Scholarship: “Johann-Lorenz-Bausch Fellowship” 2020 (Deadline 31 January 2020)

The Leopoldina Akademie Freundeskreis e.V. announces the “Johann-Lorenz-Bausch Fellowship” for 2020. Johann Lorenz Bausch (1605-1665) founded the Academia naturae curiosorum, the Leopoldina, on 1 January 1652 in Schweinfurt together with four other physicians. This makes it the oldest continuously existing academy of medicine and the natural sciences in the world. The Leopoldina was appointed as the German National Academy of Sciences on 14 July 2008. It addresses key issues of particular significance for the future of society from a scientific perspective and independently of economic or political interests, shares its findings with policymakers and the public, and puts these issues up for discussion on a national and international level. In addition, it takes on the classic tasks of an academy by carrying out research, for example in the field of the history of science, and promoting young scientists and researchers.

Target group and possible topics

The fellowship is aimed at young scientists and researchers who work academically in the field of the history of science in a narrower or wider sense. This announcement is not restricted to specific disciplines or methodical approaches. The place of work for the duration of the fellowship is the Leopoldina Centre for Science Studies in Halle (Saale). During your research you have access to the extensive collection at the Leopoldina library and archives as well as the local and regional libraries and archives. You can find a list of the research subjects currently being pursued at the Leopoldina Centre of Studies here: https://www.leopoldina.org/ueber-uns/zentrum-fuer-wissenschaftsforschung/

Other subjects that deal with history of science, the academy’s history, its publications and its members’ works and contributions are also possible though.

Services and funding

The scholarship grant is €5,000 maximum. The grant can be awarded for a period of up to four months and amounts to €1,250 a month. The Leopoldina Centre of Studies assists fellows logistically. It provides the necessary working environment for the fellows’ work and facilitates exchange with other ongoing research projects and Leopoldina members.

Application requirements

A full application includes the following documents:

• Project description (max. 2 DIN A4 pages) with detailed description of the work to be carried out at the Leopoldina in Halle
• Academic curriculum vitae
• List of publications, if applicable
• Informal letter of recommendation

Application deadline and process

Please send your application with the enclosed documents mentioned above to the following address by 31 January 2020:

Leopoldina Akademie Freundeskreis e.V. Postfach 11 05 43 06019 Halle (Saale)

freundeskreis@leopoldina.org

An academic selection committee will shortlist the candidates soon after the application deadline.

For more information see: http://www.freundeskreis-leopoldina.de/bausch-stipendium/. Please do not hesitate to contact the Director of the Leopoldina Centre for Science Studies Prof. Dr. Rainer Godel if you have any questions: rainer.godel@leopoldina.org

Call for Papers: Maps and Colours, Hamburg, 05.11.2020 - 06.11.2020, Deadline 01.03.2020

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the three-year joint research project "Coloured Maps" (2018–2021), involving the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures and the Mineralogical Museum, Center of Natural History (CeNak) (both University of Hamburg), the Hanseatic Business Archive Foundation and the Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg. Applying methods from the material sciences and with art- and cultural-historical approaches, the research group analyses hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps from European and East Asian areas, produced between the 15th and 20th century. Our research focuses on the function of colour, technical aspects and colour production, but also on the historico-cultural classification of selected maps.

In the framework of our research project, we are organizing a workshop with a cross-cultural approach to discuss the material nature and meaning of colours on maps.

We want to discuss maps and colours, methods and discourses, colourants and analytical approaches. We will focus on European and Asian maps between 15th and 19th century but are also interested in debating maps from other areas.

In correspondence with the multidisciplinary approach of our research project, we invite contributions from various fields of research such as the history of cartography, arts, technology, science as well as scholars from restauration, cultural, visual and material studies. Work in progress contributions are as welcome as finalized results.

Topics might include, among others

- colour codes and colour systems on maps

- early colour prints

- map colouring technologies

- colour and materiality of maps

- materials for colouring maps: pigments and dyes

- commercial interest in colouring maps

- local colours on local maps

- the use of specific colours on maps

- exchange of colour knowledge

- case studies for the identification of colours on maps

Please send your proposal in English (up to 500 words) and a 1-page CV before 1st March 2020 to diana.lange@hu-berlin.de. Notification of acceptance will be given by 18th March.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact: Diana Lange (Asian maps), Benjamin van der Linde (European maps; general information) or Peter Zietlow (natural sciences).

