Programme | 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Events for Tuesday 23 July, early afternoon

Paper sessions

S002-C. Research in science museums: the state of the art ▪ Using the Web and social media to extend the traditional aims of museums

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 1.219

S016-A. Image-making and knowledge-making in early-modern Europe ▪ Images at work

14:00–15:30 ▪ Roscoe 1.007

S027-A. Cross-cultural transmissions of medical knowledge in premodern Asia, Session A

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 3.205

S037-A. Cornucopia or Pandora’s box: digital working methods, web portals and Virtual Research Environments (VREs) in the history of science and technology, Session A

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 4.206

S040-A. Science in agriculture: interactions of science, agriculture and environment ▪ Remembering Rachel Carson: the Green Revolution and the politics of industrial agriculture

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 4.204

S060-A. The transmission of medical knowledge in the Islamic world, Session A

14:10–15:40 ▪ Roscoe 1.010

S063-A. The paper world of science in the age of industry and Empire ▪ Communicating through manuscript and print

14:10–15:40 ▪ Roscoe 1.008

S065. Knowledge between transmission and local cultural boundaries: migrating scientists and physicians in the twentieth century

14:10–15:40 ▪ Roscoe 2.3

S073-A. Medical knowledge at the colonial work front: health reports as research tools ▪ Writing knowledge: colonial physicians

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.212

S087-C. Science and the emotions: transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives, Session C

14:00–15:30 ▪ Roscoe 1.009

S092-F. Astronomy and its applications in ancient and medieval societies ▪ South and East Asian astronomy, part 2

14:00–15:30 ▪ Schuster Blackett

S100-B. Comparative perspectives on ancient astronomy: the Chinese and Greek traditions ▪ Greek tradition in various cultures

14:00–15:30 ▪ Roscoe 3.5

S106-C. Philosophy at work in modern physics, Session C

14:10–15:40 ▪ Roscoe 2.5

S112-C. Geology in art and literature ▪ Geology and nineteenth-century fiction

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 1.218

S115-C. Mathematical knowledge at work in Ancient China, Session C

14:00–15:30 ▪ Roscoe 2.4

W131-C. 32nd Scientific Instrument Symposium ▪ The bigger, the better: physics and astronomy

14:00–15:30 ▪ Schuster Rutherford

T155-A. Early-modern mathematics ▪ Working cultures of early modern-European maths

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 4.213

T165-C. Contexts of natural history ▪ Local contexts for natural history

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 3.204

T182-C. Post-Second World War science and technology ▪ The politics of science, technology and medicine in the European context

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 2.219

T193-C. Science, technology and medicine in the public sphere ▪ Public cultures of nineteenth-century science

14:00–15:30 ▪ Uni Place 2.218

Special sessions

E301. The future of journals in the history of science, technology, and medicine

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.214

E309-A. Manchester in the history of science, technology and medicine ▪ Using campus heritage for public history: some cases and issues

14:10–15:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.205

Committee meetings

ICOHTEC Executive Committee meeting, Session A

14:10–15:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

IASCUD Executive Committee meeting 1

14:00–15:30 ▪ Room 2.57, Simon Building

Excursions, off-site tours and visits

Imperial War Museum North tour: ‘Saving Lives’

15:00–15:30 ▪ Imperial War Museum North

Guided walk: Manchester peace and justice trail

14:00–16:30 ▪ Walk starts by the giant pebble on Barbirolli Square outside Bridgewater Hall

John Dalton walk

13:30–15:30 ▪ Walk starts outside Visitor Information Centre, Piccadilly Gardens