[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: Possible panel: BSHS, St Andrews, Scotland, 3-6 July

[Marie Hicks]

Forwarded on behalf of James Sumner, who is having trouble posting to the
list:
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Subject:        Possible panel: BSHS, St Andrews, Scotland, 3-6 July
Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:58:27 +0000
From:   James Sumner <james.sumner at manchester.ac.uk>
To:     members at sigcis.org



Dear SIGCIS listmembers

I am looking at putting together a panel on "representations of the
computer" (or similar) for the upcoming British Society for the History
of Science meeting in St Andrews:

http://www.bshs.org.uk/conferences/annual-conference/2014-standrews

Following a couple of years working on some all-consuming projects in
other areas, I'm now picking up on plans to look at the long-term
history of computer use and promotion in the UK, looking in particular
at the cultural trends and policy agendas that informed the discourse.
I've recently been in contact with Hannah Grenham
(http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/postgrad/postgraduates/hannahgrenham.
html),
a PhD student at the University of St Andrews -- the host institution --
who turns out to be working on conveniently similar material for the
USA. The BSHS's directions for panels specifically encourage bringing
together researchers at different career stages, so this looked like an
obvious basis to try to build a panel.

The deadline is fairly close: Monday 10 February. I'd therefore be very
interested to hear soon from anyone who might be interested in
contributing to a panel. Something based on another national context
would be ideal, but we can be flexible. I'm also interested to hear from
potential chairs or commentators: all details of format are given in the
"Guidelines for Themed Panel Organisers" provided at the link above.

For those who don't know the series, I can heartily recommend BSHS as a
smallish (3 to 4 parallel tracks, usually somewhere between 100 and 200
attendees) and distinctly friendly meeting: those who visited the huge
International Congress in Manchester last summer, and appreciated the
range of social events and entertainments, were for the most part
experiencing approaches first developed at BSHS and blown up to larger
proportions. The Society's remit covers the histories of technology and
medicine, and both are always well represented on the programme.

St Andrews is an interesting and quiet (though not remote) location: for
details and links, see the BSHS website as above. I'd be happy to help
out if you have any questions.

All best
James
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