HSS launches new History of Chemistry interest group
The History of Science Society has approved the formation
of the Forum for the History of Chemical Sciences (FoCHS).
The Forum for the History of the Chemical Sciences is a
group of scholars and students whose aim is to promote research, education, and
communication on the historical, social, and philosophical aspects of chemistry
and related chemical sciences and technologies. FoHCS advances this goal by
encouraging innovative research and teaching in the history of chemistry and
the chemical sciences, improving the visibility of such research within the
History of Science Society, fostering international communication and
collaboration between individuals and institutions with an interest in chemical
history, and identifying and creating new opportunities and resources for
scholars who study the chemical sciences.
There will be a FoHCS-sponsored session at the Three Societies
Meeting in
Philadelphia:
"Transatlantic Reactions: Translating Chemistry
between Continents,"
scheduled for the afternoon of Friday 13 July.
FoCHS will be sponsoring two sessions at the November
History of Science Society meeting in San Diego:
(1) "Historicizing Rachel Carson: New Contexts for
Understanding Silent Spring,"
co-sponsored by
FoHCS, EEF and the Women's Caucus and scheduled for the afternoon of
Friday 16 November.
(2) "Chemistry and the Public Sphere: Moments of
Transition," scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday 17 November.
Contact for FoHCS: Sy Mauskopf, shmaus@duke.edu
--
Jennifer Rampling
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow
Department of History and
Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RH