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International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN)
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The Opportunity to Present Your Work:
Call for Abstracts for ISHN2015 in Washington, DC, USA
[posted January 2015; PDF, 3 pages]
Student Travel Awards for ISHN2015
[posted December 2014]
Past Annual Meetings
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences:
Basic and Clinical Perspectives
HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum
The International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN) was founded in Montreal on May 14, 1995. Its mission is to:
- improve communication between individuals and groups interested in the history of neuroscience;
- promote research in the history of neuroscience; and
- promote education in and stimulate interest for the history of neuroscience.
The Journal of
the History of the Neurosciences: Basic and Clinical Perspectives,
the official organ of the
society, is published by Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis). Now in its twenty-third year (2014),
publishing four issues per volume, the
Journal provides a forum for investigations in the field of neuroscience
history, as broadly defined, including the history of basic, clinical, and
behavioral neurosciences, ancient and non-western topics, and significant
individuals, events, and technical advances. ISHN is a focal point for
those interested in neuroscience history and offers, through its journal
and annual meeting, opportunities to contribute to this rapidly growing
field.
ISHN Membership Directory
2015 Membership Directory - Personal Data Sheet
(PDF: 2 pages)
All new and continuing members should print and complete
a "2015 Membership Directory - Personal Data Sheet" and mail or email it to the ISHN Webmaster
(Online directory information will be updated and made available monthly).
FULL MEMBERSHIP ($123.00 U.S. plus Value Added/Local/National Tax where applicable) in the ISHN includes all privileges of
membership for calendar year January-December 2015, all mailings, and a one year individual subscription -- both print AND electronic/online -- to the Journal of the
History of the Neurosciences. Note that membership is based on the calendar year; whenever you apply or
renew during late 2014 and throughout 2015, your membership will be registered for January-December 2015
and you will receive issues of the journal for that year.
To join or renew as a Full member, do only one (not both!) of the following steps:
- PRINTED FORM: Print and complete the
FULL Membership application and renewal form
and mail or fax it to the
ISHN Secretary, Sherry Ginn. You will receive an invoice from Taylor & Francis.
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP (Free) includes all privileges and mailings for the
calendar year January-December 2015, but does not include an annual subscription to the Journal of the
History of the Neurosciences. The signature of a Faculty Sponsor (academic or research advisor, chair of
the student's department, or a faculty member of the student's major department) is required as confirmation of
the applicant's student status. Print and complete the
STUDENT Membership application and renewal form
and mail or fax it to the ISHN Secretary, Sherry Ginn.
GIFT MEMBERSHIPS in the ISHN may be arranged by using the
GIFT Membership application and renewal form.
Be sure to include the recipient's complete contact information, so that our
publisher will address the journal properly. Please also send an email or a copy of the Gift
membership form (without your credit card number and expiration date) to the ISHN Secretary, so
a letter of welcome may be sent in a timely manner.
For more information, please contact the ISHN Secretary-Treasurer:
- Sherry R. Ginn
- Liberal Arts and General Education
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- 1531 Trinity Church Road
- Concord, North Carolina 28027 USA
- +1-704-216-3799 voice
- +1-704-216-0992 fax
- E-mail: DoctorGinn AT gmail.com
If you are unable to view the Portable Document Format files (PDFs)
by just double-clicking on their links, below,
download
a free Acrobat Reader (use this link to go to the Adobe Acrobat Reader homepage, then
click on "Get Acrobat Reader"). Acrobat and its logo are trademarks of
Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- François Boller, President
- Professor of Neurology
- George Washington University Medical School
- 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
- Suite 9-400
- Washington, DC 20037
- USA
- +1-202-741-2700 voice
- E-mail: fboller AT mfa.gwu.edu
- Paul B. Foley, President-elect
- E-mail: p.foley AT neura.edu.au
- Sherry Ginn, Secretary-Treasurer
- E-mail: DoctorGinn AT gmail.com
- Geneviève Aubert, Past President
- E-mail: genevieve.aubert AT uclouvain.be
- Wayne Lazar, Member-at-Large (2011-2015)
- E-mail: jwayne314 AT aol.com
- Catherine E. Storey, Member-at-Large (2014-2016)
- E-mail: c.e.storey AT bigpond.com
- Stanley Finger, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
- E-mail: sfinger AT wustl.edu
- Peter J. Koehler, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
- E-mail: pkoehler AT neurohistory.nl
- Malcolm B. Macmillan, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
