The SHAC Autumn meeting Chemistry and Its Audiences will be held on Saturday, 14 November 2015, at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS.

Papers will be presented on Audiences for Science Communication in the 21^st Century; Humphry Davy’s Audience; Audiences for Chemistry in 18^th Century Paris; Facts or Fantasies in the Lecture Theatre; and Familiar Chemistry and its Family Audiences. There will also be a tour of the Royal Institution led by Frank James and presentation of the SHAC Prize for the best history of chemistry Oxford Part II thesis, 2015 to Ms Mahnoor Naeem, Keble College, for her thesis William Hume-Rothery’s contribution to the science of metallurgy.

The registration fee for the meeting, including a sandwich lunch and refreshments, is £15 for SHAC members and £20 for non-members.

The SHAC AGM will also be held during the meeting and further details of this will be circulated in due course.

A registration form can be downloaded here.

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In view of the summer and holiday season, the deadline for submissions to present a paper at Alchemy and Chemistry in Sickness and in Health: 6th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop has been extended until 30 July.

It is with great pleasure that we are now in a position to announce our keynote speakers:

Prof. Robert J. Flanagan (King’s College Hospital)

Dr Stephen Pumfrey (Lancaster University)

Their unique perspectives on the topic will no doubt greatly enhance this year’s workshop and generate stimulating discussions.

To download an updated version of the call for papers, please click here and do feel free to encourage your colleagues and/or students to submit proposals.

Chemistry and its Audiences
SHAC Autumn Meeting

Saturday 14 November 2015, at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS

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Call for Papers | Alchemy and Chemistry in Sickness and in Health

6th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop

Maison Française, University of Oxford (Friday, 30 October 2015)

This year the annual postgraduate workshop of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) will take place in the UK, at the Maison Française, Oxford. The workshop offers postgraduate students and early-career researchers the opportunity to share ideas, explore methodological issues and network in a stimulating atmosphere. There will also be the chance to hear papers from, and ask questions of, two keynote speakers. Continue reading →

An incredibly varied spring meeting, from alchemy to Arrhenius, elixirs to electrons

Venue: Clare Hall (NOT to be confused with Clare College!), Herschel Road, Cambridge and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge

For registration form, click here.

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Spring/Summer Meeting, Monday 15 June 2015: Call for Papers

The first biannual meeting of SHAC in 2015 is being arranged for the morning to mid-afternoon of Monday 15 June 2015 at Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge. The first part of the meeting will not be to address any particular theme but will consist of a succession of papers on topics appropriate to the Society’s interests. Later in the afternoon participants will make their way to the History and Philosophy of Science Department in Free School Lane for presentations in the ADHOC series by Professor Hasok Chang and Professor Klaus Ruthenberg (of Coburg University) on the history/philosophy of acidity. ADHOC has been financially supported by SHAC for a number of years.

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