[ATHENA] CFP - 10th ESHS conference: Science policy and the politics of science, Brussels, 7-10 September 2022

[Brigitte Van Tiggelen <vantiggelen AT memosciences.be>]

Chers toutes et tous,

Ci-après un appel à contribution pour le prochain congrès de la Société Européenne d'Histoire des Sciences. N'hésitez pas à diffuser largement dans vos réseaux.

Bien cordialement,

Brigitte Van Tiggelen

___________________

    Dear colleagues,

In 2022, the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) will host its tenth biannual conference. This year’s edition will take place in Brussels, Belgium, and is organised by the National Committee for Logic, History and Philosophy of Science (NCLHPS) of Belgium.

    Theme:
    
    The theme of the ESHS 2022 conference will be Science Policy and the
    Politics of Science, a topic with a particular resonance over these
    past years. The outbreak of Covid-19 has called attention to the
    shifting legitimacy of science-based expertise and the reliance on
    expert authority in policy-making by state and national governments.
    Clearly, this serves as an indication for a need to understand the
    role of scientists and scholars in society within a broader
    historical frame.
    
    From a historiographical viewpoint, the conference will be an
    opportunity to showcase the latest investigations of scientific
    institutions across time and space. Beyond the traditional views on
    history of science governance and management, recent studies have
    enhanced our understanding of scientific knowledge and practice from
    global, epistemological, and gendered perspectives, encompassing new
    experimental and digital methodologies.
    
    We welcome proposals on all periods, geographic locations, and areas
    of specialisation, addressing topics including, but not limited to,
    the following:
    
    ·      Institutions, places, and spaces of scientific knowledge:
    centre and peripheries
    
    ·      Patronage and science funding: public and private interests
    
    ·      Theory and practice in scientific and technical expertise
    
    ·      Material, visual, and textual cultures in the
    institutionalisation of the sciences
    
    ·      Circulation and networks of scientific knowledge
    
    ·      Colonial histories and heritage in the sciences
    
    ·      Gender and ethnicity in scientific institutions and
    leadership
    
    ·      Trials and standardisation in science making
    
    ·      Openness and secrecy in the dissemination of scientific
    knowledge
    
    ·      Amateur scholarship, lay practice, and citizen science
    
    ·      Trust and authority in scientific discourse and policy
    
    ·      Scientific movements, ideologies, and related
    historiographical narratives
    
    Submission
    
    We welcome submissions for individual papers as well as symposia
    which combine 3 or 4 papers. Proposals should be submitted by
    filling in the relevant template (in attachment), which can also be
    found on the website. 
    
    For Symposium proposals:
    
    To submit your symposium proposal, send the filled-in template as an
    attached file by email with subject line: “ESHS 2022 Symposium
    Proposal” to eshsbrussels AT gmail.com
    
    Symposium applicants should not also submit an individual paper
    proposal, unless they have been notified of the rejection of the
    symposium proposal. The status of the symposium proposal will be
    announced well before the closure of the call for papers.
    
    The deadline for symposium proposals is 31 December 2021, 23:59 CET.
    
    For Paper proposals:
    
    To submit your paper proposal, send the filled-in template as an
    attached file by email with subject line: “ESHS 2022 Paper Proposal”
    to eshsbrussels AT gmail.com
    
    The deadline for paper proposals is 21 February 2022, 23:59 CET.
    
    We particularly encourage proposals that foster gender–equality and
    diversity, including researchers with various institutional
    affiliations, at diverse stages of their professional careers, with
    different geographical origins, and from underrepresented groups.
    
    For further information:
      https://eshsbrussels2022.com/
    
    We look forward to welcoming you in Brussels in September 2022.
    
    For the Organizing committee,
    
    Brigitte Van Tiggelen