Call for Papers
The aims of the XXXI Symposium correspond with SIC’s mission: to encourage scholarly research on the history of scientific instruments, preservation, conservation and documentation of collections of instruments, as well as their use within the wider disciplines related to scientific heritage, museology and the history of science.
Papers submitted to the XXXI Symposium of the Scientific Instrument Commission (IUHPS/DHST) should address issues and challenges pertaining to research, interpretation, and promotion of scientific instruments, with emphasis on:
Use, trade, and transfer of scientific instruments between Europe and the Americas
The trade of instruments and methods using them was bilateral, with apparatus moving not only from Europe to the Americas, but also from the Americas to Europe. For its next Symposium in Rio de Janeiro SIC especially invites researchers to contribute on this theme.
As in every SIC symposium, papers on other instrument topics are also welcome, as long as they relate to the history of scientific instruments, preservation, conservation, or documentation of collections of instruments, or their use within the wider disciplines related to scientific heritage, museology, and the history of science.
SIC2012 especially welcomes papers from post-graduate students (see fee discounts).
Submission Details
Papers may be presented in two forms: oral contributions (20 minutes + 5 min discussion) or poster papers.
If you would like to submit a paper, please read the Call and send an abstract in English (max. 300 words), as well as equipment required, to:
Marcus Granato
sic2012@mast.br
marcus@mast.br
Receipt of submitted abstracts will by acknowledged by email.
Simultaneous translation of papers will be available (Portuguese – English; English-Portuguese).
Oral presentations:
Language: English or Portuguese
Duration: 25 min (20 minutes + 5 min discussion)
Multimedia equipment available: computer projectors.
Poster papers:
Posters should be (0,90x1,50)m, portrait format.
Posters can be presented in English and Portuguese.
When submitting a poster in Portuguese, two abstracts - Portuguese and English - are required before 01 june 2012.
