BSHS

hopkinspress.bsky.social is at day 3 of the British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference in Cambridge @bshsnews.bsky.social

Make sure you visit the exhibition & check out what's new in #history by the end of today!

YouTube video by Imperial Horizons UK radical science – its history, legacies and relevance today

#BSHS2025 Several @bshsnews.bsky.social colleagues in Cambridge asked me about my former student's radical science BSSRS research projects. Good news! There's a YouTube video of it here 👉 youtu.be/fH2rI--XfP8?...

The last slide of a moving talk!

@hopkinspress.bsky.social is at the British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference in Cambridge @bshsnews.bsky.social

Make sure you visit the exhibition & check out what's new in #history today & tomorrow!

It's time! Our exciting evening with Sadiah Qureshi and Helen Macdonald is on. We're stoked!

History and philosophy of science journals from Chicago

Visit our unstaffed table at the British Society for the History of Science conference in Cambridge, UK to learn about our journals and grab some giveaways. Can't make it in person? Discover our history of science journals here: ow.ly/xIb250WkuPa @bshsnews.bsky.social

Working up to the presidential address by Prof Chiara Ambrosio. And reception afterwards!

One of the last presentations today before we come to our presidential address and the reception. Don't miss out on the presentations and guided tours tomorrow and on Thursday! conference.bshs.org.uk/programme #BSHS2025

Wending my way to Cambridge, and looking forward to this event. My past self is amazed at what time has made possible since my first time coming up as an undergraduate.
Perhaps see you there.

Tomorrow & Thursday @hopkinspress.bsky.social will be in Cambridge for @bshsnews.bsky.social annual conference!

It has begun! Our annual conference went off with 6 panels and the first presentations - welcome to Cambridge!

"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!

TOMORROW in Cambridge!
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".

With an introduction by Helen Macdonald

📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...

#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025

"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!

Just one week to go!
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.

📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With Helen Macdonald & Sarah Qidwai!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM

"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!

Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.

📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM

📣 Join historian Sadiah Qureshi as she shares insights from Vanished, her acclaimed new book on extinction, empire & erasure for free! With an introduction by Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk!
🗓 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 Cambridge
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
#PublicLecture #histSTM

Thank you to everyone at BSHS responsible for awarding @hpspodcast.bsky.social the 2024 Ayrton Prize. We are beyond thrilled at this recognition for the work we have put into the podcast over the last few years. It is also great timing, as we are launching Season 5 very soon!

Congratulations! 🎉🥳

The Variables Present: A Loose History of Science in 7-ish Comedians Join Cambridge's Science Comedy group "The Variables" as we turn the science of the past into the laughter of today

Attending @bshsnews.bsky.social conference in Cambridge this year? Or happen to be in the vicinity & enjoy your comedy with a smattering of history? Join The Variables on 7 July for #HSTM #Comedy www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-variab...

The president of the SHNH, Jack Ashby, standing at the front of a lecture theatre with an opening 'welcome' slide on the screen behind him.

Here we go! 🎉

We've all gathered in Glasgow, and have a full few days lined up exploring and celebrating the intersection between our senses and natural history!

From touch to temperature, it's sure to be fascinating 🪶🐌🐻‍❄️

The Variables Present: A Loose History of Science in 7-ish Comedians Join Cambridge's Science Comedy group "The Variables" as we turn the science of the past into the laughter of today

The BSHS Cambridge conference is approaching fast! Want to have some fantastic fun to kick off the week? Check out "A Loose History of Science in 7-ish Comedians" hosted by Cambridge's fantastic comedy group The Variables on Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:30 - 21:30 BST - Book your tickets here:

👏 A big shout-out to the Making & Knowing Project, highly commended in this year’s Ayrton Prize! We loved the creativity, hands-on learning, and rich historical insights it offers.
👉 More info + links: www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-ayrton-...

🎉 We’re excited to share that The HPS Podcast has won the 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize! The podcast wowed us with its accessible, wide-ranging content and outstanding engagement. Congrats to the team! 🧠🎙️
👉 More info + links: www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-ayrton-...

On the centenary of astronomy populariser Camille Flammarion's death, his "influence mondiale" and the 30,000 fan letters being inventoried by historians of science #histsci

We did this at Bristol Museums, it has been invaluable 👇🏽

#Museums #Ethics #AntiRacism

Join us on 24 June at 5:30pm for the next lecture in our GHIL lecture series given by Aparna Vaidik (Ashoka University) on 'Forensics, Expert Testimony, and Judicial Truth in British India: A History of the Lahore Conspiracy Case Trial (1929–31)'.
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Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Our Harriet Tubman Essay Prize closes this Friday - 13th June! 🚨

The prize celebrates the best undergrad essay on 19thC US History written by a BAME student. There's lots of amazing work out there - make sure to encourage your students to submit!

More details 👇

#histSTM

Cover image of 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547' by Laura Flannigan

Over the next three weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes.

Today we feature 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547', by Laura Flannigan bit.ly/4mUavDP 1/2

A superb write-up of the @bshsnews.bsky.social PG Conference from two attendees. It was by all accounts a great success, and a real pleasure to see our @leedsprhs.bsky.social and @hpsleeds.bsky.social postgraduate community deliver such a wonderful event! #histsci #histSTM

"The trope of the microscope in nineteenth-century India" by David Arnold, whose work is always so inspiring to read, OA via BJHS @bshsnews.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...