Women in the History of Natural Sciences, 15-16 June 2017.
This year the Society for the History of Natural History’s annual conference will be on the theme of Women in the History of Natural Sciences, to take place in the Lake District, at the University of Cumbria Ambleside Campus on Thursday 15th June and at the Freshwater Biological Association, at Far Sawrey, on Friday 16th June 2017.
For further information, please contact the Meetings Secretary: meetings@shnh.org.uk
Papers will include:
- Women who have made significant or interesting contributions to the earth and life sciences, in any time period, and from any country, but excluding those still extant.
- Women as collectors, taxonomists, biologists, writers, publishers, artists, ecologists, curators, travellers, conservationists
- The uses of terms such as “predisciplinary”, ”amateur”, “female virtuosi” or “professional” to describe the work that women did.
The Society’s AGM will take place on Thursday afternoon 15th June.
It is hoped to include a visit to the Armitt Museum in the meetings programme http://armitt.com/armitt_website/beatrix-potter/.
Registration Women in the History of Natural Sciences
Images: Selected plates from Margaret Gatty’s British Sea-Weeds and the Title Page from The Irish flora : comprising the phaenogamous plants and ferns (1833) by Katherine Baily.