Call for Papers: Globalizing Schizophrenia: The History and the Legacy of the WHO Schizophrenia Studies, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, June 13-14 in 2024.

 Call for Papers: Globalizing Schizophrenia: The History and the Legacy of the WHO Schizophrenia Studies, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, June 13-14 in 2024.

Convener: Alfred Freeborn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

The World Health Organization studies of schizophrenia were unique in their international, temporal and technical scale. Beginning with the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia (1965–1973) and culminating in the International Study of Schizophrenia (1991–1996), there has been no other comparable attempt to carefully interview, record and follow up patients with psychosis across the globe. They play a critical role in the internal history of the modern field of psychiatric epidemiology, deployed as both a source of authoritative evidence and as a proof of concept for psychiatric epidemiology in general. The studies are also taken to mark an important origin for the contemporary Movement for Global Mental Health, in particular for the suggestion of early results that prognosis for schizophrenia varied between “developed” and “developing” countries. For historians of medicine, the studies present a highly rich and productive case study for writing global and transnational histories of medical research in the post-1945 era.

The international workshop “Globalizing Schizophrenia: The History and Legacy of the WHO Schizophrenia Studies” seeks to bring together historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychiatrists to discuss both the historical achievements of the WHO studies on schizophrenia and their legacy, with a particular focus on understanding the links between these early studies and the contemporary Global Mental Health discourse. It builds on the existing work of an international group of historians who have addressed the WHO studies, including Ana Antic <https://engerom.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/674127> in Copenhagen, Harry Wu <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262045384/mad-by-the-millions/> in Taiwan and David Robertson <https://davidrobertson.scholar.princeton.edu/> in the USA, as well the critical historical and anthropological scholarship <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-019-09660-7> on the Movement for Global Mental Health. The workshop will combine a more historical focus on the early days of psychiatric epidemiology with contemporary perspectives on Global Mental Health from anthropologists and psychiatrists to generate a dialogue about the nature, limits, dangers and opportunities of the “global” in mental health care.

We are interested in papers on the history and legacy of the WHO studies as well as adjacent projects in order to generate a broad and comprehensive set of papers which will form the basis for an edited anthology. The workshop will take place on Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th of June 2024 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Travel funding and accommodation will be available for participants.

Application Procedure:

Please send an abstract of up to 500 words and a short CV to afreeborn@mpiwg-berlin.de <mailto:afreeborn@mpiwg-berlin.de>

Deadline: 1st December 2023

Confirmed Participants:

Ana Antic, Doerte Bemme, Steeves Demazeaux, Rhodri Hayward, Nicolas Henckes, Timo Houtekamer, Sarah Marks, John McGrath, David Robertson, Anastassiya Schacht, Derek Summerfield, Harry Wu.

World Copernican Congress

 From 12 to 15 September 2023, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń will host the final stage of the World Copernican Congress. The Congress is being held in Poland in 2023 to mark the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. The main objective of the Congress is to present the state of research on the life and work of the eminent scientist and astronomer and his impact on the development of science, culture and the arts. Details: https://kopernik550.umk.pl/en/programme .

The event is organised by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn and the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Due to the rich and still alive and developing Copernican traditions in these centres, the Congress will have a rolling formula. The official opening of the proceedings is scheduled for 19 February 2023 in Toruń - the anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus' birth and, at the same time a celebration of the University of Toruń. The proceedings will then be held successively in Kraków (24-26 May), Olsztyn (21-24 June) and Toruń (12-15 September).

JOBS at ERC Starting Grant Project “Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resources in Central Europe, 1550-1850" (SCARCE), university of Vienna

 JOBS at ERC Starting Grant Project “Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resources in Central Europe, 1550-1850" (SCARCE), University of Vienna

1 Postdoctoral Researcher (full-time, 4 years): https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Early-Modern-History/975120201/ .

2 PhD Positions (0,75 FTE, 4 years): https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/2-PhD-Positions-in-Early-Modern-History/975120501/ .

The deadline is 26 October 2023, and contracts can start between 1 January and 31 October 2024.

