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BSLS Annual Conference 2027: Call for Papers now open.
The 22nd annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Oxford from Thursday 1st to Saturday 3rd April 2027 (in person) see more: bsls.ac.uk/2026/10/bsls-annu…
Special Issue Call for Papers – Aesthetics, Forms, Readers: New Directions in Science Fiction Studies
More info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/special-i…
CfP: BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium
'Occult Science: Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and the Persistence of Wonder'
29 January 2027 - Online
More Info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/bsls-2026…
We are delighted to announce the winner of the BSLS/JLS early career essay prize:
Daniel Bowman, “Coach Dog to Automobile Dog: Canines in Literature and Car Culture"
literatureandscience.org/vol…
CfP – Theatre About Science: Knowledge, Engagement and Action
More Info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/cfp-theat…
The Journal of Literature and Science literatureandscience.org is looking for reviewers to review various articles published in the last year to 18 months in the field of literature and science.
More Details: bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/journal-o…
RA Role: Mary Shelley. This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career researcher with expertise in Mary Shelley studies and the literature and culture of the eighteenth and/or nineteenth centuries. More info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/ra-role-m…
Postdoc in “Science Narratives”, Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg - for more info see: bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/postdoc-i…
Research Associate: ‘The Making of Natural History, 1797 – Present’ at MMU - for more info see: bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/research-…
The 2026 BSLS Book Prize is now open for nominations!
If you have read, or written, a book published in 2026 that you think worthy of consideration for the prize then check out all the info on our website: bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/book-priz…
CfP: Science Narratives and the Public, a conference taking place on 20 November 2026 at the Royal Society. More details: bsls.ac.uk/2026/05/cfp-scien…
Calling all PGRs and ECRs: three more weeks to submit to the BSLS/JLS essay prize!
All entries receive feedback from the judging panel.
bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call-for-…
CoSciLit Conference 2026 – Registration now open
For more see: bsls.ac.uk/2026/04/coscilit-…
The BSLS and the @ScienceJlit are pleased to announce the opening of the 2026 PGR/ECR Essay Prize Competition! Entries should be between 4,000-5,000 words in length, and are due by 5 June. More details here: bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call-for-…
If you are an ECR or PGR who presented at this years conference at @UniStrathclyde , please do consider submitting a polished draft of your paper!
Would anyone like to review Tara Lee's William Blake and Romantic Biology: Evolution, Originality, and Organic Form (cambridge.org/core/books/wil…)? Get in touch at [email protected] if so.
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Jake Street reviewing Evie Kendal's Science Fiction and the Ethics of Artificial Wombs (bsls.ac.uk/2026/04/kendal-ev…).
Would anyone like to review Sally Shuttleworth's new book In Quest of a Cure: Literary and Medical Cultures of the Health Resort (global.oup.com/academic/prod…)? Get in touch at [email protected] if so.