For a meeting entitled 'The Sites of Chemistry, 1600-2000' to be held in 2010 to 2012. (360G-Wellcome-094065_Z_10_A)

The series. of 4 conferences will explore the range of physical spaces and places in which chemistry has been practised from the I7th to the 20th centuries focusing on Europe. Each conference aims to understand for a particular century (broadly defined), and in a comparative perspective: I. who was practising chemistry, where, how, to what ends, and the physical, social and cultural organisation of these sites of practice; 2. the wider social, economic, political and cultural contexts for the practice of chemistry through detailed examination of chemists' interactions, in and around these sites, with other actors; in particular 3. the relations between chemical and medical practices, ranging through the apothecary's shop, the medical faculty: the hospital, the government laboratory, the biosciences research institute and the pharmaceutical company. Taken together, the four conferences aim to elucidate long-term developments in the organisation and practice of chemistry within a broad comparative perspective. The conferences will establish a network of historians, stimulate collaborative projects and support graduate students and new researchers.