Oliver Lodge: Progress and the Public, Science Museum, 8 July 2015, 2-4pm

On Wednesday 8 July we will be holding a one-off seminar on Oliver Lodge, popular science and scientific progress.  The seminar will be chaired by Christine Ferguson (Glasgow) and our speakers are:


The seminar will take place in the Dana Centre, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.  Registration is free but if you wish to attend please email us at [log in to unmask]  Further details are available here: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/.

The seminar is organized by the AHRC Research Network 'Making Waves: Oliver Lodge and the Cultures of Science, 1875-1940'.  Details about the project are available here: http://www.oliverlodge.org.

James Mussell (University of Leeds)


  • Michael Whitworth (Oxford), ‘Transformations of Knowledge in Oliver Lodge’s popular science writing.’
  • Robert Bud (Science Museum), ‘”Mean streets and squalid districts”: Oliver Lodge and his contemporaries on science and progress’
    • - See more at: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/#sthash.wB0MNHb9.dpuf
  • Michael Whitworth (Oxford), ‘Transformations of Knowledge in Oliver Lodge’s popular science writing.’
  • Robert Bud (Science Museum), ‘”Mean streets and squalid districts”: Oliver Lodge and his contemporaries on science and progress’
    • - See more at: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/#sthash.wB0MNHb9.dpuf
  • Michael Whitworth (Oxford), ‘Transformations of Knowledge in Oliver Lodge’s popular science writing.’
  • Robert Bud (Science Museum), ‘”Mean streets and squalid districts”: Oliver Lodge and his contemporaries on science and progress’
    • - See more at: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/#sthash.wB0MNHb9.dpuf

  • Michael Whitworth (Oxford), ‘Transformations of Knowledge in Oliver Lodge’s popular science writing.’
  • Robert Bud (Science Museum), ‘”Mean streets and squalid districts”: Oliver Lodge and his contemporaries on science and progress’
    • - See more at: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/#sthash.wB0MNHb9.dpuf
  • Michael Whitworth (Oxford), ‘Transformations of Knowledge in Oliver Lodge’s popular science writing.’
  • Robert Bud (Science Museum), ‘”Mean streets and squalid districts”: Oliver Lodge and his contemporaries on science and progress’
    • - See more at: http://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/#sthash.wB0MNhttp://www.oliverlodge.org/oliver-lodge-progress-and-the-public-science-museum-8-july-2015/