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Announcing the 9th Notes and Records Essay Award 

Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities across the history of science, technology and medicine. 

Submission deadline: 28 February 2026 – visit Notes and Records Essay Award | Royal Society

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CSHPS Annual Meeting / SCHPS congrès annuel

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CSHPS/SCHPS is a Canadian forum bringing together historians, philosophers, sociologists, and a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars interested in exploring all aspects of science, past and present. Its newsletter is the Communiqué and its annual conference takes place within the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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Motion re: Federal Scientists

Motion re: Federal Scientists

MOVED: The Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science endorses the principle of the federal scientists' freedom to communicate and reaffirms the centrality of the ability of scientists to communicate for the advancement of science Link to the...

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Motion re: Nova Scotia Bill 100

Motion re: Nova Scotia Bill 100

MOVED: In light of recent legislation in Nova Scotia, Bill 100, the Universities Accountability and Sustainability Act, given Royal Assent on May 11, 2015,CSHPS deeply regrets the passage of this Act, because it: • Threatens academic freedom and the integrity of...

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Manchester Manifesto

Manchester Manifesto

On the occasion of the largest global meeting of historians of science, technology, and medicine we, the officers and members of the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology...

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Dr. Andrew Inkpen
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Department of Philosophy

Mount Alison University

Hart Hall 112
63D York St, Sackville, NB 
E4L 1G8

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(902) 809-3739

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