4th International Conference
of the European Society for the History of Science
Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010
Second Circular
Hosted by
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)
Website:
http://4eshs.iec.cat
THE CIRCULATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1· Plenary Lectures
At the moment, the following plenary lectures have been confirmed:
- Efthymios Nicolaidis (National Hellenic Research Foundation):
Science and the Eastern Orthodox Church during the 17th-19th Centuries. - Julio Samsó (University of Barcelona):
Ibn al-Zarqalluh's Astronomical Doctrines on Both Sides of the Mediterranean.
- Sona Strbanova (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic):
Scientific Objects and Scientific Identity of a City. Prague as a 'Chemical City'.
2· Registration
Both on-line and off-line registrations will be open in January 2010.
Registration fees:
150 € Before May 31st 2010
225 € After May 31st 2010
3· Grants
The Local Organizing Committee will provide free registration or accommodation grants to some participants. In allocating this support, preference will be given to applicants facing economic difficulties, as well as young scholars.
Under no circumstances will the LOC contribute to travel expenses.
Applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae and an explanatory letter to the Conference Secretariat before February 1st 2010. Successful applicants will be informed by May 3rd 2010.
4· Important Dates
Deadline for grant application | February 1st 2010 |
Deadline for abstract submission | February 1st 2010 |
Deadline for confirmation of grant applications | May 3rd 2010 |
Deadline for confirmation of accepted papers | May 3rd 2010 |
Deadline for early registration | May 31st 2010 |
3rd Circular (Schedule, Preliminary Program) | October 18th 2010 |
Abstracts on the web | October 18th 2010 |
Opening of the Conference | November 18th 2010 |
5· Preliminarily Accepted Symposia
Here follows a list of the accepted symposia for the Conference.
This is only a preliminary list. To be definitely accepted, symposia must meet certain requirements:
- It must include at least three communications.
- These communications must ultimately be favourably evaluated by the members of the Program Committee.
- Participants cannot read any other paper within the Conference.
If any of these conditions is not fulfilled, such symposia will automatically become communications.
It is to be noted that although participants in the Conference are only allowed to read one communication (no more than one paper per person as first author will be accepted), they can be coordinator to more than one symposium.
Regardless of what the symposium abstract says, the organization will only consider to be part of a symposium those communications whose abstracts have been submitted individually.
Communication abstracts can be submitted using this Submission Form. All relevant fields must be filled-in, including the reference of the symposium where it is to be included (these symposium references are given on the list below). Deadline for abstract submission is February the 1st 2010.
Abstracts of all the preliminarily accepted symposia can be downloaded from here (PDF).
To submit new communications for a symposium, please contact its coordinator (their e-mails are also given).
THE DIFFERENT HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF SCIENCE. THEIR ADVANTAGES AND SHORTCOMINGS
Coordinator: Michal Kokowski (michal.kokowski AT gmail.com)
[Symposium reference: 01]
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON, HISTORY, AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Coordinator: Josep Simon (josicas AT alumni.uv.es)
[Symposium reference: 02]
SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Coordinator: Sylvain Laubé (sylvain.laube AT bretagne.iufm.fr)
[Symposium reference: 03]
CENTERS AND PERIPHERY IN EUROPE: THE STEP RESEARCH PROJECT
Coordinator: Geert Vanpaemel (geert.vanpaemel AT wet.kuleuven.be)
[Symposium reference: 04]
CIRCULATION OF IDEAS, TECHNIQUES, AND THE SCIENTIFIC PERSONAE - THE ROLE NETWORKS DID PLAY, FROM THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Coordinator: Annette B. Vogt (vogt AT mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)
[Symposium reference: 05]
KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
Coordinator: Àngel Calvo (angel.calvo AT ub.edu)
[Symposium reference: 06]
THE TRANSMISSION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AMONG THE MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES
Coordinator: Konstantinos Nikolantonakis (nikolantonakis AT noesis.edu.gr)
[Symposium reference: 07]
THE TRAVELS OF SCIENTISTS EN EUROPE SINCE THE 16TH CENTURY
Coordinator: Ana Simões (asimoes AT fc.ul.pt)
[Symposium reference: 08]
WITHIN EUROPE AND BEYOND EUROPE: THE JESUITS AS CIRCULATORS OF SCIENCE
Coordinator: Catherine Jami (jami AT univ-paris-diderot.fr)
[Symposium reference: 09]
JOHANN MICHAEL VANSLEB (1635-1679). THE DIFFICULT TASK OF NOT BEING UNDER PATRONAGE.
