Call for Papers | Alchemy and Chemistry in Sickness and in Health

6th SHAC Postgraduate Workshop

Maison Française, University of Oxford (Friday, 30 October 2015)

This year the annual postgraduate workshop of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) will take place in the UK, at the Maison Française, Oxford. The workshop offers postgraduate students and early-career researchers the opportunity to share ideas, explore methodological issues and network in a stimulating atmosphere. There will also be the chance to hear papers from, and ask questions of, two keynote speakers. Continue reading →

An incredibly varied spring meeting, from alchemy to Arrhenius, elixirs to electrons

Venue: Clare Hall (NOT to be confused with Clare College!), Herschel Road, Cambridge and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge

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Spring/Summer Meeting, Monday 15 June 2015: Call for Papers

The first biannual meeting of SHAC in 2015 is being arranged for the morning to mid-afternoon of Monday 15 June 2015 at Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge. The first part of the meeting will not be to address any particular theme but will consist of a succession of papers on topics appropriate to the Society’s interests. Later in the afternoon participants will make their way to the History and Philosophy of Science Department in Free School Lane for presentations in the ADHOC series by Professor Hasok Chang and Professor Klaus Ruthenberg (of Coburg University) on the history/philosophy of acidity. ADHOC has been financially supported by SHAC for a number of years.

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