Online Conference “Thomas Samuel Kuhn versus Nicolaus Copernicus and the Copernican revolution”.

Online Conference “Thomas Samuel Kuhn versus Nicolaus Copernicus and the Copernican revolution”. 550th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. 15 March 2023 (Wednesday). Time: 16:30–18:30 CET – Central European Time Equivalent time: 10:30–12:30 CDT – Central Daylight Time (Norman, Oklahoma, USA) Institutional organizers: • Komisja Historii Nauki PAU (Commission on the History of Science, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences); • Pracownia Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN (Science-of-Science and Science Studies Research Unit, Institute for the History for Science, Polish Academy of Sciences). Program • 16:30–17:30 (CET – Central European Time): Prof. Peter Barker (Department of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA), “Islamicate Science after 1500 as Kuhnian Normal Science: What is Missing from the Copernican Revolution Account of the History of Science?” Paper and discussion. • 17:30–18:30 (CET – Central European Time): Prof. Michał Kokowski (Institute for the History for Science, Polish Academy of Sciences), “Thomas Samuel Kuhn: Nicolaus Copernicus and the Copernican Revolution – Historical Facts and Interpretations, Strengths and Weaknesses of the Kuhnian Approaches”. Paper and discussion. Join a Zoom meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83486662085?pwd=RDhjQ2t2RmdITkZFM256MzRQdXcyQT09 . Meeting ID: 834 8666 2085 Access code: 339801

call for articles: Rethinking Intellectual History: Capitalising on Eclecticism,

call for articles: Rethinking Intellectual History: Capitalising on Eclecticism, 2/2023, Forum Historiae. Journal and Portal for History and Related Disciplines Issue: Rethinking Intellectual History: Capitalising on Eclecticism Issue Editors: Matej Ivančík, László Vörös Abstract: While intellectual history carries a brand of an elitist approach, thanks to vigorous efforts to counter such a notion, it has considerably improved its standing. More accurately, one can say it has found its ways into both various approaches as well as local historiographies’ very own challenges. This endeavour could be witnessed as traceable in many directions. Intellectual history’s entanglements with global history, its turn towards de-Westernising the canon, and more recently—although far from sufficiently—the gender perspectives have all shown the field’s adaptability. Among many others, these contributions attempted to prove intellectual history’s viability and academic prowess. There is, however, rather a strong motivation to enhance the field’s outreach even further beyond broadening the “basket of subjects.” Thus, the issue’s aim is to suggest areas and approaches to this endeavour. Intellectual history revolves to a large extent around the corpus, i.e. the canonical texts. While we do not question its primacy, we invite authors to broaden the source textual basis relevant for the field. Furthermore, East-Central European historiography’s relatively young intellectual history endeavours witness, by and large, an encompassment of other dominant approaches, mainly political and social history. Our aim is to take advantage of this predicament and use it to enrich the local intellectual historiography’s standing. In other words, we encourage authors to scrutinise areas and approaches of entanglements and crossovers which allow intellectual history to benefit from the very critique of its fundamentals. Both theoretical and case studies are welcomed. The preferred topics may include, but are not limited to: - The question of insufficient focus on sources and de-canonisation of intellectual history - Epistemological challenges—bringing other methodological approaches (oral history, history of science, political-institutional history etc.) on board with intellectual history - Broadening the scope of analytical tools in intellectual history and history of social and political thought - Intellectual history’s entanglements with political, social, cultural and gender history; deficits, challenges and visions - Intellectual history’s adaptability in the East Central European historiography - Broadening of the corpus of intellectual history - The intellectual history of transitions, crises and transformations and the utilisation of non-canonical sources - Intellectual history and world systems theory with a focus on peripheries and semi-peripheries - Intellectual history’s entanglements with conceptual history and discourse analysis - Case studies that employ, problematize or rethink methodological approaches, analytical tools and/or selection of sources of intellectual history and history of social and political thought - Case studies that employ or invite intellectual history approaches in political, social, cultural or gender history Submissions deadline: 31 May 2023 Submissions: Language: English Length: 15 to 30 standard pages (1800 characters per page) Style: submissions must follow the “Style Manual for the Authors” (Manuscripts that do not comply will be rejected or returned upon receiving for correction). The articles will be published after a double-blind peer-review process. Submit manuscripts in MS Word format (.rtf, .doc or .docx) via Submission form (https://www.forumhistoriae.sk/en/webform/article-submission). Editors' contact: matej.ivancik@uniba.sk histvoro@savba.sk Download: CfP 2/2023 (.pdf) (https://www.forumhistoriae.sk/sites/default/files/cfp2-2023_0_0.pdf)

