Bookings are now open for the annual conference of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy, to be held from Friday 6 – Sunday 8 April 2018 at the Best Western Yew Lodge Hotel, Kegworth in the East Midlands.

The conference themes embrace the local – Boots – and the historical – the 400th anniversary of the London Pharmacopoiea.

The programme  includes short members’ papers, the Burnby Memorial Bursary talk, and a visit to the Boots Archive (Saturday afternoon). Guest speakers are Professor John Beckett and Dr Anna Greenwood (Nottingham University), who will speak on different aspects of Boots’ history, and Patrick Chiu from the Hong Kong Pharmacy History Society will talk about the territory’s colonial pharmacy history.

The full conference package for BSHP members is priced at £300 and includes all meals and 2 nights’ bed & breakfast accommodation. Non-resident and day rates are also available.  *Students can register to attend the lecture sessions free of charge.*

Full programme details and booking form are available here http://www.bshp.org/events/ShowEvent.asp?E=5