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Alison Martin’s article “Outward Bound: Women Translators and Scientific Travel Writing, 1780–1800” has been published on-line with the Annals of Science. To read it,  click here.

Last week, I attended a one-day workshop at the University of Reading for early career scholars in Science and the Humanities.  Funded by the British Academy, the workshop aimed to…Read More >

Last Friday Reading played host to a British Academy funded workshop entitled Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars. Here the workshop organiser, Prof. David Stack explains the purpose…Read More >

A reminder that the University of Reading is offering a PhD studentship based at the IRHS to study the relationship between zoology and literature  in relation to the Cole Library of Early…Read More >

Science as the spark: literature inspired by science Anglia Ruskin University, Thursday 20 March, 7:00pm – 8:30pm How has scientific inquiry lead to literary works? Why is the literary presentation of…Read More >

We held our  for early career scholars working on science and the humanities yesterday. Thanks to all the participants for a stimulating and thoroughly enjoyable day of animated discussions,  to…Read More >

There are still spaces free for historians of science on the one-day interdisciplinary workshop on Friday 14th March, funded by the British Academy, to bring together scholars working in the history…Read More >

Dr Alison Martin of the University of Reading German department and the IRHS  will be giving a paper entitled ‘The Shores of a Turbulent Planet’: Literature and the Shaping of…Read More >