS Annual Meetings des Archives (:on tcm poraines, 1993); The New Calendar of the Correspomlmce o( J>iart Simon Laplace (1989,1992); contributor to HSS Syl­ labus Sampler. Selected publications: "Science as a Career in En­ (Berkeley, Office for History of Science and Technology, lightenment Italy: The Strategies of Laura Bassi (1711-1778)" Isis 1994); "Lavoisier et ses Collaborateurs: U nc Eq u ipe au Travail," Il Y 83 1993): 441-469; "Controlling the Experiment: Rhetoric, Court A 200 Ans Lavoisier (1995); "La Facultc de Mcdccine de Paris: Un Patr~nage and the Experimental Method ofF rancesco Redi" History Aimant jusqu'a la Moitie du XIXe Sicclc," /,/lett de Naissance de Ia ~fSczence 21 (1993): 35-64; "The Economy of Scientific Exchange Medecine Moderne(I995); "Les Carrieres de Fourcroyetde Lacepede," m Early Modern Italy," in Patronage and Institutions ed. Bruce Le Museum au Premier Siecle de Son Histoire ( 1997); "A Scientist Moran (Boydell, 1991); "Jokes of Nature and Jokes of Knowledge: Responds to his Skeptical Crisis: Laplace's Philosophy of Science," The Playfulness of Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Europe" The Skeptical Tradition Around 1800 ( 1998). Renaissance Quarterly 43 (1990): 292-331. Possessing Nature: Muse­ ~ms, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (U niver­ Gregg Mitman my of California Press, 1994). Associate Professor, Department of History ofScience, University of Okla­ Jan Golinski homa. Ph.D., Universiry of Wiscon­ Associate Professor, Department of sin, Madison, I 988. HSS activities: History and Humanities Program, Committee on Diversity (1993-1995; University of New Hampshire. Chair, 1994-1995); Session organizer, Ph.D., University of Leeds (UK), 1991 HSS meeting; paper presenter 1984. HSS activities: Member, and commentator; Council ( 1998- Board ofAdvisor Editors, Isis, 1993- 2000), Session co-organizer, 1996 HSS 1995; Council, 1997-1999. Selected meeting. Selected publications: The publications: Science as Public Cul­ State ofNature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, ture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in 1900-1950 (University of Chicago Press, 1992; winner of the Gustav . . Britain, 1760-1820 (Cambridge ArltAward in the Humanities); "When Nature is the Zoo: Vision and Umv .. Press, 1992); Makzng Natural Knowledge: Constructivism and Power in the Art and Science ofNatural History" Osiris 11 (1996): the Hzstory ofScience (Cambridge Univ Press 1998)· r'-e c · · 117 -143; "Defining the Organism in theWelfare State: The Politics E l' · ' , 1 n uetences zn n zghtened Europe (ed. with William Clark and Simon Schaffi of Individuality in American Culture, 1890-1950" Sociology of the University o~Chicago Press, forthcoming); "The Theory ofPract:~ Sciences Yearbook 18 (1994): 249-280; "Cinematic Nature: Holly­ an? the .:ra~uce ofTheory: Sociological Approaches in the History of wood Technology, Popular Culture, and the American Museum of Sctence Iszs 81 (1990): 492-505. Natural History" Isis 84 (1993): 637-661; "Evolution as Gospel: William Patten, the Language of Democracy, and the Great War" Isis Roger Hahn 81 (1990): 446-463. Director of th~ Office for History of Science and Technology and Professor of Htstory, University of California Berkeley Ph D C Karen Reeds 11 U . . ' . . ., or- ne mversuy, 1962. HSS activities: Council 1967-70, 1977-80 ~urator, "A State of Health: New Jersey's Medical Heritage" (exhibit 1996-99; Delegate to AAAS, 1967-72; Chair, Pfizer Prize Commit~ m preparation); Member, National Coalition oflndependent Schol­ tee; Sart?n Medal Prize Committee; Chair, US delegation to :XVth ars and the Princeton Research Forum. 1983-96: Science Editor, International Congress of History of Science • Edinburgh·, C o-orga- Ru~g~~s University Press. Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975. HSS acttvtttes: Council (1998-2000); Nominating Committee, Derek 1....------~ __...... ------~~

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Karen Reeds Plenum Press, 1991), pp. 1-29; "From Heredity Theory to Vererbung: Price Award Committee; session chair The Transmission Problem, 1850-1915" Isis78 (1889): 337-364;­ and book exhibitor at HSS meetings; --, "Life Before Model Systems: August Weismann's Zoological book reviewer for Isis. Selected pub­ Institute," American Zoologist, 37 (1997): 260-268. lications: Botany in Medieval andRe­ naissance Universities (Garland, 1991); Judith Goodstein with Judith Swazey, Today's Medi­ University Archivist, Faculty Asso­ cine, Tomorrow's Science: Essays on ciate in History, California Institute Paths to Discovery in the Biomedical ofTechnology. Ph.D., University of Sciences (Government Printing Of­ Washington, Seattle, 1969. HSS ac­ fice, 1978) and "Renaissance Hu­ tivities: Schuman Prize Committee manism and Botany," Annals ofScience 33 (1976): 519-542. (Chair, 1974); Pfizer Prize Commit­ tee (1985-1986); Council, 1986- Mary T errall 1988; co-session organizer, HSS Assistant Professor, Department of Annual Meeting (1990); book re­ History of Science, Harvard Univer­ viewer for Isis, Nature. Selected pub­ sity. Ph.D., University of California, lications: "La comunita dei matematici italiani e Vito Volterra," in Los Angeles, 1987. HSS activities: Isis Scienza, Technologia e Istituzioni in Europa. Vito Volterra e l'origine del Advisory Editor (1996-1998); HSS CNR. ed. R. Simili (Laterza, 1993); Millikan's School: A History ofthe Council1997-1999. Selected publica­ California Institute of Technology (Norton, 1991); Feynman 's Lost tions: "Academy, Salon and Boudoir: Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun, with D. Goodstein Generation and Desire in Maupertuis 's (Norton, 1996). Science of Life," Isis 87 ( 1996): 21 7- 229; "Gendered Spaces, Gendered Lynn K. Nyhart Audiences: Inside and Outside the Paris Academy ofSciences" Configu­ Associate Professor, Department of rations 3 (1995): 207-232; "Emile du Chatelet and the Gendering of History of Science, University of · Science" History of Science 33 (1995): 283-310; "Representing the Wisconsin, Madison. Ph.D., Uni­ Earth's Shape: The Polemics Surrounding Maupertuis's Expedition to versity of Pennsylvania, 1986. HSS Lapland" Isis 83 (1992): 218-237 (awarded the History of Science activities: Chair, Committee on In­ Society Derek Price Award, 1994); "The Culture ofScience in Frederick dependent Scholars, 1990-92. Se­ the Great's Berlin," History ofScience 28 (199): 333-364. lected publications: "Natural History and the 'New' Biology," in Nicholas Jardine, et al., eds. Cul­ Nominating Committee &om Membership-At-Large turesofNaturalHistory(Cambridge, 1996); Biology Takes Fonn: Anima/Morphology and the Gennan Univer­ Frederick B. Churchill sities, 1800-1900 (University of Chicago Press, 1995); "Writing Zoo­ Professor emeritus, History and Phi­ logically: The Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie and the losophy of Science, Indiana Univer­ Zoological Community in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany," in The sity. Ph.D., Harvard University, Literary Structure of Scientific Argument: Historical Studies, ed. Peter 1967. Recent HSS activities: Pfizer Dear (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991) committee, 1987-1988;Committee on Honors and Prizes, 1996-present. Sylvan Schweber [no photo available] Selected recent publications: Co­ Richard Koret Professor of the History of Ideas, Brandeis University. editor with the late Prof. Helmut Ph.D., Princeton University, 1952. HSS activities: Committee on Risler of August Weismann: Honors and Prizes; has contributed numerous book reviews to Isis. Ausgewiihlte Briefe, Autobiographien Selected publications: Aspects ofthe Life and Thought of]F W. Herschel undandere Dokumente, now in press. "On the Road to the k Constant: 2 vol. (Arno Press, 1981); QED and the Men who Made it: Dyson, A Historical Introduction," in Julian Huxley, Problems of Relative Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonga (Princeton University Press, 1994); Growth (Repr.; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993), "From 'elementary' to 'fundamental' particles" in D. PestreandJ. Krige, pp. xix-xlv; "The Rise of Classical Descriptive Embryology" in Scott eds. The Sciences in the 20th Century (Adam Hilger, 1996). Gilbert, ed., A Conceptual History ofModern Embryology (New York: pageS History of Science Society Newsletter Awards, Honors, & Appointments J The Organization of American Historians ing on his dissertation entitled '"Science on The Forum f(>r II is tory of Human Science awards two major book prizes, one of which the American Frontier,' the Chemistry of (an inrercst group afliliated with the History is the Richard W. Leopold Prize, awarded Edward Williams Morley, 1869-1906." of Science Socict!') rcLenrly awarded its first every two years for the best book by a non­ prize f(n the he\! rt'Lt'nt article in the history academic historian. The 1998 Leopold Prize Ann Hibner Koblitz has accepted a tenured of the hunLlll .\cicJlLL'S. The prize went to will be presented to Andrew Butrica for To position in the Women's Studies Program at Patrick Ryan ( ( :asc \X;' estern Reserve) for his See the Unseen: A History ofPlanetary Radar Arizona State University, effective August "Unnatural Selection: Intelligence Testing, Astronomy, published by NASA in 1996. 1998. Eugenics, and American Political Cultures," which appeared in the Spring 1997 issue of For the academic year of 1997-1998, Jorge Dirk Lehrach informs us that his Ph.D. the journal fd'Soci,d /list my. Canizares-Esguerra was awarded a NEH Fel­ dissertation was recently published as a book lowship to the John Carter Brown Library and under the German title "Wiederaufbau und Linda Bart Tucker recently completed her a Membership to the School of History of the Kernenergie - Zur Haltung deutscher dissertation entitled "Science at Hampton Institue of Advanced Study at Princeton. Emigranten in Amerika". Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1868- 1893" at the .Johns Hopkins University(1997). The Chemical Heritage Foundation has The Chemical Heritage Foundation has awarded the 1998-99 Edelstein Studentship awarded the 1998-99 Edelstein Fellowship to Award toR. Richard Hamerla. A doctoral Carsten Reinhardt. His current project fo­ student in the history of science at Case cuses on the history of physical instrumenta­ Western Reserve University, Hamerlaiswork- tion in modern chemistry from 1945 to 1970. Thanks to these HSS members for •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• their support of the • Sponsor-A-Scholar Program HSS Sponsor-a-Scholar Program • in 1998! • • Michele L. Aldrich, Cornell University • ___ Yes, I would like to sponsor the scholar I have listed below. • Joan Lisa Bromberg, ,)'acramento, CA • Bruce Eastwood, U. Kentucky ___ Yes, please choose a scholar for me. • • Loren Graham, !vf IT Judith Goodstein, Cidtech ---Yes, please of the scholar named below. • renew my sponsorship Erwin Hiebert, HllrlJfzrd University Gerald Holton, Hrzruard University Scholar's Name: E.S. Kennedy, Princeton, Nj ------Michael Meo, Portlmzd OR Address: John Michel, A1iwzeapolis, MN ------Nathan Reingold, Smithsonian Institution City: ------Country: ______Postal Code: ---- Nancy Slack, Russell Sage College Sponsor's Name: ------• Address: ------City:------C ountry: ------Postal Code: ---- Telephone:------Email: ------

Amount Enclosed: ($ ------35 annually for each scholar sponsored)

~le~e make check or money order payable in U.S. dollars to the History of Science ociety. Send to HSS, Office of the Executive Secretary, University ofWashin t B 351330, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. g on, ox

• ;~~~:;~3i~!ormatio~l ahbout this progra~, please contact the HSS Executive Office at • 'or emar: [email protected] . 1998 • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• a April1998 page 9