Call for Papers: Knowing the planet: environment, technology, and development in the 19th and 20th centuries

Call for Papers: Knowing the planet: environment, technology, and development in the 19th and 20th centuries. European University Institute, Florence, Italy, Friday 26 January 2024 Convenors Ismay Milford (Leipzig), Corentin Gruffat (EUI), Corinna Unger (EUI) Argument This one-day workshop will interrogate the relationship between environment and technology in developmental projects, practices, and discourses during the 19th and 20th centuries. While histories of environment and histories of technology have each moved in exciting, interdisciplinary directions in recent years, there has been little work analysing the relationship between environment and technology in global history. Meanwhile, there is growing recognition of the entanglements between empire and environmental exploitation, and the origins of environmentalism in (post)colonial societies, but we lack understanding of competing ideas and how they played out. Histories of development are expanding their remit beyond self-described, large-scale projects of the 20th century, inviting a longer term approach that could address these issues. All these scholarly shifts are important to a deeper historicization of environmental knowledge in the context of global climate crisis. Bringing together case studies from different geographical settings across the 19th and 20th centuries, the workshop will ask: What role has technology played in the production of environmental knowledge? What role has environmental knowledge played in the politics of ‘progress’? We interpret all three key terms – environment, technology, development – expansively. Pushing back against a distinction between human-made technologies and the non-human environment, we emphasise co-production, the role of less tangible technologies (techniques, systems, tools) and anthropogenic environments. Equally, ‘development’ here encompasses projects and discourses relating to societal ‘improvement’ or ‘progress’ in all guises. To assess the usefulness of relevant concepts, we seek contributions from broad vantage points and intend to avoid the reproduction of Eurocentric interpretations of environment, technology, or development. We thus welcome critical, multi-disciplinary perspectives on the applicability of these concepts in different spaces and languages; we hope to bring different historiographies into conversation. Proposals may address (but need not be confined to) the following: Changing approaches to specialist, ‘expert’, and ‘local’ knowledge about the planet Versions of, and challenges to, the pervasive notion that technology produces environmental knowledge, which results in progress Techniques as technology; statistics, data, and their production; scholarly disciplines ‘Low-tech’ technologies, tools, and material culture Race, gender, class, and inequality in the making of environmental knowledge Concepts of optimisation, efficiency, innovation, standardisation, incommensurability, and their histories Alternative environmental epistemologies; imaginations of past and future in the environment-technology nexus Actors in the making of environmental knowledge: technicians, scientists, and clerks; business, finance, and entrepreneurs; institutions, organisations, and the state Envirotechnical systems, environing technologies, anthropisation through technology Submission guidelines We plan for a one-day workshop, in person, at the European University Institute, Florence, taking accessibility concerns into account. There will be limited funding available to cover costs; participants without access to institutional funding will be prioritised. Please send proposals consisting of a title, short abstract (max 400 words), and one-page CV (or short biographical statement) as a single pdf file to ismay.milford@uni-leipzig.de AND corentin.gruffat@eui.eu BY 15 MAY 2023. We will respond to all applicants by 30 June 2023. We are considering developing a publication based on workshopped papers. We will ask presenters to pre-circulate short papers (2000 words), where possible, ahead of the workshop. Queries can be sent to Ismay Milford.

