CFP from ECRs - Narrative science in techno-environments - 18th-19th July 2019
<br>(London)
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<br>This two-day interdisciplinary workshop is made possible thanks to the
<br>generous support of the British Academy (grant number BARSEA19\190021). It
<br>expands on the work of the Narrative
<br>Science project, a European Research
<br>Council funded project based at the London School of Economics (grant
<br>agreement No. 694732). It will take place in London on the 18th-19th of July.
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<br>The aim is to create a platform and a network for research at the
<br>intersections of the history of science and technology, literary studies, and
<br>the environmental humanities. The shared focus is accordingly on narrative,
<br>science, and environmental history. To these ends we are proud to have
<br>partnered with both the British Society for the History of
<br>Science and the British Society for Literature and
<br>Science. We have already gathered a range of expert
<br>speakers, who are listed alongside the titles of their talks at the bottom of
<br>this message. Further information about the workshop motivations and agenda
<br>can be found on the web page:
<br>
<br>https://www.narrative-science.org/events-narrative-science-project-workshops-
<br>environment.html
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<br>In addition, as part of our networking, this event is organised in
<br>collaboration with 'Environment, Climate, and Heredity: the integration of
<br>environmental humanities with the history of heredity' to take place on the
<br>following Saturday, 20th of July, at Oxford, organised by Dr John
<br>Lidwell-Durnin.
<br>Further details will be announced soon.
<br>
<br>Call for ECR presenters with posters - Deadline May 24th
<br>A key ambition of this workshop is to provide a platform and network for early
<br>career researchers (ECRs). For our purposes ECRs are defined as postgraduate
<br>and postdoctoral researchers not yet in permanent employment. There are 20
<br>spaces available for ECRs across the two days. Each ECR presenter will have 10
<br>minutes to speak about their work in a dedicated slot during the workshop
<br>plenary sessions, and will also provide a poster which will be showcased
<br>during the evening reception on the 18th of July. The poster reception will be
<br>an opportunity to talk directly and informally with all the other attendees in
<br>a relaxed atmosphere. All of the plenary sessions will be video recorded and
<br>eventually made available on the Narrative Science project website. At the
<br>moment we can only promise to reimburse hotel and travel expenses for these 20
<br>ECRs up to 100, but we intend to increase this amount as much as possible.
<br>All catering is supplied to attendees across the two days free of charge, and
<br>we will also take care of the costs of poster printing. ECRs who are members
<br>of the BSHS may also be eligible to apply for a Butler-Eyles Travel
<br>Grant towards their
<br>travel costs.
<br>
<br>To apply to the workshop please write to the organiser, Dr Dominic Berry, on
<br>d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk
<br>
<br>In the email subject please write 'Your name - Environment workshop ECR', and
<br>in the message include:
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<br> * Your status as independent scholar or affiliated with a particular
<br>institution/university.
<br> * Maximum 200 words on how this workshop relates to your ongoing
<br>research.
<br> * Maximum 100 words on the kinds of material and arrangement you expect to
<br>include on your poster.
<br>
<br>Interested parties should obviously also feel free to contact us for any
<br>further information!
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<br>Confirmed speakers
<br>
<br>Jon Agar (UCL) - "British Nature was Lost Here, 1964-71": what's at stake when
<br>scientists, nature writers and bureaucrats tell stories
<br>
<br>Dominic J. Berry (LSE) - Narrative science in techno-environments
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<br>Animesh Chatterjee (Leeds Trinity University) - Urban, political and cultural
<br>environments in late-19th century Bengali anticolonial representations of
<br>electricity
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<br>Jean-Baptiste Gouyon (UCL) - Wildlife conservation as a cinematic project?
<br>
<br>Alex Hall (University of Birmingham) - Who speaks for the flood? Exploring
<br>agency, expectations and the supernatural in extreme weather events
<br>
<br>John Lidwell-Durnin (University of Oxford) - Have they remained what they
<br>were in Europe?: narrative, organisms, and environment in explorations of
<br>South America
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<br>Ina Linge (University of Exeter) - Narrating Human-animal Sexual Nature in
<br>1920s Popular Science Books
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<br>Greg Lynall (University of Liverpool) - Reading Renewables: Stories of Solar
<br>Power
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<br>Harriet Ritvo (MIT) - The Stakes of Species
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<br>Anahita Rouyan (Independent scholar and consultant) - Producing Mutations:
<br>Scientific Plant Breeding and Narratives of Nature in the Progressive-Era
<br>United States, 1900-1914
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<br>Charlotte Sleigh (University of Kent) - Sugar in the air: carbon narratives,
<br>futures and endings
<br>
<br>sam smiley (Astrodime Transit Authority) - Ornamentalism: The Migrations and
<br>Translations of Japanese Knotweed
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