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(Haven't seen this advertised on mersenne - which is a shame because it's the best way of reaching the intended audience. The deadline for calls for papers is gone, but you can still register. Thanks to Pam Cox for bringing it to my attention. JA) == Science, Society and the State (1870–1935) This interdisciplinary postgraduate conference will take place in the School of Humanities at The University of Nottingham on Friday 4 September. Keynote speakers: Dr Pratik Chakrabarti, University of Manchester Professor David Edgerton, King's College London The event is free but you are asked to register here by noon on Tuesday 25 August 2015. Detailed DescriptionThe years of 1870–1935 saw a number of seminal breakthroughs in the fields of science and medicine. This was also a period in which links between science and the modern state, and the place of science in society, became increasingly significant. Universities expanded, and the new disciplines of clinical psychology, sociology and anthropology began to emerge. Ideas of eugenics, race, sexology, and psychological suggestion proliferated and interacted with both popular and intellectual culture. European medical and scientific practices were imposed in a colonial context, where they came into contact with non-Western ideas of healing. The conference will bring together postgraduates and early career researchers working in many areas of the history of science and medicine, and with any geographical focus. For details please email [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/news/2015/science-society-state-cfp.aspx