4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science

4th International Conference

of the European Society for the History of Science

Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010

Third Circular

Hosted by
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)

Website:
http://4eshs.iec.cat

THE CIRCULATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1· Registration

The registration desk in the Institut d’ Estudis Catalans (Carme 47) is open as follows:

Wednesday, 17 November 2010: 16.00-20.00
Thursday, 18 November 2010: 8.00-20.00
Friday, 19 November 2010: 9.30-20.00
Saturday, 20 November 2010: 9.30-18.00

2· Parallel activities

Some activities are organized in parallel to the 4th Conference:

Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Aula Capella, ETSEIB, Diagonal 647 (Metro: L3, Palau Reial)

18.30-21.00 Film: Les magiciens de la lumière, with commentaries of Pierre Laugine and his collaborators

Friday, 19 November 2010
IEC - Institut d'Estudis Catalans - 'Pere Coromines' lecture room

13:30 to 15:00 Meeting of editors of journals on history of science.
A proposal by Ida Stamhuis and Robert Fox, open to everyone.

3· Timing

The Conference begins at 9:30 on Thursday and at 10:00 on Friday and Saturday, in the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona (UB1 – see Venues).

There will be a break from 13:30 to 15:00, suitable for lunch. There’s a wide offer of restaurants around the area where the Conference takes place.

There will be a shorter break from 17:30 to 18:00, during which registered participants will be offered coffee and other refreshments.

4· Meals

The Institut d’Estudis Catalans and the Universitat de Barcelona are located in one the most touristic zones in Barcelona, including the Rambla. There is therefore a wide variety of restaurants with different prices.

5· Farewell Dinner

The farewell dinner will take place on Saturday 20 November. All the participants who have paid for this dinner will receive a ticket at the registration desk with details of how to reach the restaurant (at the Museu d’Història de Catalunya, in the Port of Barcelona).

A limited number of reservations for the dinner are still available (menu: 50€).

6· Transportation

Barcelona has a good network of Metro and buses. The cost of one trip in the area of Barcelona is 1,40€. There is a card of 10 trips (T10) costing 7,95€ (Barcelona city area). This card can be shared by several individuals. A trip is defined as transport in one direction by metro, bus or train within a limit of 1 hour 15 min. If you need to change from one mode of transport to another, it is necessary to introduce the card again into the ticket-machine (without additional cost).

To reach Barcelona from the airport, you can either take a special blue bus or the train. The blue buses (A1 and A2 for terminals T1 and T2) go to Plaça Catalunya. The train goes from T2 to Sants Estació (lines R2). In this case, you can use the T10 card.

4th International Conference

of the European Society for the History of Science

Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010

Second Circular

Hosted by
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)

Website:
http://4eshs.iec.cat

THE CIRCULATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1· Plenary Lectures

At the moment, the following plenary lectures have been confirmed:

Efthymios Nicolaidis (National Hellenic Research Foundation):
Science and the Eastern Orthodox Church during the 17th-19th Centuries.
Julio Samsó (University of Barcelona):
Ibn al-Zarqalluh's Astronomical Doctrines on Both Sides of the Mediterranean.
Sona Strbanova (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic):
Scientific Objects and Scientific Identity of a City. Prague as a 'Chemical City'.

2· Registration

Both on-line and off-line registrations will be open in January 2010.

Registration fees:

150 € Before May 31^st 2010225 € After May 31^st 2010

3· Grants

The Local Organizing Committee will provide free registration or accommodation grants to some participants. In allocating this support, preference will be given to applicants facing economic difficulties, as well as young scholars.

Under no circumstances will the LOC contribute to travel expenses.

Applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae and an explanatory letter to the Conference Secretariat before February 1^st 2010. Successful applicants will be informed by May 3^rd 2010.

4· Important Dates

Deadline for grant application	February 1^st2010
Deadline for abstract submission	February 1^st2010
Deadline for confirmation of grant applications	May 3^rd 2010
Deadline for confirmation of accepted papers	May 3^rd 2010
Deadline for early registration	May 31^st 2010
3rd Circular (Schedule, Preliminary Program)	October 18^th 2010
Abstracts on the web	October 18^th 2010
Opening of the Conference	November 18^th 2010

5· Preliminarily Accepted Symposia

Here follows a list of the accepted symposia for the Conference.