What Good Is Philosophy? - Ukraine Benefit Conference

What Good Is Philosophy? - Ukraine Benefit Conference (from Aaron J. Wendland) Dear Friends, How are you? As Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College London, I am organizing a major online benefit event for the Ukrainian academy, entitled: ‘What Good Is Philosophy? – The Role of the Academy in a Time of Crisis’. Here is the link: https://civic.ukma.edu.ua/benefit/ Keynotes will be delivered by world-renowned author, Margaret Atwood, one of the most celebrated scholars of Ukrainian history, Timothy Snyder, and two of Ukraine’s preeminent public intellectuals, Mychailo Wynnyckyj and Volodymyr Yermolenko. Lectures will also be given by some of the most influential philosophers writing today, including Peter Adamson, Elizabeth Anderson, Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Agnes Callard, Quassim Cassam, Tim Crane, Simon Critchley, David Enoch, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Sally Haslanger, Angie Hobbs, Barry Lam, Melissa Lane, Dominic Lopes, Kate Manne, Jeff McMahan, Jennifer Nagel, Philip Pettit, Kieran Setiya, Jason Stanley, Timothy Williamson, and Jonathan Wolff. The conference will be produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and it will be broadcast on their YouTube channel on 17-19 March 2023. It can also be streamed here: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/kma-conference ‘What Good Is Philosophy? – A Benefit Conference for Ukraine’ aims to raise the funds required to establish a Centre for Civic Engagement at Kyiv Mohyla Academy. This Centre will provide support for academic and civic institutions in Ukraine to counteract the destabilizing impact that Russia’s invasion has had on Ukrainian higher education and civilian life. By assisting Ukrainian students and scholars today, this Centre will also help pave the way for a vibrant and engaged post-war Ukraine. This benefit conference is designed to provide individual academics, members of the public, colleges and universities, professional associations, charitable foundations, and private companies with a way to support students, scholars, and civic institutions in Ukraine. With that said, you can make a one-time tax-deductible donation here: https://civic.ukma.edu.ua/donate/ You can also help assist the academy in Ukraine by sharing this post and/or posting the following link to your various social media accounts: https://civic.ukma.edu.ua/benefit/ Finally, thank you very much for all your time and consideration. I certainly appreciate your support, and I’m sure my Ukrainian colleagues do, too! And most importantly, I hope all is well with you! Sincerely, -Aaron

CALL FOR PAPERS Conference “Connecting three worlds: health & socialism in the Cold War ”

