Anne Hardy Wins the John Pickstone Prize
For only the second time, the British Society for the History of Science is awarding its John Pickstone Prize to the best scholarly work in the history of science. From a stellar short-list of five,...
View ArticleDeadline: Three Societies Hotel Conference Rate
ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT FOR HOTEL CONFERENCE RATES FOR THREE SOCIETIES MEETING Book your hotel room before May 19 for the Three Societies Meeting in order to take advantage of the reserved conference rates....
View ArticleCfp extended: Science and Islands in the Indo-Pacific World
CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 29 MAY 2016. 15 – 16 September 2016, Cambridge Organisers: Dorit Brixius, Sebestian Kroupa, Stephanie Mawson Keynote speaker: Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge) Within World...
View ArticlePhilosophical and Historical Dimensions of Biological Individuality
Places still available: Philosophical and Historical Dimensions of Biological Individuality, Winter School, University of Sydney A number of places are still available for a winter school unit on the...
View ArticleGreat Exhibitions Competition 2016
The British Society for the History of Science Prize for Exhibits on the History of Science, Technology and Medicine 2016 The BSHS Outreach and Education Committee is pleased to announce its fourth...
View ArticleCFP: BJHS Themes Issue 3
We are calling for proposals for Issue 3 (2018) of BJHS Themes, the annual open-access journal that is a companion to the British Journal for the History of Science. Like the BJHS, BJHS Themes is...
View ArticleIUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science
Submission deadline: 30 November 2016 The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) invites submissions for the first IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy...
View ArticleMuseum of the History of Science Upcoming Free Lecture Series
The Museum of the History of Science, Oxford has some great free upcoming lectures that will be of interest to us all, so if you can make it, don’t miss out! Shakespeare400 Shakespeare’s World View:...
View Article10 Amazing Stories: BJHS June Edition!
Featuring: the living dead! killer flowers! killer insects! Auntie Beeb! This quarter’s edition kicks off with our Society’s president on the topic of ‘experimenting with the scientific past’,...
View ArticleObject Lessons and Nature Tables: Research Collaborations Between Historians...
University of Reading 23 September 2016 9:45 – 17:00 Venue: Special Collections and Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5EX, UK With the...
View ArticleCall for Information: Brexit, EU Funding, and AssIST-UK
The BSHS is allied to AsSIST-UK, the Association for Studies in Innovation, Science and Technology, and they are in need of information regarding EU funding. They are currently compiling a written...
View ArticleTime Measurement Research Funding
The Antiquarian Horological Society (AHS) has far wider interests than its name might suggest, and is not bound by centuries or particular approaches. Its journal Antiquarian Horology is equally at...
View ArticleAnnals of Science Student Essay Prize
Submissions are being accepted for the Annals of Science best paper prize 2016. This prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science or technology,...
View ArticleHistory of Mathematics Lectures at Gresham College
Gresham College is pleased to announce a series of eleven lectures on the History of Mathematics. These lectures are free and will take place at the Museum of London (EC2Y 5HN) or Barnard’s Inn Hall...
View ArticleThe Big Draw 2016: From STEM to STEAM
National arts education charity, The Big Draw, this week announced the 2016 theme for the world’s biggest drawing festival, which takes place annually from 1-31 October, and has a reach that spans...
View ArticleBSHS Engagement Fellowship
The BSHS is delighted to be launching a scheme to support small and local museums, archives, galleries and libraries whose collections connect to themes in the history of science, technology,...
View ArticleFood and Medical Traditions from the Plant World: Exploring Herbal Uses
UCL Spices and Medicine presents a half-day symposium, Food and Medical Traditions from the Plant World: Exploring Herbal Uses UCL School of Pharmacy, Brunswick Square, London Wednesday 12 October 2016...
View ArticleThe Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
The California Institute of Technology and the Francis Bacon Foundation are pleased to request nominations for the 2018 Francis Bacon Award in the history of science, the history of technology, or...
View ArticleThe 2016 Fred Sanger Lecture
2016 Fred Sanger Lecture Monday 3rd October, 6.30pm-7.30pm Henry Wellcome auditorium, Wellcome Collection, London Genomic data: public, private or ‘common’? A historical perspective Steven Sturdy,...
View ArticleCFP: 11th International Conference on the History of Chemistry
Call for abstracts In summer 2017, the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Working Party (WP) on History of Chemistry of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS)...
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