[H-verkko] CFP: The 26th International Baltic Conference in the History of Science

[agricola at utu.fi]

Agricolan artikkelipyyntöihin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:
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The 26th International Baltic Conference in the History of Science
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Pyydämme alustuksia Helsingissä 21-22. elokuuta 2014 järjestettävään
tieteenhistorialliseen konferenssiin.

Konferenssin kokoava teema on ammatillisuus tieteessä ja tiede professiona
(Science as Profession). Konferenssin alustukset voivat kuitenkin käsitellä
erilaisia ajankohtaisia ja olennaisia kysymyksiä, jotka liittyvät tieteen ja
teknologian eri alojen historiaan, tieteenfilosofiaan tai tieteentutkimukseen.
Aihepiireihin ei liity maantieteellistä rajausta, mutta erityisenä
painopisteenä on Itämeren alue.

Konferenssin järjestää Suomen Oppihistoriallinen Seura ry
yhteistyökumppaneinaan Helsingin yliopisto, Oulun yliopisto, Tekniikan seura,
Suomen Historiallisen seura, Filosofinen yhdistys ja The Baltic Association for
the History and Philosophy of Science.

Alustusten kesto on 20 minuuttia. Konferenssikielenä on englanti. Määräaika
esitelmäehdotuksille on 20.4.2014 (lisätietoa alla, ks. Call for Papers).

Toivotamme tervetulleeksi konferenssiin!

Call for Papers

The 26th International Baltic Conference in the History of Science

21st –22nd August 2014, Helsinki

Deadline (new) for abstracts: Tuesday 22nd April, 2014

Contact e-mail for information: bahps2014 at gmail.com

Information online at:
http://www.oppihistoriallinenseura.fi/balticconference2014/ and

http://www.bahps.org/helsinki-2014

The 26th International Baltic Conference in the History of Science  will take
place from the 21st to 22nd of August, 2014 inHelsinki. The tradition of the
Baltic Conferences on the History of Science is long, the first conference
taking place inRiga in 1958. All 25 previous events have taken place in the
three Baltic countries:Estonia,Latvia orLithuania (www.bahps.org).

This is the first time when the Baltic Conference in History of Science will be
held outside of the borders of these three countries. You are heartily welcome
to Helsinki!

The overarching theme for the conference is Science as Profession. We welcome,
however, papers addressing different relevant and topical questions from the
point of view of history of natural and social sciences, mathematics, arts and
humanities, technology and medicine as well as philosophy of science and science
studies. The choice of topics is neither limited to any geographical area, but
special interest will be paid to developments in countries in the Baltic Sea
area.

The papers may, as an example, address following questions: How were careers in
science structured before professionalization in its modern sense? How did
science come to be a profession? What kind of interaction does the formation of
institutional structures have with the process of professionalization? What has
the role of the public image of science and scientists been in various
historical contexts? How has the changing gender ratio contributed to the
professionalization of scientists? What kind of a role have non-professionals
played in development of science? Have heretics added their valuable
contributions or rather disturbed the “normal development” of the scientific
world?

The proposals can deal with, but are not limited to, the following themes:

Publication policies and professions
Pre-modern or modern careers of science/medicine/technology
Self-fashioning or  building the self-image of a scholar
Heretics of science
Engineering knowledge – between theory and praxis
Borders of science in a scientist’s career
Institutional settings of professionalization
Public image of scientists
Gender and professionalization
Baltic perspective on professions
Borders of Science in a scientist’s career
Role of non-professionals in field of science/medicine/technology.

Discussion on professions and professionalism in sciences has long roots. It was
nearly one hundred years ago in 1919 that Max Weber, for example, published his
article “Wissenschaft als Beruf”, Science as a Vocation. Indeed, scientists
and engineers play a visible role in our society, and yet the desired ways to
educate, enrol and employ these experts are still as much in constant
negotiation. Therefore, we invite the participants in particular to consider
from many aspects the past processes and philosophy of professionalization and
career-building of scientists or engineers.

We welcome abstracts of 300-500 words to be sent by 22nd April, 2014 to the
organizing

committee. The language of the abstracts as well as the papers is English. A
selection of papers

presented in this conference will be published in the Acta Baltica Historiae et
Philosophiae

Scientiarum. The registration form which will be used for submitting abstracts
is available at the

conference website: http://www.oppihistoriallinenseura.fi/balticconference2014/

The conference is co-organized by: Finnish Society for the History of Science
and Learning (head organizer), University of Helsinki, University of Oulu,
Society for the History of Technology, The Finnish Historical Society,
Philosophical Society of Finland and The Baltic Association for the History and
Philosophy of Science.

 

 

 

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Agricola <agricola at utu.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 23.4.2014
Lisätietoja WWW-osoitteesta:
http://www.oppihistoriallinenseura.fi/balticconference2014/