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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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Award Scheme Recipients

Posted on 10/11/2016 by Lyke De Vries

The 2016 Award Scheme Recipients are now listed here.

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Air, Alchemy, Elements and Electrons: The SHAC Autumn Meeting 2016

Posted on 15/09/2016 by Lyke De Vries

Air, Alchemy, Elements and Electrons: The SHAC Autumn Meeting 2016

The SHAC Autumn meeting and AGM will take place at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London on Saturday 12 November with registration from 9.30 am for a 10 am start.

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News

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  • March 2025 News 12/03/2025
  • Chemical Intelligence Winter 2025 issue 11/03/2025
  • SHAC Spring Meeting 29th March in person at UCL 11/03/2025
  • 2025 Joseph B. Lambert HIST Award for Prof. Seth C. Rasmussen 04/02/2025
  • 90th Anniversary Meeting (Spring 2025) 04/02/2025

News Archive

  • The Partington Prize 2026
  • March 2025 News
  • Chemical Intelligence Winter 2025 issue
  • SHAC Spring Meeting 29th March in person at UCL
  • 2025 Joseph B. Lambert HIST Award for Prof. Seth C. Rasmussen
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