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Constructing Scientific Communities

Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries

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Magic Lantern and Science Workshop

Wednesday 1 March, 2017

The Constructing Scientific Communities, Diseases of Modern Life and the Million Pictures projects are pleased to announce a special workshop, hosted at London’s Royal Institution.

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Scientists and their diaries: Events at the Royal Society

Friday 27 January 2017

On Friday 27 January 2017, the Constructing Scientific Communities project is holding two events in association with the Royal Society.

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Young Scientists Journal Conference

Wednesday 19 October 2016

St. Anne's College

We had a fantastic time hosting the Young Scientists Journal Conference yesterday, so we put together the tweets from the day as an album.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Seminars for Michaelmas Term 2016

04 October 2016

Our programme for Michaelmas Term 2016 is now announced with two seminars at St Anne's College.

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Public Health and Private Pain: A Night of Medical History and Drama

Wednesday 20 April 2016

Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford

Enter the Museum for a unique evening of performance and drama.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Seminars in Trinity Term 2016

Wednesday 13 April 2016

Our programme for Trinity Term is now announced with three seminars taking place at St Anne's College.

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Medicine & Media: A Gathering of Francophone and Anglophone Projects in Medicine and the Humanities

Wednesday 30 March 2016

Maison Française d'Oxford

We would like to draw your attention to the following event, to be organized at the Wellcome Library & Maison Française d'Oxford on 7-8 April 2016.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Seminars in Hilary Term 2016

Monday 21 December 2015

St. Anne's College

Our programme for Hilary Term 2016 is now announced with two seminars taking place at St Anne’s College.

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Fun Palaces at the Oxford Playhouse

03 November 2015

The Oxford Playhouse

On Saturday 3rd October, the project will be taking part in Fun Palaces, a nationwide programme of free arts and sciences events.

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The End of the Scientific Journal? Transformations in Publishing Symposium

Monday 12 October 2015

The Royal Society

In the early 21st Century the world of scientific publishing is changing swiftly. Online publishing, open access, big data, innovations in peer review and commercial pressures have created a scientific publishing environment.

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Fun Palaces at the Oxford Playhouse

Saturday 3 October 2015

On Saturday 3rd October, the project will be taking part in Fun Palaces, a nationwide programme of free arts and sciences events.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century: Seminars in Michaelmas Term 2015

Wednesday 30 September 2015

St. Anne's College

Our programme for Michaelmas Term 2015 is now announced with three seminars taking place at St Anne’s College.

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Oxford Open Doors

Sunday 13 September 2015

St. Anne's College

The Constructing Scientific Communities: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries and Diseases of Modern Life: 19th Century Perspectives Projects will be taking part in Oxford Open Doors 2015 organised by the Oxford Preservation Trust.

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Twilight Science at the Royal Society

Monday 29 June 2015

The Royal Society

Come and meet the Constructing Scientific Communities team at the Royal Society’s Twilight Science evening on Monday 29 June 2015, which is part of an exciting programme of events for the Summer Science Exhibition.

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Working with Nineteenth-Century Medical and Health Periodicals

St. Anne's College

The nineteenth century saw an explosion in the number of medical periodicals available to the interested reader. Publications such as the Lancet and British Medical Journal are familiar names to many of us, still published and widely read today.

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People Powered Science: Event at the Royal Society

Thursday 21 May 2015

Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor Chris Lintott and Dr Berris Charnley will be discussing 'People Powered Science: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries" at a free event at the Royal Society on Thursday 21st May 2015.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century - Seminars in Trinity Term 2015

Tuesday 10 March 2015

Our programme for Trinity Term 2015 is now announced, with three seminars taking place at St Anne's College.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century - Seminars in Hilary Term 2015

Wednesday 3 December 2014

St. Anne's College

Our programme for Hilary Term 2015 is now announced, with four seminars taking place at St Anne’s College.

Principal Investigator Sally Shuttleworth presenting her projects

Project Launch Event at St Anne's College

Wednesday 19 November 2014

On November 6, Professor Sally Shuttleworth’s two research projects, ‘Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives’ and ‘Constructing Scientific Communities: Citizen Science in the 19th and 21st Centuries’ were launched at St Anne’s College.

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Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Leicester and Oxford

The Constructing Scientific Communities team will be taking part in Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities taking place nationwide between 15-23 November 2014.

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Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Seminars - Michaelmas Term 2014

Tuesday 7 October 2014

St. Anne's College

We are very pleased to announce the first three seminars in our Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series. Drinks will be served after each seminar and all are welcome.

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Science Uncovered at the Natural History Museum

Friday 26 September 2014

Natural History Museum

Constructing Scientific Communities will be participating in the Natural History Museum's evening science festival, Science Uncovered on Friday 26th September.