EASST Conference 2006, University of Lausanne, EXTENDED DEADLINE: Paper and session proposals will now be accepted up to the new deadline of January 16th, 2006 Session proposals are provisionally published on the Conference website http://www2.unil.ch/easst2006/ see "what's new". Send your session proposal as soon as possible to easst2006@unil.ch The Call for Papers (reminder) "Reviewing humanness: bodies, technologies and spaces" What is it to be human today? How are developments in science and technology affecting the human experience? Developments in the life sciences offer new ways of understanding and intervening in bodily processes. Human influence is distributed through socio-technical networks and artifacts. Transnational connections and imaginings extend our conception of humanness. What concepts do we need to understand these processes and to address their practical and political consequences? "Reviewing Humanness" forms the theme for biennial conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from 23rd to 26th August 2006. Paper and session proposals addressing any aspect of the theme are welcomed. All members of the science, technology and innovation studies community are invited to attend and there will be open paper sessions for topics outside of the theme. See the full Call for Papers and all information on the conference web site http://www2.unil.ch/easst2006/ Christine Hine Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK c.hine@surrey.ac.uk http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/christine_hine.htm