SCARCE (Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resources in Central Europe, 1550-1850) is working at the intersection of history of science and technology, social and economic history, and environmental history (https://scarce.univie.ac.at/). It provides a critical history of today's stakeholder conflicts by showing how contradictory principles of resource management – economic development, sustainability, and technological innovation – were forged in proto-industrial settings. It explores early modern ways of provisioning for communities, making them available for current debates on environmental degradation and climate emergency.

A range of profiles (history of science, technology, medicine, gender, environmental, social, economic) would fit for the positions, and candidates are encouraged to propose their own project based on own interest and expertise. Linguistic skills will be a key selection criterion, as much of the sources and literature are in German and other (East) Central European languages, but there’s room for improving languages on the job and taking a transregional approach with additional archives elsewhere. Head of the project is happy to speak&meet informally and discuss project ideas (sebastian.felten@univie.ac.at)

Социология науки и технологий / Sociology of Science and Technology, Том 14, №1, 2 2023 are online (open access)

Социология науки и технологий / Sociology of Science and Technology, Том 14, №1, 2  2023 are online (open access)

№ 1: http://ihst.nw.ru/snit-01-2023/ .

№ 2: http://ihst.nw.ru/snit-02-2023/ .

Berber Bevernage and Lutz Raphael (eds.) Professional Historians in Public: Old and New Roles Revisited.

Berber Bevernage and Lutz Raphael (eds.) Professional Historians in Public: Old and New Roles Revisited. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111186047

ABOUT THIS BOOK

The past decades public interest in history is booming. This creates new opportunities but also challenges for professional historians. This book asks how historians deal with changing public demands for history and how these affect their professional practices, values and identities. The volume offers a great variety of detailed studies of cases where historians have applied their expertise outside the academic sphere. With contributions focusing on Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Europe the book has a broad geographical scope.

Subdivided in five sections, the book starts with a critical look back on some historians who broke with mainstream academic positions by combining their professional activities with an explicit political partisanship or social engagement. The second section focusses on the challenges historians are confronted with when entering the court room or more generally exposing their expertise to legal frameworks. The third section focuses on the effects of policy driven demands as well as direct political interventions and regulations on the historical profession. A fourth section looks at the challenges and opportunities related to the rise of new digital media. Finally several authors offer their view on normative standards that may help to better respond to new demands and to define role models for publicly engaged historians.

This book aims at historians and other academics interested in public uses of history.

CFP: Climate Research and Discourse During the 1970s

We are delighted to announce that we are now open to submissions for the upcoming duo of workshops held under the title of "Climate Change and the Beginning of the Crisis Decades: Climate Research and Discourse During the 1970s". The first will be held on September 6, 2024 at Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. The second will be held on November 7, 2024 at the Australian National University in Canberra. Both events are sponsored by the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology through the International Commission for the History of Meteorology.

These are intimate 1-day events that seek to assemble individuals with various research backgrounds (e.g. environmental history, HSTM, social sciences, atmospheric science) in an effort to generate critical transdisciplinary engagement around 1970s climate research and discourse. These come at a pertinent time, as many of the hallmarks of the 1970s discursive environment are being echoed and the period is becoming more easily historicizable. The Canberra workshop would especially welcome papers drawing out perspectives from the South and the Southern Hemisphere.

Please see the linked posters for further information:

Northern workshop: https://bit.ly/44mBU6D

Southern workshop: https://bit.ly/45DJ1sw

The format consists of a 20-minute presentation followed by 10-minutes of discussion at the end of each panel. This will be followed by a 50-minute roundtable to finish proceedings.

Deadline for abstracts (300 words): March 15, 2024 (Manchester); April 15, 2024 (Canberra)

Registration information for non-presenting participants will be circulated at a later date.

Please send your submissions and any queries to Robert Naylor, Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda and Ruth Morgan (conference organisers):

climate.crisis.decade@gmail.com

Please indicate which of the workshops you would like to present at. You are welcome to attend both workshops, but we request that you only present at one or the other.

