Dear Colleagues, The following IHPST announcements might be of interest. # 13th Biennial International IHPST Conference The 2015 IHPST Biennial Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro, July 22-25, at The Federal Center of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (CEFET/RJ) under the co-chairmanship of Marco Braga and Andreia Guerra. Closing date for conference submissions is March 14. Further details of registration, accommodation, venue are available at: http://www.abq.org.br/ihpst2015/ # Science & Education Current Issue (Vol. 24 Nos. 1-2) Thematic Issue: Mendel, Mendelism and Education: 150 years since the "Versuche" Contents and details at: http://link.springer.com/journal/11191/24/1/page/1 # Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Open Access Issues on Landmark Papers The world's oldest scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, celebrates its 350th anniversary this month. As part of the anniversary celebrations, the Royal Society has published two special journal issues in which modern experts revisit landmark papers published in Philosophical Transactions to explore how they have impacted science across the globe. * Highlights in the two celebratory issues include: science writer Philip Ball, writing on Alan Turing's paper 'Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis' on the spontaneous formation of patterns in the natural world; Dr Nick Lane reflects on Leeuwenhoek's first glance into the microscopic world of bacteria; Patricia Fara explores Newton's 1672 paper which presented his new theory about light and colour; Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at Faraday's 'Experimental researches in electricity' and John McEvoy on 'Gases, God and the balance of nature: a commentary on Priestley (1772) 'Observations on different kinds of air' . All of these papers can be downloaded gratis from the Royal Society sites below.<http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2039/20140229> More details of these two open access issues are available at: http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/2039 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1666 Philosophical Transactions pioneered the concepts of scientific priority and peer review which, together with archiving and dissemination, provide the model for almost 30,000 scientific journals today. To celebrate the anniversary the Royal Society is holding a series of events looking back at the history of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and forwards to the future of scientific publication. To find out more about celebrations around the anniversary visit: https://royalsociety.org/publishing350/ # HPS&ST Handbook The Springer handbook of research in History, Philosophy and Science and Mathematics Teaching has been published. There are 2,544 pages in 3-volumes, with76 chapters, written by 125 authors from 30 countries. The extensive scope of the work is reflected in the Subject Index which has 2,000 entries, the Name Index which has 3,600 entries, and the 10,200 references cited. Where institutions purchase the e-version of the handbook, their staff and students can download individual chapters gratis. Further, such staff and students can purchase the whole 3-volume printed work for EUR35 or USD35 (mail included). Please note that this offer is only available for institutions purchasing the e-version, not the more expensive printed version. Full details at: http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-7653-1 # Anthology: Contemporary Studies in HPS & Science Teaching The 76 chapters in the HPS&ST handbook cover a good deal of the HPS&ST field, but they do not exhaust it. Topics that were planned for the handbook, but that for different reasons did not make the published version include: 'Feminism and Sc. Educ. Debates' 'HPS & Sc. Teacher Preparation' 'The Enlightenment Tradition in Science Education' 'Lessons from the History of Constructivism in Science Education Research' 'Indoctrination: Can and should it be avoided in science education?' 'Science and the Liberal Education Tradition' There are other lacunae in the handbook that might be identified, including other biographies (just five are in the handbook) and other national studies (just eleven in the handbook). Springer have agreed, in principle, to publish an anthology provisionally titled Contemporary Studies in HPS & Science Teaching in their Science: Philosophy, History and Education book series (www.springer.com/series/13387<http://www.springer.com/series/13387> ). The anthology is intended to complement, not repeat, topics covered in the handbook. Of particular concern is locating and publishing research on The Enlightenment Tradition in Science Education - studies on historical, philosophical, cultural, national and educational dimensions of the topic. The initial maximum length for anthology chapters will be 12,000 words. A 1,500 word abstract (with references) to be submitted to the editor by March 17 The final manuscript submission date will be September 1st 2015. All submissions will undergo multiple review. Researchers working on any of the above topics (or other relevant HPS&ST topics), or who know researchers who are, please contact the anthology editor: Michael R. Matthews [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> # Science Teaching: The Contribution of History and Philosophy of Science The 20th anniversary edition of this 1994 book has been published by Routledge. It has twelve chapters, 1,300 references, 500 pages, and 185,000 words; it provides a foundation for HPS-informed research and teaching in science education; it has been well received by philosophers, psychologists and educators. Details at: www.routledge.com/9780415519342<http://www.routledge.com/9780415519342> # Coming Conferences March 12-16, 2015, Philosophy of Education Society (PES), annual conference, Memphis. Details at: http://www.philosophyofeducation.org/ April 11-14, 2015, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) annual conference, Chicago Details at: www.narst.org<http://www.narst.org> June 15-18, 2015, 'Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education', Siauliai, Lithuania Details at: http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/balticste July 22-25, 2015, 13th IHPST International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Details at: http://www.abq.org.br/ihpst2015/ August 3-8, 2015, 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Helsinki, Finland Details at: http://www.helsinki.fi/clmps August 31 - September 4, 2015, European Science Education Research Association, Helsinki, Finland Details at: http://www.esera.org/announcements/esera-announcements/esera-bi-annual-conference-to-be-held-in/ A/Professor Michael R. Matthews School of Education University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia Phone: 61-2-9418 3665 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Former Editor Science & Education http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/science+education/journal/11191 President, Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission of DHST/DLMPS of IUHPS www.idtc-iuhps.org<http://www.idtc-iuhps.org/>