Diana Lange, Museum am Rothenbaum “MARKK” (diana.lange@hu-berlin.de)

Benjamin van der Linde, Hanseatic Business Archive Foundation of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce “SHWA” (Benjamin.vanderLinde@hk24.de)

Peter Zietlow, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)/University of Hamburg (peter.zietlow@uni-hamburg.de)

'SEFER' CENTER INTERNATIONAL GRANT FOR THE RESEARCH ON HISTORY AND CULTURE OF RUSSIAN JEWRY IN DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIODS

SEFER Center awards grants to support research projects in multiple disciplines on Russian Jewry. The subject of the research may comprise different aspects of Jewish history and culture within the territory of former Russian Empire during various historical periods from the ancient times till post-soviet contemporary period. The grant covers the entire variety of humanitarian and social areas (history, literature, linguistics, art history, education, philosophy, religion studies, sociology, political science etc.), as well as interdisciplinary studies. The Center provides researchers, teachers and PhD students with financial support for implementation of academic researches, preparation of monographs, articles and dissertation theses. The grant program is intended for researches from Russia and abroad, including Europe, USA and Canada, Israel and Australia.This project has been made possible with the support of Genesis Philanthropy Group.

Selection Criteria

• appropriateness of the project proposal to eligibility and requirements of the grant
• originality and creativity of the research proposal
• independent experts' reviews about the scientific value of the submitted project

The SEFER Center research award recipients will be selected by a committee of independent experts specializing in the field of Russian and Eastern European Jews from Russia, Israel and the United States.

Eligibility and Requirements

Two types of research grants are open for applications:

а) Faculty Research Grants for the researchers with academic degree will not exceed 150 000 rubles (will be converted in US $) and will cover up to 50% of the total cost of the proposed research project.

b) Post-Graduate Students Research Grants for the PhD students and researchers without academic degree will not exceed 90 000 rubles (will be converted in US $) and may cover up to 100% of the total project cost.

The competition is open for researchers from Russia and abroad, including Europe, USA and Canada, Israel and Australia.

The grants cover following expenditure:

· Work at Russian and foreign archives and libraries to collect materials needed for the study (compensation of consular fees, travel and accommodation expenses, photocopy, as well as payments to invited experts, which cannot exceed 25% of the grant).

· Participation in international meetings and conferences on the chosen subject (compensation of travel and accommodation expenses and conference registration fees).

· Other events or activities, connected with the study.

Deadline and Proposal Submission Guidelines

Proposals must be submitted by Marсh, 31, 2020. Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed. 

Decisions will be announced by May, 15, 2020.

Each proposal must include the following:

1. Complete proposal form (download below)

2. Curriculum Vitae (up to 3 pages including main publications on the subject)

3. Short writing sample (full text of one of the latest publications on the subject-up to 20 pages). PhD students may provide an essay.

4. Two recommendation letters addressed directly to the Center (for PhD students and researchers without academic degree)

Download grant proposalform and grant agreement

Academic and Financial Report

The grantees are expected to complete their projects within two years after announcement of the decision – till May, 15, 2022.

The grant report should include:

• Detailed report on research results.
• List and full texts of published research papers or drafts of the unpublished works.
• Documents proving the supplementary funding (for the grantees with academic degree)

Grantees’ obligations:

1. The grantee agrees to present their research results as a paper at SEFER international conferences within one (1) year since the completion of the research..

2. Any research papers published with the support of the grant must include an acknowledgement:

“This work was supported by the SEFER Center International grant for  the research on  history and culture of Russian Jewry in different historical periods. This grant is provided within the program “Academic Jewish Studies in the FSU”, which has been made possible with the support of Genesis Philanthropy Group”.

Grant payment order:

The winners of the competition receive the grant as a single payment of the total amount of the grant approved by the SEFER Independent Committee.

The money is paid based on a written agreement between SEFER and the competition winner within 10 days since the agreement has been signed by both parties.

The scans of the required documents may be sent in advance via email sefer.center@gmail.com; the paper versions must be sent subsequently to the Center of Judeo-Slavic Studies, the RAS Institute of Slavic studies, 32 A, Leninsky Prospect, bld 2. r.808, 119334 Moscow, Russia. 119334, г. Москва, Ленинский проспект, 32-а, корпус "В", ком. 808, Центр славяно-иудаики Института славяноведения РАН.

Your questions are welcome at sefer.center@gmail.com

Contact persons: Irina Kopchenova.  

(PL) Call for Papers: XXXIV Konferencja z Historii Matematyki, 4–8 maja 2020, Będlewo, Deadline: early April 2020

Kolejna, XXXIV Konferencja z Historii Matematyki odbędzie się w Ośrodku Instytutu Matematycznego PAN (Centrum Banacha) w Będlewie w dniach 4–8.05.2020. Konferencja poświęcona będzie głównie historii matematyki polskiej, jednak możliwe będą też odczyty dotyczące innych zagadnień, np. jubileusze związane z historią matematyki, czy też historia matematyki światowej.

Zalecany jest przyjazd do Będlewa w niedzielę 3 maja 2020 roku po południu. Od tego dnia zarezerwowane będą pokoje dla uczestników konferencji.