A limited number of travel bursaries are available (with priority for early career researchers). Please email for details. In the first instance these are in-person events. However, if you wish to contribute but cannot travel, please contact us.

With warmest regards,

Robert Naylor, Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda and Ruth Morgan

Magdalena Bajer: Rody uczone. Kreski do szkicu, t. 3 [Academic Families. Sketches for a draft].

Magdalena Bajer: Rody uczone. Kreski do szkicu, t. 3 [Academic Families. Sketches for a draft]. Torun: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2023.

"Wszystkie, bez wyjątku, poznane przeze mnie rodziny przechowują pamięć swoich przodków, bliższych lub dalszych, przekonanie, że zawdzięczają im dobre życiowe wzory oraz chęć dochowania tym wzorom wierności. Starają się o to w bardzo różnych wariantach biograficznych, zwykle obfitujących w szczególne zdarzenia, niełatwe wybory, śmiałe decyzje. Tym pragnę zaciekawić czytelników, może skłonić do akceptacji, rzadziej pewnie do protestu, zachęcić do naśladowania tego, co budujące i użyteczne. [...].

Szacunek dla wiedzy, uznanie wykształcenia za element niezbędny dla życiowej aktywności, pozostaje jednym z podstawowych rysów inteligenckiej formacji, jakkolwiek nie są dzisiaj tak namiętnie deklarowane, jak robiły to pierwsze pokolenia tej warstwy społecznej. Stały się oczywistością i moi rozmówcy wymieniają studia uniwersyteckie jako naturalny etap edukacji, po którym dopiero wybierali dalszą drogę – w ich przypadku naukową".

ToC

Poza współczesnością | Axerowie

Wielojęzyczność | Bartnikowie

Rodzeństwo | Bielańscy

Porzekadła i czyny | Bystroniowie

Powtórka z tradycji | Chrzanowscy

Mistrz mistrzów | Czaplińscy

Polsce – w Rosji | Czeczottowie

Siedem pokoleń | Danyszowie

Prosta kontynuacja | Dzieduszyccy

Wyzwanie i spodziewanie | Fikusowie

Szybki start antenata | Gajlowie

Trzy pokolenia prawników | Gersdorfowie

Gra molekuł | Gryglewscy

Odcienie głównej barwy | Grzędzielscy

Kresowość | Habdank Wojewódzcy

Troska o istotę nauki | Hirszfeldowie

Kujawskie gniazdo | Hoyerowie, Wernerowie, Szumanowie

Rozmawiałem z Einsteinem | Infeldowie

Dusza domu | Ingardenowie

Przez próg wiedzy | Jurkiewiczowie

Uczestnictwo w dziejach | Juzwenkowie

Ze względu na Polskę | Kalicińscy

Modelowy los | Kądzielowie

Profesorskie podwórko | Kossutowie

Nowy wymiar kardiologii | Kowarzykowie

Wiedza roztropna | Krzyżanowscy

W środku dysputy | Kuniccy-Goldfingerowie

Wierność utopii | Lederowie

Świat stawał się ciekawszy | Lorentzowie

Śpiewać nie umiałem | Łomniccy

Wielkopolski porządek | Madajczykowie

Meandry | Maleczyńscy

Ekstrakt | Mossakowscy

Pogranicza | Nusbaumowie-Hilarowicze

Słowa – farby – ludzie | Obrębscy

Uzasadnienia przeciw odurzeniom | Ossowscy

Rozmach antenata | Pilatowie

Zawsze główne pytania | Pokorscy

Polityka i sztuka | Skubiszewscy

W stolicach świata | Słonimscy

Nasiąkanie | Stępniowie

Nauka – sztuka – historia | Sylwin

Odziedziczony wybór | Szweykowscy

Ekonomia z genetyką | Taylorowie

Powrót na połoninę | Vincenzowie

Poprzez epoki | Waliccy

Salon ostatniej Beatrycze | Wildowie

Prekursor wielokrotny | Wóyciccy

Duża pętla | Zabłoccy

Dom różnych światów | Zieleńczykowie

Dwie części elity | Żuławscy