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.
Postdoc in the history of 18th c. medicine at the University of Groningen
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.
New Chemical Intelligence
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.
BSHP & RPS Present a Lecture by Julia Sheppard (8 February 2016)
British Society for the History of Pharmacy Lecture
Julia Sheppard on “The Forgotten Partner: Silas M. Burroughs”
Monday 8th February 2016, 5:30pm
Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 66 East Smithfield, London E1W 1AW (nearest tube: Tower Hill).
Spring Meeting 2016: High Pressure in the Interwar Period (11 February 2016)
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: Spring Meeting 2016
To be followed by the Morris Award lecture and reception
HIGH PRESSURE IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Location: Dana Research Centre and Library, 165 Queens Gate, London SW7 5HD
(10 minutes’ walk from South Kensington or Gloucester Road underground stations)
NB: the new research centre is part of the Science Museum, but can only be accessed from Queens Gate, not the main museum entrance. It is just beyond the Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre.
[Archived] BSHP & Medway School of Pharmacy Present a Talk by Catherine Dewsbury
The British Society for the History of Pharmacy and the Medway School of Pharmacy jointly present: “History of the Pocket Prescriber – a small talk about a small book,” by Catherine Dewsbury, Clinical Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the Medway School of Pharmacy.
Date: Tuesday 10 November 2015, 19:30
Venue: The Ward Room, Pembroke Building, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB
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No admission charge, all welcome. A buffet will be served from 19:00
See here for a Flier.
[Archived] Programme and Registration: “Alchemy and Chemistry in Sickness and in Health” (30 October)
Hosted by the Maison Française d’Oxford and convened by the SHAC student representatives, the 6th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop will take place on 30 October. The finalized programme is now available in two versions: click for either the elaborate or the plain version, respectively. A poster for the event, including a call for registrations with a deadline of 15 October is also available.