Chicago Press opens access to History of Science Society=09award-winning papers

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Hi all,

Thought you might like to know that the University of Chicago Press is lift=
ing
access control to these History of Science Society award-winning papers.

All the best,
Suzanne

**With apologies for cross-posting**

For Immediate Release: November 8, 2006
Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386 / swu@press.uchicago.edu

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Isis and History of Science Society announce 2006 Price/Webster Award winne=
r

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=3Ddoi:10.1086/498590

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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=3Ddoi:10.1086/423510.

Both awards were formally presented on November 4, 2006 at the
History of Science Society annual meeting in Vancouver, BC.

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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.

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