December 2021 Announcements
ISHPSS
From: Ackert,lloyd <lt...@drexel.edu>
Dear ISH
Colleagues,
I hope that you are all having a Wonderful Holiday
Season!
Below are the announcements submitted this month.
Associate Professor Position in Philosophy of medicine or Philosophy of biology (University Bordeaux, FR)
For any
question, please contact Mael Lemoine (mael.l...@u-bordeaux.fr)
or Thomas Pradeu (thomas...@u-bordeaux.fr).
Information: https://www.philinbiomed.org/job/associate-professor-in-philosophy-of-medicine-or-philosophy-of-biology-2022/
AOS:
Philosophy of medicine, Philosophy of biology
AOC: Philosophy of Science
University
of Bordeaux, France
Deadline for application: TBS (March 2022 at the
earliest).
Application: mael.lemoine@u-bordeaux.fr and thomas.pradeu@u-bordeaux.fr
Short description of the job profile
Candidates will have developed an
expertise in any topic of the biological or biomedical
sciences (e.g., a method, a subfield, a disease) by applying
conceptual tools from philosophy of science to
specific problems in biology and/or medicine. The new
professor will join a group of philosophers
tightly collaborating with biologists and medical
scientists. She or he will teach in English in
an international Master program of “philosophy in science”,
to be created soon.
Detailed description of the job profile
The person recruited will be required to teach in medical, scientific and philosophical curricula.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the development of the activities of the PhilInBioMed network (Institute for Philosophy In Biology and Medicine), through active international collaboration (http://philinbiomed.org).
In terms of teaching, the recruited professor will have to actively contribute to the implementation of innovative teaching, particularly targeted at philosophy students at the Master's level wishing to work in close collaboration with scientists, and to integrate into existing philosophical teaching systems for courses in the health sciences.
The recruited professor should also participate in teaching in the health/sciences curriculum in the first years of health studies and in advanced years of health studies in the framework of seminars intended for medical students in the various health specialties. A large part of teaching, or even all of it, should or could be given in English.
Research must be in line with at least one of the research topics of the “Conceptual Biology and Medicine Team” (https://www.immuconcept.org/conceptual-biology-medicine/). An indispensable condition is that research must allow close collaboration with the group's philosophers, with members of the unit, and must precisely identify potential partnerships with scientists and doctors from the Bordeaux community and abroad. Although the Conceptual Biology and Medicine Team is part of a research unit specialized in immunology, it is not necessary for the recruited professor to work specifically in that domain. A crucial condition, however, is that the recruited professor identify a biological or biomedical field of competence on which he or she wishes to work in a privileged manner (for example, one or more pathology(ies), and/or a particular scientific method used in a biological or biomedical context).
These collaborations should make it possible to reinforce the specific strength of the team, i.e. the development of a program of publications co-written by scientists and philosophers for scientific and philosophical journals. The group is particularly keen on publishing in science and medicine journals, so as to foster the dialogue with these communities.
Applicants must already hold a tenure or tenure-track position. Alternatively, they must already hold a ‘qualification’ from the Conseil National des Universités (CNU).
ISH Newsletter and Volunteer Request
***The
December issue of the ISHPSSB Newsletter is out!! Choose
your favorite version:
PDF -
https://ishpssb.org/images/downloads/newsletters/News2021Dec.pdf)
WEB -
https://ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/242-newsletter-volume-32-no-2-issue-61-nov-dec-2021)
***ISHPSSB is considering establishing processes for welcome to or acknowledgement of country, or similar for our meetings, and seeks volunteers to assist with an ad hoc committee, particularly people from locations where such practices routinely occur and/or people with specific expertise in Indigenous-related issues. Please contact Rachel Ankeny at rachel...@adelaide.edu.au
Konrad Lorenz Institute – Newsletter
The KLI invites ISH members to read
their newsletter. It has a new fellowship call in it, too,
that is targeted towards our community. - Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/kli.ac.at/klife-december
- 5 KLI Writing-up
Fellowships on “Cognition
and Knowledge: Between Evolution and Sustainability”
https://kli.ac.at/content/en/the_kli/open_calls
Call for Papers
Call for papers: Special issue on "Ethnobiology and Philosophy". This special issue welcomes research articles that do not exceed a limit of 8,500 words and follow the general submission guidelines of the Journal of Ethnobiology. The submission deadline is 1. May 2022. More information of the call: https://ethnobiology.org/publications/journal-of-ethnobiology/special-journal-issues
Conferences
Philosophy in the Wild
Call for Abstracts: Philosophy in the Wild (PhilWild) invites abstract submissions for presentations at our second annual conference, the theme of which is environmental philosophy, very broadly construed.* We are especially interested in papers dealing with issues surrounding environment and race. This event is an outdoor, technology-free event.
