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Call for Proposals: special issue 2009 of the journal Osiris

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE OF OSIRIS
	
The Editorial Board of Osiris, a research journal devoted to the history
of science and its cultural influences, solicits proposals for Volume 24,
to appear in 2009.  Osiris is a journal of the History of Science Society
(USA) published by University of Chicago Press. The Osiris Editorial Board
will consider proposals for Volume 24 at the HSS annual meeting in
November 2005.
	
Proposals for broad themes that integrate issues in the history of science
into topics of "mainstream" history are especially encouraged, as are
contributors from the historical discipline at large. The Board is also
very interested in proposals which assess the "state of the field" in
various areas of the history of science.
	
Recent volumes include Science and Civil Society (2002), Science and the
City (2003), Landscapes of Exposure (2004), and Politics and Science in
Wartime (to appear July 2005).
	
Prospective guest editors should submit the following materials for
consideration:
	
(1) a proposal of approximately 2000 words describing topic and its
relationship to the literature to date including, where appropriate, the
literature in mainstream history;
	
(2) a list of 12-15 contributors with the theme, topic, or title of
contribution; and
	
(3) publication c.v. of guest editor(s).
	
	
Guest editors and their contributors should be prepared to meet to the
Osiris publication schedule. Guest editors must therefore choose
contributors who are able to submit their essays by September 2007.  
Volume 24 (2009) goes to press--after refereeing, author's revisions, and
copy editing--in the fall of 2008.
	
Proposals are reviewed by the Osiris Editorial Board. Announcement of the
next volume of Osiris will be made no later than January 2006.
	
Proposals and all supporting materials should be sent in hard or
electronic copy by October 15, 2005 to:
	
osiris@georgetown.edu
	
or
	
	Kathryn M. Olesko, Osiris Editor
	BMW Center for German & European Studies
	508 Intercultural Center
	Georgetown University
	Washington, DC 20057-1022

Preliminary inquiries may be sent to: osiris@georgetown.edu