Society for the History of Alchemy & Chemistry

Society for History of Alchemy and Chemistry The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, founded as the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry in 1935, holds meetings and a yearly Graduate Workshop, publishes the journal ...

The seminar will be also accessible live on YouTube and most previous on-line seminars can be found on the SHAC YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/SocietyforHi...

As with recent seminars the Zoom link can be freely accessed by anyone, member of SHAC or not, by booking through the following Ticket Source link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/society-for-...

The next on-line seminar will be given by Dr Michael Bycroft (University of Warwick) on 'Gems and the Crafts in the Chemical Revolution'

Held live on Thursday, 22 January 2026, beginning at 5.00pm GMT. The format will be a talk of 20-30 minutes followed by a moderated discussion.

“To Be Mindful of Their Sensitivities:” The Chinese American Chemical Society and the Scientific Diaspora This paper investigates the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) as an organisation of the scientific diaspora at the end of the Cold War. Established in 1981 by mostly first-generation immigra...

Glad to publish with @shacorg.bsky.social on the Chinese American Chemical Society and science diplomacy in the 1970s-80s

Very grateful for the generous financial & research support of @sciencehistory.org

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Excited to find several editions of @shacorg.bsky.social ‘s Ambix in a hokey tourist trap with tarot cards and books on magic.

Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities across the history of science, technology and medicine.
Our Essay Award is open to researchers from the above fields who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years.

Announcing the 9th Notes and Records Essay Award: Enter for your chance to win £500 and publication in the journal for the winning entry. Submission deadline: 28 February 2026https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/early-career-researchers/notes-and-records-essay-award/

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Call for Papers open: www.ambix.org/remembering-...

We are hosting a one-day meeting to be held on Friday 10 April 2026 at the Maison Française d’Oxford in honor of William ‘Bill’ Hodson Brock (1936-2025)
Offers of papers + a short abstract related in some way to Brock’s work should be sent to Frank James (frank.james[at]ucl.ac.uk) by 30 November

Society for History of Alchemy and Chemistry The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, founded as the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry in 1935, holds meetings and a yearly Graduate Workshop, publishes the journal ...

The format will be a talk of 20-30 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion of half an hour.
Most previous on-line seminars can be found on the SHAC YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/SocietyforHi...

This will be live on Thursday, 25 September 2025, beginning at 5.00pm (London time).

The Zoom link can be accessed by anyone, member of SHAC or not, through the following Ticket Source link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/society-for-...

Francesca Antonelli (University of Bologna) (SHAC seminar) YouTube video by Society for History of Alchemy and Chemistry

The next SHAC on-line seminar will be given by Dr Francesca Antonelli (University of Bologna) who will present:
Family historians? Women and the construction of scientific memory, from Mme Lavoisier (1758-1836) to Lucie Laugier (1822-1900)
Accessible live on YouTube at:
youtu.be/-IqrYQ3h9gg

The prize-winning essay will be published exclusively in the Society’s journal, Ambix. It must not have been submitted to any journal, including Ambix, at any time before 30 April 2026.

The competition is open to anyone with a scholarly interest in the history of alchemy or chemistry who, by 2025, has not reached 35 years of age, or if older is currently enrolled in a degree programme or has been awarded a master’s degree or PhD within the previous three years.

The Partington Prize, established by the Society in memory of Professor James Riddick Partington, the Society’s first Chairman, is awarded every three years for an original and unpublished essay on any aspect of the history of alchemy or chemistry. The prize consists of five hundred pounds (£500)

Call for entries: the Partington Prize www.ambix.org/partington-p...

Included in the edition is the programme for SHAC’s autumn/fall meeting which is being held jointly with the Science History Institute in Philadelphia 16-17 October 2025. Registration is now open.

The latest issue of Chemical Intelligence has been published and is available to read on our website via this link:

www.ambix.org/wp-content/u...

This will be live on Thursday, 25 September 2025, beginning at 5.00pm (London time). The format will be a talk of 20-30 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion of half an hour.

As with recent seminars the Zoom link can be freely accessed by anyone, member of SHAC or not, by booking through the following Ticket Source link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/society-for-...

The next on-line seminar of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry will be given by Dr Francesca Antonelli (University of Bologna) who will present:
Family historians? Women and the construction of scientific memory, from Mme Lavoisier (1758-1836) to Lucie Laugier (1822-1900)

Fall 2025 Meeting of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Invited speakers will present on topics ranging from medieval medicine to modern climate science.

More information and registration here: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events...

The Science History Institute @sciencehistory.org is pleased to cohost the Fall 2025 meeting of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) October 16-17. Invited speakers will present papers for discussion on topics ranging from medieval medicine to modern climate science.

Ellen Hausner (University of Oxford) (SHAC seminar) YouTube video by Society for History of Alchemy and Chemistry

The seminar will be also accessible live on YouTube at
www.youtube.com/live/5RiYIpp...

Most previous on-line seminars can be found on the SHAC YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/SocietyforHi...

This will be live on Thursday, 22 May 2025, beginning at 5.00pm (London time). The format will be a talk of 20-30 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion.
As with recent seminars the Zoom link can be freely accessed through the following link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/society-for-...

The next on-line seminar of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry will be given by Ellen Hausner (University of Oxford) who will present: Early modern alchemical characters: the case of Simon Forman (1552-1611)

The Partington Prize 2026 Published in Ambix (Vol. 72, No. 2, 2025)

2026 Partington Prize call for entries! The prize (£500) is awarded every three years for an original and unpublished essay the history of alchemy or chemistry to be exclusively published in the Society's journal, Ambix.
More info can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As with recent seminars the Zoom link can be freely accessed by anyone, member of SHAC or not, by booking through the following Ticket Source link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/society-for-...

The seminar will be also accessible live on YouTube at
youtube.com/live/WQBckai...

The next on-line seminar will be given by Dr Christopher Halm (Deutsches Museum, Munich) who will present:

Escaping Earth, Sustaining the Moon: The 'Chemistry' Behind Public Narratives of Lunar Habitation and Cosmic Age

This will be live on Thursday, 27 March beginning at 5.00pm (London time).