This is only a preliminary list. To be definitely accepted, symposia must meet certain requirements:

It must include at least three communications.
These communications must ultimately be favourably evaluated by the members of the Program Committee.
Participants cannot read any other paper within the Conference.

If any of these conditions is not fulfilled, such symposia will automatically become communications.

It is to be noted that although participants in the Conference are only allowed to read one communication (no more than one paper per person as first author will be accepted), they can be coordinator to more than one symposium.

Regardless of what the symposium abstract says, the organization will only consider to be part of a symposium those communications whose abstracts have been submitted individually.

Communication abstracts can be submitted using this Submission Form. All relevant fields must be filled-in, including the reference of the symposium where it is to be included (these symposium references are given on the list below). Deadline for abstract submission is February the 1st 2010.

Abstracts of all the preliminarily accepted symposia can be downloaded from here (PDF).

To submit new communications for a symposium, please contact its coordinator (their e-mails are also given).

THE DIFFERENT HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF SCIENCE. THEIR ADVANTAGES AND SHORTCOMINGS

Coordinator: Michal Kokowski (michal.kokowski@gmail.com)

[Symposium reference: 01]

CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON, HISTORY, AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

Coordinator: Josep Simon (josicas@alumni.uv.es)

[Symposium reference: 02]

SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

Coordinator: Sylvain Laubé (sylvain.laube@bretagne.iufm.fr)

[Symposium reference: 03]

CENTERS AND PERIPHERY IN EUROPE: THE STEP RESEARCH PROJECT

Coordinator: Geert Vanpaemel (geert.vanpaemel@wet.kuleuven.be)

[Symposium reference: 04]

CIRCULATION OF IDEAS, TECHNIQUES, AND THE SCIENTIFIC PERSONAE - THE ROLE NETWORKS DID PLAY, FROM THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE

Coordinator: Annette B. Vogt (vogt@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

[Symposium reference: 05]

KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

Coordinator: Àngel Calvo (angel.calvo@ub.edu)

[Symposium reference: 06]

THE TRANSMISSION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AMONG THE MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES

Coordinator: Konstantinos Nikolantonakis (nikolantonakis@noesis.edu.gr)

[Symposium reference: 07]

THE TRAVELS OF SCIENTISTS EN EUROPE SINCE THE 16TH CENTURY

Coordinator: Ana Simões (asimoes@fc.ul.pt)

[Symposium reference: 08]

WITHIN EUROPE AND BEYOND EUROPE: THE JESUITS AS CIRCULATORS OF SCIENCE

Coordinator: Catherine Jami (jami@univ-paris-diderot.fr)

[Symposium reference: 09]

JOHANN MICHAEL VANSLEB (1635-1679). THE DIFFICULT TASK OF NOT BEING UNDER PATRONAGE.

Coordinator: Therese-Marie JALLAIS (jallais-m@wanadoo.fr)

[Symposium reference: 10]

CARTESIAN PHYSICS (AS EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY) AND ITS UNIVERSITY RECEPTION

Coordinator: Mihnea Dobre (mihneadobre@yahoo.com)

[Symposium reference: 11]

SOME ASPECTS OF THE CIRCULATION OF SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

Coordinator: Mª Rosa Massa-Esteve (m.rosa.massa@upc.edu)

[Symposium reference: 12]

MEDICAL HUMANISM IN LATE RENAISSANCE ITALY:GIROLAMO MERCURIALE'S SUGGESTION OF THE RISE OF "NEW DISEASES".

Coordinator: Maria Kavvadia (Maria.Kavvadia@EUI.eu)

[Symposium reference: 13]

HALLERSTEIN AND GRUBER'S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

Coordinator: Stanislav Joze Juznic (juznic@hotmail.com / stanislav.juznic-1@ou.edu)

[Symposium reference: 14]

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS IN PORTUGAL AND OTHER PERIPHERAL COUNTRIES: SCIENTISTS, LABORATORIES, INSTRUMENTS AND TEXTS IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES

Coordinator: Isabel Serra (isabelserra@netcabo.pt)

[Symposium reference: 15]

SCANDINAVIAN SCIENCE DENATIONALIZED

Coordinator: Vidar Enebakk (vidar.enebakk@iakh.uio.no)

[Symposium reference: 16]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN 18TH CENTURY EMPIRICIST? CONSTRUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF A PLURALISTIC CONCEPT

Coordinator: Siegfried Bodenmann (siegfried.bodenmann@laposte.net); Anne-Lise Rey (annelise.rey@free.fr)