News & Inquiries from our Members

Marsha Barrett informs members that a group of paintings by Irving project is to make the contents of the JFM freely available as a searchable Geis, famed illustrator of molecular biology, will be on view at the database on the World Wide Web. This project will also serve as a tool National Academy ofSciences fromApril7 through June 30. Geis, who to select about 20,000 of the most important of these publications died in July 1997, was universally recognized in the science community (1 ,200,000 pages) for digitization and wide public distribution at the as one of the earliest and most imaginative illustrators of macromolecu­ SUB Goettingen. Keyboarding ofvolume 1 ofthe JFM is now complete. lar structures. Many of his detailed drawings appeared in Scientific The first sets of data are available for distribution to volunteer math­ American. Among the best known are illustrations of myoglobin, ematical experts for enhancement: English keywords and MSC classifi­ lysozyme, cytochrome c, and DNA, all of which will be in the cations are to be assigned, titles are to be translated into English, exhibition. Other paintings in the exhibition will include the sickle cell comments on the value of the work are to be added, and they are to be molecule, hemoglobin, crambin, T State Atcase, and the diamond ranked in importance for scanning. In addition the librarians in Goettingen molecule. Geis worked with many famed scientists, illustrating their will assign standard names, identify and give the location of a library work in ways that helped both the scientific community and laypersons where the item may be found. The final product will also include a link visualize complex molecular structures. His primary effort always was to the scanned image ofthe articles selected for the electronic archive. For to give an overall view ofthe structure ofthe molecule he was illustrating additional information, see http:/ /www.emis.de/projects/JFM/ Addi­ and to represent its function. Prof. Richard E. Dickerson, of UCLA's tional volunteer mathematicians, knowledgeable in German, are needed Molecular Biology Institute, with whom Geis collaborated frequently, for the project. If interested, please send e-mail to one of the editors: wrote in a brochure that accompanies the exhibition, "Irving Geis Keith Dennis ([email protected]) or Bernd Wegner defined structural molecular biology in a visual sense. We have been ( wegner@math. tu-ber/in. de). following his lead-consciously or unconsciously-ever since." The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nathan Ensmenger is interested in receiving syllabi for a new HSS­ Monday through Friday. Arrangements can be made for weekend SHOT sampler on science, technology and war, and related courses viewing by calling 202/334-2436. The Academy is located at 2101 (for example, courses on the atomic bomb or on Cold War science). Constitution Avenue NW in downtown Washington, DC. The exhi­ Please send copies of any relevant courses to: Nathan Ensmenger, bition is presented by Arts in the Academy, a public service program of Department ofHistory and Sociology of Science, University ofPenn­ the National Academy of Sciences. sylvania, Logan Hall, 249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Deadline: 1 July 1998. The Board of the German Society for the History and Philosophy of Science has informed us that Professor Ernst Florey, who was The HSS offices have received word that Rutgers University-Newark elected president of the Board in June 1997, suddenly and unexpect­ and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are pleased to an­ edly passed away on September 26, 1997. They write: "Florey was nounce two, new joint degrees in History-the Master ofArts (M.A.) born in 1927 in Salzburg, Austria. He studied philosophy, zoology and Master of Arts for Teachers (M.A.T.)-with a new field of and botany in Salzburg and Vienna. After research visits at the concentration in the History ofTechnology, Environment and Medi­ California Institute of Technology and other American research cine. Administered by a federated Rutgers-Newark!NJIT History institutions, he became professor for general and comparative physi­ Department, these degrees are awarded jointly by both universities and ology at the UniversityofWashington in Seattle in 1956. In 1969, he supported by the full resources of Rutgers and NJIT. The History moved to the newly founded University of Konstanz in Germany, Federation is part of a larger partnership initiative between NJIT and where he remained until his retirement in 1992, conducting research Rutgers-Newark that enables them to offer a singularly broad and on the biochemical processes in nerve synapses, the mode of action of dynamic program of graduate training and research in the history of drugs, and the history of the life sciences. Florey was the author of technology, environment and medicine. Federation brings additional several books, among them the Introduction to General and Compara­ benefits for students such as on-line cross-registration, mutual library tive Animal Physiology; Animal Physiology; Comparative Aspects of privileges, and shared intellectual and social activities. The M.A. Neuropeptide Function (with G. B. Stefano); The Brain-Organ ofthe program, intended for generalists and pre-Ph.D. candidates, requires SouP. (with 0. Breidbach). His last book was dedicated to the proficiency in a foreign language and students have the option to write enigmatic physician, magnetizer, and enlightened thinker Franz a thesis in lieu of6 credits of course work. Students are required to take Anton Mesmer (1995). With Florey's death, the field of biology as a final comprehensive exam. The M.A.T. program-intended for well as history of science has lost one of the rare universalist scholars those preparing for, or engaged in, careers in secondary school educa­ of our day, as well as a noble person." tion-permits a greater flexibility in course selection. There is no language requirement, thesis option, or final comprehensive examina­ Keith Dennis and Bernd Wegner would like to give members some tion. For more information, please contact Prof. Richard Sher, Coor­ information about the J ahrbuch-project and Digital Math Archive. dinator, History ofTechnology, Environment and Medicine, Federated The Jahrbuch ueber die Fortschritte der Mathematik OFM) was Department of History, Rutgers-Newark!NJIT, University Heights, founded in 1868 by the mathematicians Carl Ohrtmann and Felix Newark, NJ 07102. Or visit the Web site: http://www.njit.edu. Mueller. It contains more than 200,000 reviews of mathematical publications and was published from 1868 to 1943. The goal of this page 10 History of Science Society Newsletter

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HSS member David Kaiser helped to vet a new book, entitled A Science scientists about their lives and work. The video interviews are con­J Odyssey, and now the book's author, Charles Flowers, would like to ducted at a high level of scientific detail and explanation and are bring its publication to the attention ofmembers. A Science Odyssey: 100 extensive, running ti·om '5 to I') hour.~ cxh. A full transcript with Years ofDiscovery is written for a general audience, including students, index, footnote references and links to the \'tdco accompany each and is the companion volume to the PBS-TV series. But, says Flowers, interview. For further information, please comact Graham Massey, the book and series take slightly divergent pathways to make the same Executive Director, Science Archive, 44 (O) 171 323 0323, or (e-mail) general points: that science and technology have developed more rapidly nadine@cursci. co. uk and extensively (and perhaps disturbingly) in this century than in the rest of human experience combined, that quite a few discoveries and Barbara Sweetland Smith would like mcmhcrs to know about an inventions can be told as seductively dramatic stories involving unusu­ exhibition that she is developing f(u· the Anchorage Museum of ally interesting individuals, and that discovery in this century has been History entitled "Lifting the Fog: Exploration in the North Pacific, by definition wildly unpredictable. The book has been a Book-of-the­ 1728-1867." It concerns the Russian voyages and discusses them in Month Club Selection,Associated Press Best Book, and anArnazon.com terms of their scientific work-marine, natural history, cartographic, "Hot Pick of the Week." and ethnographic. HSS member Loren Graham is a member of Sweetland Smith's advisory team. Thus Eu·, hoth the Oregon History Graham Massey would like to give members details ofa new video and Museum and several museums in Calif(Hnia h;lvc cxpressed interest in text archive that the Science Archive is creating by interviewing major the traveling exhibit.

Corrections &om January Newsletter Roger H. Stuewer has brought to our attention that a number of participants at the first Seven Pines Symposium, May 14-18, 1997 HSS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 0anuary 1998 Newsletter, pp. 30-31) were inadvertantly omitted. They are Xiang Chen (California Lutheran), Allan D. Franklin President (Colorado), Niccolo Guicciardini (Bologna), Helge Kragh (Aarhus), ALBERT VAN HELD EN Karel V. Kuchar (Utah), Margaret C. Morrison (Toronto), John D. Rice University North (Groningen), Ana Isabel Simoes (Lisbon), and Andrea I. Woody (Chicago)." Vice-President RONALD L. NUMBERS Due to an edit?rial oversight, the memorial notice for George University ofWisconsin-Madison Sweetnam contams an error: the date ofSweetnam's graduation from Executive Secretazy Ha:vard University was 1971, not 1979. We regret the error, for KEITH R. BENSON whiCh Professor Charles C. Gillispie was in no way responsible. University ofWashington

Treasurer MARC ROTHENBERG Joseph Henry Papers

Editor MARGARET W. ROSSITER Cornell University

• • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1998 Htstory ofWomen in Science Prize -- Deadline Extended to 1 june 1998 HSS Spring •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Checklist: Th_e. HSS pri~e ~omination form in the January issue mistakenly sohcued nommanons for books for the 1998 Ht" t fW . 1. VOTE! See pp. 4--7 & p. 36 for ballot. . . . s ory o omen m Sctence Pnze; only artzcles published in 1995 19106. d 1o 2. Make your travel plans for Kansas City! l" "blefi , 7 , an 197 7 are e tgt. or award in 1998. (All books nominated in 1998 will be 3. Nominate a colleague for the 1998 Hazen considered for the 1999 prize cycle) Th H" f W . . . · e Istory o omen m or History of Women in Science Prize. Sctence Pnze sub-committee urges members to submz"t . . ·c . nomznatzons toth e R J'S Executtve Office by 1 june 1998. April1998 page 11

Jobs, Fellowships/Grants, & Prizes

We invite you to peruse our electronic site for listings ofhistory policy. Applicants should have college level teaching experience across ofscience- related job opportunities, ftllowships and grants, and prizes. the disciplines and possess a Ph.D. in one of the following: Anthropol­ URL is: http://weber.u.washington.edu/ -hssexec/index.html. No­ ogy, Cultural Studies, History, History ofScience, Philosophy, Politi­ tices are brought to the History of Science Society s attention between cal Science, Psychology, or Sociology. Applicants should also have a quarterly publication ofthe HSS Newsletter, and some items are drawn record of scholarly research, publications, or creative work in their (and often condensed) from a variety ofsources, including the Chronicle respective field; be prepared to teach in several field related areas; and of Higher Education. The Society does not assume responsibility for the demonstrate a readiness to commit to teaching highly qualified accuracy ofany item, and potential applicants should verifY all details, students in the context of a professional college of art and design. The especially closing dates, with the organization or foundation ofinterest. successful candidate will teach 3 courses per semester and participate For those who wish to publish a job, ftllowshiplgrant, or prize in the governance of the Division and the College. The college via our listings, please send an electronic disk version of the posting or welcomes applications from qualified minority candidates. Applica­ submit it via e-mail Our mailing address is History ofScience Society tion deadline is March 1, 1998 or until filled. Send letter, curriculum Executive Office, Box 351330, University ofWashington, Seattle, WA vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, samples of publications/ 98195-1330. Our e-mail address is [email protected]. Our creative work, and three letters or references to Humanities and fax is 206/685-9844 and our telephone number is 2061543-9366. Science Search Division of Liberal Arts, Maryland Institute, College Joss of Art, 1300 Mt. Royal, Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Embry Riddle University University of Southern Indiana The Science, Technology, and Globalization (STG) Program at Embry The University of Southern Indiana invites applications for a tenure­ Riddle University in Prescott AZ welcomes applications for a tenure­ track position beginning Fall 1998 with assignment divided between track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The administrative duties and teaching principally in History of Science, STG Program is a new and interdisciplinary program based in the Asia, Early Modern Europe, or Latin America. Ph.D. in History plus Humanities/Social Science Department and therefore possesses a strong previous administrative and teaching experience required. The Uni­ foundation in cultural, political, economic, linguistic, and psychologi­ versity is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship and profes­ cal analysis of science, technology, and globalization. The STG Pro­ sional activity, and service to the University and the community. gram, however, has strong interests and ties to the Engineering, Computer Associate or full professor ranked commensurate with scholarship, Science, and Aeronautical Science Departments of our University. The professional involvement and publications. Application deadline is successful candidate should be able to teach service courses in humani­ March 15, 1998, but extended until position filled. Women and ties and/or social sciences as well as interact (i.e., curriculum develop­ minorities encouraged to apply. Submit letter of application, curricu­ ment, teach, research) with other departments. In addition, the candidate lum vitae, and names/addresses of three professional references to Dr. will be expected to teach courses in the core (e.g., Technology and Darrel E. Bigham, Search Committee Chair, University Southern Civilization, Evolution of Scientific Thought, Global Policy Studies) Indiana, Orr Center, Room 1063, 8600 University Boulevard, Evans­ and in the advanced (e.g., Global Technosciences, Environment and ville, IN 47712. Culture, Security and Globalization) section of STG. Finally, the candidate will be expected to offer a significant contribution to one of University of Pennsylvania the three areas of concentration: Global Management, Globalization and the Environment; Globalization and Security. The candidate The Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of should bring a new dimension to the already existing structure of STG Pennsylvania, may be offering a one-year replacement appointment by means ofinnovative course development and research. We encourage for teaching in the history of technology for academic year 1998-99, cross disciplinarywork that may include a candidate who works between pending funding. The Department would like to hear from qualified security and the environment, management and the environment, or individuals (post PhD) who would like to be considered. Please send security and management. The ideal candidate will.~ave a ~e.cord or your curriculum vitae with names and addresses of three referees to show promise of significant research and grant wntmg abihty. We Professor Rosemary A. Stevens, Acting Chair, History and Sociology encourage interested candidates to look at our web page to have a closer of Science, Logan Hall303, 249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia PA look at the course offerings, industry connections, current faculty, and 19104-6304. email: rstevens@sas. upenn.edu international programs (http://www. pr.erau.edu/-huss/ stg/). Appli~­ tion deadline: April15, 1998. Interested candidates p~e~e send app~­ Maryland Institute College of Art cation materials to: Peter Quigley, Chair, Humanmes and Social Sciences Department; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; 32?0 The Maryland Institute College of Art invites applications for a full­ Willow Creek Road Prescott, AZ 86301-3720 e-mail: time continuing contract position in the Liberal Arts Division's [email protected]; phone: (520) 708-6954 Humanities and Science Program which begins in Fall, 1998. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience and college page 12 History of Science Society Newsletter Jobs, Fellowships/Grants, & Prizes J University ofWisconsin, Madison a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation) should be sent to Professor Ronald L. Numbers, University of Wisconsin­ The Department ofHistory ofMedicine at the University ofWiscon­ Madison, Department of the History of Medicine, 1300 University sin, Madison, announces a possible vacancy for a Lecturer or Visiting Avenue, Madison, WI 5370(> (608-262-1460; Assistant Professor for 1998-99 academic year, to teach upper-divi­ rnumbers@macc. wisc.edu). sion undergraduate courses and to participate in the Department's Medical School offerings. A Ph.D. is required. Preference will shown History of Science Society Executive Director for applicants with evidence of teaching excellence and innovation, and for those who can teach women and medicine, race and medicine, The History ofScience Society seeks applications for its newly created and American medicine and public health. Send application materi­ full-time, salaried position of Executive Director, duties to begin 1 als, including letter ofapplication, c. v., writing sample, and the names January 1999. Applicants should possess fcmnal academic training in and addresses of three references who can be contacted for letters of history of science from a recognized graduate program. Reporting to recommendation should the vacancy occur, due 3 April 1998, to: the Executive Committee, the Executive Director is responsible for Harold J. Cook, Chair, Department ofthe History ofMedicine, 1300 managing the overall operations of the Execu rive Office. He or she will University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. create and identify program initiatives, recommend and, upon ap­ proval, implement programs, policies, and procedures to ensure that University of Maine at Machias the Society fulfills its mission. The Executive Director is charged with providing continuity in the Society's programs and policies, and in its University of Maine at Machias seeks applications for a full-time, relations with the academic community, governmental and philan­ regular, tenure-track Assistant Professor ofWorld History within the thropic agencies, and the population at large. The Executive Direc~or Arts and Letters Division to begin August 31, 1998. Qualifications: A manages the finances of the Executive Office, supervises the Execunve dedicated teacher-scholar with a Ph.D. in world history is being Office staff, and oversees miscellaneous societal publications. The sought. Region and period are open. Desirable fields include: Mrica, Director is additionally responsible for planning the Society's annu~l anthropology, Asia, environmental history, history of science and meeting, managing the Society's web-based and other electro~Ic international relations. Teaching experience is an asset as is the ability services, and implementing new program and services (e.g., JOb to teach in a highly interactive class, to use local resources in teaching, placement) as needed. The Executive Director is expected to promo~e and to incorporate new technologies. Salary Range; $30,000-$32,000. the interests of the Society and its constituent members, and IS Responsibilities: Broad range of teaching responsibilities including, responsible for ensuring the Society continues to fulfill its stated but not limited to world history sequence and upper-level course in mission of advancing research and popular interest in the history. of specialty. The position calls for an individual who is comfortable with science. The Executive Director will provide the Society's Execunve close student interaction and interdisciplinary approaches and who is Secretary and Treasurer with quarterly budget reports, and will supply eager to participate actively in shaping a small history program in a L1 the Executive Committee with an annual report on the state of the rural coastal environment. Application: Candidates should submit ( 1) lV( Society each spring in time for the latter's spring meeting. The a two-page (maximum) letter of application that specifies teaching f1 interest, qualification and philosophy of teaching history, (2) a Director is additionally charged with developing a five-year plan. for 9: curriculum vitae; (3) transcripts; ant (4) the names of3-5 references. the Executive Office (to correspond with his or her term of servtc~) Send application materials to: World History Search Committee, which is subject to approval of the Executive Committee and Counc~l. IGmball Hall. University of Maine at Machias, 9 O'Brien Avenue, The Executive Director is expected to play an important ~ole m Machias, Maine 04654; Telephone; 207-255-1235. Screening of dev~l.opment and societal fund-raising .. Persons ~ntereste~ 111 :~~ applications will begin February 27, 1998 and continue until the posmon should supply a letter of application, a curnculum v~tae: I position is filled. EEO/M. three letters of recommendation. Parallel proposals for insntunona commitments are encouraged, but not required. All materia~s sho~ld History of Science Society Secretary be sent to Professor Ronald L. Numbers, University of Wiscons~n­ Madison, Department of the History of Medicine, 1300 University The History of Science Society invites applications for the position of Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 (608-262-14GO; Society Secretary. The Secretary serves for a term of five years, with [email protected]). possibility of renewal, on the Society's Executive Committee. The Secre.tary' ~ funct~on is to maintain all official records of the Society's Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village meetmgs, mcludmg recording the minutes of the Executive Commit­ tee meetings, the HSS Council meeting, and the annual HSS Business The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village seeks an energeti~ meeting. The Society Secretary will, in addition, maintain semi­ imaginative individual to lead its curatorial efforts-collections an annual communications between the Society's standing committees public programs-in communication and information techn~lo~ and the Exec~tive Committee and will maintain the Society's records history with emphasis on the social impact of technology. Candt~at and carry on Its correspondence. All materials (letter of application , must be able to document and assess a significant historic collecno~ and develop a post-WWII component. Demonstrated ability to wor April1998 page 13