- E-mail: malcolm.macmillan AT unimelb.edu.au
- [Former Officers]
- Founding Meeting (1995, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes | Group Portrait
- 1st Annual Meeting (1996, Buffalo, New York, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 2nd Annual Meeting (1997, Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 3rd Annual Meeting (1998, Annapolis, Maryland, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 4th Annual Meeting (1999, Zürich & Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 5th Annual Meeting (2000, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 6th Annual Meeting (2001, Cologne, Germany)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 7th Annual Meeting (2002, Los Angeles, California, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 8th Annual Meeting (2003, Windsor Great Park, United Kingdom)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 9th Annual Meeting (2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 10th Annual Meeting (2005, St. Andrews, Scotland)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 11th Annual Meeting (2006, Pavia, Italy)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 12th Annual Meeting (2007, Los Angeles, California, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 13th Annual Meeting (2008, Berlin, Germany)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts | Minutes
- 14th Annual Meeting (2009, Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program | Abstracts |
Registration Form | Minutes
- 15th Annual Meeting (2010, Paris, France)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Hotels | Program | Abstracts |
Registration Form | Minutes
- 16th Annual Meeting - Joint Meeting with Cheiron (2011, Calgary/Banff, Alberta, Canada)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Program - Calgary |
Program - Banff
| Abstracts - Calgary
| Abstracts - Banff
- Registration Form |
Poster/Flyer |
Conference Website |
Minutes
- 17th Annual Meeting (2012, Venice, Italy)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts |
Accommodations and Travel |
Program |
Abstracts
- Registration Form (PDF) |
Registration Form (RTF/Rich Text Format) |
Registration Form (DOC/Word document)
- Important Travel Advice |
Art and Music in Venice |
Wordcloud Poster/Flyer |
Minutes
- 18th Annual Meeting (2013, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
- Announcement/Call for Abstracts | Registration Package (Program + Registration)
| Quarantine Station Excursion and Program (June 20)
- Historical Aspects of Movement Disorders: Joint Meeting of the ISHN and the Movement Disorders Society (June 21)
- A Celebration of Australian Neuroscience (June 22)
| Important Information about Travel, Accommodations, and Visiting Sydney
- Abstracts |
Minutes
- 19th Annual Meeting (2014, Brussels, Belgium)
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Welcome to ISHN2014 in Brussels (PDF: presentation to members at ISHN2013) |
First Announcement for ISHN2014 in Brussels (PDF: October 2013)
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Call for Abstracts (PDF: December 2013) |
Preliminary Program (PDF: December 2013) |
Accommodations (Link: Hotel Researvations)
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April Announcement: Registration and Travel Information (PDF: April 2014) |
May Announcement: Accommodations, Posters, Tours, and Other Details (PDF: May 2014)
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June Announcement: PowerPoint, Posters, Excursions, Banquet, and Tours (PDF: June 2014) |
ISHN2014 Registration Form (PDF: revised June 2014)
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ISHN2014 Final Program and Abstracts (PDF: June 2014) |
BASS-ISHN program on 4 July 2014 (PDF: June 2014)
- 20th Annual Meeting (2015, Washngton, D.C., USA)
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First Announcement for ISHN2015 (PDF: December 2014)
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Call for Abstracts (PDF: January 2015)
Student Travel Awards for ISHN 2015 in Washington, DC
Young researchers who are active in the fields of the history of neurosciences are invited to submit an abstract and apply for a travel grant. The application should include the abstract and the following information:
- Name
- Age
- Student status document
- Biosketch
- Short letter explaining why you are applying for this award (max 200 words)
Deadline: March 1, 2015
Requirement: Student Status; 35 years of age or below
For more information about the Student Travel Awards, please visit the ISHN2015 meeting website.
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Annual and Biennial Awards and Honors
The International Society for the History of the Neurosciences and its official publication,
the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, offer the following biennial
prizes to honor outstanding and distinguished scholarship in the history of the neurosciences:
At meetings held in odd-numbered years, the ISHN will award prizes for
(1) Outstanding Article in the History of the Neurosciences and
(2) Lifetime Contribution to the History of the Neurosciences (this award may be
given annually, at the discretion of the Committee).
