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• 01 nov 2006

  Los Angeles

  Call for papers - Science studies

  Collecting across Cultures in the Early Modern World

  The conference organizers invite proposals for papers examining aspects of collecting as a global and transcultural phenomenon in the period ca. 1450 to ca. 1850.

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• 01 sep 2006

  Oxford

  Miscellaneous information - Science studies

  Contrats d'un an au Musée d'histoire des sciences d'Oxford

  The Museum of the History of Science, which houses a collection ofscientific instruments of international importance, has been awarded aDesignation Challenge Fund grant by the Museums, Libraries and ArchivesCouncil for a research project entitled ‘Small Worlds’. It is now invitingapplications for two posts of Researcher for the project, one of whom willconcentrate on cataloguing microscopes, the other microscopical specimens.The officers will be involved with mounting on-line presentations of thecollections and a special exhibition. The successful candidates willpossess relevant degrees and a proven interest in the technical andcultural history of early scientific instruments. The officer formicroscopical specimens is likely to have a relevant background in thebiological sciences.

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