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in a team-based environment to develop and evaluate content-rich Oregon Institute ofTechnology public programs rhat educate and delight. Expertise in 20th century history a plus. Experience in all facets of curatorial work, including Oregon Institute ofTechnology is initiating a search for a full-time, material culture expertise, historical research, program planning, tenure track position in anthropology at the assistant professor level. fundraising. Competitive salary. Submit cover letter and resume to This position starts September 1998. The position requires the ability Human Resources, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Detroit, MI 48121-1970 to teach introductory courses in science, technology and society, or email [email protected] or fax (313)982-6237. EOE. physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Ability to teach archeology/ cultural resource management, cultural materialism, soci­ Polytechnic University ology, and/ or medical anthropology is preferred. Minimum qualifica­ tions include a master's degree with a Ph.D. preferred. Teaching Polytechnic University's Department of Humanities and Social Sci­ experience with large lecture classes is desired. Review of applications ences invites applications for an anticipated opening for a tenure track will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To assistant professor in rhe history ofscience and technology ofany period. apply, send a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, and The ideal candidate should be able to teach survey courses and advanced phone numbers of three professional references to: Personnel Office courses in the history of science and technology to students with #97-66026, Oregon Institute ofTechnology, 3201 Campus Drive, technical backgrounds, as well as to teach the twentieth-century world Klamath Falls, OR 97601. For further information, contact Mark history survey course. She or he should also be interested in teaching and Clark, Search Chair, at (541) 885-1880, or [email protected], or visit research with colleagues throughout the university. Polytechnic is a http:/ /www.oit.edu. OIT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportu­ research university. Candidates must hold or be near completion of a nity/ADA employer. Ph.D. at the time of appointment and a have a strong commitment to research and teaching excellence. The teaching load is 3-3. Salary Willamette University commensurate with qualifications. For more information about the university, see our website at www. poly .edu. Review ofapplications will Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, invites applications for a new begin on January 2, 1998 and continue until the position is filled. Send interdisciplinary position in Humanities, beginning Fall, 1998. The a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of position is full-time, tenure-track, at the assistant professor level. recommendation to: Harold Sjursen, Chair, Search Committee, De­ Course load is three courses per semester; salary is competitive. We are partment ofH umani ties and Social Science, Polytechnic University, Six looking for candidates who are qualified to develop and teach a variety Metro tech Center, Brooklyn, New York I 120 1. Polytechnic University of courses in the History and/ or Philosophy of Science and T echnol­ is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. ogy that will cross boundaries between the humanities and the natural and social sciences. We welcome applications from any ofthe humani­ Kalamazoo College ties disciplines, and expect that candidates will also have a grounding in at least one of the natural sciences. The person in this position Kalamazoo College invites applications for a on-year sabbatical re­ should expect to contribute to our general education curriculum and placement pending anticipated approval in Medieval History for to participate in the activities of our nascent Humanities Center. 1998-1999 at the Visiting Instruction/Assistant Professor level. Six Candidates must have a strong commitment to teaching excellence courses will be offered, two each quarter: one course in World History and to research and scholarship within a liberal arts setting. Ph.D. before 1700, a two-course survey of medieval history, on upper level prior to appointment is expected; teaching experience is preferred. course drawn from the replacement's specialty, and another from a Send letters of application, CV, graduate transcripts, three letters of field outside the Middle Ages, such as Renaissance or Early Modern, recommendation, and a statement of teaching and research interests Tudor-Stuart, history ofscience or medicine, women's history (survey to: Humanities Search Committee, Eaton Hall, Willamette Univer­ through early modern), etc. Ph.D. or ABO required; teaching experi- sity, Salem, OR 97301. For most complete consid.erati~n ~les should .ence. preferred · Salary competitive· · an d consistent· wtt· h Ieve 1o f expe- be received by January 15, 1998. Willamette Umverstty IS an Equal nence.. Candidates are expecte d to h ave a h'tgh aptt· tude for an d Interest· Opportunity Employer; we encourage applications from women and In undergrad t h · . ua e teac mg, a commitment to the liberal arts, and a members of minority groups. d esue to involve un d ergra d uates m· scholarship· both m· and out o f t h e c1 assroom Co 1 d . . . . . · mp ete app 1tcattons recetved by January 5, 1998, wtll The Collected Papers Of Albert Einstein, Boston University recetve full co · d . . . h . ~SI eratton, wnh later applications reviewed as needed unu1 t e posltl . fill d S . on Is I e . end curriculum vitae (including a descrip- The Einstein Papers Project invites applications for the position of an tion of scholar! · ) . ( . Y Interests undergraduate and graduate transcnpts Assistant of Associate Editor for fall 1998. Candidates should be uno ffiIctal acceptabl ) d '1 d . . h d e ' a etat e statement of teachmg phtlosop y trained in physics and the history or philosophr .of science, .and have an goals, and thr I f . . Ch · D ee etters o recommendation to John Wtckstrom, a good reading knowledge of Ge~man. l.n a~dmon, a s.pectfic back- au, epartmenr f H" Street K Istory Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy round in the history and the philosophical mterpretanons of early­ 1 ° ' a amazoo, MI 49006-3295. EOE ~entieth century physics is desired, in particular in regard .to qu:~ntu.m theory, statistical physics, relativity, and cosmology. Pnor editonal page 14 History of Science Society Newsletter

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experience is advantageous. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein of Science and Technology current specific needs include: Physical publishes Einstein's major scientific and non-scientific writings along Sciences, History and/or Philosophy of Science, and Science, Tech­ with his correspondence. With six volumes in print and two in nology and Society. Candidates should demonstrate qualifications in preparation, the Project is now beginning to work on Einstein's life in one or more of the above areas, a strong commitment to teaching basic the 1920s. While the editorial offices are located at Boston University, science and technology courses for non-majors, and to teaching basic members of the Einstein Papers staff are employees of Princeton courses in mathematics and com purer skills. In addition, the following University Press, publisher of the Collected Papers. Competitive apply: an earned doctorate, in an appropriate science or technology salary and benefits. For further information, call (617)353-9250, or field is required; college/university teaching experience is preferred; visit our website at http://albert.bu.edu. Submit your resume, three interdisciplinary teaching and curriculum development experience as letters of recommendation, and one writing sample to Prof. Robert well as teaching experience with adult learners is preferred; and Schulmann, Einstein Papers, Boston University, 621 Common­ evidence of research activity and/or publications commensurate with wealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. rank is required. The ISP- an innovative, interdisciplinary under­ graduate and graduate degree program designed for adults- is housed New York Academy of Medicine, Historical Collections in CLL, one of 14 colleges in a large urban research university. ISP' s 600+ students are served by over 20 full-time resident faculty and six The New YorkAcademyofMedicine Library (Historical Collections) full-time students services staff members. Courses are offered through announces the availability (3 November 1997) of a position for a nontraditional teaching/learning formats both on and off campus reference librarian. DUTIES: Provides history of medicine reference throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. This program makes service in person, and by telephone, mail, and e-mail. Schedules and exceptional demands on faculty in teaching and curriculum develop­ supervises researchers using rare materials. Participates in outreach ment while requiring standard professional activities and achieve­ activities, including tours, newsletter articles, and exhibits. Maintains ments in research and scholarship. The undergraduate divisions are: departmental statistics. Pages, reshelves, and photocopies materials Social Sciences; Humanities; Science and Technology; Literacy and from the Historical Collections. Assists with Academy archives and Critical Thought; Service Agency Administration. The undergradu­ manuscript collections. Assists in book selection. Processes requests ate program leads to a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies or a for photographic services. Assists with special projects and performs Bachelor ofTechnical and Interdisciplinary Studies. The ISP al~o other duties as assigned. offers an undergraduate Minor and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate m Service Agency Administration. The graduate program is a Master of QUALIFICATIONS: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited li­ Interdisciplinary Studies. An on-line copy of this posting is available brary program; reading knowledge of French or German; good at http:/ /www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/search.htm interpersonal skills; ability to write clearly; willingness to cooperate with professional colleagues in a small department; basic computer Central Connecticut State University skills. Strong preference will be given to candidates with (1) a background in history, especially history of medicine or science (B.A. The History Department at Central Connecticut State University seeks or second masters), (2) experience or special training in special candidates for the following tenure track position beginning in the fall collections or rare book librarianship, (3) competence in Latin, or (4) of 1998: American Economic and Technology History: To teach experience with exhibit preparation. Amencan · survey and upper d"Ivision · · courses m· Amenc · an business,. economic, labor history and history ofAmerican technology. Ph.D. m SALARY: This is an entry level position. Salary and benefits are history required. Credentials and experience substantially ~om?ar:l~ competitive with academic libraries in metropolitan New York. to the above will also be considered. Please send letter ofapphcanon resume with names, addresses and telephone numbers of three refer- TO APPLY: Send resume and letter of application to Edward T. ences to p ro f . Heath er Prescott, Chair,. Economic· H"ISto ry Search, Morman, MSLS, Ph.D., Associate Academy Librarian for Historical Department of History, Central Connecticut State U niversiry, 16 ~ 5 Collections and Programs, The New York Academy of Medicine, Stanley St., New Britain, CT 06050. Review of applications will b_egm 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. For further information January 15, 1998. Central ConnectiCut. State Umverslty· · agg ressivelv, about the Academy and the Library, please check our web site: http:/ pursues a program of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Me~~ /www.nyam.org. The New York Academy of Medicine is an Equal bers ofall under-represented groups, women, veterans and persons wit Opportunity/Mfirmative Action Employer. disabilities are invited and encouraged to apply. Wayne State University National University of Singapore

The l~terdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP) in the College ofLifelong Applications are invited for teaching appointments in the Deparrme~t Learnmg (CLL) at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michi­ of History from candidates who possess a relevant PhD degree and 1 ~ gan, invites applications for one tenure-track faculty position, to begin able to teach in one of the following: History of Business; History ~ Fall 1998: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor rank in the field Science and Technology. The History Department, established 10 ---~~~~------1 ..

