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BJHS Themes: How Collections End – Available now, open access
Click here to visit the Journal’s home page at Cambridge University Press. How Collections End Edited by Boris Jardine, Emma Kowal, and Jenny Bangham Collections are made and maintained for pleasure,...
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Photographing the Air with the Marconi Photographic Section: BSHS Engagement...
In the first post about our 2019 BSHS Engagement Fellowships, Lewis C. Smith, PhD student at the University of Essex, and Richard Anderson, Archives and Collections Lead at Essex Record Office,...
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Public History of Science Conference, 15-16 May 2020, Railway Museum, York
Save the date! The programme will include: Tim Boon: Introduction: Distinguishing Adjacent Disciplines: Public History of Science and its Conceptual Neighbours Sharon Babaian: A Shattered Past...
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Hosts wanted for 2020 BSHS Engagement Fellows
The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) is delighted to announce the fourth round of scheme to support small and local museums, archives, galleries and libraries whose collections can be...
View Article‘Materia Medica’: British Society for the History of Pharmacy Annual...
‘Materia Medica’: British Society for the History of Pharmacy Annual Conference Manchester, 27th-29th March 2020 Registration is free for students For more information on the programme and booking...
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Open to Applications: the Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme
The Lisa Jardine Grant scheme is currently open to applications. Grants are available to PhD students and early career researchers in history of science, and other interdisciplinary studies combining...
View ArticleCelebrating Women in History, Science and the Arts (05/03/2020) // Barks,...
The Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries continues to celebrate its 60th Anniversary year with a varied programme of events...
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Registration Open: BSHS Postgraduate Conference 2020 (Leeds, 01-03/04/2020)
Registration is now open for the BSHS PG Conference 2020! The British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference is an annual event that brings together postgraduates in all areas of...
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Lecture: ‘the Art of Maths’ (10th March 2020)
Museum of London 10th March 1pm – 2pm “Maths and Art have much in common. Both are intensely creative, have a strong abstract nature, and are driven by a search for beauty.” Gresham college present a...
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President’s Newsletter: Spring 2020
Public History of Science and Technology Conference, York 15-16 May Join us for the Society’s next conference in conjunction with the Science Museum Group, on the public history of science, technology...
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Postponed: BSHS Postgraduate Conference 2020 (1st – 3rd April 2020)
We regret to announce that we have taken the decision to postpone our Annual Postgraduate Conference, which was due to take place at the University of Leeds between 1st and 3rd April 2020. Our...
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Inaugural BSHS Hughes Prize awarded to James Delbourgo
Writer James Delbourgo who revealed the founding collection of the British Museum was acquired using the profits of slavery has won a top history of science book prize. ‘Collecting the World: Hans...
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BSHS Ayrton Prize 2019 Winners Announced
Every two years our Outreach and Engagement Committee awards the BSHS Ayrton Prize for digital or online engagement. After deliberating over an impressive number and variety of submissions, our judging...
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Cancelled: BSHS Annual Conference 2020
We regret to announce that due to COVID-19 our 2020 Annual Conference is cancelled. We are working on plans for a digital alternative, details of which will be released in the coming weeks as they are...
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President’s Newsletter: April 2020
It is becoming a doleful cliché, but what a difference a few weeks makes. I last sent a Newsletter a little over a month ago, featuring a wide range of initiatives and events. Almost immediately after...
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BSHS Pickstone Prize 2020 Shortlist Announced
The BSHS is pleased to announce that our judging panel has shortlisted four outstanding books for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2020. Click on a title to visit the publisher’s page and find out more about...
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CFP: BSHS Global Digital History of Science Festival (Deadline 31/05/2020)
The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) invites session proposals for the first Global Digital History of Science Festival, to be held online from Monday 6 July to Friday 10 July. BSHS...
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Viewpoint Issue 121
@media only screen and (max-width:800px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important;}}H2O: The Stuff of Life?Click here to read issue 121 of our magazine...
View ArticleFilm & Discussion: Contagion Cabaret (19/06/2020)
The Contagion Cabaret, a collaboration between Chipping Norton Theatre, and the Diseases of Modern Life team (University of Oxford), led by Professor Sally Shuttleworth, presents an irreverent look at...
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BSHS supports a new deal for UK higher education
The BSHS has joined 47 fellow learned societies to call for the UK government to improve funding support for higher education and address the vulnerabilities exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. An open...
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