Research Associate Job: Towards a Sensory History of the Modern Hospital,...
The University-funded project Better by Design: Towards a Sensory History of the Modern Hospital invites applications to a fixed-funded (12 months), part-time (0.3 FTE) Research Associate position....
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Otterden Place, Faversham, Kent
Otterden Place, Faversham, Kent By Charlotte Sleigh, University of Kent, with thanks to David Clark. This simple picture below, well known to historians of science, shows one of the earliest...
View ArticleCFA: Postdoctoral Researcher in the History of Medicine and/or Technology
Postdoctoral researcher, “history of medicine and/or technology” at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department Technology and Society Studies, Maastricht University 1.00 fte, 3 years...
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Ayrton Prize Winner
The BSHS is delighted to award the second Ayrton Prize, for digital engagement in the history of science, technology and medicine, to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for...
View ArticleKCL Annual Lecture in the History of Medicine
Kings College London is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lecture in the History of Medicine will be given by Professor Scott Podolsky on Thurs 29 June 2017, 5.30-7pm. Prof Podolsky will be...
View ArticleCFP Funding Bodies and Late Modern Science
Call for Papers: Funding bodies and late modern science Utrecht University, Cultural History Research Group and Descartes Centre, 30 November – 1 December 2017 Abstract Deadline: 15 June 2017 In his...
View ArticleCRASSH Exhibition: ‘Photography, Alterity and Epidemics’
The Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic project at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, is delighted to share news of a forthcoming photographic exhibition; ‘Photography, Alterity and...
View ArticleVisualising Learning in France, c. 1500-1830
Visualising Learning in France, c. 1500-1830 24-25 May 2017, New Seminar Room, 71 South Street, St Andrews Programme, abstracts and all further details available here:...
View ArticleCFP: Histories of Anthropology, Cambridge 18-19 September
Histories of Anthropology: Transforming Knowledge and Power (1870-1970) University of Cambridge, 18-19 September 2017 Deadline for Proposals: 20 May 2017 Keynote Speaker: Sadiah Qureshi (Birmingham)...
View ArticleRevisiting Anna-K Mayer’s ‘The history of science in Britain, 1945–65’
The BSHS celebrates its 70th Anniversary this year, and in honour of this, Cambridge University Press has made Anna-K Mayer’s fantastic BJHS piece, “‘I have been very fortunate…’. Brief report on the...
View ArticleCFP: Reading Euclid in the Early Modern World
Reading Euclid in the early modern world: research workshop Thursday and Friday 14 and 15 December 2017 All Souls College, Oxford Abstract Deadline: 1 August 2017 Call for Papers Euclid’s Elements of...
View ArticleCFP: Unix in Europe: Between Innovation, Diffusion and Heritage
Call for contributions International symposium: Unix in Europe: between innovation, diffusion and heritage Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France – October 19 2017 Abstract Deadline:...
View ArticleHistory of Mathematics Public Lectures
Please see details below of the History of Mathematics public lectures that Gresham College is running in May and June. 1) Maths Can Make You Fly: 23 May, Museum of London, 6pm-7pm – In this joint...
View ArticleCFP: Materia Medica on the Move II
Call for Papers Materia medica on the move II: Contextualizing drug components as collectables, commodities, and cultural markers in the early modern period Amsterdam, October 4-6, 2017 Abstract...
View ArticleBJHS Themes: Call for Proposals
We are calling for proposals for Issue 4 (2019) 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 ArticleCFP: Contours of the Future: Technology & Innovation in Cultural Context
CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN CULTURAL CONTEXT 1 – 3 November 2017, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University www.futurecon.ru Abstract...
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Dingle Prize Result
The BSHS is delighted to announce that the 2017 Dingle Prize, for the best book in history of science, technology and medicine accessible to a popular audience, is awarded to Andrea Wulf for her...
View ArticleChallenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition
Call for Registration and Posters Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition Liège, Belgium, 6-12 August 2017 The preparation of the World Humanities Conference is now approaching very...
View ArticleFreud in Cambridge: Hidden Histories of Psychoanalysis
1 July 2017, Freud Museum, London, 9.30am – 5.00pm ***Discount Code for BSHS Members: BURSARY2*** Freud in Cambridge: Hidden Histories of Psychoanalysis Day Symposium What kind of a project is...
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