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Both these articles could be grist for programs and exhibitions (I
can't remember if Marie Zakrzewska is featured in the National
Library of Medicine's traveling exhibition about women in medicine.)
Good reading in any case!
Karen Reeds
History of Science Society, Price-Webster Award Committee
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FWD:
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:32:43 -0500
From: "Carsten Timmermann, H-SCI-MED-TECH" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: History of Science Society award-winning papers: Chicago
University Press opens online access
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:46:17 -0600
From: Suzanne Wu <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Chicago Press opens access to History of Science Society
award-winning papers
Hi all,
Thought you might like to know that the University of Chicago Press is
lifting access control to these award-winning papers.
All the best,
Suzanne
**With apologies for cross-posting**
For Immediate Release: November 8, 2006
Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386 / [log in to unmask]
Isis and History of Science Society announce 2006 Price/Webster Award winner
The History of Science Society Prize Committee announced last week that K.
Maria D. Lane (University of New Mexico) is the recipient of the Derek
Price/Rod Webster Award for the article "Geographers of Mars: Cartographic
Inscription and Exploration Narrative in Late Victorian Representations of
the Red Planet." The prize, which has been awarded annually since 1979,
recognizes the best work published in Isis during the three years prior to
the year in which the award is given.
Dr. Lane received a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Texas-Austin
in May 2006. "Geographers of Mars: Cartographic Inscription and Exploration
Narrative in Late Victorian Representations of the Red Planet" appeared in
the December 2005 issue of Isis, published by the University of Chicago
Press on behalf of the History of Science Society. The article explains the
power of Giovanni Schiaparelli's 1877 map of Mars in terms of 19th century
geography-when "prestige inhered in putting things on the map, not taking
them off."
Prize Committee Chair Karen Reeds writes: "By alerting us to the
seductiveness of maps as representations of reality, to the role of visual
intuition and deceptive analogy in reading maps and terrain, and to the
rhetoric of place names in an imperial age-to identify just a few
contributions of this witty and thought-provoking essay-Maria Lane also
shows us how much historians of science have to learn from geographers."
In honor of the Derek Price/Rod Webster Award, the University of Chicago
Press has temporarily lifted access control to the article "Geographers of
Mars: Cartographic Inscription and Exploration Narrative in Late Victorian
Representations of the Red Plane," Vol. 96 (December 2005): 477-506. All
visitors to the University of Chicago Press Web site will be able to read
the full-text version of the award-winning scholarship at:
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/498590
Isis paper wins 2006 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize
The University of Chicago Press is proud to commend Arleen Tuchman
(Vanderbilt University), winner of the 2006 Margaret W. Rossiter History of
Women in Science Prize, awarded by the History of Science Society. Dr.
Tuchman's award-winning paper, "Situating Gender: Marie E. Zakrzewska and
the Place of Science in Women's Medical Education," appeared in the March
2004 issue of Isis.
In even-numbered years, the Rossiter prize is awarded in recognition of an
outstanding article on the history of women in science. (In odd-numbered
years, the prize is awarded to a book.) Of Tuchman's 2006 award-winning
article about the life of Berlin-born physician Marie Zakrzewska, prize
committee chair Elizabeth Lunbeck (Princeton University) writes, "Tuchman
effectively employs theoretical literature on the situatedness of gender to
illuminate Zakrzewska's rejection of feminine virtues as grounds for women's
entry into the professional sphere."
Lunbeck continues: "Meticulously researched and argued, Tuchman's portrayal
of Zakrzewska's life as a strategic series of performances of gender is as
enjoyable to read as it is persuasive."
The University of Chicago Press is temporarily lifting access restrictions
to the award-winning article. All visitors the Isis homepage will be able
read Tuchman's compelling exploration of the life of a leader among the
first generation of American women physicians. Please visit:
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/423510.
Both awards were formally presented on November 4, 2006 at the History of
Science Society annual meeting in Vancouver, BC.
About Isis: Since its inception in 1912, Isis has featured scholarly
articles, research notes and commentary on the history of science, medicine,
and technology, and their cultural influences. Review essays and book
reviews on new publications in the field are also included. An official
publication of the History of Science Society, this is the oldest (and most
widely circulating) English-language journal in the field.
About the History of Science Society: The History of Science Society is the
world's largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology,
medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context. Over
3,000 individual and institutional members across the world support the
Society's mission to foster interest in the history of science and its
social and cultural relations.
About the University of Chicago Press: Founded in 1891, the University of
Chicago Press is the largest American university press. The Journals
Division currently publishes forty-seven award-winning periodicals and
serials in a wide range of disciplines, including several journals that were
the first scholarly publications in their respective fields. Online since
1995, the Journals Division has also been a pioneer in electronic
publishing, delivering original, peer-reviewed research from international
scholars to a worldwide audience.
--
SUZANNE WU
Publicity Manager
Journals Division
The University of Chicago Press
1427 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
voice: 773-834-0386
fax: 773-702-0172
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www.journals.uchicago.edu
--
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Guest Curator
Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America
Exhibition, February 15-June 30, 2007
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia 215--389-1776
http://www.americanswedish.org/
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