Nursing Night Sweats – RCN event
Royal College of Nursing event Nursing Night Sweats: Tuberculosis care in the early twentieth century 6 September, 5.30 – 7pm RCN Eastern Region, Abbotsgate House, Hollow Road, Bury St Edmunds,...
View ArticleBSHS Postgraduate Conference 2019: CFA
Call for Abstracts British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference 2019 Deadline: 9 November 2018 Location: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge...
View ArticleSociety of Apothecaries’ Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and...
The Society of Apothecaries’ Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy still have places on the “History of Medicine” and “Ethics and Philosophy of Healthcare” courses starting on 8...
View ArticleMellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science & Technology Studies (2019-21,...
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science & Technology Studies Academic Years 2019 – 2021 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of...
View ArticleVacancy: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Oxford
Applications are invited for a full time Graduate Research Assistant to join the team working on the AHRC funded project ‘Constructing Scientific Communities’ and the ERC funded project, ‘Diseases of...
View ArticleHave you had research funding? Info request from BSHS
The Council of the British Society for the History of Science is seeking to gain a better understanding of the extent to which HPS and STS are benefitting from research funding, whether that be for...
View ArticleWhat’s On at the Museum of the History of Science (University of Oxford),...
MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD October – December 2018 DISPLAYS WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Portraits, Archive Material, Trails and Talks Basement Gallery March – December 2018 100 years...
View ArticleJeff Hughes, 12 November 1965 – 14 September 2018
We at the British Society for the History of Science would like to add our voice to those commemorating the life and work of Dr. Jeff Hughes, our former President (2008-09). His contributions to the...
View ArticleThe secret life of science (1st November at The Royal Institution)
We take the advance of science as given. But how does science really work? Who decides what the public gets to hear about? Are there too few scientists in the world or too many? At the Royal...
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Jamaican Natural History collections at Bristol – First steps in a BSHS...
Over the last three years the BSHS has run Engagement Fellowships. These Fellowships are opportunities for postgraduate students to collaborate with museums, archives and other heritage organisations....
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Local Narratives of a Global Pandemic: BSHS Engagement Fellowship at the...
In the second post in our series about BSHS Engagement Fellowships, we hear about a project at the George Marshall Medical Museum (GMMM) in Worcester. Laura Mainwaring, PhD student at the University of...
View ArticleBSHS Translations: Wilhelm Johannsen’s ‘About Darwinism, seen from the point...
The BSHS is delighted to announce the release of the second in our Translations series. Nils Roll-Hansen’s translation of Wilhelm Johannsen’s ‘About Darwinism, seen from the point of view of the...
View Article‘Kew’s Imperial Archive’: PhD Studentship (University of Rohampton & Royal...
‘Kew’s imperial archive: Cataloguing Economic Botany in the Miscellaneous Reports, 1841-1928’ This TECHNE Collaborative Doctoral Project offers the opportunity to research and study the history,...
View ArticleWorkshop on Mathematical and Astronomical Practices in pre-Enlightenment...
Registration is now open for this BSHS-sponsored two-day workshop at the University of St Andrews. Click here for more information.
View ArticleBSHS OEC Project Grants – 15th November deadline
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 currently...
View ArticleCFP Workshop: The Changing Role of Consultants in Industry, 1850–2000
The Changing Role of Consultants in Industry, 1850–2000 Workshop at the Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE, United Kingdom 10-11 May 2019 Submission deadline for proposals: 7...
View ArticleBJHS Preview: Issue 4 2018
Special issue: Science and Islands in Indo-Pacific Worlds The December BJHS issue will take us to the distant islands and waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The editors Sebestian Kroupa,...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: History of Science Sourcebook (deadline January 10th...
The following call for submissions comes from a group of student members of the BSHS We are asking for Sources and explanatory text for a history of science sourcebook that focuses on women in science...
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Superwomen of Engineering
BSHS Vice-President Patricia Fara recently performed at the Science Museum’s Late “Superwomen of Engineering”. Find out more about the Minerva Scientifica theatre-music project and its reflections on...
View Article2018 Dingle Prize: Book Nominations Open
The British Society for the History of Science invites book nominations for the 2019 Dingle Prize. In keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences, the 2019...
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