SCIENCE IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICAL:
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE SciPer PROJECT
10-12 APRIL 2000
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
This inaugural conference of the Science in the Nineteenth-Century
Periodical (SciPer) project will explore all aspects of this
interdisciplinary area, with panels on:
Educating Women in Science
Science in the Periodical Marketplace
The New Journalism
Improvement Journals
Defining Medical Orthodoxy
Natural Philosophy in the Early Edinburgh Review
Science Journalism in Mid-Victorian Britain
Memorialising Scientists
Grant Allen
Science in the Religious Press (x 2)
Novelists as Editors
Representing Technologies
Science and the Labour Press
Debating Evolution
Managing Science as News
Specialist Periodicals
Scientists and Periodical Writing
Learned Journals
Science and Liberalism
Periodicals and Scientific Reading
Speakers include:
David Allen
David Amigoni
Katey Anderson
Bill Astore
Heather Atchison
Logie Barrow
Ruth Barton
Susan Bernstein
Edward Bird
Bill Brock
Peter Broks
Gavin Budge
Geoffrey Cantor
John Christie
Delia Da Sousa Correa
Gowan Dawson
Alvar Ellegård
Aileen Fyfe
Rachel Gilmour
Graeme Gooday
Jack Haas
Louise Henson
David Hinton
Frank James
Rebecca Kinraide
Peter Kjaergaard
David Knight
Joanne Knowles
Bernard Lightman
Roger Luckhurst
Erin McLaughlin-Jenkins
Gerald Majer
Jack Meadows
Barry Milligan
Frank Neary
Richard Noakes
Francis O'Gorman
Barbara Onslow
Donald Opitz
James Paradis
Greg Raddick
Julia Reid
Angelique Richardson
Harriet Ritvo
Michael Roberts
Steve Ruskin
Rick Rylance
James Secord
Suzanne Sheffield
Ann Shteir
Sally Shuttleworth
Sujit Sivasundaram
Helen Small
Johanna Smith
Caroline Sumpter
Sarah Tasker
Elizabeth Tilley
Jon Topham
Paul White
Richard Yeo
A full version of the provisional programme is available at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/D-H/el/sciper/Programme.htm
The conference will take place at Oxley Hall, a University of Leeds
hall of residence built in the 1850s and recently restored to its
original Victorian splendour. Oxley is conveniently situated on the
outskirts of Leeds, about five miles from the city centre and four
miles from the university campus, and is easy to get to by public or
private transport. It stands on the east side of the A660
Leeds/Otley/Skipton road, half a mile north of the Leeds Outer Ring
Road (A6120) and is only 20 minutes by taxi from Leeds/Bradford
Airport. Accommodation is in single study bedrooms, each of which
has a wash basin whilst the toilet and shower facilities are shared.
Alternative (en suite) accommodation is available a few hundred yards
away at Weetwood Hall, the University's 108 bedroom hotel/conference
centre of four star standing (details are available on request).
Located in the heart of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, the city of
Leeds was formerly the centre of the world's worsted and woollen
industries and associated engineering. It has recently undergone a
spectacular renaissance, and is now a leading financial centre, with
a thriving commercial and cultural life. The home of Opera North,
the Northern Ballet and the Phoenix Dance Company, the city has
numerous theatres, and the important Henry Moore Gallery. Leeds is
also well known for its museums, which include the spectacular Royal
Armouries Museum, the Thackray Medical Museum, and the Armley
Industrial Museum. Historic buildings include the Town Hall (home of
the Leeds International Piano Competition), the General Infirmary
(designed by Gilbert Scott), and Temple Newsam House.
The Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical (SciPer) project is
jointly based at the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies
(Department of English Literature) in the University of Sheffield and
the Division of History and Philosophy of Science (School of
Philosophy) in the University of Leeds. The project, which is funded
by the AHRB and the Leverhulme Trust, aims to identify and analyse
the representation of science, technology and medicine, as well as
the inter-penetration of science and literature, in the general
periodical press in Britain between 1800 and 1900.
Enquiries regarding registration should be made to:
Dr. J. R. Topham
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 (0)113 233 3383
Fax: +44 (0)113 233 3265
Or visit our website at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/D-H/el/sciper/Conference.htm
BOOKING
The number of residential places at the conference is restricted to
seventy. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis.
There are a few places for non-residential delegates, although
limited accommodation means that such delegates will not be able to
book the buffet lunch or evening meal.
REGISTRATION FORM
Please print out and return by fax or post to:
Dr. J. R. Topham
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Fax: +44 (0)113 233 3265
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Standard booking before 1 Feb 2000 ......£40___
Standard booking after 1 Feb 2000 .......£50___
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Dr. Jon Topham
Science in the Nineteenth-century Periodical (SciPer) Project
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/D-H/el/sciper/
Division of History and Philosophy of Science (University of Leeds)/
Centre for Nineteenth-century Studies (University of Sheffield)
Division of History and Tel: +113 233 3383 (Leeds)
Philosophy of Science +114 222 8484 (Sheffield)
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds Fax: +113 233 3265 (Leeds)
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