STEP - Science and Technology in the European Periphery

Sites of Chemistry in the 18th Century'

Maison Française, Oxford
4-5 July 2011

This conference inaugurates the 'Sites of Chemistry, 1600-2000' project which will investigate the multitude of sites, spaces and places where chemistry has been practiced since the beginning of the 17th century. These will be explored over the next four years in a series of annual conferences each devoted to a particular century. A final conference will be held in early 2015 to explore themes and developments over the whole period and on a broader comparative scale.

Plenary speakers at the first conference include Lissa Roberts, Ursula Klein, John Christie, Simon Werrett, John Perkins, Christine Lehman, Marco Beretta, Samir Boumediene, Elena Serrano, Matthew Eddy, Peter Konecny and Hjalmar Fors.

Proposals for papers, of either 40 minutes or, in particular, shorter presentations of 20 minutes are welcome. The focus of proposals should be on the physical sites where chemistry was practised-further details can be found under 'Topics and Themes' at www.sitesofchemistry.org. Proposals (200-300 words in length) should be sent to Antonio Belmar, belmar@ua.es, and John Perkins, jperkins@brookes.ac.uk.

Deadline for proposals: 7 March. Decisions will be announced by 15 March.

The project is supported by the Wellcome Trust and is sponsored by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Full details at www.sitesofchemistry.org.