Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Making Chemistry: History, Materials, and Practices

Monday 8 December 2014
Locations: Royal Institution and Institute of Making, UCL, London

The programme and registration form are available for download here.

9.30 | Coffee and Registration at the Royal Institution

Directions to the Royal Institution may be found at: http://www.rigb.org/visit-us/find-us

10.00 | Welcome from Dr. Simon Werrett (UCL Science & Technology Studies)

10.05 | Welcome from Prof. Frank James (Royal Institution and UCL Science & Technology Studies)

10.15 | Emma Tobin and Chiara Ambrosio (UCL Science & Technology Studies): “Theory Choice and the History of Chemistry.”

10.45 | Hilary Powell (Artist in Residence in the UCL Chemistry Department): “Chemistry and Art”.

11.15 | Kaori O’Connor (Department of Anthropology, UCL) and Julian Evans and Theodore Hayes (Department of Chemistry, UCL): “Practical Everyday Alchemy: Chemistry and Domestic Cleaning.”

11.45 | Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry AGM

12.15 | Sandwich Lunch at the Royal Institution

1.15 | Marie Thébaud-Sorger (CNRS; Centre Koyré): “Firefighting Devices in the Eighteenth Century: Towards a New Approach of Mastering Matter and the Elements in an Urban Context.”

1.45 | Simon Werrett (UCL Science & Technology Studies): “Making Fireworks Chemical.”

2.15 | Travel from the RI to the Institute of Making, UCL (participants need to pay for their own travel).

Directions from the RI to UCL will be emailed to participants in advance of the meeting.

3.00 to 5.00 | Fireworks Lecture with Pyrotechnist, Matthew Tosh (Institute of Making, UCL)

Directions to the Institute of Making may be found at: http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/contact

The registration fee for the meeting is £15 for SHAC members (£20 for non-members), which includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch at the RI.

• Due to restrictions of space, there are only fifteen places available for the Fireworks Lecture. These will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, with priority given to SHAC members.
• If you are not a member of SHAC and wish to join please see https://www.ambix.org/subscriptions If you join now you will receive back-issues of Ambix for 2014.
• Please return your registration form and cheque to Dr Anna Simmons, SHAC Membership Secretary, as soon as possible, indicating if you wish to attend the final session by ticking the relevant box. Please include your email address so that she can acknowledge receipt of your cheque and confirm whether you have a place for the Fireworks Lecture. For further information on the meeting and the availability of places for the Fireworks Lecture please contact: simmons@ucl.ac.uk