Coordinator: Therese-Marie JALLAIS (jallais-m AT wanadoo.fr)
[Symposium reference: 10]
CARTESIAN PHYSICS (AS EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY) AND ITS UNIVERSITY RECEPTION
Coordinator: Mihnea Dobre (mihneadobre AT yahoo.com)
[Symposium reference: 11]
SOME ASPECTS OF THE CIRCULATION OF SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE
Coordinator: Mª Rosa Massa-Esteve (m.rosa.massa AT upc.edu)
[Symposium reference: 12]
MEDICAL HUMANISM IN LATE RENAISSANCE ITALY:GIROLAMO MERCURIALE'S SUGGESTION OF THE RISE OF "NEW DISEASES".
Coordinator: Maria Kavvadia (Maria.Kavvadia AT EUI.eu)
[Symposium reference: 13]
HALLERSTEIN AND GRUBER'S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Coordinator: Stanislav Joze Juznic (juznic AT hotmail.com / stanislav.juznic-1 AT ou.edu)
[Symposium reference: 14]
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS IN PORTUGAL AND OTHER PERIPHERAL COUNTRIES: SCIENTISTS, LABORATORIES, INSTRUMENTS AND TEXTS IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Coordinator: Isabel Serra (isabelserra AT netcabo.pt)
[Symposium reference: 15]
SCANDINAVIAN SCIENCE DENATIONALIZED
Coordinator: Vidar Enebakk (vidar.enebakk AT iakh.uio.no)
[Symposium reference: 16]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN 18TH CENTURY EMPIRICIST? CONSTRUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF A PLURALISTIC CONCEPT
Coordinator: Siegfried Bodenmann (siegfried.bodenmann AT laposte.net); Anne-Lise Rey (annelise.rey AT free.fr)
[Symposium reference: 17]
‘MOVED’ NATURAL OBJECTS – SPACES IN BETWEEN
Coordinator: Marianne Klemun (marianne.klemun AT univie.ac.at)
[Symposium reference: 18]
SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: BARCELONA,1868-1939
Coordinator: Agustí Nieto-Galan (agusti.nieto AT uab.cat)
[Symposium reference: 19]
THE DIALECTIC RELATION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IN THE XIXTH CENTURY
Coordinator: Evelyne Barbin (evelyne.barbin AT wanadoo.fr); Raffaele Pisano (pisanoraffaele AT iol.it)
[Symposium reference: 20]
CHEMICAL ORDER IN TRANSIT: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THE RESPONSE TO THE PERIODIC SYSTEM
Coordinator: Masanori Kaji (kaji.m.aa AT m.titech.ac.jp)
[Symposium reference: 21]
CIRCULATION OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE IN 18TH-CENTURY BRITAIN: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Coordinator: Mónica Blanco (monica.blanco AT upc.edu)
[Symposium reference: 22]
CIRCULATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL TEXTS, IDEAS AND PRACTICES (1870-1945)
Coordinator: Frédéric Brechenmacher (frederic.brechenmacher AT math.cnrs.fr)
[Symposium reference: 23]
2010, THE BICENTENARY OF THE ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS OF GERGONNE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE JOURNALS OF MATHEMATICS IN 19TH CENTURY AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DIFFUSION AND THE PROGRESS OF THIS SCIENCE.