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1929, emphasizes teaching as well as research, and covers South, that encompasses history, philosophy, and social science studies of Southeast and East Asia, Europe and USA. It seeks good candidates to science, engineering and technology. The Program Director admin­ lead in two subject areas: Business History, History of Science and isters the review of research proposals submitted to NSF in this field Technology, and Asian Art History. The Department edits the Journal and is responsible for recommending and documenting actions on the of Southeast Asian Studies which began in 1960 as the Journal of proposals reviewed, for dealing with administrative matters relating to Southeast Asian History. Besides appointments on normal 3-year active NSF grants, and for maintaining regular contact with the contracts, visiting appointments for one or two years will also be relevant research communities and providing advice and consultation considered. Gross annual emoluments range as follows: Lecturer SDollars to persons requesting them. 58,840-74,800 Senior Lecturer SDollars 68,410- 144,350 Associate Professor SDollars 128,050 - 177,750 (STGE 1.00 = SDollars2.41 Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline, and must be approximately) In addition, a 13th month Annual Allowance (of one active in research in some area covered by the program. While the month's salary) and an Annual Variable Component (of normally 2 Foundation is interested in individuals with research interests in the months' salary) may be payable at year end, under the flexible wage environment and global change or innovation and society, these are system, to staff on normal contracts. The commencing salary will not essential. Six or more years of research experience beyond the depend on the candidate's qualifications, experience and the level of Ph.D. is desirable for appointment as Program Director. Salary is appointment offered. Leave and medical benefits will be provided. negotiable, and is comparable with academic salaries at major US Depending on the type of contract offered, other benefits may include: institutions. The National Science Foundation is located in Arling­ provident fund benefits or an end-of-contract gratuity, a settling-in ton, Virginia, immediately across the Potomac River from Washing­ allowance, subsidised housing, education allowance for up to three ton, DC. The metropolitan Washington area, besides being the seat children subject to a maximum ofSDollars 16,425 per annum per child, of the U.S. Government, is noted as a cultural center and as a growing passage assistance and baggage allowance for the transportation of center of high-tech industry. A wide variety of types of housing is personal effects to Singapore. Staff members may undertake consulta­ available within close proximity to the NSF offices. tion work, subject to the approval of the University, and retain consul­ tation fees up to a maximum of 60 per cent of their gross annual Please direct inquiries and expressions of interest to Mr. William P. emoluments in a calendar year. All academic staff will be given a Butz, Director of the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic networked personal computer with access to a Cray supercomputer, Research, phone: (703) 306-1760; e-mail: [email protected]; or Dr. UNIX hosts, departmental laser printers, a wide spectrum of software, Edward J. Hackett, Program Director, Science and Technology on-line library catalogue, CD-ROM databases, departmental laser Studies, phone: (703) 306-17 42, e-mail: [email protected]; or Dr. printers, a wide spectrum of software, on-line library catalogue, CD­ Rachelle D. Hollander, coordinator of the cluster housing the STS ROM darabases,Video-on-Demand, IN tv and Internet. program, phone: (703) 306-1743, or e-mail: [email protected]. All are located in Suite 995, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Application forms and further information may be obtained from: Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, fax: (703) 306-0485. The Director, Personnel Department, National University of Singapore, Qualified persons who are women, ethnic/ racial minorities, and persons 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Fax: +65 778 3948 NUS with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. The National Science Overseas Office, Contact Singapore, Lower Ground Floor, 5-11 Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employ­ Regent Street, London SW1 4LR, U.K. Tel:+ 171 976 2090 ing highly qualified staff that reflects the diversity of our nation. Email: [email protected] Web site: http:/ /www.nus.sg/NUSinfo/ Appoint/APPLl.HTM History Of Science Society Bibliographer Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. The Bibliographer of the Society is responsible for compilation and ~rogram. Director for Science and Technology Studies, U.S. Na­ editing of the annual Current Bibliography of the History of Science, tional Science Foundation (NSF) for its production in camera-ready form for print publication, and for preparation of data for inclusion in the RLIN HST database or equivalent. Close liaison with the Isis Editorial Office, Co_P, .RLG, the The National Sct'e nee F oun d anon· Is· see k'mg app1· tcants wrr appoint-· ment as Program Director for the Science and Technology Studies print publisher of the CB, the SHOT conterpart to the BtbliOgrapher (STS) ?rogram, to begin preferably in August 1998. The position is of the Society, and the Commission on Bibliography and Documen­ tation of the IUHPS/Division of History of Science is essential. The a rotational on e, carrymg· an mma· · · 1 one-year appomtment,· normall y renewable£or up to two years or more. position requires a commitment of at l~ast 25 to 5? percent time for 5 years. Required: Ph.D in history of sctence or eqmvalent; co~mand of international bibliographic and data resources, both pnnt and TheST Program Di rector 10rr Sctence . and Technology Studies. represents electronic; command of bibliographic database construction and S to colleagu es m· t h e NSF an d other Federal science· agenctes· an d h standards, including experience with MARC format and online to t e Admin·IstratiOn. · H e or she is responsible for all aspects of bibliographic databases; reading knowledge of at least German and program admi mstranon· · and development in this substantive field, page 16 History of Science Society Newsletter

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French; knowledge of the field and the profession sufficient to Cornell University assemble and assess bibliographic information and a committee of contributors to the CB; MLS or equivalent library experience. Access The Department ofScience & Technology Studies at Cornell Univer­ to resources of a large research library is essential. sity invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. The Fellow will be expected to carry out research on the social, political, Encyclopaedia Britannica legal or ethical dimensions of scientific knowledge. Preference will be given to work of contemporary significance. Applicants with relevant The Encyclopaedia Britannica seeks an editor of life sciences to take backgrounds in science and technology studies, history of science and charge of its content in zoology, botany, and environmental science. technology, cultural studies ofscience and technology, law or political The editor's major duties will be to 1) Review content in the Core science are encouraged to apply. The Fellow will be required to teach Database, design revision and updating strategies and schedules, one course each term on topics such as US science policy and politics, identify contributors, and commission new articles; 2) Develop law and science, science and culture, or the comparative politics of multimedia in the life sciences, working closely with other members science and technology. In addition, the Fellow will participate in of the Britannica editorial division, and with outside advisors and training graduate students in the Department. The fellowship, for the content providers; and 3) Identify Internet resources in the life 1998-99 academic year, carries a stipend of $33,000 plus health sciences, and choose links to be added to/deleted from Britannica's benefits. The Fellow must have completed all requirements for the Related Internet Resources. Qualifications include an M.A. or Ph.D. Ph.D. by September 1998. Applications, which should include a in the life sciences or history of the life sciences, or equivalent editorial curriculum vitae (including list of publications), three letters of experience, and a strong interest in explaining scientific ideas to recommendation, a course syllabus in one of the areas proposed above, intelligent, nonspecialist audiences are a must. Highly desireable are and a brief outline of proposed research, should be sent by 15 April a demonstrated proficiency in editorial skills, including editing, 1998 to: Postdoctoral Search Committee, Department of Science & writing, and the ability to deal with contributors; ability to conceive Technology Studies, 726 University Avenue, Cornell University, and carry out complex projects; and experience using the Internet and Ithaca, NY 14850-3995. Telephone: (607) 255-6235. Fax: (607) World Wide Web. Salary and benefits are negotiable, commensurate 25 5-0616. Email: li 1 [email protected]. Homepage: http:/ I with training and experience, and competitive with academic posi­ www.sts.cornell.edu/CU-STS.html. Cornell University is an Affir­ tions. The starting date as well is negotiable. The search will continue mative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. until the position is filled. The Britannica's editorial offices are in Chicago, Illinois, and full-time editors are expected to work on-site. University of California at Los Angeles Interested applicants send cover letter and c.v. to: Bob Bianchetta, Human Resources, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 310 South Michigan The Department of History of the University of California at Los Avenue, Chicago, IL 60604. Angeles invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment in the history of science for academic year 1998-99. We understand history FELLOWSHIPS/ GRANTS of science broadly, to include social or cultural studies of science involving historical questions or issues. We invite applications from Reimar Luest Postdoctoral Fellowship scholars working on the history of any area ofscience in any part of the world, and especially from those whose historical research includes a The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science announces the social, cultural, or economic dimension. We also welcome applica­ Reimar Luest Postdoctoral Fellowship for the term from October 1, tions from scholars who can link the history of science to history of 1998 to September 30, 2000 for an outstanding junior (Ph.D. technology, medicine, social science, expertise, or the professions. The awarded no earlier than 1993) scholar. The fellowship is named in position carries a salary of$30,000 plus health benefits. The successful honor of the former president of the Max Planck Society for the candidate will teach one course in each of the three quarters of the Advancement of Science. The grant is supposed to sponsor a study on academic year, which runs from late September to mid June. Send the history of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics to letter of application, cv, publications or other writing samples, a short be carried out at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science statement of teaching and research interests, and three letters of in Berlin. The fellowship is open to scholars of all nationalities. recommendation by 10 April1998 to: Professor Theodore M. Porter, Women are encouraged to apply. Qualifications being equal, prece­ Postdoctoral Search Committee, Department ofHistory, 626 5 Bunche dence will be given to candidates with disabilities. The stipend is 3300 Hall, UCLA Box 951473, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473. OM per month. Candidates are requested to send their curriculum vitae, publication list, a short writing sample (e.g. chapter of disserta­ AlP Center for History of Physics Grants to Archives tion) and two names of referees no later than 31 May, 1998 to: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Abt. I Wilhelmstrabe 44, The Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics 10117 Berlin, Germany. http:/ /www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de Is. p 1ease d to announce a new program of grants to arc h.1ves to make accessible records and papers which document the history of mo~ern physics and allied fields (such as astronomy, geophysics, and opncs). ~~------~· April1998 page 17

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Grants can be up to $10,000 each and can be used only to cover direct Cornell University expenses connected with preserving, inventorying, arranging, describ­ ing, or cataloging appropriate collections. Expenses may include acid­ The College ofHuman Ecology, Cornell University, is seeking applica­ free storage materials and staffsalary/benefits but not overhead. The AlP tions for its 1998 Dean's Fellowship in the History ofHome Economics History Center's mission is to help preserve and make known the history and Human Nutrition. The focus and first consideration for 1998 is on of modern physics and allied fields, and this new grant program is the history of human nutrition, although applications related to home intended to help support significant work to make original sources economics more broadly will be accepted. Preference will be given to accessible to researchers. Preference will accordingly be given to medium scholars in more advanced stages of a research project but younger size or larger projects for which the grant will be matched from other scholars are encouraged to apply. Applicants need not be residents of sources or by the parent organization. To apply send a letter of no more New York State. One award of $3.500 is available for a summer or than three pages describing the research significance ofthe collection(s), sabbatical residency of six continuous weeks to utilize the resources plan ofwork, and budget, along with preliminary inventory (ifavailable) available from the College, the Division ofNutritional Sciences, and the and staffvitae to: Joe Anderson, Center for History ofPhysics, American Cornell Library System. Applicants must submit a short 3-5 page Institute ofPhysics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740; Fax proposal of the research planned. Specify both published and manu­ (301) 209-0882, e-mail: [email protected]. For grant guidelines or for more script materials to be used from the Cornell library holdings; a vita; a information on the Center and its programs, check our Web site at http:/ writing sample or previous publication; three letters of recommenda­ /www.aip.org/history/grntgde.htm, or call (301) 209-3165. Deadline tion; and a cover sheet indicating name, address, phone, fax, organiza­ for receipt of applications is July 1, 1998. The program will be offered tion/university, research title, and research abstract. Applications are annually if funds permit. due by 3 April1998, and should be sent to the Office of the Dean, New York State College of Human Ecology, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Max Planck Institute, Berlin Ithaca, NY 14853-4401. For more information contact Elaine Engst, University Archivist (607) 255-3530 or [email protected] The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin announces postdoctoral fellowships for one up to two years, beginning Center for History of Recent Science 1 October 1998. Projects in the following areas of research, organized by Hans-Joerg Rheinberger and Michael Hagner, are particularly The Center for History ofRecent Science, in the Department ofHistory welcome: - History and epistemology of experimentation - Objects at The George Washington University, is offering two two-year and spaces of knowledge - Pragmatics of concept formation and the postdoctoral fellowships to begin August 1998. "Recent science" com­ historical uses of theory in the life and medical sciences. Outstanding prises lines of research in physical or biological sciences that have been junior scholars (Ph.D. awarded no earlier than 1993) are invited to carried out for the most part by scientists who are still living. In effect, apply. Fellowhips are endowed with a monthly stipend of 3400 DM that means research done since the second world war. Work in history (fellows from abroad). Woman are especially encouraged to apply. ofrecent science poses novel historiographical problems, notably the use qualifications being equal, precedence will be given to candiates with of interviews and their integration with the more traditional materials dtsabilities. Candidates are requested to send a curriculum vitae, of the historian. Inquiries and letters of application should be sent to research prospectus (maximum 1000 words), and two letters of Horace Freeland Judson, Director of the Center for History of Recent recommendation no later than 1 April 1998 to: Max Planck Institute Science and Research Professor of History, The George Washington for the History of Science, Abt. III, Wilhelmstr. 44, 10117 Berlin, University, Washington, DC 20052. Our Prospectus, which explains Germany; http:/ /mpiwg-bain.mpg.de the Center, the fellowships, and recent science more fully, is available on request. To apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, send: 1) a cover letter, C~nter for History of Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of briefly summarizing your background and research interests; 2) curricu­ Sctences lum vitae; 3) a five-page proposal sketching the research to be pursued and its relevance to the history of recent science; 4) three letters of T~e Center for History of Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of reference. Deadline is May 30, 1998. Telephone: 202.994.1670 or Sctences announces that a new stipend will be offered in 1998 to 41 0.889.4581Fax: 410.889:4581 Email: [email protected] scholars interest e d lll· d omg· arc h"tva 1 research m· the htstoncal· · arc h"Ives or [email protected] of. the Royal Sw e d"Is hAca d emy o f Sciences. . Two penods. of 1 month Wtll be availabl d"fir American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Ortho e to two 1 terent scholars annually. The stipends are 1 allp anned to cover t rave 1 to S toe kh o 1m and accomodanon,. and some Phamaceutical Corporation-Fellowships owance for increase d costs o f 1·Ivmg. · Office space will· be provi"d e d at t h e Center t H. f . or Istory o Sctence. For further information, please American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists amd O~o contact the C f . . . Phamaceutical Corporation jointly sponsor two $5000.00 fellowships enter or History of Science, Kunsltga Betenskapsakad . B in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology each year. E . mten, ox 50005, S-1 04 05 Stockholm, Sweden. mat 1 [email protected] ACOG members and other qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The recipients of the fellowships spend one month in the