CALL FOR PAPERS Conference “Connecting three worlds: health & socialism in the Cold War ” Funded by the Wellcome Trust Berlin, Germany, June 14th- 16th, 2023 Organizers: Dora Vargha, Sarah Marks and Edna Suárez-Díaz Keynote: Sean Brotherton (NYU) This conference is organized under the auspices of the Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award “Connecting three worlds: socialism, medicine and global health after WW2”. The project aims to push the boundaries of the history of global health by identifying the particular health cultures produced by socialism. It is clear, however, that to write the history of how socialism has shaped the health cultures of countries around the world we need to go beyond the identification of socialism with the state and identify certain common practices, values, and ways of organization in medicine, public health, and biomedicine that gave shape to different versions of socialism. In our working definitions, we have included the distinction between ‘socialist by default’ and ‘socialist by design’(Savelli 2018) to describe practices in health and medicine, suitable to describe the overall context of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Cuba, and China after WW2 -also commonly called “real existing socialisms”. “Socialism”, however, is a flexible category, and conditions changed rapidly and radically during the cold war period, as it was the case for some African countries in the decades after decolonization; for which we have added the concept of ‘intermittent socialisms’. What happens in places where socialism takes place outside of the state? Often, the constellation of socialist networks, practices, and institutions that have shaped the long history of social medicine, as is the case in Latin America, have taken place in the interstices of the state. Social democrats, socialist planners, self-declared communist physicians, and progressive left-wing activists —among them women— squeezed their values, practices, and policies into local projects around health care, sometimes even within some of the most notable developmentalist programs and institutions. For those cases, we can also talk about a socialism in the interstices. How do these socialist networks, practices and institutions relate to those of state socialisms, or where socialism in some form was endorsed by political leadership? How does the inclusion of various socialist health practices, their relationships and exchanges challenge our ideas of national and international histories of health? This latter question becomes especially crucial when we consider how international conflicts, whether economic, diplomatic, or military overlapped and interacted with tensions over class, ethnicity, and nationalism. This conference aims to bring together scholars studying situated, highly localized experiences in various regions of the globe, while emphasizing the very international nature of socialist networks and values, and the unexpected connections rising through those collaborations. In telling these stories, we aim to transcend the received periodization and the bipolar confrontation between the US and the USSR, expanding the history of socialist health in the First, Second and Third Worlds. Participants will be invited to submit their paper to an edited volume, to be published with a leading academic publisher. We will be able to contribute to travel costs and accommodation and cover full expenses for early career researchers. Please send your title, abstract of 300-500 words, and CV to vivienne.bates@exeter.ac.uk by March 20. More information about the project can be found at https://connecting3worlds.org/ Sarah Marks (Birkbeck, University of London) Edna Suarez-Diaz (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Dora Vargha (University of Exeter/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ----------- Prof. Dora Vargha Professor of History and Medical Humanities

CFP International conference “Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period”

CFP International conference “Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period,” will be held on October 5-6, 2023 at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania in Vilnius in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation. Conference website: https://konferencijos.lnb.lt/printing-centers-and-peripheries/en/ We invite submissions that investigate the 15th- and 18th-century publishing: The development of printing press centers and peripheries. Roles of authors, publishers, distributors, readers, and custodians in the production and dissemination of a printed book. Publishing activities and their impact on the dissemination of knowledge and culture. The printing press market in the early modern period: business strategies and the economics of book production and distribution. Signs of a reading culture in printed book. The application of digital humanities approaches to the study of printing press history and the use of digital tools for the analysis of printed materials. Follow us on social media for rewgular updates: https://www.facebook.com/mazvydoskaitymai

Fasora Lukáš, Sobotka Jaromír: Dějiny Biologického ústavu Lékařské fakulty Masarykovy univerzity [History of the Institute for Biology of the Medical Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno].

Fasora Lukáš, Sobotka Jaromír: Dějiny Biologického ústavu Lékařské fakulty Masarykovy univerzity [History of the Institute for Biology of the Medical Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno]. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita 2022. ISBN: 978-80-280-0168-1 Reprezentativní kniha o historii i současnosti jednoho z nejstarších ústavů Lékařské fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, který od počátku významně přispívá k rozvoji biologických věd. Ústav je spjat se jmény velkých osobností – Edwarda Babáka, Františka Karla Studničky, Jana Bělehrádka, Ferdinanda Herčíka a dalších –, jeho zakladatelé stáli u zrodu Československé biologické společnosti. Život a fungování ústavu stejně jako osudy jednotlivých akademiků odrážely společenskou situaci v naší zemi. Biologický ústav dnes, vedle výuky českých i zahraničních studentů, zajišťuje koordinaci mezinárodního Ph.D. programu biomedicínské vědy, vědečtí pracovníci ústavu se v jeho rámci významně podílejí na postgraduálním vzdělávání. Výzkumné skupiny jsou zapojeny do mezinárodních a národních grantových projektů a řada vědců je členy mezinárodních konsorcií. Příběh více jak stoleté historie Biologického ústavu autorů Lukáše Fasory a Jaromíra Sobotky doprovází množství dobových i současných fotografií, medailony přednostů ústavu a zajímavosti dokreslující pestrou cestu, kterou ústav i naše země prošly.