Month: February 2023

Call for Papers: 42nd Scientific Instrument Symposium 18 – 22 September 2023. Deadline 31 March 2023.

February 28, 2023

42nd Scientific Instrument Symposium 18 – 22 September 2023 Palermo, Italy Through Ages, Cultures, Concepts: Instruments in Collections, Books, Archives CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND SESSIONS Scientific Instruments have crossed time and space: they witness the knowledge that was characteristic of the epoch and civilization in which they were built and used. What is a … More Call for Papers: 42nd Scientific Instrument Symposium 18 – 22 September 2023. Deadline 31 March 2023.

Announcement of a New Scholarly Resource in the Histories of Science, Literature, and Medicine: Collected Letters of Thomas Beddoes

February 20, 2023

Co-editors, Dahlia Porter and Tim Fulford, are delighted to announce the creation of an open access website making available the letters of Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808)  the pioneer of pneumatic medicine, mentor of Humphry Davy, and collaborator with S. T. Coleridge, Erasmus Darwin, Maria Edgeworth, Robert Southey, Thomas Wedgwood, and James Watt.     The website is part … More Announcement of a New Scholarly Resource in the Histories of Science, Literature, and Medicine: Collected Letters of Thomas Beddoes

Free Online Event: Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century, 26 April 2023

February 17, 2023

The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (https://cn-csi.com/) is delighted to host the upcoming FREE online event: Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century. We have some wonderful speakers presenting on some fascinating topics. We hope you are able to join us. Please share across your networks. Date: 26 April 2023  The event runs from 10:45 to 17:00 (Central European Time) … More Free Online Event: Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century, 26 April 2023

February 2023 Reading Group – HSTM Network Ireland

February 15, 2023

The HSTM Network Ireland reading group meet online once a month to engage in discussion about a topical article in the fields of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Our next meeting will take place on: Friday 24th February 2023, 1-2pm We will be reading: Slagstad, K. (2022). Bureaucratizing Medicine: Creating a Gender Identity … More February 2023 Reading Group – HSTM Network Ireland

HSTM Seminar Series: 1st March 2023

February 14, 2023

Speaker: Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Edward Worth Library), ‘Science in Trinity College Dublin in the seventeenth century’  Place: Online Date and time: 1st March 2023, 15.00-16.00 hrs (GMT) To register please follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/history-of-science-technology-and-medicine-seminar-1-march-2023-tickets-511892964637 Abstract: This paper examines the teaching of science at Trinity College, Dublin in the seventeenth century. It focuses on three periods: from the foundation of … More HSTM Seminar Series: 1st March 2023

CIUHCT Lectures 2022 are now available on Youtube

February 10, 2023

The CIUHCT (Interuniversitary Center for the History of Science and Technology, UL/UNL, Lisbon, Portugal) is happy to announce that the recordings of the CIUHCT Lectures 2022 are now available through the CIUHCT Youtube Chanel, here. The available recordings are: 2022 #1 Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge): “Astronomy Colonized: British Orientalism and Astral Sciences in Northern India” 2022 #2 Tania Salgado … More CIUHCT Lectures 2022 are now available on Youtube

Call for Papers and Announcement: Too Mad To Be True II – 2023 May 26-28, Deadline: 1 March 2023.

February 9, 2023

Too mad to be true II – The promises and perils of the first-person perspective May 26-28, 2023 In September 2021, we held the first Too Mad To Be True conference that was dedicated to exploring the various links between philosophy and madness. Because of its vibrant atmosphere and the way it initiated new ways of thinking … More Call for Papers and Announcement: Too Mad To Be True II – 2023 May 26-28, Deadline: 1 March 2023.

Call for Papers: 43rd History of Technology Conference of the Iron Library (TGT), Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen (Switzerland), 17-18 November 2023. Deadline: 28 February 2023.

February 3, 2023

43rd History of Technology Conference Good, Durable, Safe. Quality and Safety Requirements of Technology in History Call for Papers On November 17 and 18, 2023, the 43rd History of Technology Conference of the Iron Library (TGT) will take place at the Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Since 1978, it has provided an outstanding platform for … More Call for Papers: 43rd History of Technology Conference of the Iron Library (TGT), Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen (Switzerland), 17-18 November 2023. Deadline: 28 February 2023.

(NEW) Early Career Prize in the History of Physics: Inter-Union Commission for the History and Philosophy of Physics – IUPAP Early Career Prize in History of Physics. Deadline 28 February 2023.

February 2, 2023

Inter-Union Commission for the History and Philosophy of Physics IUPAP Early Career Prize in History of Physics The IUCHPP is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the inaugural Early Career Prize in the History of Physics. The prize recognises outstanding contributions to the areas within the remit of the Commission. These areas include: We … More (NEW) Early Career Prize in the History of Physics: Inter-Union Commission for the History and Philosophy of Physics – IUPAP Early Career Prize in History of Physics. Deadline 28 February 2023.

British Society for the History of Science Outreach and Engagement Project Grant. Next round deadline: 17th February 2023.

February 1, 2023

The British Society for the History of Science’s Outreach and Engagement Committee offers grants of up to £500 to support engagement and outreach projects in the history of science, technology and medicine.  Project grants are awarded three times per year, and the deadline for the next round is Friday 17 February 2023. Project grants are … More British Society for the History of Science Outreach and Engagement Project Grant. Next round deadline: 17th February 2023.