Coordinator: Christian Gérini (gerini AT univ-tln.fr / gerini AT free.fr)
[Symposium reference: 24]
APPLIED BIOLOGY: PRACTICAL TASKS AND FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
Coordinator: Natalia Beregoy (beregoi AT mail.ru)
[Symposium reference: 25]
DARWIN IN URBAN CONTEXTS, 1859-1930
Coordinator: Katalin Stráner (straner_katalin AT ceu-budapest.edu)
[Symposium reference: 26]
APPROPRIATION OF MENTAL MEASUREMENT IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Coordinator: Annette Mülberger (Annette.Mulberger AT uab.es)
[Symposium reference: 27]
THE ROLE OF NOBILITES IN CIRCULATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS
Coordinator: Milada Sekyrková (msekyr AT ntm.cz)
[Symposium reference: 28]
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE GAS INDUSTRY
Coordinator: Francesc X. Barca (francesc.barca AT gmail.com)
[Symposium reference: 29]
THE WORLD EXHIBITIONS AND THE DISPLAY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: MOVING BOUNDARIES.
Coordinator: Ana Cardoso de Matos (anacmatos AT mail.telepac.pt)
[Symposium reference: 30]
“MAKING SENSE OF THE AURORA: THE NORTHERN LIGHT IN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL-POLITICAL CONTEXTS”
Coordinator: Robert Marc Friedman (robert.friedman AT iakh.uio.no)
[Symposium reference: 31]
THE ROLE OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ANALYSES OF PHENOMENON OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOLS IN THE MODERN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (WORLD CONTEXT).
Coordinator: Vitaly Gorokhov (vitaly.gorokhov AT mail.ru)
[Symposium reference: 32]
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPANISH SCIENTISTS DURING THE FRANCO PERIOD
Coordinator: Albert Presas i Puig (presasipuig AT mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)
[Symposium reference: 33]
SCIENCE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY AFTER 1945
Coordinator: Oliver Hochadel (oliver.hochadel AT uab.cat)
[Symposium reference: 34]
HISTORICAL GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL DATA (H-GAD)
Coordinator: Josep Batlló (jobatllo AT fc.ul.pt)
[Symposium reference: 35]
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AFTER WWII
Coordinator: Leonardo Gariboldi (leonardo.gariboldi AT unimi.it)
[Symposium reference: 36]
WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AFTER 1945
Coordinator: Xavier Roqué (xavier.roque AT uab.cat)
[Symposium reference: 37]
CROSSING BORDERS IN MODERN PHYSICS
Coordinator: Massimiliano Badino (mbadino AT mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)
[Symposium reference: 38]
TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Coordinator: Shaul Katzir (katzir AT mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)
[Symposium reference: 39]
INTERNATIONALISM OF PHYSICS DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S: FORMATION OF A EUROPEAN RESEARCH NET AND ITS IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Coordinator: Luisa Bonolis (Luisa.Bonolis AT roma1.infn.it)
[Symposium reference: 40]
BEYOND THE MOLECULAR VISION: UNROMANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF BIOPHYSICS
Coordinator: Pedro Ruiz-Castell (pedro.ruiz.castell AT uab.cat)
[Symposium reference: 41]
CIRCULATIONS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES
Coordinator: Jean-Gaël Barbara (jean-gael.barbara AT snv.jussieu.fr)
[Symposium reference: 42]
REPRESENTATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN DAILY PRESS
Coordinator: Faidra Papanelopoulou (faidrap AT gmail.com)
[Symposium reference: 43]
COLD WAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARCTIC
Coordinator: Matthias Heymann (matthias.heymann AT ivs.au.dk)
[Symposium reference: 44]
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, HUMANITARIAN NETWORKING, AND POLITICS IN THE RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT: THE CASE OF THE SPANISH RED CROSS, 1864-1950S
Coordinator: Jon Arrizabalaga (jonarri AT imf.csic.es)
[Symposium reference: 45]
ATOMIC ENERGY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Coordinator: Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro (amenende AT ugr.es)
[Symposium reference: 46]
6· Conference Secretariat
Carme 47, Barcelona E-08001
Fax: +34 932 701 180
Terreu Gascon, Miquel (Technical Coordinator)
e-mail: 4eshs@iec.cat
4th International Conference
of the European Society for the History of Science
Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010
First Circular
Hosted by
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica(SCHCT)
Website:
http://4eshs.iec.cat
THE CIRCULATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Historiography has recently acknowledged that circulation of ideas and techniques plays a central role in the understanding of their evolution. Given that science and technology are international achievements, their dissemination could be the most distinctive element in their construction. Circulation is not a simple change of geographical place; it carries with it epistemological and philosophical changes as a result of the crossing of cultural and political boundaries. Networks cover a wide range of local settings, actors, institutions and interests, both in the production of new science and technology, and in the reception and appropriation of known science and technology.
