Call for Nominations: The Marjorie Grene Prize is intended to advance
the careers of younger scholars. It is awarded every two years for the
best manuscript based on a presentation at one of the two previous
ISHPSSB meetings by someone who was, at the time of presentation, a
graduate student. Deadline: 1 February 2021.
https://bit.ly/39gPiyv
Call for Nominations: The Werner Callebaut Prize is intended to
advance the careers of younger scholars working at the intersection of
the fields represented by the ISHPSSB, and is awarded to the best
manuscript utilizing an interdisciplinary approach based on a
presentation at one of the two previous ISHPSSB meetings by someone
who was, at the time of presentation, a graduate student. Deadline: 1
February 2021.
https://bit.ly/30Eyo8P
Postdoc: The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto
invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning
September 2020. This position is part of the Templeton-funded project
"Agency in Living Systems," with Denis Walsh as local supervisor.
Deadline: 1 August 2020.
https://bit.ly/3eOVBKH
Postdoc: The Philosophy Department at Warsaw University of Technology,
Poland, invites applications for two full-time postdoc positions (24
months). The positions are connected to the project "Theory
Construction and the Empirical Social and Behavioral Sciences,"
supervised by Frank Zenker. Deadline: 12 August 2020.
https://bit.ly/2ZRBveB (Position 1)
https://bit.ly/3jsOjzV (Position 2)
Job: The Max Planck Society and Freie Universität Berlin (Department
of History and Cultural Studies and Department of Philosophy and
Humanities) are seeking to appoint a Professor of the History of
Science / the History of Knowledge, who would also be responsible for
leading a research group at the Max Planck Institute for the History
of Science. Deadline: 21 August 2020.
https://bit.ly/39uTyut
Topical Collection: "Microbes, Networks, Knowledge: Disease Ecology in
the 20th Century," in the journal History and Philosophy of the Life
Sciences. The collection has an open-access introduction that
considers some of the issues around emerging diseases and the COVID-19
pandemic.
https://bit.ly/2OMvUzU
Book: Anne Fausto-Sterling, *Sexing the Body* (revised edition with
new material).
https://bit.ly/2B2XiGl
Trevor Pearce
Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and
Social Studies of Biology
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