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Washington DC area working full-time to complete their specific Dr. John A. Popplestone, Psychology Archives, University ofAkron, J historical research project. Although the fellowships will be based in the Akron, Ohio 44325-4302, (330) 972-7285. Fax: (330) 972-6170. E­ ACOG History Library, the fellows are encouraged to use other mail: ]popplestone@UAKRON. EDU national, historical, and medical collections in the Washington DC area. The results of this research must be disseminated through either The New York Academy of Medicine publication or presentation at a professional meeting. Applications and further information about the fellowship can be obtained by contacting The New York Academy of Medicine offers the Paul Klemperer The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Mrs. Susan Fellowship each year to support historical research in residence in the Rishwonh, Historical Librarian/Archivist, 409 Twelth Street, SW, collections of the Academy Library. The Academy maintains one of the Washington, DC 20024-2588. Telephone (202) 863-2578 or (202) largest medical libraries in the United States with a collection of over 863-2518, or fax (202) 484-I595. Email: [email protected]. Dead­ 700,000 volumes, 275,000 portraits and illustrations and 183,000 line for application is I September 1998. Selection will be made and the pamphlets. The Historical Collections Department contains 49,000 recipient notified as soon as possible after the deadline so that the volumes in the history of medicine, science and other health-related fellowship may begin as early as Winter, 1998. disciplines. Ofthese, rare materials dating from 1700 B.C. to A.D. 1800 number approximately 32,000 volumes. Especially well-represented are American Institute of Physics medical Americana and classic works in the history ofWestern Euro­ pean medicine and public health. Primary source materials include over The Center for History ofPhysics of the American institute ofPhysics 2,000 manuscripts, most notably the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, has a program of grants-in-aid for research in the history of modern along with photographs and medical artifacts. Secondary sources in­ physics and allied sciences (such as astronomy, geophysics, and optics) clude an extensive history of medicine reference collection and 95 and their social interactions. Grants can be up to $2500 each. They current journal subscriptions in the history of the health sciences. In can be used only to reimburse direct expenses connected with the addition to the Academy's own archives, the collection also houses ~he work. Preference will be given to those who need part of the funds for archives of many health-related institutions and organizations, wh1ch travel and subsistence to use the resources of the Center's Niels Bohr serve as a primary resource for the history of health administration, Library in College Park, Maryland (easily accessible from Washing­ public health, medical education, and medical practice in New York. ton, DC), or to microfilm papers or to tape-record oral history The Klemperer Fellowship providesastipendofup to $5,000 tosup~ort interviews with a copy deposited in the Library. Applicants should travel, lodging and incidental expenses for a flexible period of nme either be working toward a graduate degree in the history ofscience (in betweenJune I, I998 and December 31, 1998. n a mon. · to co mplet- which case they should include a letter of reference from their thesis I dd ing the research in the Library, the Fellow will be expected to present a adviser), or show a record of publication in the field. To apply, send seminar at the Academy and submit a final report of the project. w_e a vitae plus a letter of no more than two pages describing your research invite applications from anyone - regardless of citizenship, academi,c project, and including a brief budget showing the expenses for which discipline, or academic status - who wishes to use the Acader_ny 5 support is requested. Send to Spencer Wean, Center for History of collection for scholarly historical research; but preference will be given Physics, American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College to (I) those who demonstrate the need to use resources that are uniquel_r Park, MD 20740, tel. (30I) 209-3174, fax (301) 209-0882, e-mail available at the Academy, and (2) scholars in the early stages of their [email protected]. Deadlines for receipt of applications are June 30 and December 3I of each year. careers. Applications must be received by the Academy no later than February 1, 1998; candidates will be informed of the results by May 1' J.R. Kantor Research Fellowship 1998. Requests for application forms or further information shoul~ be addressed to: Office ofthe Associate Librarian for Historical Collecnons and Programs, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, The J.R. Kantor Research Fellowship - Archives ofthe History of American Psychology for 1997- 98 has been awarded to Kennon Andy New York, NY I0029. Email: [email protected] or Latta! o_fWest Virginia University. His project is entitled "Collecting, [email protected]. Telephone: 212-822-73I4. Preservmg and Cataloging Behavioral Research Apparatus." This . Libraries ~ellowship, offered to promote research in the history of Psychology, Friends Of The University Of Wisconsin-M a dtson Humanities Grants-In-Aid Is supported by the sale of books published by the Principia Press and distributed by the Archives. Proposals that draw on any ofthe re­ sources ofthe Archives are invited, but since this award is in honor of To foster high-level use of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Kantor, preference may be given to projects that are relevant to a Libraries' rich holdings, and to make them better known and ~or~ 0 behavioral viewpoint. The Fellowship will be offered annually in the accessible to a wider circle of scholars, the Friends of the University 0 amount of$750. It is intended to assist the recipient in meeting travel Wisconsin-Madison Libraries are pleased to offer a minimum ~f ~ and ~iving expenses while using the resources of the psychology grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research 10 t e Archives. A fact sheet describing the Fellowship and giving deadlines humanities in any field appropriate to the collections. Awards ar~ for 1998-99 may be obtained from the Archives, write or call: $1000.00 each. The Memorial Library is distinguished in almosr.evef}' area ofscholarship.lt boasts world-renowned collections in the hJstof} ___...... ------......

April1998 page 19 [ Jobs, Fellowships/ G:rants, •· .&. Prizes of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment, one of Washington, DC 20052. Applications should be brief, with an the largest American collections of avant-garde "Little Magazines," a account of research interests, suggestions for possible topics, and vita, rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920, of and should be supported by three letters of reference. Deadline is May Scandinavian and Germanic literatures, of Dutch post-Reformation 30, 1997. Telephone: 202 994-1670 or410 889-4581. Facsimile: 410 theology and church history, of French political pamphlets of the 889-4581 . E-mail: hfjudson@gwis2 .eire. gwu.edu sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, among many other fields. Gen­ erally, applicants must have the Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a PRIZES record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Foreign scholars, and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the Third World Academy OfSciences (TWAS) History OfScience Prize dissertation, are eligible. The grants-in-aid are designed to help provide access to UW-Madison Library resources for people who live The Third World Academy of Sciences History of Science Prize was beyond commuting distance, that is, for scholars who reside outside established in 1987. It is awarded for the best research essay highlight­ a seventy-five mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be ing the work of a scientist from a country of the Third World prior to in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at the 20th Century. The Third World Academy of Sciences is pleased any time during the year. Completed applications are due October 1 to invite submission of essays to be considered for a FOURTH and April1. For more specific information please write to Friends of HISTORY OF SCIENCE PRIZE to be awarded in 1999. Regula­ the UW-Madison Libraries Award Committee, 976 Memorial Li­ tions The research essays should summarise the major achievements of brary, UniversityofWisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1494, a Third World Scientist prior to the 20th Century, whose work has not or contact John Tortorice at (608) 265-2505, [email protected], been hitherto clearly recognised. It should indicate the impact of the fax: 608-265-2505. scientist's contributions on his/her community and, where relevant, establish their influence on modern scientific thought. Only unpub­ USIA Fulbright Senior Scholar Program lished essays will be considered. The manuscript must be written in the English language and in typewritten form. The length of the essay Opportunities for lecturing or advanced research in over 125 coun­ should be between about 20,000 and 50,000 words. The competition tries are available to college and university faculty and professionals is open to scholars both from the Third World and elsewhere. Essays outside academe. U.S. citizenship and the Ph.D. or comparable should be sent to the Third World Academy of Sciences no later than professional qualifications are required. For lecturing awards, univer­ 1 December 1998 at the address given below. All essays satisfying the sity or college teaching experience is expected. Foreign language skills above conditions will be judged by an International Committee of are needed for some countries, but most lecturing assignments are in experts in the History of Science appointed by the Third World ~nglish. Deadlines: August 1, 1998, for lecturing and research grants Academy ofSciences. The History of Science Prize consists ofa cheque macademicyear 1999-2000; May 1, 1998, for distinguished Fulbright in the amount ofUS$1 0,000 and a plaque and will be awarded in 1999 chairs in Western Europe and Canada; and November 1, 1998 for at a special ceremony. Enquires and submissions to be made to: Ms. international education and academic administrator seminars. Con­ Helen Grant The Third World Academy ofSciences (TWAS) History rae~ the USIA Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, Council for lnter­ ofScience Prize Enrico Fermi Building-ViaBeirut6 C/0 ICTP, P.O. nauonal Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Box 586, 34100 Trieste, Italy. Phone: (int. +39 40) 2240 -387 Bo~ GNEWS, Washington, DC 20008-3009; (202) 686-7877; (e­ Telefax: (int. +39 40) 224559 E-Mail: [email protected] mail-requests for application materials only) [email protected]; http:/ /www.cies.org. The Forum for History of Human Science

Ce~ter ~or History of Recent Science, The George Washington The Forum for History of Human Science (an interest group affiliated University with the History of Science Society) is pleased to announce a prize competition for best recent dissertation on some as~ect of ~e his~ory of The. George Wash·mgton U mverslty. . h as established the Center cror the human sciences. This prize alternates annually m rotation with the HIstory of Re S . . h rr . cent Cience, m t e Department of History, and is Forum's prize for best published article. The prize will be n~nmonet~. ouenng a new P . f . . Au " au o two-year post-doctoral fellowships to begm The winner will be announced at the annual History ofSCience SoCiety gust. 1997 · Recent science· " compnses· 1·meso f researc h m· p h ysic· al meeting and in relevant Newsletters. Entries are encourag~d from or b10logical · h . . sciences t at have been carried out for the most part by authors in any discipline, as long as the work is related to the. htsto?' of sctennsts who "Ill .. th are su Ivmg. In effect, that means research done since the human sciences, broadly construed. To be eligible, the dtssenanon e second world W k . h" have been defended during the last three years (i.e. 1995-1997, h" . war. or m Istory of recent science poses novel mus t d" S Istonographical bl · . pro ems, notably the use of interviews and their inclusive). Send three copies to the Forum's Correspon mg ecretary: Integration with h . . . . . David A. Valone, Qiinnipiac College, Box 77, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave., In . . t e more traditional matenals of the htstonan. qumes and lett f 1· · Hamden, CT 06518. Entries must be received by June 1, 1998. ]ud n· ers 0 app lCauon should be sent to Horace Freeland son, trector of h C c . . Res h P t e ~enter ror History of Recent SCience and earc rofessor f H" 0 tstory, The George Washington University, ------page 20 History of Science Society Newsletter

Jobs, Fellowships/Grants, & Prizes

Oral History Association marion, write Oral History Association, Baylor Robert Troupe Paine Prize University, P. 0. Box97234, Waco, TX76798- The Oral History Association invites applica­ 7234; e-mail, OHASupporr@Baylor, or see Harvard University Press awards the Robert tions for three awards to be presented in 1998 the OHAhome page: http:/ /www.baylor.edu/ Troupe Paine Prize once every four years for that will recognize outstanding work in the -0HAl. Deadline for receipt ofall nomination the best book written on a designated subject field. Awards will be given for a published materials is April I, 1998. and published by Harvard University Press. article or essay that uses oral history to advance Royalties and extra sales income are paid in an important historical interpretation or ad­ Marc-Auguste Pictet Prize addition to an award of $3000. For the prize dresses significant theoretical or methodologi­ to be awarded in 1998, the topic is "The cal issues; for a completed oral history project The Society ofPhysics and N a rural History of History of the Natural Sciences." To be eli­ that addresses a significant historical subject or Geneva (SPHN) is accepting nominations gible, a manuscript must be submitted be­ theme and exemplifies excellence in oral his­ for candidates for the Marc-Auguste Pictet tween January 1, 1964 and December 31, tory methodology; and to a postsecondary Prize. The prize (12,000 Francs), intended 1997, and accepted for publication by the educator involved in undergraduate, gradu­ for a young researcher, will reward an out­ Press. It must be an original, previously un­ ate, continuing, or professional education who standing work, unpublished or recently pub­ published, book-length work on a topic within has made outstanding use oforal history in the lished, in the field of the history of science. the broad area of the natural sciences. Its classroom. In all cases, awards will be given for The theme for 1998 is "History ofAstronomy contribution may be in the area of significant work published or completed between April I, (from Kepler to the present). Two full copies new research, exposition for the interested 1996, and March 30, 1998. Awards are hon­ of the work, accompanied by a summary and layman, or innovative approaches to instruc­ orific and will be announced at theAssociation' s a curriculum vitae, should be submitted by 1 tion. The Press welcomes manuscripts from annual meeting, to be held October 15-18, March 1998 to President de la SPHN, the entire academic community for consider­ 1998, in Buffalo, New York. The Association Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Case postale ation for the prize and for publication within welcomes entries and nominations from all 6434, CH-1211, GENEVE 6, Switzerland. the HUP science publishing program. For who practice oral history, including academic One copy of the prize-winning work will details, contact Michael G. Fisher, Executive scholars and educators, public histoiy institu­ remain the propertyofSPHN. The texts may Editor for Science and J'v1edicine, Harvard tions and practitioners, independent profes­ be written in French, German, Italian, or University Press, 79 Garden Street, Cam­ sionals, libraries and archives, English. In the last three instances, the sum­ bridge, Massachusetts 02138. community-based groups and individuals, and mary should be translated into French and be others. For guidelines and submission infer- approximately 12 pages in length, i.e. 4,000 words or about 20,000 characters.

