Tag: Related Events
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October 8th is Ada Lovelace Day at the Royal Institution
Ada Lovelace Day Live is back! The Royal Institution’s annual ‘science cabaret’ returns with a fantastic line-up of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), who will share their experiences, insights and expertise. You can join live in the Ri Theatre, or online, to explore leading-edge research covering many and varied scientific specialities, from…
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SHAC Workshop: History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge This one day workshop, aimed particularly at postgraduates and early career researchers, introduces and explores historiographical and methodological issues unique to the history of alchemy and chemistry. We will investigate the practical challenges of researching chemistry over different periods, from pre-modern matter theories and artisanal…
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London 19th C Studies Seminars
AUTUMN TERM 2009 The London Nineteenth Century Studies Seminars this term are organised by Birbeck College and entitled ‘The Victorians and Science’. The convener is Ana Vadillo (Birkbeck) 17 October 2009, 11am, Room G37 (Senate House, South Block, Ground Floor) Dr. Adelene Buckland (University of Cambridge), ‘Lyell’s Plots’ Dr. Angelique Richardson (University of Exeter), ‘Hardy…
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Royal Institution July Event
Tuesday 28 July 7.00pm–8.30pm Decoding the heavens Speaker: Jo Marchant In 1900, a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an ancient shipwreck, dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst the divers’ hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock. Then it cracked…
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Oxford Literature and Science Seminar
The Oxford Literature and Science seminar is meeting twice termly; all with a research interest in the area are welcome, whether members of the university or not. The second event in Trinity Term 2009 will be held in the Breakfast Room, Merton College, Oxford. Friday 12 June 2009 (7th week), 2pm. Jean-François Peyret (founder and…
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Cfp: Looking back on the End of Time
Looking back on the End of Time — Modernism and Beyond University of East Anglia, UK Keynote Speakers: Prof. Randall Stevenson (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Bryony Randall (University of Glasgow) At the turn of the twentieth century developments in the sciences and technology seemed to necessitate a radical review of the nature, perhaps even…
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Special Issue of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net
Science, Technology and the Senses, edited by Sibylle Erle and Laurie Garrison We are delighted to announce the release of this special issue of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net available at http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/. Contributors to the volume include: Laurie Garrison and Sibylle Erle,, ‘Introduction’ Sibylle Erle, ‘Blake, Colour and the Truchsessian Gallery: Modelling the Mind…
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Royal Institution Lecture – ‘The Age of Wonder’
Monday 19 January 7.00pm–8.30pm ‘The age of wonder’ a lecture by Prof Richard Holmes In this lecture Richard Holmes tells the story of three remarkable scientific friendships during the Romantic Age in Britain. The astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, the chemists Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday and the medical scientists, John Abernethy and William Lawrence…
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Talk on Gray’s Anatomy at Royal Institution
‘The making of Mr Gray’s Anatomy’, a talk by Ruth Richardson Tuesday 4 November 2008, 7.00pm-8.30pm Gray’s Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations…
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Colloquium: Charles Darwin in Europe
A one-day colloquium on Charles Darwin in Europe will be held at Darwin’s college Christ’s, Cambridge, on Thursday 26 February 2009 to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth as well as the launch of *The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe*, edited by Eve-Marie Engels and Thomas F. Glick. The colloquium will continue the discussions…