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| Symposium of the European Society for the History of Science | |
|---|---|
| Name | Symposium of the European Society for the History of Science |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Conference series |
| Headquarters | Europe |
| Region served | Europe |
| Leader title | Convenors |
Symposium of the European Society for the History of Science is an international conference series convened by the European Society for the History of Science that gathers historians, curators, archivists, and scholars. The symposium connects participants from institutions such as the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Paris, Max Planck Society, and University of Bologna with research networks including the Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, Royal Society, and British Academy.
The symposium traces roots to initiatives linked to the International Committee for the History of Science and meetings patterned after the History of Science Society congresses, evolving alongside institutions such as the Deutsches Museum, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Smithsonian Institution, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Vatican Library. Early gatherings featured contributors from the University of Vienna, University of Berlin, Sorbonne University, University of Leiden, University of Padua, and University of Bologna, and included dialogues influenced by scholarship from figures associated with the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Kraków Jagiellonian University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Yale University.
Over decades the symposium reflected historiographical currents tied to the works of historians at Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, MIT Press, and University of Chicago Press and intersected with projects funded by the Nuffield Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and Leverhulme Trust.
Governance typically involves committees drawn from universities and museums such as University College London, Leiden University, KU Leuven, University of Amsterdam, École Normale Supérieure, Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Barcelona, and University of Copenhagen. Steering committees coordinate with editorial boards linked to the British Society for the History of Science, American Association for the History of Medicine, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Association for Women in Slavic Studies, International Society for the History of Technology, and regional bodies including the Nordic Network for the History of Science.
Funding and oversight come from grant agencies and foundations like the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Swiss National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Royal Irish Academy, Academy of Finland, and Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica. Organizers often liaise with archives and institutions such as the Royal Society Archive, Wellcome Collection, National Archives (UK), Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Archivo General de Indias, and State Library of New South Wales.
Annual and biennial meetings have been hosted by venues including the University of Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin, Charles University, University of Lisbon, University of Warsaw, University of Oslo, University of Geneva, University of Zurich, University of Milan, University of Munich, University of Madrid, University of Salamanca, University of Turin, University of Freiburg, and specialist sites such as the Royal Institution, Institut Pasteur, CERN, European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, and the Science Museum, London.
Sessions have included plenaries, roundtables, poster sessions, workshops, and archival tours in collaboration with the Vatican Observatory, Observatoire de Paris, Birkbeck, University of London, Institute of Historical Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Istituto Storico Germanico, and local museums such as the Science Museum of Barcelona.
Thematic strands have engaged with historical case studies involving figures and institutions like Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Alexandria Library, Royal Society, Académie des Sciences, Florence Academy, Medici, Habsburg, Ottoman Empire, Napoleonic Wars, Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment, Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, Cold War, and European Union. Panels have examined archival materials from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Natural History Museum, London, Linnaeus Museum, Museo Galileo, Hermann von Helmholtz Centre, and the Bodleian Library.
Interdisciplinary topics linked to urban and institutional histories have involved collaborations with the European University Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, King's College London, Imperial College London, Johns Hopkins University, Max Planck Society, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, and scholarly projects funded by the European Commission.
Symposium organizers and contributors have received awards from bodies such as the Kluge Prize, Copley Medal, Dibner Prize, Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize, George Sarton Medal, Pfizer Prize, Charles Homer Haskins Prize, Dan David Prize, Heineken Prize, Bettmann Award, Balzan Prize, Wolf Prize, Humboldt Research Award, Leverhulme Major Research Fellowships, and honors from national academies including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Academia Europaea, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Proceedings and edited volumes appear with presses and journals such as Isis (journal), Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, British Journal for the History of Science, Annals of Science, Historia Scientiarum, Osiris (journal), Journal of the History of Biology, Medical History (journal), Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Technology and Culture, Social Studies of Science, Science as Culture, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Brill Publishers, Springer, and series produced by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Special issues have included contributions referencing archival collections from the National Library of Scotland, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Austrian National Library, Dutch National Archives, and university presses such as Princeton University Press and Yale University Press.
The symposium has influenced scholarship and public history initiatives connected to institutions and movements including the European Science Foundation, Science Museum Group, Wellcome Collection, European Research Council, Horizon 2020, Open Science Framework, Digital Humanities Consortium, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Royal Society, National Institutes of Health, and UNESCO. Reviews and citations appear across journals and platforms associated with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Springer Nature, and databases curated by British Library, Library of Congress, and Europeana. The series continues to shape research agendas in collaboration with universities and cultural institutions across Europe, North America, and beyond.
Category:Conferences in Europe