THE SOUTH KENSINGTON INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
A collaborative enterprise of the Science Museum and the Centre for the
History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College
Spring 2001
Seminars in the History of Science and Technology
Wednesday 14 February Isobel Armstrong, Birkbeck College
Rival philosophies of conservatory
and the Crystal Palace
Wednesday 7 March Andrew Mendelsohn, Imperial College
Nature a Winery: The Industrial Origins
Of Pasteur's Microbiology
Wednesday 28 March Lorraine Daston, Max Plank Institute for
The History of Science, Berlin
Attention and the Values of Nature in the
Englightenment
Seminars begin at 16.00 tea at 15.45
Location: Collections Division Seminar Room, North Entrance,
The Science Museum, London SW7 2DD
All are welcome. If you are not at the Science Museum or Imperial College
but would like to attend, please telephone in advance so that we can advise
you should there be any last minute change to the programme.
For further details please contact Dr Robert Bud, The Science Museum,
Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD. Tel: 020 7942 4200 email: [log in to unmask]
Conferences
LOCATING THE VICTORIANS
A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
To review our interpretation of the culture of the Victorian period
12-15 July 2001, Hosted by the Science Museum
For full details and a registration form contact
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/researchers/victorians
or email [log in to unmask]
Telephone +44 (0)20 7942 4201
Robert Bud
Head of Information and Research
The Science Museum, London SW7 2DD, UK
Please note new telephone number
(+44) (0)20 7942 4200
Fax: (+44) (0)20 7942 4202
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