<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">The History and Philosophy of Science Post-Graduate Association of the University of Melbourne is pleased to announce that it is organizing a conference whose purpose is to highlight the research of post-graduates as well as academics within HPS.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Proposals for paper presentations are now being invited for the</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:9pt"> </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">“<b>Melbourne University Research Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science” </b><span style>to be held Thursday Feb. 21, 2013.</span> We welcome papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives related to topics within the fields of History and Philosophy of Science and Science and Technology Studies.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">We hope that this conference will provide an opportunity for staff and postgraduates at the University of Melbourne to come together and showcase their research, as well as a forum for discussion with the wider HPS and STS communities, in Melbourne and beyond.<span style> </span>We therefore particularly welcome paper proposals from postgraduates of other institutions.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Presentations will run for fifteen minutes plus question time.<span style> </span>Papers presented will appear in a peer reviewed proceedings, tentatively scheduled for publication in June of 2013. It is also anticipated that presentations will be presentations will be recorded and made available via a conference website, subject to the approval of each presenter.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Abstracts of up to 250 words, with a brief biographical statement, should be sent to </span><a href="mailto:hpssa.unimelb@gmail.com"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">hpssa.unimelb@gmail.com</font></span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> no later than Wednesday the 30th of January.<span style> </span></span></p>