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This is the official page for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Network of Ireland.

Call for Papers: ‘New Horizons for Medical Museums and Collections’ Conference, Leiden 2023

December 14, 2022

Conference: New Horizons for Medical Museums and CollectionsRijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden / the Netherlands, 20 – 23 September 2023 Medical museums are in permanent flux. Collections containing objects related to the history of medicine and health play a role in teaching, research and learning in the broadest sense. The past years medical museums in particular have … More Call for Papers: ‘New Horizons for Medical Museums and Collections’ Conference, Leiden 2023

Annals of Science Prize 2023 – Now Open!

December 13, 2022

Competition for the 2023 Annals of Science prize is now open. This prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science, technology, or medicine, which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The prize, which is supported by Taylor & Francis, is intended for those who are … More Annals of Science Prize 2023 – Now Open!

HIV/AIDS filmed interviews publicly accessible at the London Metropolitan Archives

December 12, 2022

We are delighted to announce that the first 40 interviews of the National HIV Story Trust (NHST) are now available to view in the Mediatheque at London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). The interviews could be made accessible thanks to a substantial grant by the Wellcome Trust, through its Research Resources in Medical History scheme, that funded … More HIV/AIDS filmed interviews publicly accessible at the London Metropolitan Archives

Applications for the 2023 SIS Grants Scheme are now open: D/L 6 January 2023

December 9, 2022

The Scientific Instrument Society (SIS) awards small grants, of up to £750 each, for research on the history of scientific instruments. Applications for the 2023 SIS Grants Scheme are now open; the deadline for applications is 1200 GMT on Friday 6 January 2023. To learn more of the Society, or to join, visit https://scientificinstrumentsociety.org/ The grant application … More Applications for the 2023 SIS Grants Scheme are now open: D/L 6 January 2023

CSMBR VIVAMENTE: THE GARDEN OF IDEAS – Call Open, Deadline 20th January 2023

December 8, 2022

Applications are invited for the 2023 round of VivaMente: The Garden of Ideas VivaMente: The Garden of Ideas Grant Amount: €3000 Venue: Domus Comeliana – Pisa Deadline: 20 January 2023 The scheme is devised to promote and sustain the best ideas in intellectual history and history of ideas with adequate economic and logistic support. VivaMente … More CSMBR VIVAMENTE: THE GARDEN OF IDEAS – Call Open, Deadline 20th January 2023

CSMBR Summer Schools 2023 – INTENSITY AND THE GRADES OF NATURE. Heat, Colour, and Sound in the Ordering of Pre-Modern Cosmos: 1200-1600

December 7, 2022

Registrations are open for the 2023 CSMBR Summer School on Intensity and the Grades of Nature Heat, Colour, and Sound in the Ordering of Pre-Modern Cosmos: 1200-1600 11-14 July 2023 Organised by Fabrizio Bigotti Keynote Speakers  Tawrin Baker, Georgiana Hedesan, Martin Kemp, Andreas Lammer, Alexander Marr, Vivian Nutton, Sylvain Roudaut, Alain Touwaide, Giulia Martina Weston Guest Speaker Linda Karshan … More CSMBR Summer Schools 2023 – INTENSITY AND THE GRADES OF NATURE. Heat, Colour, and Sound in the Ordering of Pre-Modern Cosmos: 1200-1600

Call For Papers: special issue of the Scottish Studies journal, Études écossaises on illness and disability

December 6, 2022

Please find below details of a call for papers for a special issue of the Scottish Studies journal Études écossaises on illness and disability. Please feel free and encouraged to forward this call round your networks. Since the 1980s Scottish literary and cultural studies have expanded beyond a concern with nation to attend to the imagination of … More Call For Papers: special issue of the Scottish Studies journal, Études écossaises on illness and disability

Call for Symposia: 17th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology – CLMPST 2023

December 5, 2022

The Commission on the Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences (CoPhiTES), as part of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) makes a call for submissions of proposals for symposia to take place at the next CLMPST 2023 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). List of topics of interest for the CoPhiTES … More Call for Symposia: 17th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology – CLMPST 2023

CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: Representations of Soils in the Tropics in the Twentieth Century, 13th December, 1pm

December 2, 2022

‘Representations of Soils in the Tropics in the Twentieth Century’, Theo Tomking (University of York) Soils are the fundamental substance of agriculture, yet have been paid little attention by historians of science and empire. This seminar explores how soils in the tropics have been represented and understood in the twentieth century.   Understanding of soils in the … More CHSTM, University of Manchester: Lunchtime Seminar: Representations of Soils in the Tropics in the Twentieth Century, 13th December, 1pm

Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2023-24 fellowship program

December 2, 2022

The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2023-24 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community alongside in-house experts and scholars … More Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2023-24 fellowship program