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AAHPSSS Conference

Call for papers: Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science Conference 

November 13-15, 2019

Victoria University of Wellington (Aotearoa New Zealand)

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 16th August, 2019

We are pleased to announce the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science will hold their next conference at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, from November 13–15, 2019.

Submissions for papers are invited from scholars working in any area related to the history, philosophy, and social studies of science, medicine or technology. 

Titles of papers together with abstracts of up to 250 words should be submitted here by the 16th August 2019. The conference theme is open. 

However, submissions might speak to topics such as 

  • indigenous perspectives and science; 
  • innovation; 
  • science and technology in the Pacific; 
  • theorising science from the South; 
  • interdisciplinary engagement and contemporary issues in science and technology; 
  • the body in STM. 

Suggestions for themed panels are also welcome; please send proposals to a member of the executive.

Postgraduate students are encouraged to submit proposals and invited to apply for an Ian Langham Bursary for partial travel support. Please see our website for more detail and send all proposals to the Secretary, Martin Bush secretary@aahpsss.net.au, by 11 October 2019.

More information about registration, location, transport and accommodation will be distributed via the mailing list, and will appear in due course on the AAHPSSS conference page. 

Please see the following link for the original CFP: https://aahpsss.net.au/call-for-papers-australasian-association-for-the-history-philosophy-and-social-studies-of-science-conference-%EF%BB%BF/