[Symposium reference: 17]

‘MOVED’ NATURAL OBJECTS – SPACES IN BETWEEN

Coordinator: Marianne Klemun (marianne.klemun@univie.ac.at)

[Symposium reference: 18]

SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: BARCELONA,1868-1939

Coordinator: Agustí Nieto-Galan (agusti.nieto@uab.cat)

[Symposium reference: 19]

THE DIALECTIC RELATION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IN THE XIXTH CENTURY

Coordinator: Evelyne Barbin (evelyne.barbin@wanadoo.fr); Raffaele Pisano (pisanoraffaele@iol.it)

[Symposium reference: 20]

CHEMICAL ORDER IN TRANSIT: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF THE RESPONSE TO THE PERIODIC SYSTEM

Coordinator: Masanori Kaji (kaji.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp)

[Symposium reference: 21]

CIRCULATION OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE IN 18TH-CENTURY BRITAIN: NEW PERSPECTIVES

Coordinator: Mónica Blanco (monica.blanco@upc.edu)

[Symposium reference: 22]

CIRCULATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL TEXTS, IDEAS AND PRACTICES (1870-1945)

Coordinator: Frédéric Brechenmacher (frederic.brechenmacher@math.cnrs.fr)

[Symposium reference: 23]

2010, THE BICENTENARY OF THE ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS OF GERGONNE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE JOURNALS OF MATHEMATICS IN 19TH CENTURY AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DIFFUSION AND THE PROGRESS OF THIS SCIENCE.

Coordinator: Christian Gérini (gerini@univ-tln.fr / gerini@free.fr)

[Symposium reference: 24]

APPLIED BIOLOGY: PRACTICAL TASKS AND FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

Coordinator: Natalia Beregoy (beregoi@mail.ru)

[Symposium reference: 25]

DARWIN IN URBAN CONTEXTS, 1859-1930

Coordinator: Katalin Stráner (straner_katalin@ceu-budapest.edu)

[Symposium reference: 26]

APPROPRIATION OF MENTAL MEASUREMENT IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS

Coordinator: Annette Mülberger (Annette.Mulberger@uab.es)

[Symposium reference: 27]

THE ROLE OF NOBILITES IN CIRCULATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS

Coordinator: Milada Sekyrková (msekyr@ntm.cz)

[Symposium reference: 28]

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE GAS INDUSTRY

Coordinator: Francesc X. Barca (francesc.barca@gmail.com)

[Symposium reference: 29]

THE WORLD EXHIBITIONS AND THE DISPLAY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: MOVING BOUNDARIES.

Coordinator: Ana Cardoso de Matos (anacmatos@mail.telepac.pt)

[Symposium reference: 30]

“MAKING SENSE OF THE AURORA: THE NORTHERN LIGHT IN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL-POLITICAL CONTEXTS”

Coordinator: Robert Marc Friedman (robert.friedman@iakh.uio.no)

[Symposium reference: 31]

THE ROLE OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ANALYSES OF PHENOMENON OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOLS IN THE MODERN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (WORLD CONTEXT).

Coordinator: Vitaly Gorokhov (vitaly.gorokhov@mail.ru)

[Symposium reference: 32]

BIOGRAPHIES OF SPANISH SCIENTISTS DURING THE FRANCO PERIOD

Coordinator: Albert Presas i Puig (presasipuig@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

[Symposium reference: 33]

SCIENCE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY AFTER 1945

Coordinator: Oliver Hochadel (oliver.hochadel@uab.cat)

[Symposium reference: 34]

HISTORICAL GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL DATA (H-GAD)

Coordinator: Josep Batlló (jobatllo@fc.ul.pt)

[Symposium reference: 35]

NUCLEAR PHYSICS AFTER WWII

Coordinator: Leonardo Gariboldi (leonardo.gariboldi@unimi.it)

[Symposium reference: 36]

WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AFTER 1945

Coordinator: Xavier Roqué (xavier.roque@uab.cat)

[Symposium reference: 37]

CROSSING BORDERS IN MODERN PHYSICS

Coordinator: Massimiliano Badino (mbadino@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

[Symposium reference: 38]

TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Coordinator: Shaul Katzir (katzir@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

[Symposium reference: 39]

INTERNATIONALISM OF PHYSICS DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S: FORMATION OF A EUROPEAN RESEARCH NET AND ITS IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