Nominations Sought for 1998 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize

eginning in 1998, the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize will be awarded annually for outsta~ding contributions to education in the history of science. Educational activities Brecogntzed by the award are to be construed in the broadest sense and should include but not be limited to the following: classroom teaching (K-12, undergraduate, graduate or extended education), museum work, journalism, organization and administration of educational programs, influential writing, educational research, innovation in the methodology ofinstruction preparation ofpedagogical materials, or public outreach through non-print media. Nominations may be made by any HSS member and should include a curriculum vitae of the nominee, a statement of not more than 1000 words describing her or his educational contributions, and not more than two seconding letters. All nominations remain active for three years.Nominations for the 1998 prize cycle are due in the HSS Executive Office no later than 1 june 1998. __.... ------

Apri11998 page 21 [ Future Meetings Body and Place: Intersecting Histories of an integral role in all manner of cultural speaker will be Carolyn Merchant of the the Body and Its Environment encounters. The industrial and agricultural University of California at Berkeley. The 16~ 18 April1998, New Jersey Institute of systems of the French and British empires general theme of the meeting will be the Technology, Newark, NJ were continually subject to contestation and environment. Abstracts of no more than 100 The Federated History Department of Rut~ reshaping by colonized people. The spread words are solicited on topics related to this gers Universiry~Newark and the New Jersey and treatment of disease in these empires theme, in any period and in any part of the Institute ofTechnology, in conjunction with was accompanied by constant struggles over globe. Presentations at the meeting will be 20 the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the definition of personhood and power. minutes in length. Graduate students are New Jerseywillsponsoraconferenceon "Body Scientific knowledge, meanwhile, was a cen­ especially encouraged to submit proposals. and place: Intersecting Histories of the Body tral theme in negotiated representations of Send abstracts by MARCH 15, 1998 to: and Its Environments" from April 16-18, 'the West' and 'Asia.' Science, technology, Anita Guerrini, WCHSS, Dept. of History, 1998. The conference will explore historical and medicine are even more central to cul­ University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara, Santa relations between human bodies and their tural encounters in the post-colonial world, Barbara, CA 93106-9410. E-mail submis­ environments or "nature": how people's bod~ whether these encounters be structured sions may be made to ies and their surroundings have intermingled around development projects, the extrac­ [email protected] Membership and interacted, mutually defining and influ~ tion of natural resources, or other forms of in WCHSS is required of presenters. Please encing each other across difference places and exchange. This conference explores the send dues of $15 to: WCHSS c/o Mark times. It thereby addresses whether the recent myriad ways in which science, technology, Hineline, Department of History, 0104, turn toward the history of the body provides a and medicine both shape and are shaped in UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093-0104 point of convergence between the history of the course of cultural - and especially colo­ medicine and life sciences and environmental nial- encounters. Six panels will explore the Modern Mathematical Thought II: history. Speakers will include Conevery Bolton, following themes: the ways in which medi­ Historical and Philosophical Approaches Gerald Grab, Delores Greenberg, Andrew cal and technological practices simulta­ 1-4 May 1998, University ofPittsburgh Isenberg, Thomas Laqueur, Elizabeth neously create boundaries between ethnic and Carnegie Mellon University The workshop is the second in a successful Lunbeck, Arthur McEvoy, Susan Lederer, groups or nations, and function as means Gregg Mitman, David Rosner, Pamela Smith, for the transgression ofsuch boundaries; the collaboration between the editors of David Hilbert's unpublished papers and a select and Joel Tarr. There is no registration fee, and dynamics between the display value and the group ofhistorians and philosophers ofmath­ some lower cost accomodations are available. functionality of technologies in colonial con~ ematics. The aim is both to further the assess­ Those interested in attending may contact texts; how the tensions between the modern ment of Hilbert's foundational work on Christopher Sellers for more information: material practices of colonizers and the local mathematics and physics, its background History Department; New Jersey Institute of knowledge of colonized people are mani­ and impact, and to highlight alternative ap­ Technology; University Heights; Newark, NJ fested in production processes; the ways in proaches to conceptual problems in the phi­ 071 02; [email protected] it.edu (preferred); which translations, circulations, and ex­ losophy and history ofmathematics in which Tel,: (516) 423~8398; FAX: (516) 421-8973. changes of science and technology consti­ these disciplines can complement each other. tute the representations through which the The workshop will draw together an interna­ Midwest Junto for the History of Science communit ies of 'the West' and 'Asia' are tional group of philosophers, historians and Annual Meeting imagined; the ways in which scientific prac­ logicians ofdiverse perspective~; ~ong them 1 7~:9 April1998, University of tices shape colonial and post-colonial no­ will be: Karine Chemla, Wilham Ewald, Mznnesota, Minneapolis MN tions of state and nation; how the spread Michael Friedman, EmilyGrosholz, Michael T~e Midwest Junto for the Hist;ry of Science and treatment of disease helps to constitute Hallett, RalfHaubrich,Jesper Lutzen, Ulrich Will have its an al · h . the complex processes of identity formation of . ~u ~eetmg at t e Untversity Majer, Kenneth Manders, Charles Parso~s, Mmnesota m Mmneapolis, April 17 ~ 19 in colonial contexts. For more information, Tilman Sauer, Wilfried Sieg, Howard Stem, 1998. For furth · L . ' directions, and updates, please see the Con­ La l er mwrmanon, contact: Ed William T ait, and Mark Wilson. For further ference Web Page (http:/ /shc.stanford.edu/ s(~ni£[email protected],orJole information visit the Center for Philosophy ac .e ord, [email protected], she/ 1997-1998/97-98workshops/ or wnte to· Pro . h . of Science Schedule of Events web site at: d T · gram m t e History of Science empires.html) or contact the conference http://www. pitt.edu/...-pittcntr or contact Jim an . echnology ' 342E Physics . Bm 'ld' mg U ni~ coordinator ([email protected]). versnyofM' . ' Lennox at [email protected] or by fax 412- mnesota, Mmneapolis, MN 5 54 55. 624-3895. West Coast History of Science Society Materializin Cui g tures: Science, T echnol- Annual Meeting 0 gy, and Medicine in Gl hal C 2-3 May 1998, The Inn at Morro Bay, 1-2 Ma o ontext ry 1998 , Stanford Humanities Morro Bay, CA F Center, Stanford CA The West Coast History of Science Society or the past four c . ' scientifi d emunes, technological, will meet at Morro Bay, California, at the Inn tc, an medi 1 · ca practices have played at Morro Bay, on May______2-3, 1998. Keynote .... ___ page 22 History of Science Society Newsletter

Future Meetings

American Association for the History of week prior to the conference may be granted philosophy ofphysics and has pursued gradu­ Medicine Annual Meeting only at 50 %. Scientific programme: Please ate studies in this field at the Universities of 7-10 May 1998, Toronto, Ontario, send your requests concerning the programme Minnesota and Chicago. To plan the sympo­ Canada as well as your abstracts of papers and posters sia, which will he held annually, he estab­ For further information, contact the Chair of by March 15, 1998, to Prof. Peter Brosche, lished an advisory board consisting of Roger the Program Committee: John Harley University of Bonn, Observatorium Hoher H. Sruewer (Minnesota), Chair, Jed Z. Warner, Section of the History of Medicine, List, D-54550 Daun, Germany. We ask for Buchwald (MIT),John Earman (Pittsburgh), Yale University School of Medicine, L132 your understanding that contributions sub­ Geoffrey Hellman (Minnesota), Erwin N. SHM, PO Box 208015, New Haven CT mitted later may not be accepted. In differ­ Hiebert (Harvard), Don Howard (Notre 06520-8015. ence to other meetings of the Astronomische Dame), and Alan E. Shapiro (Minnesota). Gesellschaft, no abstract book will be pub­ Also participating in the first Seven Pines International Spring Meeting of the lished due to a lack of funds. However, we Symposium were Diana Barkan (Caltech), Astronomische Gesellschaft 1998 intend to publish the abstracts together with Gordon Belot (Pittsburgh), Cathryn L. 11-15 May 1998, Gotha, Gennany the invited papers in the Proceedings to ap­ Carson (Berkeley), Arthur Fine (Northwest­ The conference will take place in commemo­ pear after the meeting. For this you may edit ern), Michael Friedman (Indiana), John S. ration of the first astronomical congress held your abstracts later. Prior to the meeting the Rigden (American Institute ofPhysics), Silvan in 1798 at the Seeberg observatory. There­ abstracts will be published in the WWW S. Schweber (Brandeis), Ido Yavetz (TelAviv), fore history ofastronomy is one oftwo special (URL see above). For this, authors are asked and graduate students Alberto Martinez fields of the meeting, with a natural focus on to submit machine-readable abstracts, either (Minnesota), Goran Prstic (Minnesota), the 18th and 19th centuries. The other field on diskette together with the hardcopy to Babak Razzaghe-Ashrafi (MIT), and Steven is astrometry. We expect results from the Prof. Brosche (any formats, also Word or Weinstein (Northwestern). satellite Hipparcos and the discussion of WordPerfect, except Macintosh formats), or successing projects. The language will be the by e-mail to the LOC at American Geophysical Union 1998 "lingua franca" of our times, English. Espe­ [email protected] (ASCII, HTML or Spring Meeting cially characteristic quotations in French and LaTeX), or byftp to ftp.potsdam.ifag.de into 26-29May 1998, Boston, MA German may be presented in the original the directory pub/incoming/wdi with a short Geophysics and the Military: Historical Per­ version as well. There will be invited lectures e-mail notice to [email protected] (any spectives. This session examines historical as well as short oral and poster contributions. formats, except Macintosh). interactions between the geophysical com­ Scientific Organizing Committee: Peter munity and its military patrons. Scientists Brosche (Daun/Bonn), Wolfgang R. Dick Seven Pines Symposium seeking support for basic geophysical research (Potsdam), Roland Wielen (Heidelberg) 13-17 May 1998, Seven Pines Lodge, have frequently found generous military pa­ Registration for the conference: Information Lewis, Wisconsin trons. On the other hand, the needs of mod­ and registration - chairman of the Local The second Seven Pines Symposium will be ern warfare have often called for increasingly Organizing Committee: Oliver Schwarz, held from May 13-17, 1998, on the subject, sophisticated geophysical knowledge. These Uthmannstr. 8, D-99867 Gotha, Germany "Historical and Philosophical Perspectives trends have been magnified, but certainly did E-mail: [email protected] Other infor­ on the Interplay of Physics and Mathemat­ not originate, in the twentieth century. Pa­ mation (e.g., about travel to Gotha and ics." The Seven Pines Symposium is dedi­ pers from all eras are solicited that provide accomodation) may be downloaded from the cated to bringing historians, philosophers, critical, historical perspectives on the ways conference web page . The preliminary and physicists together in a collaborative military relationships enhance or distort the programme will be placed there. The Orga­ effort to probe and clarify significant founda­ scientific process. Conveners: James R. nizing Committee asks for registration as tional issues in the history and philosophy of Fleming, Science, Technology, and Society early as possible, not later than by March 15, physics, as they have arisen in the past and Program, Colby College, Waterville, ME 1998. Registered participants will receive a continue to challenge our understanding to­ 04901, Phone: +1-207-872-3548, Fax: +1- list of hotels and bed & breakfast in Gotha. day. The symposium takes its name from 207-872-307 4, E-mail: [email protected] 0. Schwarz may help you with organizing Seven Pines Lodge, located near Lewis, Wis­ and Bruce Hevly, Department of History, your accomodation. Fees: Members of the consin, which was built in 1903 as a trout­ Box 35356, University ofWashingron, Se­ Astronomische Gesellschaft: DM 60, stu­ fishing camp and since 1978 has been on the attle, WA 98195, Phone:+ 1-206-543-9417, dents DM 40, non-members OM 80. Excur­ National Register of Historic Sites. In the Fax: + 1-206-543-9451, Email: sion to lnselsberg: DM 25 In case that your past, President Calvin Coolidge and other [email protected] Abstracts may ~e conference fee will be received by January 15, notables vacationed here. Today, its idyllic submitted either by mail or electronically vta 1998, the excursion will be free for you. setting and superb cuisine make it an ideal e-mail or the World Wide Web. Abstracts Please make your payments to Acct # 750 location for small informal meetings. Lee submitted by Postal/express mail or by E­ 003 715, Sparkasse Gotha, BLZ 820 520 20, Gohlike, the owner ofSeven Pines Lodge and mail must be received at AGU Headquarters indicating "Fruehjahrstagung". Requests for . d the founder of the Seven Pines Symposium, by February 19, 1998. Abstracts submttte re-funding of fees received later than one has had a life-long interest in the history and ~~------< ------page 23 April1998 [ Future Meetings Civilizational Perspective" which the Society Abstract Submission: March 1, 1998; Noti­ by the Interactive Web Form must be re­ advocates is designed to shed new light either fication of Acceptance: March 15, 1998; ceived at AGU by February 26, 1998. Pro­ on the processes, structures and texts ofsingle Camera Ready Copy: May 1, 1998 spective contributors are strongly advised to visit the AGU Website at or contact the civilizations or on the problems of interpret­ CHEIRON Annual Meeting American Geophysical Union (AGU) meet­ ing and comparing civilizations with meth­ ods from both the humanities and the social 18-21 June 1998, University ofSan Diego, ings department at 2000 Florida Avenue San Diego, CA sciences. N.W., Washington, DC 20009-1277 USA CHEIRON: The International Society for Phone: +1-202-462-6900 Toll Free: 800- the History ofBehavioral and Social Sciences 966-2481 (North America only). Wiring the World: The Impact of Information Technology on Society will hold its thirtieth annual meeting June 12-13 june 1998, Indiana University 18-21, 1998, at the University of San Diego The Jews and Sciences in the Middle Ages in San Diego, California. Program submis­ and Early Modern Times South Bend, South Bend, IN Expanded technological capabilities are cre­ sions (symposia, papers, and posters) may 3-5 June 1998, Istituto storico deal with any aspect of the history of the ating a world in which data, information, and italogennanico, Trento (Italy) behavioral and social sciences or with related knowledge can be accessed from anywhere by Conference program available on the HSS historiographical or methodological issues. almost anyone, and used for almost any pur­ website. For further information, contact Submissions must be postmarked by Febru­ pose, good or bad. As the tools of such Agostino Paravicini Bagliani ary 2, 1998. Travel awards are available to information technologies as the Internet, (agostino. paravicini@h ist. unil.ch), Scientific assist students who present papers or posters. multi-media computers, virtual reality, and Director, Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and For further information, contact Leila artificial intelligence mature, the implica­ Medieval Societies (journal of the Interna­ Zenderland ([email protected]), tions of these technologies for public policy tional Society for Medieval Latin Studies). Cheiron Program Chair, Department of and society remain little understood. The American Studies, California State Univer­ general theme ofiSTAS '98 is to examine and International Society for the Comparative sity Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6868. identifY these emerging issues. Call for Pa­ Study of Civilizations 27th Annual Phone: 714-278-3800. Fax: 714-278-5820. pers: Contributions are encouraged for top­ Meeting Phone: 714-278-3800. Fax: 714-278-5820. ics related to this general theme: Information 11-14 june 1998, Rietaku University, Cheiron web site: http:/ /www.yorku.ca/ dept/ Warfare; Intellectual property issues and in­ Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan psych/ orgs/ cheiron/ cheiron.htm We invite papers, panels, roundtables, and formation technology; The impact of infor­ mation technology on education, schools, workshops on the processes, structures, and German Society for the History and and universities; Information technology and texts of past and present civilizations; and on Theory of Biology Annual Meeting the workplace; Equity issues with the distri­ the theories and methods conducive to 25-28 June 1998, Neuburg an der Donau, bution of information technology resources; civilizational studies; as well as on our 1998 Gennany Privacy and Security Issues on the Internet; S?ecial Theme: The Emergence of the Pa­ The seventh annual meeting of the Deutsche First Amendment Issues on the Internet; ctfic Rim Civilizations? Papers are invited on Gesellschaft fur Geschichte und Theorie der Electronic Commerce; Electronic Publish­ the theme especially, but the conference is Biologie will be held in Neuburg an der ing; Modeling to Promote Systems Thinking not limited to the theme. Deadline for ab­ Donau from June 25-28, 1998. The theme and Problem Solving Papers are also wel­ stracts: November 15, 1997. Please send of the meeting is "History of Biology and comed in traditional technology/policy ar­ inquiries and dabstract to: Dr. Midori Museum." The DGGTB invites proposals eas: Environmental, health, safety and Yamanouchi Rynn, ISCSC 1998 Program for papers and presentations by February 28, peace-related implications of technology; Chair, Department of Sociology, University 1998. Proposals on other topics are also Social, economic, and ethical issues involv­ ofScranton, Scranton, PA 18510-4605 U.S. welcome. For additional conference infor­ ing energy, information, and telecommuni­ A. Phone: (717) 941-613 7 Fax: 941-6367 mation, registration information and to sub­ cations technologies; History of technology.; (Home) phone & fax: 68 9-440 1. E-mail (c!o mit proposals, contact: Dr. Thomas Junker, Systems analysis in public policy decisions; ~~pt. secretary) lestanskyj 1 @lion.uofs.edu. Universiteit Tuebingen, Lehrsruhl fur Ethik Research methods for technology-policy e ISCSC seeks to provide a forum for in den Biowissenschaften, Sigwartstr. 20, analysis. ISTAS '98 invites significant contri­ scholarly inquiry and exchange of ideas along 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. Tel. -7071- butions on these and other topics. Submit a aonouomber of lines: the comparison of whole 2977192, Fax: -7071-922873 ctvthzations; the development of theories or one page abstract for a paper or poster, or a ~e:~ods especially useful in comparative proposal for a paper session or panel discus­ sion to the Chair at: EMAIL: Karl Perusich, CIVihzation a1 stu d' tes; stgm0 'fi tcant .tssues ill . t h e humanities or the social sciences studied from Ph.D., ISTAS '98 Chair [email protected]. MAIL: Karl Perusich, a comparat·1ve ClVl. '1' 1zanon . al perspective; spe- 0 Cific com pansons· across cultural axes; illter-. Ph.D., ISTAS '98 Chair, c/o IUSB Division 0 d,sciplinarv and h h . . of Continuing Education, 1700 Mishawaka 0 • ot er approac es to tssues ill 0 0 CIViltzational stu dotes. Th e "Comparattve . Ave, South Bend, IN 46634 DEADLINES: t ...... __. r \ History of Science Society Newsletter page 24

