VI EUCARPIA - Section Organic and Low-Input Agriculture

Scientific Conference on Breeding to meet environmental and societal challenges

Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra – ESAC, Coimbra, Portugal

Mon 26th to Wed 28th May 2025

(Deadline for abstracts submission: Monday, 17th February 2025 at 9AM CET)

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Call for a thematic dossier to be published in 2026  

Deadline: 31 March 2025

HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology, recently indexed by Scopus, is an open access, on-line peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the History of Science and Technology, published in English by a group of Portuguese research institutions and De Gruyter Brill/Sciendo. HoST encourages submissions of original historical research exploring the cultural, social and political dimensions of science, technology, and medicine (STM), both from a local and a global perspective. 

Past thematic issues have dealt with topics as diverse as circulation, science communication, natural history, or the relation between science, technology and politics. Future issues might deal with both established and emerging areas of scholarship. The editors of HoST are looking for proposals for a thematic dossier to be published in 2026 (HoST volume 20, issue 2-December).

 Each thematic dossier should be prepared by the guest editor(s) and include four research papers along with an introduction.

 Submission guidelines

Proposals should include the following items:

1. An abstract describing the topic for the thematic dossier and its significance (500 words);
2. A list of the contributors along with the titles and abstracts (300 words) of the four research papers;
3. Brief CVs (300 words) of the guest editor(s) and authors;

 The guest editor(s) and the contributors must be prepared to meet HoST's publication schedule:

Abstract and titles submission: 31 March 2025

Submission of complete research papers: 30 February 2026

Publication: December 2026 (Issue 20.2)

 Proposals will be subject to approval by the Editorial Board and authors will be informed of the outcome by the end of April 2025. Submissions should be sent as an e-mail attachment (preferably in one single .doc, .docx, .rtf or .odt file), to the chief-editor: chiefeditor@johost.eu

• Virtual Faculty Residencies (June 2-13, via Zoom): We welcome applications from faculty interested in the emerging field of plant humanities who want to integrate more primary and digital sources about plants into their teaching. Over two weeks, 10-12 participants will engage in seminar discussions, workshop teaching ideas, and provide feedback on our open access digital resource, the Plant Humanities Lab. Participants receive a stipend of $800--the total time commitment is approximately 20-25 hours. More information can be found here; the application deadline is February 15.

• Plant Humanities Summer Program (June 30-July 25, in person at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC): Designed to introduce participants to the emerging field of plant humanities, the program admits 10 graduate students and advanced undergraduates each summer. The session includes two additional weeks of virtual work (July 28-August 8 via Zoom) to research and write a plant cultural history for digital publication. The curriculum covers key concepts and methodologies from various disciplines, including botany, evolutionary biology, history, art history, literature, indigenous studies, and environmental studies. Participants also receive training in digital skills and the use of special collections. They then work in teams to create interactive, peer-reviewed plant narratives for the Plant Humanities Lab . Dumbarton Oaks covers travel expenses, accommodations, lunch, and site visits during the residential component. More information can be found  here; the application deadline is February 15.