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British Society for History of Science 50th Anniversary Conference
The History of Science as public culture?
at the British Association Festival of Science,
University of Leeds, 9-11 September 1997
To mark its fiftieth anniversary, which falls in 1997, the British
Society for the History of Science is holding a conference with the
title: 'The History of Science as public culture?'. Its object will
be to explore the ways in which the enterprise of history of science
has functioned in public culture and within academia, particularly in
Britain during the past fifty years. The primary focus for the
conference will be on the role played by the history of science in
public culture--in public debate, in public celebrations, in museums,
and in visual and printed media. In addition, the conference will
consider the extent to which scholars in other disciplines have
responded to the history of science as an academic discipline, and
will examine the British tradition of academic history of science
from an international perspective.
The conference will be held within the 1997 Festival of Science of
the British Association for the Advancement of Science. This week-
long event is much the largest annual scientific meeting held in
Britain, with over four hundred specialist speakers and public
figures, from all fields of science. BSHS conference delegates will
be entitled to attend any of the sessions within the British
Association programme, including sessions on Monday 8 September and
Friday 12 September. Of particular interest to historians is a
session on Monday 8 September focusing on the centenary of the
electron and the fiftieth anniversary of the transistor. Full
programme details for the British Association meeting will be sent to
all registrants.
TUESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 1997
Session 1: The 'Two cultures' and the history of science.
Chair: Prof. Ludmilla Jordanova (University of East Anglia)
09.30 Prof. John Brooke (University of Lancaster)
Introduction
Prof. Gillian Beer (University of Cambridge)
[Title to be arranged]
Dr. David Edgerton (Imperial College, London)
C.P. Snow as historian of British science
11.00 COFFEE
11.30 Dr. Joan Leach (Imperial College, London) Speaking
scientists and other wonders of nature
Prof. David Knight (University of Durham) Working in the
glare of two cultures
Session 2: History of science and the media.
Chair: Prof. Gillian Beer (University of Cambridge)
14.00 Dr. Helen Haste (University of Bath)
Mr. Spock and Dr.Strangelove
Ms. Caroline van den Brul (BBC TV)
Science as it happens
15.30 TEA
16.00 Dr. James Moore (Open University) Presenting the past:
25 years of OU-TV
Presidential address.
17.30 Prof. John Brooke (University of Lancaster) Does the
history of science have a future?
Anniversary dinner.
19.30 To be held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.
Invited guests include many former presidents of the
society.
WEDNESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 1997
Session 3: History of science and museums.
Chair: Dr. Liba Taub (Whipple Museum of the History of
Science, University of Cambridge)
09.30 Introduction
Dr. Liba Taub (Whipple Museum of the History of
Science, University of Cambridge)
Looking back
Dr. Robert Anderson (British Museum, London)
Dr. Jim Bennett (Museum of the History of Science,
University of Oxford)
Current initiatives
Dr. Dominique Feriot (Conservatoire National des Arts et
Metiers, Paris)
Dr. Steve de Clerq (Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht)
11.00 COFFEE
11.30 Looking forward
Mr. Simon Chaplin (Science Museum, London)
Dr. Ken Arnold (Wellcome Institute, London)
Dr. Ghislaine Lawrence (Science Museum, London)
Session 4: History of science and the printed media.
Chair: Prof. Bill Brock (University of Leicester)
14.00 Dr. Jon Turney (University College, London)
Can history be news?
Dr. Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge)
History of science in textbooks
15.30 TEA
16.00 Dr. John Christie (University of Leeds)
Popularisation and public understanding of science:
some history
Anniversary reception.
17.30 To be held in the Brotherton Library, University of
Leeds.
THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 1997
Session 5: History of science and public celebrations.
Chair: Dr. Robert Bud (Science Museum)
09.30 Prof. Geoffrey Cantor (University of Leeds)
Celebrating Faraday
Dr. Christine Blondel (La Villette, Paris)
Celebrating Ampere
11.00 COFFEE
11.30 Dr. Sophie Forgan (University of Teesside)
Native genius and landmarks of progress: science and
national identity at the Festival of Britain
Session 6: British history of science in international perspective.
Chair: Prof. Robert Fox (University of Oxford)
13.30 Prof. Kostas Gavroglu (University of Athens)
An outsider looking in
Prof. H. Floris Cohen (University of Twente)
The scientific revolution: has there been a British view?
Prof. Pietro Corsi (University of Cassino)
An Italian perspective
Prof. Frederick Gregory (University of Florida-
Gainesville)
An American perspective
Prof. John Krige (La Villette, Paris)
A French perspective
15.30 TEA
Session 7: British history of science in interdisciplinary
perspective.
Chair: To be arranged
16.00 Prof. Steven Fuller (University of Durham)
Why history of science should no longer be
rated 'X' for scientists
Dr. Steven French (University of Leeds)
All I know about history of science I learned in one
course
Prof. Sally Shuttleworth (University of Sheffield)
The role of history of science in literary studies
Prof. Frank Close (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Sub-atomic physics--before my time and after
[1 speaker to be arranged]
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REGISTRATION FORM
The BSHS anniversary conference will be held under the auspices of
the 1997 Festival of Science of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science. Those wishing to attend the conference
should register for the British Association meeting via the BSHS
Executive Secretary, using this form. Registration will entitle
delegates to attend any of the sessions within the British
Association programme, in addition to the anniversary conference
organised by the BSHS.
