BSHS PG 2021

British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference | PRHS University of Leeds | 12 - 16 April 2021 |

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Finally, thank you to our main organisers - @moreindigo for getting the conference at Leeds and running the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, @SMurphy_Young for handling most of the communication and website and Rachel Garratt for taking the lead and keeping us all in check! 5/5 🍾🎉

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

That’s a wrap! We want to give massive thanks to everyone who attended the panels and sessions, asked questions and commented, to all of the amazing PGRs who have shared their research with us this week and of course to our keynote speakers @JonTophamHPS and @KatRawling 1/5

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Thank you to our technical support and those who helped to organise the week - Josh Hillman, Jean-Baptiste Masson, @donati1994, @rosannaevans and @isobel_newby (the one tweeting) 4/5

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

To close the #BSHSPG2021 conference, we are delighted to have @LeedsPRHS' own @KatRawling, who will be presenting on "Camera Medica": Photographs, Medicine and History 📸 It's at 17:15, so why not join us with a beverage of your choice 🍻🧃🍵🍼! https://t.co/UQHL49ejTp

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Thanks so much to our final group of PGR panelists for a fascinating and globe-trotting discussion of knowledge exchange, ranging from British seismology to botany in Colombia and scientific stations in the Danish West Indies to science during the Cultural Revolution! #BSHSPG2021

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

At 15:00, our final panel of the conference features @RoomWithANose, Santiago Guzmán Gámez, Dann Grotum Nielsen and @newman_oldsci who will be presenting their research on Knowledge Exchange: Local, National and International 🧠🧪 Sign up here and enjoy! https://t.co/bo0ulMx6he

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Huge thanks to our panelists for an engaging discussion on such a wide range of understudied cases! It prompted lots of great questions and vibrant discussion on how the terms ‘science communication’ and ‘public engagement’ applies to their research #BSHSPG2021

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Join us at 13:00 for our panel on Science Communication and Public Engagement, starring some brilliant speakers: @paulranford,
@kempton_miles, Evangelia Chordaki and Jelena Stanulović 🙂 sign up here: https://t.co/QqDAY7nKoa

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Welcome to the last day of the #BSHSPG2021 conference 😭 but don't fret! Starting at 13:00, we've an afternoon of panels on science communication and knowledge exchange, then of course our key note speaker, @KatRawling! View the lineup here: https://t.co/KiC3lx0o0i

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Thanks to our presenters for sharing their research on Habsburg psychological medicine, corpse commodification and George Scharf's work in the William Buckland collection! Next, at 12:25, we'll be chatting with @SSHMedicine about future directions for PGR assistance #BSHSPG2021

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

At 11:05, Janka Kovács, @rosiecrocker98 and @Bucklandnow will be presenting in our panel on Scientific Teaching and Education. This will be a great one to join for anyone involved in HPS! See you there 🧑‍🔬🧪🧑‍🏫 #BSHSPG2021 https://t.co/mnXYrh84PL

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Thank you to our brilliant speakers for an apt and thought-provoking discussion on the influence of eugenics on interwar poverty statistics, and the use of personal data in criminal detection in early 20th century California!

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

PSA: all of our amazing #BSHSPG2021 panels have been recorded and are available to view in your own time, on our Crowdcast event page! Enjoy! 🙂 https://t.co/KiC3lx0o0i

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Let’s kick off today with a panel on Quantifying People and Social Conditions, with David Peace and John Shepherd. It starts at 9:30, so sign up here and bring a cuppa and some biscuits 🍪 https://t.co/M4oAKnLQ4a

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

Good morning, #BSHSPG2021 delegates! Today we've got some fantastic speakers on Quantifying People & Social Conditions and Scientific Teaching & Education, and later we're talking Future Directions for PGR Assistance. Hope you all enjoy the day! 😀

[Dr Susan Newell @Bucklandnow]

Pleased to be participating tomorrow morning in the BSHS PG conference about George Scharf the artist whom Buckland used (among others) to create illustrations for his geology articles and lectures @PgBshs @Geology_History

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

@Michaelaclarkba @ModelHistorian @astrosnat @MuseumsAskew @SamB24 Hi Michaela, you can watch the panel here: https://t.co/s1DhF8UG3S

[BSHS PG 2021 @PgBshs]

There’s still time to sign up for what promises to be a fun and informative Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, hosted by the lovely @moreindigo at 16:45! Citing your own published research on relevant pages could be a good way to increase its visibility #BSHSPG2021 https://t.co/h2Ov65NQFo