[PhilPhys] Deadline approaching: Summer School "Particle Physics at the Crossroads" (Wuppertal)

[Adrian Wüthrich]

Dear list members,

the deadline (31 January 2018) for applications for the Summer School 
"Particle Physics at the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on 
the Past, Present and Future of Particle Physics" taking place 23-30 
July 2018 in Wuppertal (Germany) is approaching.

Please help us bring the announcement to potential participants or, if 
you are a student or early career researcher, consider applying 
yourself. We are looking forward to your application and appreciate your 
help.

Website: https://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php?id=1182

Flyer: 
https://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/fileadmin/lhcepistemologie/media/downloads/FlyerOnline.pdf

Poster: 
https://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/fileadmin/lhcepistemologie/media/downloads/PosterOnline.pdf

Original announcement: see below.

Many thanks and kind regards,
Adrian Wüthrich and Florian Boge

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Call for Applications (deadline 31 January 2018)

The Research Unit "Epistemology of the LHC" invites applications for the 
Summer School "Particle Physics at the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary 
Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Particle Physics" taking 
place 23-30 July 2018 in Wuppertal (Germany).

With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the last missing piece of the 
Standard Model of particle physics has been found. The “hunt” for the 
Standard Model particles has thus come to an end and new aims and 
challenges will take centre stage in the practice of particle physics: 
precision measurements of the Standard Model’s parameters, the search 
for particles beyond the Standard Model, motivated in part by 
cosmological evidence, and the exploration of yet uncharted experimental 
and theoretical territory. To meet these challenges ever more 
sophisticated and larger experimental facilities will be required as 
well as an ever more critical assessment of the virtues and shortcomings 
of various theoretical proposals. A better understanding of this new 
phase of particle physics calls for a concerted effort of physics and 
the social sciences reflecting on it.

Confirmed speakers are John Ellis, Olof Hallonsten, Rafaela Hillerbrand, 
Martina Merz, Margarete Mühlleitner, Chris Smeenk, Kent Staley, 
Friedrich Steinle, Catherine Westfall and Christian Zeitnitz.

We invite up to 30 advanced students and early career researchers from 
the history, philosophy, and sociology of physics, as well as from 
physics itself to participate. The application process will be 
competitive and participants will be selected according to qualification 
and research interests. Assuming equal qualification, preference will be 
given to underrepresented groups. To apply, please send the following 
material in a single pdf file to SummerSchool.ELHC at uni-wuppertal.de no 
later than 31 January 2018:

- a letter of motivation, no longer than two pages,
- a cv in tabular form,
- a list of publications (if available), and
- two academic references, i.e. contact details of two professors or 
established researchers who are willing to comment on your qualifications

A selection of participants will be able to give short presentations of 
their own work as part of the school. The presentations will be followed 
by a commentary from a member of the Research Unit. In case you intend 
to give a presentation, you should add to your application:

- the title of your talk, and
- a short abstract (between 300 and 500 words)

We offer a small number of stipends to participants with limited 
financing. To apply for a stipend, please also prepare and submit a 
letter, no longer than one page, explaining your financial situation.

Upon request, the participants will receive a confirmation that the 
summer school is equivalent to a workload of 2 ECTS.

For further information and practical details, please refer to

http://www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php?id=1182

or contact the organizers Adrian Wüthrich and Florian Boge using the 
email address SummerSchool.ELHC at uni-wuppertal.de




-- 
Adrian Wuethrich
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Institut fuer Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte
Raum H 2534 / Sekr. H 23
Strasse des 17. Juni 135
D-10623 Berlin
adrian.wuethrich at tu-berlin.de
+49 30 314 24069
http://www.tu-berlin.de/?id=133444