Deadline Soon: Science Museum Group Research Conference 2019
The 2019 Science Museum Group Research Conference will take place on 4–5 November 2019, at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday 28 June 2019....
View ArticleJuly, August, and September 2019 at the History of Science Museum
HISTORY OF SCIENCE MUSEUM EVENTS Visit the History of Science Museum website for full details JULY Sculpture – Heads appear Monday 17 June – Friday 21 July As part of the Tomorrow’s Oxford Heads...
View ArticleConference – The Public History of Science, Technology, Medicine &...
15-16 May 2020, National Railway Museum, York British Society for the History of Science / Science Museum Group Tim Boon and Ludmilla Jordanova – convenors Deadline for proposals: Friday 6th...
View ArticleBJHS Preview: Issue 2 2019
The June issue of BJHS is a special issue, titled London 1600-1800: Communities of Natural Knowledge and Artificial Practice and edited by Jim Bennett and Rebekah Higgitt. An outcome of Higgitt’s...
View ArticleCollecting and Collections: Digital Lives and Afterlives Workshop
The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG 14-15 November 2019 The shift from the disordered Kunstkammer or curiosity cabinet of the Renaissance to the ordered Enlightenment museum...
View ArticleCall for Applications: BSHS Engagement Fellowship at Essex Record Office
The BSHS OEC are delighted to present the first of their Engagement Fellowship opportunities for 2019, to be hosted by Essex Record Office. Within the varied holdings of the Essex Record Office (ERO)...
View ArticleUnravelling the Double Helix (The Royal Institution, 27th July 2019)
Visit The Royal Institution’s website for full details. 7.00pm to 8.30pm, Thursday 25 JulyThe Theatre The story of DNA is a saga packed with awful mistakes as well as brilliant science, with a...
View ArticleWinners Announced: BSHS Great Exhibitions Prize 2018
OUTSTANDING museum exhibitions from across the globe have been recognised by the BSHS Great Exhibitions Prize 2018. The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology took home the prize in the Large...
View ArticleBJHS Developments
Earlier this year, the outgoing BJHS editor, Professor Charlotte Sleigh, announced three new initiatives for the journal: Science in Translation will provide open-access, English-language versions of...
View ArticleBSHS OEC Project Grants – 16th August deadline
The British Society for the History of Science Outreach and Engagement Committee offers grants of up to £200 to support engagement and outreach projects in the history of science. These are currently...
View ArticleBooking Open: Rethinking James Watt (1736 1819): Innovation, Culture and Legacy
University of Birmingham, 30th August – 1st September 2019 Booking is open for this event exploring the personal and public life, relationships, context and legacy of James Watt (1736 1819) on the...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Colonial Knowledges: Environment and Logistics in the...
Colonial Knowledges: Environment and Logistics in the Creation of Knowledge in British Colonies from 1750 to 1950 27th-28th February 2020, University of Manchester. Keynote speaker: Professor Javed...
View ArticleCall for Papers Extended: HSTM Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019
CFP Extension to August 15th History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019 Ulster University (Belfast campus), 18-20 October 2019 Organising committee: Ruth...
View ArticleDeadline Extended to 29/08/2019 – Lisa Jardine Grant (The Royal Society)
LISA JARDINE GRANT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY – APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 29th AUGUST (3pm) Lisa Jardine grants are available to PhD students and early career researchers in history of science, and...
View ArticleDiseases of Modern Life Database Launch
The ERC-funded project Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth Century Perspectives is pleased to announce the launch of its database for researchers. The database contains a list of over 3000 references,...
View ArticleApplications Open – Assistant Professor in Feminist Biosciences (Cornell...
Further information: http://www.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Feminist-biosciences-search-ad-FINAL-2019.08.05.pdf The Department of Science and Technology Studies (S&TS) and the Feminist, Gender,...
View ArticlePostdoctoral Research Position in Cybersecurity Expertise
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES Postdoctoral Research Position in Cybersecurity Expertise The Department of Science & Technology Studies, jointly with the Judith...
View ArticleBJHS Preview: Issue 3 2019
Caption: An early illustration of Moby Dick, or, the editor apologises for any violence inflicted upon papers in the course of her ministrations. Well. How five years can zip by. This time five years...
View ArticleCfA: PostDoc and PhDs in history, philosophy, and social studies of biology
Call for Applications: 1x Post-Doc position and 2x PhD positions in history, philosophy, and social studies of biology, Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum The Institute of Philosophy...
View ArticleClimate Strike: BSHS digital stop
On 20 September BSHS is standing with young climate strikers in their global #ClimateStrike on the streets with a digital stop. We demand an end to the age of fossil fuels and business as usual. We...
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