The new UBC Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies is accepting applications for its first entering class (autumn 2012).
The UBC STS MA is a stand-alone program. Prospective students apply directly into the interdisciplinary program.
The UBC PhD in STS takes the form of research streams inside the PhD programs of English, History, and Philosophy. Students apply into one of these Departments; the application forms have a question that asks if the student wishes to be considered for the STS research stream.
Application deadline is 15 January 2012.
Much more information can be found at: http://sts.arts.ubc.ca.
Alan Richardson
Chair
STS Graduate Program
University of British Columbia
York STS is now accepting applications for 2012-13
The Graduate Program in Science & Technology Studies (STS) at York
University, Toronto, is now accepting applications for its MA (full and
part-time) and PhD programs.
We are a small, personable, and research-intensive program run by an
enthusiastic faculty with interests drawn from across the human and social
sciences. Our courses are diverse and innovative, and our students hail from
around the world. York STS houses the flagship History of Science journal,
Isis, and our campus is home to the one of the largest state or provincial
archives in North America. Toronto's central location and status as a major
North American transportation hub puts a vast array of research sites and
professional gatherings within easy reach.
Deadline for applications is 31 January 2012
Find out more at http://www.sts.yorku.ca, or contact our Program Director,
Kenton Kroker, at kkroker@yorku.ca
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Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition as judged by the SSHM's assessment panel. It is named in honour of the late Professor Roy Porter, a great teacher and a generous scholar.
The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine . Please click here for a list of past competition winners.
Please see here for contest regulations and submission form.
The deadline for entries will be 1 February 2012.
Any questions about the competition should be directed to our Membership Secretary:
Dr Catherine Cox
School of History and Archives
University College Dublin
John Henry Newman Building
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland.
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