Udział w konferencji i tytuły referatów proszę zgłaszać bezpośrednio na adres: witold.wieslaw@math.uni.wroc.pl, najpóźniej do połowy kwietnia 2020 roku.

Komitet Organizacyjny XXXIV Konferencji z Historii Matematyki:

Przewodniczący Komitetu Organizacyjnego: Witold Więsław  (Wrocław)

Lech Maligranda (Lulea) Roman Murawski (Poznań) Jan Strelcyn (Paryż)

Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on Science and Literature, 02-04 July 2020, Girona, Deadline: February 29th, 2020

Following the successful three International Conferences on Science and Literature which took place in Athens, Poellau and Paris, this Conference is the fourth to be organized under the aegis of the Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST. The fourth International Conference will be organized by the Càtedra Dr. Bofill de Ciències I Humanitats (Dr Bofill Chair on Science and the Humanities) integrated at the University of Girona (UdG) with the technical support of the Commission on Science and Literature. As it was the case with the first three Conferences, the fourth one does not have a specific theme, as its intent continues to be the creation of an open forum for all scholars interested in Science and Literature. Nevertheless, the Conference will be organized along thematic sessions. Those proposed by the Organizing Committee are:

• Science in Western Art
• Literature and Medicine
• Science and Religion
• Poetry and Science
• Scientific Genres in Science Fiction
• Mathematics, Physics and Literature
• Women in the History of Science
• Philosophy and Literature

Other themes, according to the papers accepted by the Scientific Committee, can be organized.

Proposals for individual papers or panels of three or four papers should be submitted from December 1st, 2019, until February 29th, 2020. They must include the title of the paper (or the theme of the panel), name and affiliation of the author(s), an abstract of no more than 350 words and a short CV.

Proposals and inquiries about practical matters may be sent to gvlahakis@yahoo.com and cgamez@unav.es.

An international scientific committee will review the submissions and notice of acceptance will be sent at the beginning of March 2020.

Juan Ortega will be the chair of the Local Organizing Committee.

Registration: March 1st to May 30th, 2020

Registration fees (include coffee, tea, refreshments and Conference material): 100 Euros

Fees for students and early career scholars: 50 Euros

Participants are asked to make their own arrangements concerning their accommodation in Girona, but the Conference organizers will publish useful information.Further information can be found in www.icscienceandliterature.com.

Call for Papers: XVII International Bakhtin conference "MIKHAIL BAKHTIN'S IDEAS AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE XXI CENTURY: FROM DIALOGIC IMAGINATION TO POLYPHONIC THINKING", National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, 6 - 11 July 2020, Deadline 1.03.2020

About conference

The main objectives of the conference: – to highlight and discuss the scientific, social and cultural importance of Bakhtin's creative heritage, the relevance of dialogue in today's multicultural world, the viability the thinker's ideas for the development of philosophy, philology and other disciplines in the humanities in the context of globalization and the transformation of the educational environment; to foster cooperation between domestic and international research centres, universities and academic institutions through the study and application of M.M. Bakhtin's ideas in search of answers to the challenges of the XXI century.

Conference deadlines:

• submission of applications - 15 January 2020. Application deadline extended until March 1, 2020
• submission of abstracts of reports - 1 April 2020.

To audience members and conference speakers

The conference welcomes the attendance of: scholars, domestic and international research teams from universities and research institutes, practitioners, postdoctoral students, postgraduates.

Working languages of the conference - Russian and English, other languages - subject to approval.

Forms of participation:

• conference speaker
• audience member

Registration:

To be able to attend the event, please, register.

Conference speaker - please register here.Please, be aware that attending as a conference speaker is fee-based.

More details: https://bakhtin-conf.mrsu.ru/bakhtin2020/english/about/

or: https://bakhtin-conf.mrsu.ru/bakhtin2020/

NEW PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS ON CENTRAL EUROPE

The Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös University has started off two new peer-reviewed scholarly journals dealing with the culture and the history of Central Europe.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN CULTURES

Central European Cultures (CEC) is an open-access and print journal dedicated to advancing dialogue between researchers of cultural history and theory in Central Europe. It aims to publish new findings that address Central European literary and cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present, including its links to general literary and cultural theory.

Paper submissions are due by March 31, 2020: Call for Papers

CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORIES

Central European Histories (CEH) is a new biannual English-language scholarly journal focusing on the history of Central Europe. This has been a region of crossroads and meeting points, where diverse ethnic groups, confessions, traditions, and political entities have interacted in a very special way. Reflecting this singular historical context Central European Histories offers a new forum for publications both by scholars at the outset of their careers and by established academics. The open access journal will be available in both printed and online formats.

Abstract submissions are  due by February 20, 2020, paper submissions by March 31, 2020: Call for Papers