News

15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - PALATIUM - "Court Residences as Places of Exchange in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe" - Summer School Utrecht 2012

The School will take place in Utrecht (The Netherlands), with field trips to various castles and residences in The Netherlands and Germany from 1 to 11 July 2012. This event is organised by PALATIUM in cooperation with the Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis (Dutch Postgraduate School for Art... [more]


15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - DRUGS - Call for Papers: Animal Models, Model Animals? Meanings and Practices in the History

Proposals are invited for a One-Day Workshop examining the changing uses of animal models in biomedical research to be held at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, on Friday 21st September 2012.  [more]


12. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme DRUGS - Call for papers

Is This the End? The Eclipse of the Therapeutic Revolution October 4- 6, 2012, University of Zurich, Switzerland [more]


9. March 2012

New Call for Participation - ESF Junior Summit "Water: Unite and Divide. Interdisciplinary approaches for a sustainable future"

The European Science Foundation (ESF) invites the next generation of leading scientists (‘early career researchers’) across the academic spectrum to participate in a four-day, in-depth discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by inter (multi, trans) disciplinary research.  [more]


20. February 2012

HERA Joint Research Programme "Cultural Encounters" Call for Proposals open

New €18.5 million HERA Joint Research Programme “Cultural Encounters” Call for Proposals is now open Deadline for submission of Outline Proposals: Friday 4 May, 14:00 Central European Time/13:00 Greenwich Mean Time. The HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) Network is pleased to... [more]


15. February 2012

Europe Needs a "RESCUE" Revolution

Resolving the world’s major challenges whether climate change, environmental pollution, urbanisation, our ageing population or resource scarcity requires a sweeping shift in our approach to sustainability research and education, a group of leading scientists told European policy makers today during... [more]


9. February 2012

New ESF report available: “Asian Studies in the Humanities: Visions for the Future”

The recently published ESF report is the outcome of the second Humanities Spring meeting of 2009 “Young researchers Forum: New perspectives for Asian Studies in the Humanities” which was organised under the leadership of the Standing Committee for the Humanities (HUM (formerly SCH)) at the International... [more]


14. November 2011

Recently published ESF Science Policy Briefing on Research Infrastructures in the Digital Humanities

Our recently published Science Policy Briefing (SPB) on Research Infrastructures in the Digital Humanities will be disseminated at the forthcoming conference "Digital Methods and Tools for Historical Research" in Lisbon on 18-19 November 2011. More information about the conference can be... [more]