MEETINGS
International Symposium on Technology and Society
The International Symposium on Technology and Society 1996 has issued a call for papers for its June 21-22, 1996, meeting at Princeton New Jersey. The theme is, "Technical Expertise and Public Decisions." Proposals should consist of a one page abstract of a paper or poster, or a proposal for a paper session or panel discussion. Deadline for receipt of proposals is December 15, 1995. Contact Clinton J. Andrews, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey 08544-1013. Fax: (609) 258-1985; e-mail: istas@wws.princeton.edu.
British-North American Joint Meeting for History and Philosophy of Science
The Third British-North American Joint Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science, the History of Science society, and the British Society for History of Science will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 23-26, 1996, a week preceding the international meeting of the Society for the History of Technology in London, August 1-4. The theme of the Edinburgh meeting will be, "Crossing Boundaries," broadly interpreted to include the historical study of science across, for example, national, regional, community, disciplinary, public-private and professional-lay boundaries. For additional information, including instructions for submitting papers, contact representatives from the respective societies: Robert Hatch, History Department, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL 32611, e-mail: ufhatch@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu; Hannah Gay, History Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. V5A 1S6 Canada: Fax: (604) 291-5387, e-mail: hgay@sfu.ca; Stephen Pumfrey, History Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, UK, FAX: (44-524) 846-102, e-mail: hia004@lancaster.ac.uk.
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S Society): 1996
The Society for the Social Studies of Science will hold its 1996 meeting jointly with the European Association for the Social Study of Science and Technology from October 10-13, 1996, in Bielefeld, Germany. The theme of the meeting will be: "Signatures of Knowledge Societies." Individuals interested in organizing a session or submitting a paper are invited to contact Wolf Krohn, University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology, C 33501 Bielefeld, PF 100131, Germany; Fax: (49-521) 106-5844, e-mail: wkrohn@argo.hrz.uni-gielefeld.de.
Archives of the Scientific Revolution
A conference on Archives of the Scientific Revolution will be held at the Royal Society, London, from April 10-12, 1996. The conference will consider existing archives from the Scientific Revolution as artifacts which reveal much about the individuals and institutions who created them. Archives to be dealt with include the Collezione Galileiana; the papers of Robert Boyle, Christiaan Huygens, G.W. Leibnitz, Isaac Newton, and the collections of the Acad mie des Sciences and the Royal Society. For additional information contact:
Michal Hunter, History Department, Birbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.
International Congress of History of Science
The 20th International Congress of History of Science will be held at the University of Li Congress will be "Science, Technology and Industry." The program will include plenary lectures on themes of general interest, symposia on the theme of the conference as well as other topics, traditional sections and business meetings, and poster sessions. For detailed information contact the Congress Office, Centre d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Universit de Li 15, B-4000 Li
Diesel Engine Centenary Conference
A conference marking the first successful operation of a Diesel engine will be held in the United Kingdom in May 1997 at a venue yet to be announced. For additional information contact Denis Griffiths, School of Engineering and Technology Management, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom.
