From 28 to 29 April 2017, the next Cain Conference will take place at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The theme of the meeting will be:
“Chemistry in the Americas, 1400-1800”.

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It is with pleasure that I am able to announce that Lyke de Vries (PhD candidate, Radboud University Nijmegen) will take over my duties in maintaining the content of this website. Please address any information on events or other relevant matters you would like to see advertised here to her at contenteditor [AT] ambix.org.

The Council and SHAC as a whole are very grateful for her willingness to step forward in this regard, and we wish her all the best for her work in keeping the website up to date as well as for her PhD research.

Members are invited to note that the trustees annual report and annual accounts for 2015 have been posted online and may be accessed using the links on the About page.

Until 31 May 2016, it is now possible to apply for awards of up to £500 through the SHAC Award Scheme. To view the call for applications, please click here. To learn more about the SHAC Award Scheme generally, please refer to our grants section.

The special issue on Chemical Knowledge in Transit (Ambix 62: 4) can now be accessed online. Members wishing to benefit from free access should log in first and access this issue through our member area.

Application deadline: 14 February 2016

The Center of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, welcomes applications for an 18 month postdoc position (0.7 fte) to conduct research in the history of Boerhaavian medicine in the eighteenth century. The postdoc project is embedded in the NWO Vidi project “Vital Matters. Boerhaave’s Chemico-Medical Legacy and Dutch Enlightenment Culture”, supervised by Dr Rina Knoeff.

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A new issue of Chemical Intelligence, the first to be edited by Judith Mawer, is now available. You can download it here or access it alongside all the former issues.