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CHF: Cain Conference – programme

Posted on 16/03/2017 by Lyke De Vries

The programme of the Cain Conference, organised by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, is now available. The Conference will take place at the CHF, Philadelphia, on 28-29 April.

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Chemical Intelligence – New Issue

Posted on 03/03/2017 by Lyke De Vries

A new issue of Chemical Intelligence is now available online.

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SHAC Award Scheme open for applications

Posted on 02/03/2017 by Lyke De Vries

The SHAC Award Scheme of 2017 is now open for applications.

The opening date is 1 March 2017
Closing date is 31 May 2017

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Exhibitions on alchemy

Posted on 22/02/2017 by Lyke De Vries

Two interesting exhibitions on alchemy are currently taking place or will soon take place in Germany.

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Listen to the Voice of Fire – Alchemy in Sound Art

Posted on 03/02/2017 by Lyke De Vries

On Friday 3 March, a symposium will be held in National Library Wales exploring alchemy in sound art with divers papers and sound art performances coinciding with an exhibition of the National Library of Wales’ rare printed materials.

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Lecture: ‘The Syon Abbey Herbal (before AD 1517), the last monastic herbal in Britain’, Monday 6 February 2017

Posted on 15/01/2017 by Lyke De Vries
The British Society for the History of Pharmacy organises a joint lecture with the UCL School of Pharmacy. The lecture is titled ‘’The Syon Abbey Herbal (before AD 1517), the last monastic herbal in Britain” and will be given by John Adams, member of Syon Abbey Research Associates.
 

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International Conference: Humours, Mixtures and Corpuscles

Posted on 16/11/2016 by Lyke De Vries

The Centre for Medical History of the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and the Fondazione Comel – Institutio Santoriana (Italy) are pleased to announce an International Conference on “Humours, Mixtures and Corpuscles. A Medical Path to Corpuscularism in the Seventeenth Century.”

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News

  • Call for Papers SHAC 2026 Postgraduate and Early Career Conference “The Secrets of Nature” 14/10/2025
  • October 2025 News 14/10/2025
  • Fall 2025 News: Brock Award, SHI Meeting, Ambix Special Issues, Partington Prize 14/10/2025
  • Chemical Intelligence Summer 2025 issue 10/09/2025
  • Upcoming Online Seminar “Women and the construction of scientific memory” 08/09/2025
  • May News (Online Seminar about Alchemical Characters, AGM, Partington Prize, Brock Award & future meetings) 09/05/2025

News Archive

  • Call for Papers SHAC 2026 Postgraduate and Early Career Conference “The Secrets of Nature”
  • October 2025 News
  • Fall 2025 News: Brock Award, SHI Meeting, Ambix Special Issues, Partington Prize
  • Chemical Intelligence Summer 2025 issue
  • Upcoming Online Seminar “Women and the construction of scientific memory”
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