At this event there will be talks by Talks by Elaine Leong and Ernst Homburg, Morris Award, Partington Prize and Oxford Part II Prize Presentations, and the UK Launch of Bloomsbury Cultural History of Chemistry, followed by a drinks reception.  

Entrance will be by pre-purchased tickets only. SHAC members may purchase tickets through  EventBrite on the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/311179174287

The Programme for the event is as follows: 

Entry to the Physic Garden from 1 pm: Attendees are free to visit the garden alongside the public and use the café if they wish. 

Meeting Start 2.15 pm: The Meeting will take place in the Chelsea Physic Garden Lecture Room and attendees are asked to assemble in this room for 2.15 pm. Please note that access to the lecture room is via a steep staircase of 20 plus steps. 

Introduction 2.20 pm: Frank James, SHAC Chair 

2.30pm:  “At the Sign of the Globe and Chymical Furnaces”: Print, Medicine and Chymistry in Early Modern London  – Elaine Leong, UCL 

3.10-3.20 pm: Break and Cultural History of Chemistry Launch – Peter Morris. With thanks to Bloomsbury for their sponsorship. 

3.20 pm: Chemistry Laboratories at Universities: An Overview from the Netherlands – The Morris Award Lecture – Ernst Homburg, Maastricht University 

4 pm: Presentation of Morris Award to Ernst Homburg, Partington Prize to Mike A. Zuber and Oxford Part II Prize to Naman Kochar, followed by reception. 

5 pm: Meeting Ends