Call for Applications:

CEU Summer University 2018

The Biological and the Social between 1900 and Today

Funded by the CEU Summer University and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

 

Date: 16 – 21 July 2018

Location: Central European University, Budapest

Application deadline: 14 February 2018

 

This summer school will examine critically the ways in which social sciences and biology have been historically bound up, from the early 1900s until today. Social and political theories have exerted their influence on the knowledge produced in biology, while the social sciences have built their understanding of human societies by drawing on what biology could tell them about human nature. The school will examine the entangled history of these disciplines and scrutinize how scientific boundaries are drawn and maintained, and how knowledge travels across them. We will evaluate what history can teach us about these exchanges and discuss possible collaboration between social and biological scientists in the future. 

The course will be taught by an interdisciplinary faculty and we are inviting applications from graduate students, junior researchers and faculty members in history, philosophy, the life sciences, public policy, gender studies, medical sociology, science studies, anthropology, who would profit from a deeper understanding of the history of dynamic interactions and mutual influences between the biological and social sciences. 

Detailed information on the course format, content, schedule, course readings, application process, travel to and accommodation in Budapest, can be found on the course website, https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/biological-2018

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Course organizers:

Tatjana Buklijas, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Emese Lafferton, History, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

 

Course faculty:

Clare Hanson, Department of English, University of Southampton, UK

Mark Hanson, Medicine, University of Southampton, UK

Christophe Heintz, Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Eva Jablonka, Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Maria Kronfeldner, Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Veronika Lipphardt, University College Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

Maurizio Meloni, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

Judit Sandor, Legal Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Mihai Surdu, University College Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany​