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Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

Berlin

Doctoral fellowship in the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Berlin)

Predoctoral position for one or two years (with possible extension). Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply. The position is awarded in conjunction with the research project The Construction of Norms in 17th to 19th Century in Europe and the United States.

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Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Temporary researcher-lecturer position in the History of Physics (17th-20th centuries)

Université de Lille 1

L’Université de Lille 1 recrute un ATER en soixante-douzième section « Histoire de la Physique (17e-20e s.) » pour le 1er octobre 2012.

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Visiting Fellows in Centre for History and Philosophy of Science (Leeds)

History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds announces Visiting Fellows Programme.

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London

Board of Longitude project

Digital resources engagement officer

Royal Museums Greenwich in partnership with Cambridge University is developing a JISC-funded project, "Navigating 18th-Century Science and Technology: The Board of Longitude", which will create an online resource based on the extraordinary archives of the British Board of Longitude (1714-1828). The proposed resource will draw on and make links between important collections held at Cambridge University Library (CUL) and Royal Museum's Greenwich (RMG). A key role in the development and delivery of the project will be the one-year, full-time position of Digital Resources Engagement Officer, who will forge the links between the partner collections and create engaging digital learning resources for a broad audience base.

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Scholarship, prize and job offer - Early modern

Grenoble

Allocation doctorale : enjeux intellectuels et sociaux d’une controverse en histoire des sciences

et / ou en histoire de la philosophie, Fin XVIe siècle – début XVIIIe siècle

Une allocation doctorale est proposée par l’ED 487 (Lyon III, ENS de Lyon, Grenoble II). La thèse financée devra relever du thème général « enjeux intellectuels et sociaux d’une controverse en histoire des sciences et / ou en histoire de la philosophie (fin XVIe siècle – début XVIIIe siècle) ». Pour plus de renseignements, il est possible de contacter Sophie Roux (Sophie.Roux@upmf-grenoble.fr).

mar

Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

Sigerist-Prize for the promotion of young scholars in the history of medicine and science (2012)

Le prix récompense des jeunes auteurs (moins de 36 ans) d’excellents travaux en histoire de la médecine ou des sciences naturelles qui sont en relation avec la Suisse, sur le plan de l’auteur, de l’institution ou du contenu.

fév

Cambridge

Two post doc positions in History and Philosophy of Social Science

The History and Philosophy Department (University of Cambridge) is seeking to appoint two post-doctoral research associates for the ERC-funded project 'A Science of Human Nature: Philosophical Disputes at the Interface of Natural and Social Science', recently awarded to Dr Tim Lewens.