Coordinator: Luisa Bonolis (Luisa.Bonolis@roma1.infn.it); Matteo Leone (matteo.leone@usa.net)

[Symposium reference: 40]

BEYOND THE MOLECULAR VISION: UNROMANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF BIOPHYSICS

Coordinator: Pedro Ruiz-Castell (pedro.ruiz.castell@uab.cat)

[Symposium reference: 41]

CIRCULATIONS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

Coordinator: Jean-Gaël Barbara (jean-gael.barbara@snv.jussieu.fr)

[Symposium reference: 42]

REPRESENTATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN DAILY PRESS

Coordinator: Faidra Papanelopoulou (faidrap@gmail.com)

[Symposium reference: 43]

COLD WAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARCTIC

Coordinator: Matthias Heymann (matthias.heymann@ivs.au.dk)

[Symposium reference: 44]

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, HUMANITARIAN NETWORKING, AND POLITICS IN THE RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT: THE CASE OF THE SPANISH RED CROSS, 1864-1950S

Coordinator: Jon Arrizabalaga (jonarri@imf.csic.es)

[Symposium reference: 45]

ATOMIC ENERGY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE

Coordinator: Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro (amenende@ugr.es)

[Symposium reference: 46]

6· Conference Secretariat

Carme 47, Barcelona E-08001

Fax: +34 932 701 180

Terreu Gascon, Miquel (Technical Coordinator)
e-mail: 4eshs@iec.cat

4th International Conference

of the European Society for the History of Science

Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010

First Circular

Hosted by
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)

Website:
http://4eshs.iec.cat

THE CIRCULATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Historiography has recently acknowledged that circulation of ideas and techniques plays a central role in the understanding of their evolution. Given that science and technology are international achievements, their dissemination could be the most distinctive element in their construction. Circulation is not a simple change of geographical place; it carries with it epistemological and philosophical changes as a result of the crossing of cultural and political boundaries. Networks cover a wide range of local settings, actors, institutions and interests, both in the production of new science and technology, and in the reception and appropriation of known science and technology.

The conference should stimulate studies and debates about the dissemination of science and technology: first, the circulation of ideas, theories, methods and practices; second, of objects, instruments, machines, artefacts, seeds, plants, minerals, drawings, illustrations, inscriptions, paintings…; third, of texts: manuscripts, printed books, textbooks, journals, letters, book notes; fourth, of scientists and technicians around the world in “grand tours”, trips for leisure, lecturing, business and industrial espionage; and fifth, of information about institutional organization, transmission of knowledge and the influence of local contexts, among others.

The organizers encourage all scholars to submit proposals for scientific sessions, symposia and individual papers related to the topic of the Conference.

1· Scientific Activities

Plenary lectures given by invited experts;
Sections covering the history of science, technology and medicine from antiquity to the present;
Symposia devoted to themes of current interest;
Poster sessions.

The XI Trobada d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica of the SCHCT will be held on November 21^st 2010 as a satellite event of the 4th International Conference of the ESHS.

2· Business Meetings

General Assembly of the ESHS
General Assembly of the SCHCT (November 21^st)

3· Practicalities

3.1· Dates

November 18^th - 20^th 2010

3.2· Venue

Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Carme, 47 – Barcelona)

3.3· Languages

The official language is English. Papers in any other language can't be accepted.

3.4· Abstract submissions

Abstracts can be sent filling in this Submission Form. No more than one paper per person as first author will be accepted. All abstracts will be submitted to a peer review process.
Papers reaching the Conference Secretariat after the deadline of February 1^st 2010 will not be accepted.

3.4.1· Symposia
To submit a symposium abstract to the Conference Secretariat, fill in the Submission Form ticking the "Symposium" option and giving the following information: names and affiliation of the expected participants, one contact e-mail, a title and a short general abstract (about 200 - 300 words).
The deadline for symposium abstracts is November 30^th 2009. Symposium proposals submitted afterwards will not be accepted.

3.5· Accommodation

The venue of the Conference (IEC) is in the city centre. Many hotels are available in this area. In addition, this area is very well connected with public transport (see the map). Therefore, no especial list of hotels will be offered. If you have any doubt, please contact the Conference Secretariat.

3.6· Registration Fees

Both on-line and off-line registrations will be open in January 2010.

Registration fees:

150 € Before May 31^st 2010225 € After May 31^st 2010

3.7· Grants

Under no circumstances will the LOC contribute to travel expenses.

