International Conference Travel: Unity and Disunity in Science: International; 14-17 September 2018, London, England

本项目将支持美国学者参加欧洲科学史学会与英国科学史学会联合举办的第八届国际科学会议“科学中的统一与不统一”。会议将于2018年9月14日至17日在伦敦大学学院教育学院举行，但有些会议将在皇家学会和科学博物馆举行。美国学者参加这次欧洲会议将有助于促进国际关系，并确保早期职业和独立学者以及资深学者能够参与，从而有助于多样化和扩大会议的视角，以及由于美国的参与而可能实现的合作，这有望为科学的统一性和不统一性的讨论增加维度。以及其他将在67个已接受的专题讨论会中讨论的主题。所有的美国参与者都出现在与欧洲学者的会议上，这种智力互动有望导致智力合作，可能包括新项目和未来的出版物。此外，会议记录的报告将在美国各种各样的学会通讯中传播，例如科学史学会和国际科学史、哲学和社会研究学会的通讯，并在各种社交媒体上发布通知，目的是使公众更广泛地了解科学、技术和社会研究的成果。会议将汇集来自世界许多地区的科学史家，从广义上考虑会议的主题。除其他主题外，专题讨论会将讨论不同科学、国家和集团、时期和历史文献中科学、技术和/或医学的统一性和不统一性；作为理想与现实的统一与分裂；统一和不统一是科学与政治、技术、经济和艺术之间关系的特征。该资助将促进美国学者在这些主题的国际探索方面的贡献，特别关注促进不同国籍之间形成新的学术关系，新的合作项目，以及包括有限机构支持的参与者，特别关注研究生和独立学者。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will support participation of US scholars in the international conference, "Unity and Disunity' in science, which is the 8th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science held in conjunction with the British Society for the History of Science. The sessions will take place on 14-17 September 2018 mainly at University of College London's Institute of Education, though some sessions will be held at the Royal Institution and the Science Museum. The participation of US scholars in this European conference will serve to foster international relations and to ensure that early-career and independent scholars, as well as senior scholars, are able to participate, thus helping to diversify and expand the perspectives at the conference, and the collaborations that may be expected to materialize as a result of the US participation, which promises to add dimensions to the discussion of the unity and disunity of science, and the other topics that will be discussed in the 67 accepted symposia. All the US participants are appearing in sessions with European scholars, and such intellectual interactions are expected to lead to intellectual collaborations that may include new projects as well as future publications. In addition, reports of the conference proceedings will be disseminated among a wide variety of US-based society newsletters, such as those of the History of Science Society as well as the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science, and notices will also appear in various social media outlets, with the aim of leading to a broader public awareness of the fruits of studies of science, technology, and society. The conference will bring together historians of science from many regions of the world to consider the conference theme, broadly construed. Symposia will address, among other topics, unity and disunity within science, technology, and/or medicine across diverse sciences, nations and blocs, periods, and historiographies; unity and disunity as ideals and realities; and unity and disunity as characterizing relations between the sciences and politics, technology, economics, and the arts. This grant will promote US scholars' contributions in the international exploration of these topics, with particular attention given to the promotion of forming new scholarly relationships among different nationalities, new collaborative projects, and inclusion of participants with limited institutional support, with special focus on graduate students and independent scholars.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.