CALL FOR PAPERS
at National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM), Liverpool
a British Society for the History of Science (BSHS), Royal Historical Society (RHS) and NMGM conference
16-19 September 1999
The approach of the millenium has heightened awareness of the conventions and cultures of time. But what is time? This question has been of growing interest amongst historians. Their research is markedly interdisciplinary, spilling over the boundaries between social, economic and cultural historians, and historians of science, technology, medicine and mathematics. 'On Time', organised by the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS), Royal Historical Society (RHS) and NMGM responds to this interdisciplinarity.
The conference will be held at the NMGM (which includes the Merseyside Maritime Museum, in the heart of Liverpool's historic Albert Dock), a holder of a highly significant collection of timepieces.
Papers with a wide interest and historiographical scope are invited.
Possible sessions include:
Roughly thirty minutes will be given for each paper chosen. Abstracts of 50-100 words should be to either:
Dr Will Ashworth (BSHS)
Department of Economic and Social History,
The University of Liverpool, 11 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 3BX.
or
Dr Roland Quinault (RHS)
School of Historical, Philosophical and Contemporary Studies,
Faculty of HTE, University of North London, 166- 220 Holloway Road,
London N7 8DB, England
Interested speakers will be informed by the end of September 1998 as to whether their paper has been accepted. The On Time programme committee are: Dr Jon Agar (University of Manchester), Dr Will Ashworth (Liverpool University), Dr Jeff Hughes (University of Manchester), Dr Roland Quinault (University of North London)
Carsten Timmermann
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