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What is to be Done? History of Science in the New Millennium a joint HSS/CSHPS/BSHS conference Following successful meetings in Manchester (1988), Toronto (1992), and Edinburgh (1996), the British Society for the History of Science, the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science Society will be undertaking their fourth international joint meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, August 3-6, 2000. The program committee, with members drawn from the three participating societies, has chosen as the meeting theme: "What is to be done? History of Science in the New Millennium." Session proposals are invited on topics that address particularly: ocritical historiographical issues in the history of science, past, present and future. omaster narratives in the history of science, including reassessments of earlier narratives and presentations of new ones. oevaluating the relationship between the history of science and other disciplines, such as sociology, literary studies, social history, cultural history, environmental history, natural science (the "science wars") oimportant absences in the history of science: what's been missed? what can't be said? odiffering modes of investigation in the history of science, including museum and material culture studies, history of popular culture, history of printing and publishing, and others. ore-examinations of particular chronological (e.g.,Enlightenment or medieval science) and thematic fields (e.g., the history of biology, science and gender, science and popular culture). othe development of history of science as a discipline and as a profession, in particular to provide an international perspective to the issues that the HSS is considering at its 75th anniversary meeting in 1999. The meeting will be organized into sessions of three or four papers with commentator. Proposals for complete sessions are encouraged, although proposals for individual papers will also be considered. Session organizers are urged to include speakers from more than one country. Electronic submissions via this Web site are preferred. Proposals, including abstracts of approximately 250 words for each paper, are due at the HSS Executive Office by 15 December 99, with notification of acceptance by early February 2000. Conference participants may expect to receive a program of published abstracts. For further details contact the HSS Executive office at [log in to unmask] or the program committee: Jon Agar, [log in to unmask]; Bernie Lightman, [log in to unmask]; and Paul Theerman, [log in to unmask] More information on St Louis, and paper and session proposal forms can be found at: http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/2000/joint2000.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%