The SHAC Autumn meeting entitled "Chemistry and its Audiences" will be held on Saturday 14 November 2015 at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS.
Programme
10.30: Registration
11.00: Welcome and introduction
11.10: Oliver Marsh (University College London)
Who are the Audiences for Science Communication in the Twenty-First Century?
11.50: Hattie Lloyd (University College London)
Press Cuttings and Personal Accounts: How to build a picture of Humphry Davy's audience
12.30: SHAC AGM
1.00: Lunch – a sandwich lunch will be provided
2.00: Tour of the Royal Institution led by Frank James
2.40: Robert Anderson (Clare Hall, Cambridge)
Facts or Fantasies in the Lecture Theatre?
3.20: John Perkins (Oxford Brookes University)
The Audiences for Chemistry in 18th-century Paris
4.00: Award of the SHAC Prize for the best history of chemistry Oxford Part II thesis, 2015
Recipient: Ms Mahnoor Naeem, Keble College.
Thesis title: William Hume-Rothery’s contribution to the science of metallurgy.
Followed by tea and coffee
4.30: Melanie Keene (Homerton College, Cambridge)
Familiar Chemistry and its Family Audiences
5.10: Meeting ends
The registration fee for the meeting, including a sandwich lunch and refreshments, is £15 for SHAC members and £20 for non-members.
A registration form for the meeting can be found at http://www.ambix.org/future-meetings/
If you would like to attend this meeting and have lunch we would be grateful if you could register by Friday 6 November 2015.
Please send any questions regarding the meeting to Dr Anna Simmons: [log in to unmask]
Sent on behalf of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry by Dr Anna Simmons, Acting Hon. Secretary and Membership Secretary
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