*LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD (1800-2000): EXPERTS, ACTIVISM, INDUSTRY AND
REGULATION*
*Registration opened for the 8th EUROPEAN SPRING SCHOOL ON HISTORY OF
SCIENCE AND POPULARIZATION
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Maó (Menorca), 14-16 May 2015
Organized by: José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez and Ximo Guillem-Llobat
*Programme and details:<
*http://blogs.iec.cat/schct/activitats-2/escola-de-primavera/8th-european-spring-school/>
Full *PDF programme* already available:
<http://www.uv.es/bertomeu/8Springschool/8thSPRINGSCHOOLLIVINGINATOXICWORLD.pdf>
[Apologies for cross-posting]
As in previous years, the School is structured in four key-note lectures
and a research workshop. The common topics are the mentioned issues
regarding the regulation and risk management of toxics from the
perspective of different actors (industry, government, experts,
activists, stakeholders, patients, etc.) during the last two centuries
(1800-2000). The keynote lectures will be delivered by four outstanding
scholars covering four particular toxics (fumes, pesticides, lead, and
mercury) from the beginning of nineteenth century to the end of the
twentieth century. The workshop «Living in a Toxic World» is organized
in three thematic sessions and one poster session. Participants (see
detailed programme for details) will present papers on many other
toxicants (polymers, aluminium, asbestos, arsenical pigments, etc.) as
well as studies on food additives, regulation of drugs and environmental
toxicology. Participants will deal with issues related to regulation,
standardization, risk management, experts, law, public health, activism,
controversies and so on. The School sessions and discussions will be
conducted in English.
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*DEADLINES*
February 20, 2015: Deadline for grants application
March 10, 2015: List of accepted grant applications at the website
March 31, 2015: Deadline for registration with discount
May 8, 2015: Deadline for registration
May 14, 2015: Beginning of the school
*GRANTS*
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A limited number of grants (covering two nights at local Hotel and
conference fees) will be available. Applicants are requested to send a
brief CV (two pages) and a brief text justifying the need of funding.
Please direct proposals and queries to Ximo Guillem ([log in to unmask])
and José Ramón Bertomeu-Sánchez ([log in to unmask]).
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Registration (with discount before 31 March 2015):
http://www.iec.cat/jornades/springschool2015.asp.
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PROGRAMME SPRING SCHOOL*
/Living in a Toxic World (1800-2000): Experts, Activism, Industry and
Regulation/
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Thursday 14 May 2015*
/Morning/
09:30-11:30 Registration
11:30-12:30 Welcome and Introduction
12.30-13.00 Posters
/Evening/
16:00-17:00 Gerald Markowitz (John Jay College and Graduate Center,
CUNY) Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of Children
17:00-17:30 Discussion
17:30-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-20:00 Workshop 1: Toxicants. Comments by Gerald Markowitz and
Nathalie Jas*
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Friday 15 May 2011*
/Morning/
09:00-10:00 Nathalie Jas (RiTME Research Unit, INRA) Pesticides. How and
why regulating «unruly technologies»? An historical analysis.
10:00-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Workshop 2: Foods and Drugs. Comments by Andrew Cunningham
12:30-13:00 Posters
/Evening/
15:45-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Thomas Le Roux (Centre de Recherches Historiques,
CNRS/EHESS) Fumes: the great shift of risk management (France, Great
Britain, 1750-1850)
17:00-17:30 Discussion
17:30-18:00 Coffee
18:00--19:30 Workshop 3: Toxic Environments. Comments by Thomas Le Roux*
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Saturday 16 May 2014*
/Morning/
09:30-10:30 Andrew Cunningham (Cambridge University) Mercury rising,
mercury falling
10:30-11.00 Discussion
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:30 Concluding Remarks
12:30-13:30 General discussion
14:00 Closing lunch
Place: All sessions will take place at the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis
(Camí des Castell, Maó, Menorca).
Further details:
http://blogs.iec.cat/schct/activitats-2/escola-de-primavera/8th-european-spring-school/
[Apologies for cross-posting]
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*José Ramón Bertomeu-Sánchez*
Institut d'Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència "López Piñero"
Universitat de València-CSIC
Plaça Cisneros, 4
46003 VALENCIA (Spain)
email: [log in to unmask]
TF: + 00 34 963926241 / 963864164
http://www.uv.es/bertomeu
http://www.uoa.gr/step : STEP - Science and Technology in the European
Periphery.