The conference should stimulate studies and debates about the dissemination of science and technology: first, the circulation of ideas, theories, methods and practices; second, of objects, instruments, machines, artefacts, seeds, plants, minerals, drawings, illustrations, inscriptions, paintings…; third, of texts: manuscripts, printed books, textbooks, journals, letters, book notes; fourth, of scientists and technicians around the world in “grand tours”, trips for leisure, lecturing, business and industrial espionage; and fifth, of information about institutional organization, transmission of knowledge and the influence of local contexts, among others.
The organizers encourage all scholars to submit proposals for scientific sessions, symposia and individual papers related to the topic of the Conference.
1· Scientific Activities
- Plenary lectures given by invited experts;
- Sections covering the history of science, technology and medicine from antiquity to the present;
- Symposia devoted to themes of current interest;
- Poster sessions.
The XI Trobada d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica of the SCHCT will be held on November 21st 2010 as a satellite event of the 4th International Conference of the ESHS.
2· Business Meetings
- General Assembly of the ESHS
- General Assembly of the SCHCT (November 21st)
3· Practicalities
3.1· Dates
November 18th - 20th 2010
3.2· Venue
Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Carme, 47 – Barcelona)
3.3· Languages
The official language is English. Papers in any other language can't be accepted.
3.4· Abstract submissions
Abstracts can be sent filling in this Submission Form. No more than one paper per person as first author will be accepted. All abstracts will be submitted to a peer review process.
Papers reaching the Conference Secretariat after the deadline of February 1st 2010 will not be accepted.
3.4.1· Symposia
To submit a symposium abstract to the Conference Secretariat, fill in the Submission Form ticking the "Symposium" option and giving the following information: names and affiliation of the expected participants, one contact e-mail, a title and a short general abstract (about 200 - 300 words).
The deadline for symposium abstracts is November 30th 2009. Symposium proposals submitted afterwards will not be accepted.
3.5· Accommodation
The venue of the Conference (IEC) is in the city centre. Many hotels are available in this area. In addition, this area is very well connected with public transport (see the map). Therefore, no especial list of hotels will be offered. If you have any doubt, please contact the Conference Secretariat.
3.6· Registration Fees
Both on-line and off-line registrations will be open in January 2010.
Registration fees:
150 € Before May 31st 2010
225 € After May 31st 2010
3.7· Grants
The Local Organizing Committee will provide free registration or accommodation grants to some participants. In allocating this support, preference will be given to applicants facing economic difficulties, as well as young scholars.
Under no circumstances will the LOC contribute to travel expenses.
Ap8licants should send their Curriculum Vitae and an explanatory letter to the Conference Secretariat before February 1st 2010. Successful applicants will be informed by May 3rd 2010.
3.8· Further Information
This Website will be frequently updated in order to keep participants informed about any changes or news related to the Conference organization.
