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digest 1997-12-09 #001


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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 8 Dec 1997 08:48:38 -0800
From: Alan Rauch 
Subject: LITERATURE & SCIENCE at the MLA
Dear Lit & Science List Members:   I just want to remind everyone of
the sessions arranged by the Division of Literature and Science that
will be held at the MLA in Toronto.  The sessions are listed below.    
I also want to remind you that there will be, for the first time in a
long time, a "Business" session for the Executive Division
Geneva1:45-3:00 p.m., 205B, Toronto Convention Center Monday, December
29).  We'd like to have interested people come to that session in order
to discuss future sessions, possible events, and L&S policies.  
Thanks very much.  I look forward to seeing you at the MLA.   Alan   
GenevaKnowledge Texts: Institutionalizing and Diffusing Scientific
Knowledge  Geneva3:30-4:45 p.m., 203B, Toronto Convention Center 
Sunday, 28 December   Program arranged by the Division on Literature and
Science  Alan Rauch, Georgia Institute of Technology  & Eve H.
Keller, Fordham University   **Nancy Cervetti, Avila College            
 "Seeing Is Knowing: Shifting Subjectivity in William Hunter's
Gravid              Uterus"   Carolyn Dever, New York University   
      "Practical Observations in Midwifery: Class and the Aesthetic
of Childbed Death in Victorian Midwives' Manuals."    Bernice L.
Hausman, Virginia Polytechnic Insti. And State University       
"Scientific Motherhood and the 'Womanly Art': La Leche League and
the Medical Case for Breastfeeding"     The Cultural Work that
Science Does: Science in the Other Disciplines   8:30-9:45 a.m., 205B
Toronto Convention Center  Tuesday, 30 December   Program arranged by
the Division on Literature and Science  George L. Levine, Rutgers
University   Jennifer Gerstel, University of Toronto     "August
Schleicher and the Tenacity of the Family-Tree Diagram:        
Evolutionary Approaches to Historical-Comparative Linguistics"    
**Richard Davis, Carnegie Mellon University          "Why Bad
Science May be a Good Idea"    **Thomas Kealy, University of Oregon
   "The Other Wisdom: The Necessity of the Science Wars"    
Race and Science  8:30-9:45 a.m. 203B Toronto Convention Center  Sunday,
28 December   Program arranged by the Division on Literature and Science
 Chair, Susan Merrill Squier, Pennsylvania State University   Lisa
Montanarelli, University of California, Berkeley        
"Biological Bildung and the 'Primitive-as-Child' in Victorian
Science"    **Mark Soderstrom,The University of Minnesota        
"The Danger of Mixing at Social Mixers: Eugenics and the Rhetoric
of Racism at  the University of Minnesota, 1912-1942."    **Kavita
Philip, Georgia Institute of Technology    "Postmodern
Neocolonialisms: WIRED, the Web, and the Exotic Other"        
Business Meeting of the Division of Literature and Science  1:45-3:00
p.m., 205B, Toronto Convention Center  Monday, December 29   
TimesProgram arranged by the Division on Literature and Science  George
L. Levine, Rutgers University   Jennifer Gerstel, University of Toronto 
        "August Schleicher and the Tenacity of the Family-Tree
Diagram:         Evolutionary Approaches to Historical-Comparative
Linguistics"     **Richard Davis, Carnegie Mellon University       
  "Why Bad Science May be a Good Idea"    **Thomas Kealy,
University of Oregon    "The Other Wisdom: The Necessity of the
Science Wars"      Race and Science  [Sect. D72A] 8:30-9:45 a.m.
203B Toronto Convention Center  Sunday, 28 December   Program arranged
by the Division on Literature and Science  Chair, Susan Merrill Squier,
Pennsylvania State University   Lisa Montanarelli, University of
California, Berkeley           "Biological Bildung and the
'Primitive-as-Child' in Victorian Science"    **Mark Soderstrom,The
University of Minnesota         "The Danger of Mixing at Social
Mixers: Eugenics and the Rhetoric of Racism at  the University of
Minnesota, 1912-1942."    **Kavita Philip, Georgia Institute of
Technology    "Postmodern Neocolonialisms: WIRED, the Web, and the
Exotic Other"        Business Meeting of the Division of Literature
and Science  1:45-3:00 p.m., 205B, Toronto Convention Center  Monday,
December 29  
________________________________________________________________  Alan
Rauch  Associate Chair  Literature, Communication, and Culture  Georgia
Institute of Technology  Atlanta, GA 30332-0165                    
//www.lcc.gatech.edu/                                   Tel:
404.894.7000  alan.rauch@lcc.gatech.edu            Fax: 404.894.1287
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Date: 8 Dec 1997 11:58:01 -0800
From: stevejw@hss.caltech.edu (Stephen Weininger)
Subject: Permissions
Jay Labinger and I are contemplating writing a text on chemical
controversies. We anticipate incorporating excerpts from a substantial
number of journal articles, books, etc. Thus we will need permission to
reproduce these excerpts in our text. Has anyone had experience with a
book of this sort; in particular, did any/some/many of the sources ask
for fees to reprint their material, and if so, of what magnitude?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.
Steve
Stephen J. Weininger                     stevejw@hss.caltech.edu
Visiting Professor of History of Science phone:(626) 395-2788
Visiting Professor of Chemistry          fax: (626) 449-4159
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Date: 8 Dec 1997 13:37:20 -0800
From: Joseph Duemer 
Subject: Re: Permissions
It's hardly the same sort of project, but a couple of years ago I
co-edited an anthology of poetry, Dog Music (St. Martin's 1996), and we
spent around $7000 for permissions--the majority of our advance from
the
publisher. As a general rule, when rights were owned by an individual
poet, they accepted our base offer of $40/poem, sometimes even donating
it back to us so we could in turn give it to animal welfare
organizations. When the rights were owned by a commercial publisher,
especially if the poet was well-known, the prices could go pretty
high--upwards of  $300 in some cases. University and small literary
presses tended to be willing to negotiate, or accept the writer's
recommendation. Hope this helps.
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Joseph Duemer
School of Liberal Arts
Clarkson University
Potsdam NY 13699
315-262-2466 / 315-268-3967
Fax: 315-268-3983
duemer@polaris.clarkson.edu
http://web.northnet.org/duemer
___________________________
"People say they have to express their emotions.
I'm sick of that. Photography doesn't teach you to
express your emotions; it teaches you how to see."
-Berenice Abbott
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Date: 8 Dec 1997 16:23:00 -0800
From: Stuart Peterfreund 
Subject: Re: Permissions
Steve
In a field that charges pages fees and preprint fees, you will most
likely get soaked, especially if you have to deal with the likes of
Sage, Gordon & Breach, et al.  The only thing I can suggest is to
contact the authors and brainstorm with them.  Who holds copyright may
make for some relief.
Stuartspeterfr@lynx.neu.edu