Future Meetings

216th American Chemical Society Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive International Society for the Study of National Meeting Dimensions European Ideas Conference 23-27 August 1998, Boston, A1A 21-25]uly 1998 16-21 August 1998, Haifa University, This Pascal Centre conference will analyze Israel The Women Chemists Committee and the and evaluate the internal role of theistic reli­ The Sixth Conference of the International Division of the History of Chemistry of the gious beliefs in the natural sciences and math­ Society for the Study of European Ideas {IS­ ACS invite papers for the symposium "Con­ ematics. It is intended for those with an SEI), entitled, 'Twentieth Century European tributions ofWomen to Chemistry." Papers interest in the relationship between science Narratives: Tradition and Innovation, will meet are oral presentations, and each speaker is and religious belief. For information on pa­ the 16-21 August 1998, Haifa University, allotted 30 minutes, including time for ques­ per submission and/ or registration, please Israel. For panel and registration information, tions. Papers may also be given as posters at contact Jitse van der Meer at: (905) 648- contact: Stan Shostak,sshostak [email protected], (fax) Sci-Mix, the meeting's poster session for all 2139, (fax) (905) 648-2134, (412) 624-4759. ACS divisions, though that is not necessary. [email protected]. Anyone interested in the topic of women in Problems in the Historiography of Recent chemistry is invited to submit a paper, and Green and Gold: California's Environ­ Science, Technology and Medicine speakers do not need to be members of ACS ments - Memories and Visions 19-23 August 1998, Roskilde University, or chemists to participate in the symposium. 30 july- 2 August 1998, University of Denmark The deadline for an abstract (up to 150 California, Santa Cruz The history of recent science, technology and words) on an ACS Abstract form (available From July 30 toAugust2, 1998, the Univer­ medicine (STM) is a rapidly expanding and at the ACS website or in most chemistry sity of California will host a four-day public highly cross-disciplinary area that engages departments) is May 1, 1998. The organizers conference: Green and Gold: California's scholars in fields such as philosophy ofscience, would also appreciate receiving titles of all Environments-Memories and Visions Held sociology of STM, social studies of scientific papers by April 17, 1998. For further infor­ on the beautiful Santa Cruz campus, with its knowledge (SSK), and general history of sci­ mation contact Mary r. Singleton, 597 redwoods, fields, and ocean views, it will ence, technology and medicine itself. The area Gerard Ct., Pleasanton, CA 94566, (510) recapture California's past environments, also attracts a growing number of science 462-1496, [email protected]; or Richard explore their transformation, and imagine journalists, and has the attention of practicing E. Rice, General Education Program, James their future. Through an examination of the scientists. The first international conference Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA green culture of the pre-Gold Rush era and devoted to problems in the historiography of 22807, (540) 568-2847. fax: (540) 568- the formation of the Golden State and its recent STM was organized in Gothenburg, 2913, [email protected]. culture of gold, participants will explore the Sweden in 1994. In the interim, a number of unique blend of nature and culture that new and important works in the history of Advancing Geological Knowledge of the defines California's past and its future pros­ recent STM have appeared, and new (some­ Carpathian-Balkan Region in the pects. Exploring the implications ofthe 150th times fierce) discussions have taken place. This Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries anniversary of the 1848 discovery of gold in being a working conference, the number of 30 August - 2 September 1998, Geocenter, California and the signing of the Treaty of participants is limited to around 3 5. There will University of Vienna Guadalupe Hidalgo, the conference will cul­ be time for 15-20 paper presentations; other This symposium will form part of the activi­ minate by looking at the co-mingling of the participants are supposed to serve as commen­ ties of the XVI th Congress of the Carpathian­ green and gold cultures as the millennium tators, panelists, etc. Proposals for papers will Balkan Geological Association. For further approaches. It will be sponsored in part by be reviewed by the Steering Committee in co­ information, contact: Either Organizing the California Council for the Humanities, operation with an International Advisory Pro­ Committee, XVI Congress of the CBG.A, the American Society for Environmental gram Panel. All applicants are requested to Geological Survey of Austna, History, U.C. Berkeley's College ofNatural send in a 200 word abstract. Abstracts should Rasumofskygasse 23, PO Box 127, A-103.1, Resources, U.C. Santa Cruz's Divisions of be sent to: Thomas Soderqvist, Division of Vienna (Fax: 431 712567456; emad: Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Philosophy and Theory of Science, Depart­ [email protected]); Or Dr. Endre Winslow Foundation. For more information ment of Communication, Roskilde Univer­ Dudich, Geological Institute of Hungary, about both the conference and associated sity, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, PO Box 106, H-1142, Budapest, Hungary short course, please write to: Green and Gold Denmark, so that they arrive before 15 De­ (Fax: 361 251 0703; email: [email protected]). · · fee· Conference, c/o Carolyn Merchant, Envi­ cember 1997. Selected participants will be Congress language: English. Regtstranon · ronmental Science, Policy, and Management, notified by 1 February 1998. Draft manu­ US$130. Range of accommodation fees per 0 207 Giannini Hall, University of California, scripts for precirculation among the partici­ night: US$25 (student hotels) - US$2° Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3310, or bye­ pants are due on 1 June, 1998. A few stipends (luxury hotels). Five Pre-Congress field e~- mail: [email protected] for travel and accommodation are available for curstons. ( not h'tstonca . 11 y onente. d) are avatl- C ngress those who cannot obtain other funds. able (August 24-29), and one Post- 0 (September 3-11).

d April1998 page 25 [ Future Meetings Science of Literature and Studies in Phineas Gage 150th Anniversary Com­ tion fee of $20 is required by conference Science Conference memoration attendees. For more information on trans­ September 1998, Heidelbng, Germtii~Y 12-13 September 1998,Cavendish, portation or inexpensive lodging write to the The official language of this con r(:rcncc, spon­ Vennont above address or check out the Mephistos sored by the Deutsche h>rschungs­ On 13th, September 1848, Phineas Gage had web site (http:/ /home.att.net/ ..-Olorin/ gemeinschaft, will be Ccrman. For more much of the left frontal lobe of his brain mephistos/ meph2.htm). information, contact the conference orga­ destroyed when an accidental explosion drove nizer: Prof. Or. Jorg Schonert, Literatur­ a 3ft. 7in. long, 1 114 inch diameter tamping Aviation History Conference wissenschaftliches Seminar der Universitat iron through his head. He survived for nearly 1-3 October 1998, Wright State Univer- Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park (J, 20146 Ham­ I I 1/2 years but with such a marked change to sity, Dayton, Ohio burg,(tel)0404123-4H11 (-4HU),(bx)040 his personality he was said to be "no longer Planning is underway for a major conference 4123-4785. Gage." His case is one of the most famous in on aviation/aerospace history scheduled for medical history and one of the first to throw October 1-3, 1998, at Wright State Univer­ INHIGEO History of Geology Congress light on the higherfunctionsofthebrain. Next sity, Dayton, Ohio. Focusing on the first September 1998, Neuj(·hatel, Switzerland year the I 50th. Anniversary of his accident is century of powered flight, conference orga­ Congress languages: French and English. to be commemorated in Cavendish, Vermont, nizers are seeking individual paper and panel Registration fee: 7 5 Swiss francs (I 00 F rafter the town where Gage sustained his injury. A proposals reflecting the following three the­ April, 1998); 20 Fr f()r accompanying mem­ varied program of activities has been arranged matic areas: Flight and Society; Flight and bers. Accommodation fees per night in including a Symposium devoted to what has Public Policy; and Flight Technology. Pa­ Neuchatel: ranging from 30 F r (student ac­ been learned about the functions ofthe frontal per/panel proposals are due November 1, commodation with breakfast) to 290 Fr lobes over the last century and a half, and the 1997; notification ofacceptance will be made (luxury hotel with breakfast). Field excursion unveiling of a commemorative plaque. Up­ by February 1, 1998. Conference organizers in Glarus Canton, Klausen Pass, Lake Lucerne dated information on all aspects of the pro­ plan to publish a proceedings. Further in­ (September 7-8) 300 Fr (approx., including gram, including the Symposium, will be found quiries and requests for additional informa­ accommodation, food, and transport). at the HSS Conference Web Page: http:// tion may be addressed to Aviation History Neuchatel conference (September 9-11) Field weber. u.washington.edu/,... hssexec/ meetings. Conference, Conference and Events, Rm. excursion (Vaud and Valais, Arve valley, Inquiries may also be made by e-mail to E180 Student Union, Wright State Univer­ Chamonix, Bex salt mines) (September 12- [email protected] or to sity, Dayton OH 45434-0001. _14): 400-500 Fr (approx.). Registration fee [email protected] by fax:+ 613 tncludes: afternoon excursion in Neuchatel 9244 6858. Oral History Association Annual Meeting region (viewing Neocomian type-locality, 15-18 October 1998, Buffalo, New York structural features, glacial phenomena, etc.); 17th Annual Graduate Student Meeting The Oral History Association invites propos­ lunches; coffees; conference abstracts. An for the History, Philosophy, and Sociol­ als for papers and presentations for its 1998 in_vited lecture on the work of Emile Argand ogy of Science, Technology and Medicine annual meeting, to be held October 15-18 in will_ be delivered by Professor A.M. C. Sengor, 17-22 September 1998, Minneapolis, MN Buffalo, New York. The theme of the meet­ University oflstanbul. There will also be an The 17th Annual Graduate Student Meeting ing is "Crossing the Boundary, Crossing the hist~rical exhibition on display at the Uni­ for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Line: Oral History on the Border. Proposals versity of N eucha tel. Conference President: Science, Technology, Medicine, and related that relate to mediations among diverse com­ Professor RudolfTrfmpy, assisted by Profes­ fields will be held on September 17-20, 1998 munities; class, ethnic, racial, and gender sors Jean-Paul Schaer and Henri Masson. in Minneapolis, MN. Mephistos is an annual perspectives; interdisciplinary approaches; Abstracts of papers should be submitted to forum for graduate students who wish to transnational issues; migration and immigra­ Professor Schaer by January 31, 1998. Ac­ present papers, interact with colleagues, and tion; transgressions; new frontiers in tech­ ceptances of papers will be notified by March discuss topics of concern across a variety of nology; lesbian and gay history; relationships 15 .. (N.B. 1 Swiss franc is approximately disciplines. The Program Committee seeks in interviewing; marginality; oral history and e_qUivalent to US$0.7.) For further informa­ proposals for individual papers related to the received historical wisdom; shifting borders tlo~, contact: Professor Jean-Paul Schaer, History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Sci­ in oral history; and ethical and legal bound­ Ulllversite deN euchatel, lnstitut de Geologie, ence, Technology, and Medicine from the aries are especially encouraged. Proposals on (mile-Argand 11,2007 Neuchatel, Switzer­ ancient period to the present. Please mail, other topics are also welcomed. The Program and (Fax: 41 32 7182601; email: sabine. email or fax a one-page abstract for a 15-20 Committee invites proposals from oral his­ roben@geol. unine. ch). minute paper and brief c.v. postmarked by tory practitioners in a wide variety of disci­ July 1, 1998 to: Mark Largent, Program in plines and settings, including academic History of Science and Technology, Tate institutions; museums, historical societies, Laboratory of Physics, 116 Church Street archives, and libraries; community organiza­ S.E. , Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel.: (612) tions; media professionals; and independent 626-8722, Fax: (612) 624-4578. A registra- historians. We also encourage proposals from ------·4 page 26 History of Science Society Newsletter