Ap8licants should send their Curriculum Vitae and an explanatory letter to the Conference Secretariat before February 1^st 2010. Successful applicants will be informed by May 3^rd 2010.

3.8· Further Information

This Website will be frequently updated in order to keep participants informed about any changes or news related to the Conference organization.

3.9· Important Dates

Deadline for symposia proposals	November 30^th 2009
2nd Circular (Call for Papers, Grant and Registr. Info)	January 11^th 2010
Deadline for confirmation of accepted symposia	January 11^th 2010
Deadline for grant application	February 1^st2010
Deadline for abstract submission	February 1^st2010
Deadline for confirmation of grant applications	May 3^rd 2010
Deadline for confirmation of accepted papers	May 3^rd 2010
Deadline for early registration	May 31^st 2010
3rd Circular (Schedule, Preliminary Program)	October 18^th 2010
Abstracts on the web	October 18^th 2010
Opening of the Conference	November 18^th 2010

4· Committees

4.1· International Program Committee

Kragh, Helge (University of Aarhus)

Arrizabalaga, Jon	CSIC, Barcelona
Barona, Josep L.	UV, València
Bernabeu, Josep	UA, Alacant
Bertomeu, José Ramon	UV, València
Bruneau, Olivier	UN, Nantes
Calvo, Ángel	UB, Barcelona
Camarasa, Josep M.	IEC, Barcelona
Capel, Horacio	UB, Barcelona
Catalá Gorgues, Jesús	CARDENAL HERRERA CEU, València
Débarbat, Suzanne	Observatoire de Paris
Fox, Robert	MHS, Oxford
Gariboldi, Leonardo	US, Milano
Granada, Miguel A.	UB, Barcelona
Grapí Vilumara, Pere	UAB, Barcelona
Hunger, Hermann	AAS, Wien
Jacquart, Danielle	EPHE, Paris
Knobloch, Eberhard	TU, Berlin
Kokowski, Michal	PAS, Kraków
Kvasz, Ladislav	CU, Bratislava
Herran, Néstor	UAB, Barcelona
Leitão, Henrique	UL, Lisboa
Lusa, Guillermo	UPC, Barcelona
Martínez-Vidal, Àlvar	UAB, Barcelona
Massa-Esteve, M. Rosa	UPC, Barcelona
Molero, Jorge	UAB, Barcelona
Mülberger, Annette,	UAB, Barcelona
Navarro Brotons, Víctor	UV, València
Navarro Veguillas, Luis	UB, Barcelona
Neuenschwander, Erwin	UZ, Zürich
Nieto-Galan, Agustí	UAB, Barcelona
Pardo Tomás, José	CSIC, Barcelona
Perdiguero, Enric	UMH, Elx
Piqueras, Mercè	SCHCT, Barcelona
Pisano, Raffaele	UN, Nantes
Presas-Puig, Albert	UPF, Barcelona / MPIWG, Berlin
Puig, Roser	UB, Barcelona
Puig-Pla, Carles	UPC, Barcelona
Rius, Mònica	UB, Barcelona
Roca-Rosell, Antoni	UPC, Barcelona
Roqué, Xavier	UAB, Barcelona
Rosselló, Vicenç	UV, València
Ruiz Castell, Pedro	UAB, Barcelona
Sallent Del Colombo, Emma	UB, Barcelona
Sánchez Miñana, Jesús	UPM, Madrid
Strbanova, Sona	Ich, Praha
Vamos, Eva	HMST, Budapest
Werrett, Simon	UW, Washington
Zarzoso, Alfons	MHM, Terrassa

4.2· Local Organizing Committee

Grapí Vilumara, Pere	UAB, Barcelona
Massa-Esteve, M. Rosa, UPC	UPC, Barcelona
Pardo Tomás, José	CSIC, Barcelona
Piqueras, Mercè	SCHCT, Barcelona
Puig, Roser	UB, Barcelona
Puig-Pla, Carles	UPC, Barcelona
Rius, Mònica	UB, Barcelona
Roca-Rosell, Antoni	UPC, Barcelona
Sallent Del Colombo, Emma	UB, Barcelona

4.3· Conference Secretariat

Carme 47, Barcelona E-08001

Fax: +34 932 701 180

Terreu Gascon, Miquel (Technical Coordinator)
e-mail: 4eshs@iec.cat