From June 17th to 19th, 2022, presenters will camp at Ridley Creek State Park in Pennsylvania. Non-presenting participants are invited to attend the presentations during daytime hours. Activities will include (though will not be limited to) a keynote presentation, participant presentations, and hiking (optional). No prior camping experience is necessary; Philosophy in the Wild can work with presenters to help arrange gear rentals. Selected papers will be eligible for publication in a special issue of the Public Philosophy Journal in collaboration with PhilWild.
Abstracts should be approximately 500 words. Please submit your abstract in .pdf format, prepared for anonymous review, to philoso...@gmail.com. In the body of the email, please include your name, university affiliation, and paper title. Papers should be suitable for a 25-minute presentation and a 25-minute Q&A session. Submissions from members of underrepresented groups in philosophy are especially encouraged.
Please contact philoso...@gmail.com with any inquiries.
Submission deadline: February 1, 2022
Decisions announced: March 1, 2022
Dates of conference: June 17-19, 2022
Keynote Speaker:
Romy Opperman (The New School for Social Research)
Organized by: Philosophy in the Wild
Funded by: Greater Philadelphia
Philosophy Consortium
Contact: philoso...@gmail.com
Job Postings
Executive Director, Library & Archives, Academy of
Natural Sciences of Drexel University
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR LIBRARY COLLEAGUES:
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANS) is
seeking an experienced and dynamic library and archives
professional to unlock the extraordinary potential of one of
the finest natural history library and archive collections in
the Americas. The Executive Director will be a
visionary leader and collaborative manager, with proven skill
in facilitating and sharing research, developing programming,
fostering networking and collaboration among other libraries,
building new audiences, and establishing a service-oriented
philosophy.
https://careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/497348/executive-director-library-archives
Post Doc – University of Guelph
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work for one year on an interdisciplinary project in the fields of genomics and animal welfare. More information is available at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/philosophy/postdoc. Contact Dr. Stefan Linquist for more information: linq...@uoguelph.ca
Postdoc - Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Dept. III, "Proteins and Fibers: Scaffolding History with Molecular Signatures"
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/job-position/postdoctoral-fellow-dept-iii-proteins-and-fibers-scaffolding-history-molecular
and this is a related call for visiting scholars:
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/job-position/visiting-scholarships-dept-iii-proteins-and-fibers-scaffolding-history-molecular
Scholarships
3 x PhD Scholarships at Egenis, the University of Exeter
There are 3 PhD studentships on offer at the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) at the University of Exeter for people interested in working in philosophy and/or social studies of science, starting from September 2022. The studentships cover 3 years of accommodation, fees, food and travel costs, and candidates will be working within the project “A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments” (all information here: opensciencestudies.eu) .
Further information and the application procedure can be found here: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4372 The deadline for applications is 21 February, with interviews held online in March and decisions made shortly afterwards. Students can choose whether they will study for a degree in philosophy, sociology or anthropology, and we are open to a wide variety of backgrounds and topics of interest. The key requisite is being interested in carrying out some fieldwork in a plant science station with Sabina Leonelli, the project PI, with students free to decide what problems / angle to investigate.
Book Announcement
The Nature of Science in Biology: A Resource for Educators, Edited by: Thomas J.J. McCloughlinPublished by: Graphikon Teo, Dublin MMXXI
The official date of publication is 20th December (today) and it is available at a price of 9.95USD for the hardback and 3.95USD for the ebook from the publishers directly: Graphikon Teo (grap...@gmail.com) and eBay/Amazon from January 2022.
***This book arose out of the out-of-year meeting in 2020 in Dublin.
All the Best Wishes, Lloyd
Lloyd Ackert,
Ph.D.
Department of History
Drexel University
ISH Listserve Moderator
https://www.ishpssb.org/