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Call for papers deadline: THURSDAY, 31 MARCH The British Society for the Histor y of Science, in association with the Royal Irish Academy’s Committee on the His tory of Irish Science, invites offers of abstracts for a one-day conference devo ted to SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN IRELAND, 1780-1920: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PE RSPECTIVES To take place at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, D ublin Thursday, the 23rd of June, 2005 This conference aims to bring together historians of science and historians of Ireland to investigate the role of scien ce and technology in Irish society and culture in the long nineteenth century. W e are particularly interested in papers that investigate the contribution made b y the sciences to civic culture, but welcome papers that deal with any aspect of science and technology in Ireland from 1780 to 1920. Possible topics include: *What roles have science and technology played in Ireland’s past? *What roles h ave scientific institutions and men and women of science played in Ireland ’s past? *How has science shaped or been shaped by Irish intellectual and public culture in the past? * What connections have there been between Irish and Br itish or continental science? A keynote address, entitled ‘An Experimental Nati on? Innovating in Science and Civic Society in Nineteenth-Century Ireland’, will be given by Dr. Jim Livesey, University of Sussex. Abstracts (of no more than 200 words) are invited for 20 minute papers. Interdisciplinary approaches are w elcomed. New and junior scholars are especially encouraged to apply. Deadline f or abstracts is Thursday, March 31st. Please send inquiries and abstracts to Ju liana Adelman, [log in to unmask] Further information is available at http://www.bshs.org.uk/conf. The BSHS Butler-Eyles Fund offers travel grants to postgraduate students to attend its conferences, see http://www.bshs.org.uk/ conf/butlereyles.html. In addition, one or two small travel grants may be availa ble (thanks to the Royal Irish Academy's Third Sector Research Programme) for th ose giving papers which address issues of science and civic culture, or science in the voluntary sector. Those seeking such support should mention this when sub mitting their abstract, and indicate their likely travel expenses. Juliana Ad elman Department of History National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland