[spsp-members] Call for Entries: IUHPST Essay Prize

[Agnes Bolinska]

Call for Entries

IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science

Submission deadline: 15 January 2025

The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
(IUHPST) invites submissions for the 2025 IUHPST Essay Prize in History and
Philosophy of Science. This biennial prize competition seeks to encourage
fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science and
related areas.

For this round of the competition, we invite entries, in the form of an
essay of 5,000–10,000 words written in English, addressing persistent
methodological challenges in integrated history and philosophy of science.
Examples of questions that entries may address include:

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   What is the role of case studies?
   -

   Is current science so different from old science that history is
   irrelevant to philosophy?
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   How does philosophical pluralism/monism affect the historiography of
   science?
   -

   Is “scientific revolution” dead as a framing device for the history of
   science?

Entries may answer one of these questions or a variation thereof; they may
also address another persistent methodological challenge in integrated HPS.

All entries should consist of original work that has not previously been
published. Entries written originally in another language should be
submitted in English translation, along with the name and contact details
of the translator. Entries will be judged on the following criteria, in
addition to general academic quality: direct engagement with the prize
topic, effective integration of historical and philosophical perspectives,
and potential to provide methodological guidance for other researchers in
the field.

The author of the winning entry will be invited to present the work at the
27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology in
Dunedin, New Zealand, June 29 to July 5, 2025. Presenting at the Congress
will be a condition of the award.

The award will carry a cash prize of 1,000 US dollars and a waiver of the
Congress registration fee.

Other strong entries will also be considered for presentation at the
Congress. In order to ensure this consideration, entrants should submit the
entry also as a standalone paper abstract for the Congress by the deadline
for that (December 1, 2024), following the standard instructions indicated
on the Congress website:
https://www.ichst2025.org/call-for-stand-alone-papers

Entries are invited from anyone, without restriction of age, nationality,
or academic status. Co-authored work will be considered; if the winning
entry is a co-authored work the cash prize will be shared among the
authors. This prize is administered by the Joint Commission of the IUHPST,
whose remit is to make links between the work of the two Divisions of the
IUHPST: the DHST (Division of History of Science and Technology) and the
DLMPST (Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and
Technology). For further information about the Joint Commission, including
previous prize winners, see
https://iuhpst.org/pages/inter-division-commissions/joint-commission.php

Entries for the prize competition should be anonymized and submitted in PDF
format by e-mail to the Chair of the Joint Commission, Dr. Agnes Bolinska,
Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina (bolinska [at]
mailbox [dot] sc [dot] edu). Any queries should also be directed to her.
The deadline for submission is 15 January 2025.
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