Future Meetings graduate students and from those involved in and 2) a one page curriculum vitae, includ­ History of Science Society Annual both precollegiate and postsecondary teach­ ing a current postal and e-mail address. Meeting ing. Sessions may address the many uses of Proposals for complete sessions must in­ 21-25 October 1998, Kansas City, oral history in media such as film, video, clude 1) a description of the session's theme; Missouri radio, exhibitions, drama, and new electronic 2) a list of the presenters' names and paper The History of Science Society invites pro­ media. Similarly, while sessions may be orga­ titles; 3) a one page abstract and one page posals for sessions and/or papers for presen­ nized in the customary panel format, we c.v. for each of the presenters; 4) a one page tation at its 1998 Annual Meeting, to be held encourage proposals for roundtables, work­ c.v. for the commentator, chairperson, and at the Hyatt Regency Crown Centerin Kan­ shops, poster sessions, media and perfor­ session organizer, if she or he is not partici­ sas City, Missouri. Session and paper pro­ mance-oriented presentations, off-site pating in the session. The session descrip­ posal forms are available from the HSS sessions, and other formats that go beyond tion should indicate the individual papers's Executive Office, and will be published in the the boundaries of conventional conference relevance to the session's theme. Send a January issue of the HSS Newsletter. Elec­ presentation. We welcome proposals from copy of the complete proposal bearing a tronic submissions via the HSS website are other professional organizations, including post-mark or equivalent indication of sub­ strongly recommended; however, all elec­ state and regional oral history associations mission date by April1 0, 1998, to: Brett D. tronic submissions must be accompanied by affiliated with the Oral History Association, Steele, SHOT Program Chair, Department "hard copy" in the form of a proposal on and proposals for presentations in French of History, 6265 Bunche Hall, University paper. Further information about the meet­ from French speaking Canadians. OHA of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA ing will be posted as it becomes available. policy prevents those who will present papers 90095-1473, Phone: (310) 825-3888, Fax: Electronic forms for session and paper pro­ at the 1997 annual meeting from doing so in (310) 206-9630, E-mail: [email protected]. posals are now available. Session and paper 1998; such individuals, however, may serve Email submissions are encouraged. proposals are due in the HSS Executive Of­ as session chairs and commentators. Appli­ fice 1 April 1998. Please review the guide­ cants must submit four copies of the follow­ Women, Science And Health In Post-War lines for session and paper proposals set out ing: for full session proposals, a one-page North America: Comparative Canadian­ by the Society's Committee on Meetings and description of the issues and questions the American Perspectives, 1940-1980 Programs. Electronic forms for conference session will address and one-page abstract of 16-17 October 1998, York University, pre-registration will be uploaded to this site each presentation; the name of the convener; Toronto, Ontario, Canada (http:/ /weber.u.washington.edu/ '""'hssexec/ suggested commentator(s) and short vitae, Women, Science And Health In Post-War index.html) in mid-summer. (Forms will also including institutional affiliation, mailing North America: Comparative Canadian­ be published in the July issue of the HSS address, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses American Perspectives, 1940-1980 is the topic Newsletter.) for each presenter. Individual proposals of a special conference to be held at York should include a title, one-page abstract of University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on A Feather on God's Breath: Hildegard of the presentation, and a short vita of the October 16-17 1998. Proposals for papers Bingen 900 Years Later presenter. For further information or to sub­ are welcomed on topics relating to the 23-24 October 1998, California State mit proposals, contact: Debra Bernhardt gendered contours of scientific medicine, University, San Bernardino Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 70 Wash­ alternative therapies, institutions and the state, This conference at California State University, ington Square South, New York, NY 10012 as well as on women's experiences as patients, San Bernardino commemorates the life and (212) 998-2640 Fax: (212) 995-4070 e-mail practitioners and policy-makers in post­ works of Hildegard of Bingen. The Keynote (queries only) bernhrdt@elmer 1. bob st. nyu. edu World War II Canada and/or the United Speaker will be Matthew Fox, and a special or Cliff Kuhn Department of History Geor­ States. Papers must consist of original work concert ofHildegard' s music will be performed gia State University Atlanta, GA30303 (404) not already published or in press. Preference by Anonymous 4. All related fields ofstudy are 651-3255 Fax: (404) 651-1745, will be given to papers that address compara­ encouraged to participate. Call For Papers: [email protected]. Proposal deadline: De­ tive themes or will facilitate comparative abstract deadline, July 1, 1998. Send abstracts cember 15, 1997. discussion. Please send a one-page abstract to : Dr. Lanny Fields, History Dept., Califor­ and brief c.v. by February 1, 1998 to: Dr. niaState University, 5500 University Parkwap, Society for the History ofTechnology Georgina Feldberg, Director, Centre for San Bernardino, CA 92407. Special sessions Annual Meeting Health Studies, 214 York Lanes, York Uni­ organizers please send abstracts together, indi­ 15-18 October 1998, Baltimore, MD versity,4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario, vidual abstracts will be organized into general The program committee welcomes propos­ CanadaM3J 1P3 Phone: 416-736-5941 Fax: sessions. For further information call: 909- als for individual papers and sessions on 416-736-5986. 880-5586, e-mail: [email protected], or topics related to all facets of the histoiy of [email protected] technology, especially topics before the twen­ tieth century. Proposals for individual pa­ pers must include: 1) a one page abstract, ~------~------~

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ence, technology and the environment) are John Ray and His Successors: The The History of Heritage of Scientific particularly encouraged. Abstracts must be Clergyman as Biologist Information Systems 18-21 March 1999, Braintree, Essex, Oct. 23-25, 1998, Pittsburgh, typed and not exceed 300-500 words in England Pennsylvania length. Also include as many of the following A joint conference of the John Ray Trust, the The American Society for Information Sci­ as possible: tide of the paper, name, present institutional affiliation (if any), preferred Institute of Biology' s History Committee ence (ASIS), the Chemical Heritage Founda­ mailing address, work and home phone num­ and the Society for the History of Natural tion, and a number of other organizations bers, fax number and email. Send this infor­ History. John Ray (1627-1705) was one of announce a call for papers for the conference the most important biologists in the history "The History of Heritage of Scientific Infor­ mation to Gary Bowden, Program Chair 4S/ ESAC Conference, Department of Sociol­ of the subject and this conference will cel­ mation Systems," to be held Oct. 23-25, 1998 ebrate all aspects of his life and work. He was in Pittsburgh, PA. Deadline for submission of ogy, UniversityofNew Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, ordained and his religious beliefs informed papers for presentation will be June 1, 1998. his work and were widely influential. The However, several "scholarships" will be of­ E3B 5A3. Abstracts may also be submitted via fax (506-453-4659) or email conference will go on to consider the British fered for these submitted papers and anyone clergy (or their families) who were biologists ([email protected]). Abstracts must be received by interested in applying for this type of support and their distinctive contributions to both Friday, February 20, 1998. should submit a paper by April 1, 1998. All church and science. This would include the­ submissions will be refereed by a panel of ology, social roles and individual biogra­ Mexican Society for the History and experts and notification of acceptance will be phies. The third focus of the conference will Philosophy of Medicine given by July 15, 1998. Papers on a wide be the current experience of people who are 30 October-2 November 1998, Queretaro, variety of topics related to this theme are both clerics and biologists. Keynote addresses Mexico encouraged. If uncertain whether an idea/ will be given on each of these three themes. Themes will include Universal History of paper fits the theme, please write directly to The conference will be held in Braintree, Medicine, History of Mexican Medicine, the conference chair noted below. Exam pies of Essex - Ray's home town - coinciding with Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Anthro­ possible topics are: history of specific chemical the town's SOOth anniversary celebrations. pology and Medicine, and Teaching and information systems; history of specific scien­ Braintree has a train service from London, is Research in Medical Humanities. For infor­ tific information technologies; history of pub­ close to the A12 and the M11, and is in easy mation, contact: Senora Isabel Morales, Tel. lishers of scientific information; history of reach of Stansted Airport. Call for papers: 5-529-7542 al44, FAX 5-526-3853, or Se­ ideas about scientific information; scientific Conference participants are invited to present nora Alica Gallegos, Tel. 5-6650889. Pro­ and technical information systems or policy in papers. Please send an abstract (253 words) posal Submission Deadline: 30 July 1998; individual countries; historical and biblio­ by 1 March 1998 to Rev. Nigel Cooper, The Registration Deadline: 30 September 1998 metric approaches to scientific information. Rectory, 40 Church Road, Rivenhall, Additional details on the conference will be Witham, Essex CM8 3PQ, UK. Tel (+44) 50 Years of Clinical Trials: Past, Present provided in later issues of the newsletter or (0)1376 511161. E-mail: please leave mes­ and Future may be obtained from the Conference Chair: sages for Nigel Cooper's attention on cgw23 29-30 October 29-301998, London Robert V. Williams, UniversityofSouth Caro­ @cam.ac.uk Register your interest to receive The British Medical Association and British lina, College of Library and Info. Science, further details by sending your contact de­ Medical Journal are sponsoring a conference Columbia, SC 29208, 803-777-2324, tails to Nigel Cooper as above. bobwill@sc. edu. on the history, present and future of clinical trials and therapeutic evaluation. The confer­ Environmental History Across Boundaries ence aims to bring together historians, clini­ Science, Technology, and the Rise of 14-18 April1999, Tucson, Arizona cal researchers and statisticians to exchange Nature The American Society for Environmental His­ knowledge and perspectives about therapeu­ 28 October- 1 November 1998, Halifax, tory announces the call for papers for its bien­ tic evaluation. Papers on the history of thera­ Nova Scotia nial meeting to be held in Tucson, Arizona, peutic evaluation over the last 150 years are 4S (Society for the Social Studies of Science) April14-18, 1999. The theme will be "Envi­ especially wanted. For information about and ESAC (Environmental Studies Associa­ ronmental History across Boundaries." Pro­ how to submit an abstract, contact Ms. Jane tion of Canada) announce a call for papers for posals should be postmarked by July 15, 1998. "S . Lewis, BMNBMJ Conference Unit, BMA ctence, Technology, and the Rise of Na- For details, contact Edmund Russell (program House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H ture" ' a J0111t· · 1y sponsored conference to be chair), Technology, Culture, and Communi­ held from Wednesday, October 28 to Sun­ 9JP, UK,][email protected]. cation, SEAS, Thornton HallA-237, Univer­ ~ay, November 1, 1998 at the Hotel Halifax sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 tn. Halifax ' N ova Scotta, · Canada. Papers deal- ([email protected], 804/982-2623). tngwithanytopicin the broadly defined field of.science and technology studies are appro­ pnate, and papers on the substantive theme of the conference (the interface between sci- page 28 History of Science Society Newsletter

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Long and Short Term Variability in the sciences. The IBC is held only once every six center ofSt. Louis, America's Center, during Sun's History and Global Change years, and last met in North America in theweekofAugust 1-7,1999. The Congress july, 1999 Seattle in 1969. These Congresses are par­ will convene at the Opening Session on Sun­ Session during the Assembly of the Interna­ ticularly notable in that they bring together day, August 1st, with welcoming ceremo­ tional Association of Geomagnetism and scientists not only from many countries, but nies, plenary lectures, and entertainment; Aeronomy (IAGA) in Birmingham, England also from many disciplines within the broad this will be followed by an all-Congress re­ in July, 1999. This conference will address research field of plant science, including ception. The Scientific Program will be pre­ the possibility of a comprehensive synthesis botany, mycology, plant ecology, horticul­ sented from August 2nd to 7th in plenary of science studies across the variability in the ture, agriculture, and related fields. The in­ lectures, interdisciplinary keynote symposia, sun's history during the last centuries. Topics creasing knowledge about plants-their general symposia, and poster sessions. All will include papers from history, archaeol­ history, growth, uses, interactions with other scientific sessions will end by 6:30 p.m., ogy, solar physics, astrophysics, aurora phys­ organisms, and roles in the ecosystem-is leaving evenings free for social and cultural ics, geophysics, meteorology and becoming progressively important to the sta­ events, banquets, and receptions, which will environmental aspects. It deals with the so­ bility and sustainability of the human en­ be held in various venues around St. Louis. called Minima in the Sun's History (Spoerer­ deavor and, indeed, of all life on Earth. The The Congress will conclude with a closing ' Maunder-, Lalande-, and Wolf Minima) XVI IBC is held under the auspices of the session on Saturday, August 7th, which will and other variabilities during the centuries. International Union of Biological Sciences include award ceremonies and the General Deadline for abstracts is 15 January, 1999. (IUBS), most recently through the Interna­ Assembly meeting of the IABMS. The No­ For further details contact the convener, Dr. tional Association of Botanical and M yeo­ menclature Section will be held the week Wilfried Schroeder, Hechelstrasse 8, D- logical Societies (IABMS) of the IUBS. The prior to the Congress Quly 26 to 30) at the 28777 Bremen-Roennebeck, Germany. XVI IBC in St. Louis is being organized by Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Re­ the whole North American botanical com­ ceptions, field trips, excursions, and other :?CVJ International Botanical Congress munity, including botanical, mycological, social events will also be planned prior to, 1-7August 1999, St. Louis, Missouri and ecological societies, universities, botani­ during, and after the Congress. More infor­ The International Botanical Congress (IBC) cal research institutions, and other sponsors. mation on the conference, including a call for is a major convention ofscientists from around The Scientific Program and most other events symposia, is available on the Web: http:/I the world to discuss new research in the plant of the IBC will take place at the convention www.ibc99.org/.

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