The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh: Postgraduate Research Studentships
The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh is a charitable trust for the promotion of research and education in natural science. Postgraduate Research Studentships in the History and/or Philosophy of Genetics or...
View ArticleThe Royal Institution Event: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’
The Ascent of John Tyndall Thursday 22 March, 6.00pm – 7.00pm John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain. Among much else, he established the physical basis of the greenhouse...
View ArticleDigital Approaches to the History of Science Workshop
Registration is now open for the second Digital Approaches to the History of Science Workshop, which will take place at the History Faculty, University of Oxford, on 23 March 2018 (9:30 to 17:00)....
View ArticleHAPP Network Summer School on History of Physics: Scientific Instruments and...
The HAPP Network for the History of Physics aims to be the focal point for a new international group of historians, philosophers and practising physicists from a number of institutions including the...
View ArticleMRI and its History: University of Nottingham, 18th April 2018
The technique of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was invented soon after the end of the Second World War, and over the next fifteen years or so it developed in several countries, being applied both to...
View ArticleEvent at the Royal Institution: The Electricity of Life
Wednesday 21 March, 7.00pm to 8.30pm, The Theatre Electricity plays a vital role in our bodies, from neurons in our brain to nerves in our feet. But how does our body create electricity, how was it...
View ArticleMind Reading: The Role of Narrative in Mental Health
18th-19th June 2018 University of Birmingham Do clinicians and patients speak the same language? How might we bridge the evident gaps in communication? How can we use narrative to foster clinical...
View ArticleJacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences:...
The Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel) is offering research fellowships for a project starting in October...
View ArticleAHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship: ‘Museum Collections, Academic...
The School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science, University of Leeds, in collaboration with Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology are...
View ArticleAHRC funded PhD – Instruments of scientific governance? Historical...
Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded studentship at the University of Cambridge, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and Royal Society. The PhD studentship is one of six awards being made by...
View ArticlePhD studentships (early 19thC and late 20thC) at UCL
The Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London and the Royal Institution offer two fully-funded PhD studentships available to commence at the start of the next academic...
View Article2018/19 Visiting Fellowships at University of Leeds: School of Philosophy,...
The School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at University of Leeds invites applications to its Non-Stipendiary Visiting Fellowships scheme for the academic year 2018/19. Visiting fellows...
View ArticleThe Contagion Cabaret at The British Academy (24 May 2018)
7pm (bar open from 6.30pm) Killer germs, superbugs and pestilential plagues have long fascinated writers and musicians. Join a cast of actors, scientists and literary researchers for an inventive...
View ArticleWorkshop: Narrative Science and its Visual Practices (19th April 2018)
As part of the ERC-funded Narrative Science project we are hosting a one-day workshop focused on the intersection of visual practice and narrative in science. The workshop will take place at the London...
View ArticleOpen Meeting on the History of Physics
The History of Physics Group will hold its first Open Meeting in London on Thursday 27 September 2018. The organising committee will be pleased to receive abstracts of no more than 500 words for 20...
View ArticleWhat’s On at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford (April-June 2018)
To download the programme as a PDF click here. Exhibitions Women in Science Basement Gallery March – December 2018 100 years ago, the first group of women won the right to vote in the UK. In this...
View Article2018 BSHS Dingle Prize Lecture
Every two years, the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) awards its Dingle Prize for the best popular book on scientific history. This year’s winner is Andrea Wulf, who has written a...
View ArticleAnnals of Science Best Paper Prize 2018
Submissions are being accepted for the Annals of Science best paper prize 2018. This prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science, technology or...
View ArticleBSHS OEC Project Grants: Deadline May 15th
The British Society for the History of Science Outreach and Education Committee offers grants of up to £200 to support education and outreach projects in the history of science. These are offered on a...
View ArticleProgramme and Registration for Workshop: Self-Fashioning Scientific...
University of Leicester, 15th June 2018, Charles Wilson Building 408 09:30-18:30 Keynote: Dr Patricia Fara, University of Cambridge At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there was no such thing...
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