The British Association has agreed to extend to members of the BSHS
the concessionary rates available to members of the British
Association. Anyone wishing to join the BSHS should complete the
appropriate section of this form.
The form should be returned as soon as possible to:
BSHS Executive Secretary Tel & Fax: +44 (0) 1367 718963
31 High Street
Stanford in the Vale
Faringdon
Oxon
SN7 8LH
UK
1. CONTACT NAME AND DETAILS
PROF/DR/MR/MS/OTHER please specify
FIRST GIVEN NAME
SURNAME
ADDRESS
POSTCODE DAYTIME TEL. NO.
2. BADGE NAME
Please state your name and affiliation as you wish it to appear on
your badge. This may be collected from the Registration Desk upon
arrival at the BAAS festival. N.B. maximum 24 characters each,
including spaces and dots.
NAME
AFFILIATION
3. BAAS FESTIVAL CHARGES
stlg stlg
Weekly Daily
MEMBER OF THE BSHS 70 18
NON-MEMBER 120 30
STUDENT 30 10
LOCAL RESIDENTS (LEEDS, BRADFORD, 30 10
AND WAKEFIELD POST CODES)
Accommodation details and booking form will be sent upon receipt of
registration. No registration will be confirmed until the full
amount is received. Substitutions may be made at any time but no
cancellations will be refunded after 11 August 1997. Postal
registration must be received by 27 August 1997, although
registration may take place at the festival itself.
4. DAYS OF ATTENDANCE
(SUNDAY ATTENDANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION)
BSHS MEMBER ____ (TICK IF APPROPRIATE)
Non-member _____ (tick if appropriate)
Student ________ (tick if appropriate)
Days attending: M T W Th F (Circle as appropriate)
Total fee: _________
5. ACCOMMODATION
Please send me an accommodation booking form ___ (tick if
appropriate).
6. ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The anniversary dinner will be held in the new Royal Armouries
Museum, Leeds, on the evening of Tuesday, 9 September 1997. Guests
of honour include most of the surviving presidents of the society.
Please tick the appropriate box.
____ I wish to attend the anniversary dinner and enclose full
payment of stlg25.
____ I wish to attend the anniversary dinner and enclose payment at
the student rate of stlg17.50.
7. ANNIVERSARY MONOGRAPHS OFFER
During the anniversary year, the society is making a special offer to
members of reductions on monographs. In addition, members wishing to
purchase a complete set of those monographs currently in print can do
so for this year only at a reduction of 50%. Monographs ordered on
this form (enclosing remittance) will be ready for collection at the
BSHS conference desk from Wednesday 10 September 1997. Please tick
the relevant boxes.
___ The letters of Georges Cuvier: a summary calendar of the
manuscript and printed materials preserved in Europe, the United
States of America, and Australasia. Edited by Dorinda Outram. 1980.
stlg3.50 reduced to stlg3.00
___ Rationality and ritual: the Windscale inquiry and nuclear
decisions in Britain. By Brian Wynne. 1982. stlg5.00 reduced to stlg3.50
___ The Royal Society and its fellows, 1660-1700: the morphology of
an early scientific institution. By Michael Hunter. 2d ed. 1994.
stlg8.00 reduced to stlg6.00
___ Francis Bacon's natural philosophy: a new source. By Graham Rees
assisted by Christopher Upton. 1984. stlg5.60 reduced to stlg4.00
___ Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a
handlist. By Peter J.T. Morris and Colin A. Russell. 1988. stlg9.00
reduced to stlg6.50
___ Index to the scientific correspondence of John William
Dawson. By Susan Sheets-Pyenson. 1992. stlg12.00 reduced to stlg9.00
___ Science and nature: essays in the history of the
environmental sciences. Edited by Michael Shortland. 1993. stlg8.00
reduced to stlg6.00
___ In the shadow of Lavoisier: the "Annales de Chimie" and the
establishment of a new science. By Maurice Crosland. 1994. stlg7.50
reduced to stlg6.00
___ E. Ray Lankester and the making of modern British biology. By J.
Lester (ed. P. J. Bowler). 1996. stlg7.50 reduced to stlg6.00
___ Full set of monographs 2-10. Reduced to stlg33.00 (normal price
to members stlg66.10)
___ TOTAL (please carry forward)
8. ANNIVERSARY MUGS
The society has had a limited edition mug produced to mark its
anniversary. The prize-winning mug design was selected from those
submitted by students of design at Teesside University, and features
historical images of Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Demand
for the mug is expected to be keen, and those interested are advised
to order early. Mugs ordered on this form (enclosing remittance)
will be ready for collection at the BSHS conference desk.
I wish to order _____ mugs @ stlg1.50
9. BSHS MEMBERSHIP
___ I wish to join the BSHS and enclose payment at the introductory
rate of stlg20 (please tick).
___ I wish to join the BSHS and enclose payment at the student rate
of stlg12 (please tick).
10. PAYMENT
Cost Your choice
BAAS festival registration [carried over] __________
Conference dinner (full rate) stlg25 __________
(student rate) stlg17.50
Monographs [carried over] __________
Mugs @ stlg1.50 __________
BSHS Membership
-introductory offer: stlg20
-student rate (student
status must be verified) stlg12 __________
TOTAL __________
___ I enclose a cheque payable to "British Society for the History of
Science"
OR
___ Please charge my VISA, MASTERCARD, or EUROCARD.
Expiry date / Card number
Signature Print name and address
of card holder (if different from contact name and address)
Postcode
Enquiries re registration to:
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