Just to remind you that the British Society for the History of Science is
holding a conference for postgraduate students on January 10-12 2000 in
Cambridge. There's already been an excellent response both from Britain
and beyond, and I think we can promise a wide range of papers and a
similarly assorted mixture of people to meet.
There is still time to sign up, but anyone who wishes to present work (15
min slots) should contact me as soon as possible. Those who wish to attend
without presenting should still contact me by Nov 1st. At the end of this
message is a text version of the form which has to be returned to me -
feel free to distribute it in your department.
I hope that supervisors, or continuing PhDs, will encourage new PhDs and
Masters students to come along to what will (yes, *will*) be a great
event.
Aileen Fyfe
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To express an interest in attending, return this form (by email or snail
to Aileen Fyfe, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School
Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH):
BSHS Postgraduate Workshop 10-12 January 2000
Name:
Postal Address:
Email Address:
Draft title (if you wish to present your work - this can be very vague at
the moment)
Do you expect to want accommodation in Cambridge? (just to give us some
rough numbers) YES / NO
The workshop will be organised into sessions of around three papers of 15
minutes each, with time for discussion. In the past, sessions have
usually been organised according to time period and branch of the sciences
(e.g. C20 life sciences; C19 physical sciences). We are considering
trying to organise at least some of the sessions according to
historiographical themes instead, in the hope that this might stimulate
some fruitful discussion. If you think your work would fit into one (or
more) of the categories below, please tick the list - and if there is
another category which you think might link several papers, feel free to
add it. (For 'science' below, read 'the sciences, technology or
medicine').
( ) Writing biography.
( ) Writing about theories of science.
( ) Writing about practices of science.
( ) Writing about ordinary people, or 'popular culture', whatever that
is.
( ) Science and religion.
( ) Science and politics.
( ) Case studies or big pictures?
( ) Science, media and communications.
( ) Amateurs, experts or professionals?
( ) Science and travel, exploration and empire.
( ) Science and war.
( ) Images of science and its practitioners.
( ) Scientific instruments and collections.
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Aileen Fyfe
Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge (+44 1223) 740 537
Free School Lane [log in to unmask]
Cambridge CB2 3RH http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~akf1002/
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