CFA: BSHS Communication Officer
The British Society for the History of Science is looking for a part-time BSHS Communications Officer. The role holder will work closely with members of BSHS Council on a range of short-, medium-, and...
View ArticleCFP: Workshop on Scientific Editors
CFP: Editors and the Editing of Scientific Periodicals: Constructing Knowledge and Identity in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries A workshop hosted by the Institute of Intellectual History,...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Volumes of the BJHS!
The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS) is celebrating 50 volumes just as the BSHS celebrates its 70th anniversary. In celebration of this great achievement, Editor Dr. Charlotte Sleigh...
View Article“Rutherford’s Chemists”: July 15th-16th 2017, Glasgow
A meeting, co-sponsored by the Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry, to mark the centenary of the second scientific revolution and a unique collaboration between physics and chemistry....
View ArticleLiterary Agents Seek History of Science Authors
Antony Harwood Literary Agents are actively seeking authors with an interest in public engagement to develop ideas for books and broadcast media projects dedicated to the history of science. Our...
View ArticleCFP: Get real!: Realism as a goal for the sciences and for HPS
A conference celebrating 60 years of HPS at Leeds 19-20 September 2017 University of Leeds Deadline for Abstracts: 24 July 2017 Scientists tend to want to discover the truth about nature beyond its...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting Details
We look forward to welcoming you all at our Annual Meeting in York this weekend! For those of you wanting to choose which great papers you want to see, please download our programme here. If you are...
View ArticleTalk: The periodic table: Its story and significance
7.00pm to 8.30pm, Thursday 20 July The Theatre, The Royal Society The periodic table is probably the most famous chart in all of science. But what is its history? How does it relate to quantum physics?...
View ArticleEvents at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
July – September 2017 EXHIBITIONS Anna Dumitriu: BioArt and Bacteria Special Exhibitions Gallery OPENING 28 September Explore your relationship with the microbial world, antibiotics and technology. The...
View ArticleCall for nominations for the 2017 BSHM Neumann Prize
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is pleased to announce the biennial Neumann Prize for 2017. The prize is awarded for a book in English (including books in translation) dealing with...
View ArticleFree online course: ‘Humphry Davy: Laughing gas, literature and the lamp’
Free online course (MOOC) starting 30 October 2017 – Open to all Sign up today: http://www.futurelearn.com/courses/humphry-davy This course is produced by Lancaster University and the Royal Institution...
View ArticleBSHS Engagement Fellowship
The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) is delighted to announce the second iteration of a scheme to support small and local museums, archives, galleries and libraries whose collections...
View ArticleCall for contributions: Royal Society publication on scientific collaboration...
The Royal Society seeks help with planning a publication on scientific collaboration and is inviting contributions from academics in science studies and history of science. The Royal Society intends...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Volumes of the BJHS!
The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS) is celebrating 50 volumes just as the BSHS celebrates its 70th anniversary. In celebration of this great achievement, Editor Dr. Charlotte Sleigh...
View ArticleResearch Associate Opportunity (20 hours)
Opportunity (Research Associate, 20 hours): The 400th birthday of Elias Ashmole. History and Science in 17th-century Lambeth (London) In the quartercentenary of the birth of Elias Ashmole, Ashmole...
View ArticleBSHS Postgraduate Conference 2018
The 2018 British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference will take place at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, on 4th –...
View ArticleBSHS Annual Conference 2017: Review in Investigación y Ciencia
We are pleased to announce that Investigación y Ciencia (the Spanish edition of Scientific American) have published a review of the BSHS Annual Conference 2017, written by Xavier Roqué. The article is...
View ArticleSymposium: In the Shadow and Light of the Tavistock Institute’s Archive
You are invited to attend a symposium celebrating 70 years of applied social sciences work at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. The TIHR conducted organisational research with a wide variety...
View ArticleCFA: BSHS Viewpoint Editor
The British Society for the History of Science is looking for a new Editor for Viewpoint. This is the Society’s full-colour, non-technical magazine which was originally founded to encourage non-members...
View ArticleCFA: BSHS Archivist
The British Society for the History of Science is looking for a new Archivist. As historians, we all know that archives are crucial, and so we have to look after our own records properly and preserve...
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