3.9· Important Dates
Deadline for symposia proposals | November 30th 2009 |
2nd Circular (Call for Papers, Grant and Registr. Info) | January 11th 2010 |
Deadline for confirmation of accepted symposia | January 11th 2010 |
Deadline for grant application | February 1st 2010 |
Deadline for abstract submission | February 1st 2010 |
Deadline for confirmation of grant applications | May 3rd 2010 |
Deadline for confirmation of accepted papers | May 3rd 2010 |
Deadline for early registration | May 31st 2010 |
3rd Circular (Schedule, Preliminary Program) | October 18th 2010 |
Abstracts on the web | October 18th 2010 |
Opening of the Conference | November 18th 2010 |
4· Committees
4.1· International Program Committee
Kragh, Helge (University of Aarhus)
Arrizabalaga, Jon | CSIC, Barcelona |
Barona, Josep L. | UV, València |
Bernabeu, Josep | UA, Alacant |
Bertomeu, José Ramon | UV, València |
Bruneau, Olivier | UN, Nantes |
Calvo, Ángel | UB, Barcelona |
Camarasa, Josep M. | IEC, Barcelona |
Capel, Horacio | UB, Barcelona |
Catalá Gorgues, Jesús
| CARDENAL HERRERA CEU, València |
Débarbat, Suzanne | Observatoire de Paris |
Fox, Robert | MHS, Oxford |
Gariboldi, Leonardo | US, Milano |
Granada, Miguel A. | UB, Barcelona |
Grapí Vilumara, Pere | UAB, Barcelona |
Hunger, Hermann | AAS, Wien |
Jacquart, Danielle | EPHE, Paris |
Knobloch, Eberhard | TU, Berlin |
Kokowski, Michal | PAS, Kraków |
Kvasz, Ladislav | CU, Bratislava |
Herran, Néstor | UAB, Barcelona |
Leitão, Henrique | UL, Lisboa |
Lusa, Guillermo | UPC, Barcelona |
Martínez-Vidal, Àlvar | UAB, Barcelona |
Massa-Esteve, M. Rosa | UPC, Barcelona |
Molero, Jorge | UAB, Barcelona |
Mülberger, Annette, | UAB, Barcelona |
Navarro Brotons, Víctor | UV, València |
Navarro Veguillas, Luis | UB, Barcelona |
Neuenschwander, Erwin | UZ, Zürich |
Nieto-Galan, Agustí | UAB, Barcelona |
Pardo Tomás, José | CSIC, Barcelona |
Perdiguero, Enric | UMH, Elx |
Piqueras, Mercè | SCHCT, Barcelona |
Pisano, Raffaele | UN, Nantes |
Presas-Puig, Albert | UPF, Barcelona / MPIWG, Berlin |
Puig, Roser | UB, Barcelona |
Puig-Pla, Carles | UPC, Barcelona |
Rius, Mònica | UB, Barcelona |
Roca-Rosell, Antoni | UPC, Barcelona |
Roqué, Xavier | UAB, Barcelona |
Rosselló, Vicenç | UV, València |
Ruiz Castell, Pedro | UAB, Barcelona |
Sallent Del Colombo, Emma | UB, Barcelona |
Sánchez Miñana, Jesús | UPM, Madrid |
Strbanova, Sona | Ich, Praha |
Vamos, Eva | HMST, Budapest |
Werrett, Simon | UW, Washington |
Zarzoso, Alfons | MHM, Terrassa |
4.2· Local Organizing Committee
Grapí Vilumara, Pere | UAB, Barcelona |
Massa-Esteve, M. Rosa, UPC | UPC, Barcelona |
Pardo Tomás, José | CSIC, Barcelona |
Piqueras, Mercè | SCHCT, Barcelona |
Puig, Roser | UB, Barcelona |
Puig-Pla, Carles | UPC, Barcelona |
Rius, Mònica | UB, Barcelona |
Roca-Rosell, Antoni | UPC, Barcelona |
Sallent Del Colombo, Emma | UB, Barcelona |
4.3· Conference Secretariat
Carme 47, Barcelona E-08001
Fax: +34 932 701 180
Terreu Gascon, Miquel (Technical Coordinator)
e-mail: 4eshs@iec.cat
