Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
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The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) is a United States–based academic organization whose members "share an interest in problems of science and representation, and in the cultural and social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine."[1]
| Predecessor | Society for Literature and Science |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1985 |
President | Rajani Sudan |
| Affiliations | European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts |
| Website | litsciarts |
The SLSA publishes the journal Configurations, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and a members' newsletter Decodings.[2] It holds an annual conference that "attracts hundreds of participants from many different disciplines, including the history, sociology, anthropology, rhetoric, and philosophy of science, technology and medicine; literary history and criticism; art history and media studies; the cognitive sciences; and all areas of science, technology, engineering, and medicine" (the 30th being in 2016).[1]
The European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSAeu) is a sister body.[3]
The Society's own webpage is inconsistent as to whether there is a comma after "Science" in its name.[2]
History
The Society for Literature and Science was created at the 17th International Congress of the History of Science, held in Berkeley, California, in August 1985.[4] It was renamed the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts in the mid-2000s.[5][6]