At meetings held in even-numbered years, the ISHN will award prizes for
(1) Outstanding Student Essay in the History of the Neurosciences and
(2) Outstanding Book in the History of the Neurosciences.
The prizes will be awarded at the Society's annual meeting.
Further information about the 2015 award for Lifetime Contribution to the History of the
Neurosciences may be obtained from the Chair of
the ISHN Lifetime Contribution Award Committee:
- Dr. Axel Karenberg
- History of Medicine and Medical Ethics
- University of Cologne
- Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9
- D-50931 Cologne
- GERMANY
- E-mail: ajg02 AT uni-koeln.de
Further information about the 2015 award for Outstanding Article in the History of the Neurosciences may be obtained from the Chair of
the ISHN Awards and Prizes Committee:
- Dr. Paul B. Foley
- Neuroscience Research Australia
- Barker Street
- Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031 AUSTRALIA
- E-mail: p.foley AT neura.edu.au
Award and Prize Recipients
For more details, see:
Guidelines for ISHN Awards and Prizes
HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum is an electronic
discussion group for exchanging information on any aspect of the History of
Neuroscience. It includes announcements, inquiries and discussion on access
to historical sources and their use and interpretation. Subscriptions are free and available to
everyone interested in neuroscience history, including but by no means limited to historians,
scientists, students, instructors, curators, publishers, archivists and librarians. The listserv is
maintained for the benefit of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN),
but is open to all (anyone with an e-mail account and an interest in the subject is welcomed).
NeurHistAlert: The late C.U.M. (Chris) Smith's annotated bibliographies of recent periodical literature
in history of the neurosciences were derived from his regular column in Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.
The cumulative bibliographies through 1 January 2010 are available here, with permission of our publisher:
News from ISHN2014 in Brussels, Belgium
- François Boller was confirmed as the new ISHN President for 2014-2015. He is organizing the 20th annual meeting of the society, which will be held in Washington, DC (USA) from June 2 through June 6, 2015.
- The new President-elect, who is responsible for the 2016 meeting, is Paul B. Foley (Sydney, Australia); the venue for the meeting has not yet been decided, but will not be in Australia.
- Catherine E. Storey (Sydney, Australia; ISHN President 2012-13) was elected as the new Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors, succeeding Marjorie Lorch (London, UK), whose term had expired. The second, continuing Member-at-Large is Wayne Lazar (Garden City South, NY, USA).
- Three awards were presented at the ISHN banquest on July 4:
- Outstanding Book in the History of the Neurosciences: Alan McComas (2011) Galvani's Spark: The story of the nerve impulse. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
- Outstanding Student Essay in the History of the Neurosciences: Michael Anthony Finn (2012): "The West Riding Lunatic Asylum and the Making of the Modern Brain Sciences in the Nineteenth Century". PhD Thesis, Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
- Lifetime Contribution to the History of the Neurosciences:
Malcolm B. Macmillan (Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia).
- At the conclusion of the annual meeting, Geneviève Aubert (Brussels, Belgium) became immediate Past President.
First Announcement for ISHN2015 in Washington, D.C.
President-elect François Boller is organizing the 20th annual meeting of the ISHN, which will be held 2 - 6 June 2015 in Washington, D.C. at the Jack Morton Auditorium at George Washington University. The meeting will be sponsored by the Department of Neurology and by the Department of History of George Washington University.
- The Jack Morton Auditorium is located within George Washington University's Media and Public Affairs Building at 805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC, 20052 USA.
- The Jack Morton Auditorium is a fixed-seat venue with a capacity of 244 and offers full audiovisual support. It is an ideal location within easy walking distance from the Metro (Foggy Bottom Station), hotels, and restaurants.
- Dr. Boller and his Local Arrangements Committee are working on plans for hotel accommodations, a gala dinner, special programs, and a program for accompanying persons. Details will be posted here and on the ISHN-L and HISTNEUR-L listservs as they become available.
Medical school laboratory at George Washington University, 1924
(Source: "“The University: George Washington Visualized", in The GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia)
International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN) home page
http://www.ishn.org
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