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.
7th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop: Call for Papers
Colouring and Making in Alchemy and Chemistry
7th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop
Utrecht University (Wednesday, 26 October 2016)
Keynote Lecturers
Tara Nummedal (Brown University)
Ernst Homburg (Maastricht University)
Hosted by the ARTECHNE research group, the annual postgraduate workshop of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) will take place at Utrecht University in 2016. Fostering exchange among historians of alchemy and chemistry, the workshop offers postgraduate students and early-career researchers the opportunity to share ideas, explore methodological issues and network in a stimulating atmosphere.
SHAC Award Scheme 2016 Now Open for Applications
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.
New Issue of Ambix Available Online
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).