The History of Science Society

Vol. 41, No. 2, April 2012
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Teaching Old History to Promote New Innovation: Part I

This is the first installment of a two-part series in which the author describes opportunities for historians of science outside of academia. Part one highlights the sophisticated strategic reasoning that education in the history of science can impart.
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Notes from the Inside

Society Executive Director Jay Malone discusses the generosity of HSS members and mindful spending.
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News from the Profession

News from the History of Science, including an article on a record-breaking Current Bibliography (by HSS Bibliographer, Stephen Weldon), a synopsis of Robert Smith’s talk, which marked the 50th Sarton Memorial Lecture at the AAAS, and Anita Guerrini’s reflections on reading in the age of Google.
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Member News

News from members of the History of Science Society.
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In Memoriam

Obituaries of passed members of the History of Science Society.
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Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming History of Science conferences and reports from recently concluded conferences.
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When Hippocrates Had A Headache

Alain Touwaide is on a mission to unearth lost medicinal knowledge from ancient manuscripts. He tells Curtis Abraham about the healing powers of broccoli, and why shipwrecks may provide the best clues to the medicine chests of antiquity.
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History of Science on Stage: Experiences and Reflections

Robert Marc Friedman describes ways to dramatize the history of science, drawing on examples from Copenhagen and Remembering Miss Meitner.
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A Dialogue in December: Building a Canadian-Indian Partnership

Emily Tectorof the Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster in Canada and Jobin Mathew of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University in Manipal, India discuss a workshop that brought together scholars from Canada and India.
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Teach 3.11 Project Update: One Year after the Triple Disasters in Eastern Japan

Lisa Onago provides an overview of a project that helps scholars – using the lens of the history of science, technology, and medicine in global East Asia – teach about the earthquakes, tsunamis, and radioactive spills that affected Japan on 11 March 11.
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Caucus and Interest Group Update

The HSS Women’s Caucus announces a new web site and a new blog.
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Spotlight on Washington: The History of Science in Policy

The National Coalition of History (in the U.S.) describes policy decisions that affect the humanities.
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Preliminary Program for the 7th Joint Meeting of the HSS, the British Society for the History of Science, and the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science

Registration is required for all participants and registration will open in late April. All sessions, except for the opening lecture and opening reception, will be held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
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