会议名称(英文)： 39th INHIGEO Symposium
所属学科： 古生物与地层,地球物理
开始日期： 2014-07-06
结束日期： 2014-07-10
所在国家： 美国
所在城市： 美国
具体地点： Pacific Grove, California, USA
主办单位： Geological Society of America (GSA)、International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences
联系电话： +1-303-357-1000
E-MAIL： gsaservice@geosociety.org
会议网站： http://community.geosociety.org/INHIGEO2014/home/
会议背景介绍：
This INHIGEO meeting is sponsored jointly by the Geological Society of America (GSA). Together with American members of INHIGEO, the GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division is a partner in planning the meeting.
征文范围及要求：
Conference Themes
Doing the History of the Earth Sciences: What, Why, and How?
Plus: California’s Place in the History of the Earth Sciences
In 1994, the Geological Society of America hosted the Penrose Conference, “From the Inside and the Outside: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the History of the Earth Sciences.” The focus of that meeting was on how practicing scientists (“insiders”) and professional historians (“outsiders”) approached research in our field. Twenty years later, it is fitting to ask where we stand presently on fundamental questions about scholarly inquiry into the development of the geosciences.
What is properly encompassed within historical studies of the earth sciences? How is the domain of investigation defined? Where do its boundaries lie?
Why should the history of the earth sciences be investigated and analyzed? What purposes are served by such historical examination? Who should care?
How should research on history of the geosciences be conducted? How should the results be formulated? How can constructive dialogue between scientists and historians be promoted? How can our research be better shared with colleagues and with the public at large?
With this meeting’s venue in California—and at the site of the watershed 1969 Penrose Conference (“The Meaning of the New Global Tectonics for Geology”)—it is especially appropriate that the second conference theme be “California’s Place in the History of the Earth Sciences.”
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