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Actualités : British Society for the History of Science / Science Museum Group, Appel à communications : “The Public History of Science, Technology, Medicine & Mathematics” (York, 15-16 mai 2020)

La British Society for the History of Science et le Science Museum Group ont lancé un appel à communications sous le titre « Public History of Science Conference ». Les organisateurs de l’événement sont Tim Boon et Ludmilla Jordanova.

La date limite des propositions est fixée au vendredi 6 septembre.

« The term ‘public history’ is widely used to mean both the range of ways in which the past is presented beyond academic settings and the scholarly analysis of such public presentations. But what issues does a public history focusing specifically on the past of science raise for both these meanings?

Public history of science—the practice of the history of science in public contexts, as paid employment or for fun—is a little-analysed phenomenon. People who work as professional historians of science may well have a strong interest in how the past of science is represented to wide audiences, and so, too, in many cases, do scientists. They may regard the past of science as their own turf, and they may invoke it in rhetorical articulations of its future or in the attempted resolution of contemporary conflicts.

Public history of science informed by the historiographical concerns of professional historians can sometimes be seen as unwelcome commentary on contemporary science. Public history of science also has a relationship with science communication, because its practitioners often use the past of science in their work. In other words, the public history of science has resonances, even an academic politics, that other public histories may not.

This conference will open up this field to discussion and debate. What is the public history of science, what could it be, what should it be? »

Plus d’informations sur le site du Science Museum : https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/public-history-science-technology-medicine-mathematics.


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viraben (27 août 2019). Actualités : British Society for the History of Science / Science Museum Group, Appel à communications : “The Public History of Science, Technology, Medicine & Mathematics” (York, 15-16 mai 2020). Amateurs en sciences (France, 1850-1950) : une histoire par en bas. Consulté le 8 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/b46r


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