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BJHS Themes is a collaborative venture between the British Society for the History of Science and Cambridge University Press aimed at establishing the first fully open access journal for the history of science community. It aims to publish open access, scholarly and engaging collections of history of science papers, which address provocative themes, and which will be free for readers and offer no financial barrier to publication for authors. Like its sister publication, British Journal for the History of Science, BJHS Themes is a journal of the British Society for the History of Science, a major learned society for its subject.
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William Petty’s survey of Ireland and the role of natural history in the development of statistics
- 22 January 2024,
- William Petty (1623-1687) is well known as a pioneer of political economy and statistics. He has been often celebrated as an ingenious thinker who was among...
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Van Leeuwenhoek – the film: remaking the origins of bacteriology
- 23 August 2023,
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is universally acknowledged as the first person describing protozoa and bacteria using his self made microscopes. His seventeenth-century...
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Lecture: It Takes a University – Towards Critical Eugenics in the Academy
- 07 May 2024,
- 'It Takes a University: Towards Critical Eugenics in the Academy’, Subhadra Das A public lecture on the histories and legacies of eugenics in UK universities...
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First issue of the BJHS for 2024 coming up!
- 27 April 2024,
- Dear colleagues, I’m very happy to announce that the first issue of the BJHS for 2024 will shortly be arriving! Appropriately for spring, you’ll find that many...
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The Palette of Nature: summer meeting of the Society for the History of Natural History
- 27 April 2024,
- The Palette of Nature: summer meeting of the Society for the History of Natural History 13-14 June 2024, Cardiff This two-day international meeting will explore...
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