June, 2020
The British Journal for the History of Science Themes invites proposals from prospective ‘special editors’ for its next issue.
BJHS Themes is a collaborative venture between the British Society for the History of Science and and Cambridge University Press. It’s an open access journal. It is published annually. Each issue focusses on a particular theme in the histories of science (broadly defined).
Past issues can be found here and include the following themes: “How Collections End (Volume 4, 2019); “Worlds of science for children and young people, 1830–1991” (Volume3, 2018); Animal agency (Volume 2, 2017) and Science of giants: China and India (Volume 1, 2016).
Deadline for proposals from potential ‘special editors’: 15 July 2020. Further instructions for submitting proposals can be found here.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Rohan Deb Roy
(r.debroy@reading.ac.uk).
Some articles and stories about the History of Science and/or Medicine already published in HCSM:
The history of a mosquito – This article analyzes the initial reactions of scientists and public health authorities against the epidemics of malaria caused by this species.
Writing the history of knowledge in Brazil – Our latest issue features a “Research Note” by Peter Burke, one of the greatest historians of our time.
The new history of science – Dominique Pestre (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) offers some of his thoughts on the role of science and knowledge in our contemporary world.
On the history of medicine in the United States – In this interview, published in HCS-Manguinhos, Charles Rosenberg, professor of the history of science at Harvard University offers reflections and considerations on the history of medicine and public health.
search and innovation in Latin America – This article investigates the development of a biotechnology aimed at cleaning Amazon soils contaminated with oil.
Lady of the sea – In this interview to HCSM, the specialist in oceans Helen Rozwadowski talks about her professional trajectory and about the sea as a subject of history.
Race in science: a paradoxal idea – Evelynn Hammonds, Chair of the Department of History of Science at Harvard University, presents some of the most important works and approaches that marked the historiography of race, specially in the United States.
