===================== HES POSTING ===================== ***** Forwarded from HOPOS-L by Esther-Mirjam Sent ***** 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] ----------8<-------------------8<------------------8<--------- 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. 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