30-31 May 2019
London, England
*Workshop Announcement (4 travel bursaries for PhD students available)*
*Does Time Always Pass? Temporalities in Scientific Narratives*
*May 30-31 2019 LSE/Royal Institution, London*
Workshop organised as a collaboration between the Narrative Science
Project <https://www.narrative-science.org/> (funded by the
European Research Council) and The Royal Institution
<https://www.rigb.org/>. Please see the bottom of this email for
information concerning the 4 PhD travel bursaries we are making available
for this event.
Venue: The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS.
We anticipate starting at 10:00 (with coffee available from 09.30) on the
30th and ending by 17.30 on the 31st.
Organised by Prof. Mary S. Morgan and Dr. Andrew Hopkins
The standard view of narrative is inextricably bound up with the passage of
time. Narrative scholars are convinced that time is an essential element in any
narrative, and it has been thought equally essential, though treated in
different ways, by philosophers of history. But exactly how to think about time
in the narratives of science is not self-evident. And if we look at how
scientists use time in narratives, we see a number of different ways in which
it is taken into account and is deployed. In this workshop, the focus will be
on the different temporalities in narratives as they occur in scientific
discourses. The obvious loci for such explorations are what are generally
referred to as the historical sciences, that is, those that seek to reconstruct
the past on the basis of what can be observed in the present. However, time and
its narrative expression are to be found in a wide variety of places, some of
which will be explored by the speakers at the workshop. Throughout the
workshop, the question of how essential time is to narrative will remain open
for argument.
We are grateful to the financial contributions and contributions in kind from
the European Research Council and the Royal Institution.
If you would like to express interest in attending please contact Dr Dominic
Berry: d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk <mailto:d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk>
The number of places is unfortunately limited, so please make sure to write to
us sooner rather than later. The deadline for expression of interest is *Friday
May 17*. We will notify those we are able to accommodate shortly thereafter.
*Speakers and titles:*
Norton Wise (UCLA, San Diego) - Faraday's lines of force and the temporality of
serial narration
John Beatty (UBC, Vancouver) - When you can't get there from here: The
importance of temporal order in evolutionary biology and ecology
Dorothea Debus (Universität Konstanz) - Memory, imagination and narrative
Paula Olmos (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) - Narratives in scientific
argument and explanation
Rosa Hardt (OPEN Scotland) - Narrative Understanding: Parts, Wholes, and
Recombinable Systems
William Matthews (LSE, London) - Time and ethnographic generalisation in
anthropology
John Huss (University of Akron, Ohio) - Mass extinction, narrative closure, and
evidence
Teru Miyake (NTU, Singapore) - Temporal detail and evidence in seismic source
reconstruction
Anne Teather (University of Manchester) - Stored and storied time in the
Neolithic
Elspeth Jajdelska (University of Strathclyde) - Do we always need a timeline?
The roles of temporal sequence in art narratives and science narratives
Thomas Bonnin (University of Exeter) - Explaining the origin of eukaryotic
cells between narratives and mechanisms
Tirthankar Roy (LSE, London) - Technological change in the Indian textile
industry
Daniel Pargman (KTH, Stockholm) - Using allohistorical narratives to envision
alternative energy futures
Andrew Hopkins (LSE, London) - Alfred Wegener's arguments for continental
drift: A consillience of narrative explanations
*PhD travel bursaries*
To increase participation from the postgraduate community, we are making
available 4 travel bursaries, each of a maximum of £250. These can be used to
recover the cost of train or airfare for those who wish to attend, and who are
currently enrolled on a PhD programme, preferably with research interests
directly related to the workshop agenda.
To apply for a PhD travel bursary please write to Dr Dominic Berry:
d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk <mailto:d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk>
Please include:
* Your name
* University Affiliation
* PhD Programme and thesis title
* And no more than 100 words on how this workshop relates to your
research.
The deadline for applications to the travel bursary is *Monday May 13*.
You will be notified as to the outcome of your application shortly thereafter.
Applicants will be selected to ensure a diverse range of research interests and
institutions are represented.
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