For C16 historians: Thomas Harriot lecture at Oriel College, 5pm, 31 May

‘The whole earth, a present for a Prince’: Molyneux’s English globes and the creation of a global vision in Harriot’s time Thursday 31 May 2012 at 5pm in The Champneys Room, Oriel College by Dr Lesley B Cormack, Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta After the lecture, it [...]

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New: Undergraduate Prize in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (Oxford University)

Some good news for Oxford history undergraduates interested in history of science and medicine: “Please note that undergraduate students at the University of Oxford are encouraged to submit an essay (10,000 – 15,000 words) on any topic concerning the history of science, technology, and medicine, for the Oxford Junior Kirkaldy Prize of £300. Essays must be [...]

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History Thesis Fair in 3rd week

Thesis Fair: Thursday 3rd Week in Trinity Term – 10 May 2012, 2-4pm, Exam Schools All 2nd year history undergraduates are encouraged to drop in on the Thesis Fair which will give you the opportunity to discover the University’s vast information resources including library, archive and electronic materials. Library experts and academic historians will be [...]

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History of Chemistry theses on SOLO

Oxford University Chemistry Part II: undergraduate theses Approximately 70 theses by Chemistry students from 1961 to 2010 on the History of Chemistry have been catalogued. They can now be searched for on SOLO (the library catalogue) and consulted in the History Faculty Library. The theses can be searched for on SOLO using the the search [...]

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Early English Books Online offers free training webinar

Early English Books Online (EEBO) – Training Webinar   Hosted by Rebecca Price, ProQuest Training and Support Team   Digitised directly from the UMI Early English Books collection in microform, Early English Books Online (EEBO) presents classic early English works as they appeared in their original format and includes works ranging from Galileo to Purcell [...]

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Tues 6 March seminar by Charles Webster ‘Paracelsus: Chemistry and Revolution’

Oxford History of Chemistry Seminar – Sponsored by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (www.ambix.org) Date: Tuesday 6 March 2012, 5-7 p.m. Location: History Faculty Lecture Theatre, Old Boys’ High School, George Street, Oxford  Charles Webster (Emeritus Fellow, All Souls, Oxford) Paracelsus: Chemistry and Revolution CHARLES WEBSTER was senior research fellow at [...]

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Save Oxford Medicine Project catalogues papers from the Rhodes House Library

Newly catalogued papers from the Rhodes House Library Three collections of personal papers from the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies have recently been catalogued byt the Save Oxford Medicine Project and made available to researchers. The letters, written by British doctors and nurses working in various parts of Africa in the second half [...]

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Lecture 23 Aug 7pm: ‘From Alligator Wrestling to Fossil Skeletons’ by Dr Vicky Carroll

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford Public lecture linked to the current exhibition, ‘Eccentricity: unexpected objects and irregular behaviour’       ‘From Alligator Wrestling to Fossil Skeletons’ by Dr Vicky Carroll Tuesday, 23 August, 7 pm Whether searching for fossil skeletons or wrestling alligators, scientists in the early 19th century earned their reputation [...]

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Darwin’s personal library put online

Charles Darwin’s Library is a digital edition and virtual reconstruction of the surviving books owned by Charles Darwin. “Notes and comments scribbled by Charles Darwin on the pages and margins of his own personal library have been made available online for the first time. Darwin’s personal scientific library, the majority of which is held at [...]

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Wellcome Unit Library: new website for history of medicine library in Oxford

The small specialist collections for History of Medicine in Oxford are housed in the Wellcome Unit Library.  It now has a new website with many features and news items. It also has a number of tools to help users keep up-to-date with library news, latest book purchases, bookmarked resources, etc. Blog – http://wellcomeunitlibrary.wordpress.com/ Twitter – [...]

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