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Council and Committees

This page lists the members of the Society's governing Council and other committees. Committee members are in post until July 2010.

Details of previous BSHS committees are archived here: 2008-9 | 2007-8 | 2006-7 | 2005-6 | 2004-5 | 2003-4 | 2002-3

Council of the Society

Council is the elected governing body of the BSHS. It consists of five Officers and nine Ordinary Members, who meet three times a year to discuss and approve Society business. Terms of office are as laid out in the Rules and Procedures (available to members by a request to the execsec [at] bshs [dot] org [dot] uk (Executive Secretary).) Nominations for successors to outgoing members of Council are sought from the whole membership each spring; new members of Council are elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting, held in the summer of each year and open to all BSHS members.

Officers of Council

  • President: Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
  • Vice-Chair: Dr Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
  • Treasurer: Mr Peter Reed
  • Secretary: Dr Viviane Quirke, Oxford Brookes University (web)
  • Editor of BJHS: Dr Jon Agar, University College London 

Ordinary Members of Council

  • Dr Tim Boon, The Science Museum
  • Professor Geoffrey Cantor, University of Leeds (web)
  • Dr Hasok Chang, University College London (web)
  • Dr Thomas Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London
  • Dr Fern Elsdon-Baker, University of Leeds (web)
  • Ms Beth Hannon, Durham University
  • Dr David Livingstone, the Queens University, Belfast
  • Dr Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Exeter
  • Dr Anne Secord, University of Cambridge

Communications Coordination Committee (CCC)

The Communications Coordination Committee is responsible for directing and coordinating the Society's print and electronic publications. It consists of the following members:

  • Chair: Dr Gregory Radick, University of Leeds (web)
  • Newsletter Editor: Dr Rosemary Wall, King's College London (web)
  • Assistant Newsletter Editor: Dr Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
  • Communications Officer: Ms Paula Gould
  • BSHS Monographs Editor: Dr Joe Cain, University College London (web)
  • Website Editor: Ms Elizabeth Bruton, University of Leeds
  • Graduate Member & Committee Liason: Mr Richard Patrick Whaite, University of Notre Dame, London Centre

Outreach and Education Committee

The Outreach and Education Committee replaced the former BSHS Education Section in 2005. It is responsible for planning and developing outreach work in a variety of formal and informal educational contexts, and has the following members:

  • Chair: Dr Sabine Clarke, University of Oxford (web)
  • Geoffrey Cantor, University of Leeds (web)
  • Dr Patricia Fara, University of Cambridge (web)
  • Dr Sue Howarth, University of Worcester
  • Dr Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
  • Julia Hyland, University of Birmingham
  • Chris Parkin, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
  • Louise Thorn, Imperial College London

Programmes Committee

The Programmes Committee organises the Society's conferences, colloquia, seminars and other events, and liaises with other societies and institutions on joint and co-located programme activities. It has the following members:

  • Chair: Dr Fern Elsdon-Baker, University of Leeds (web)
  • Vicky Blake, University of Durham
  • Dr Sabine Clarke, University of Oxford (web)
  • Dr Gowan Dawson, University of Leicester (web)
  • Fern Elsdon-Baker, University of Brighton
  • Andy Hammond
  • Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
  • Prof Frank A J L James, Royal Institution, London (web)
  • Leucha Veneer

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee meets annually to scrutinise the Society's annual accounts and the management of its investments, and provides general advice to the Treasurer. It is chaired by the Treasurer, and also includes the following members:

  • Chair: Mr Peter Reed
  • Dr Aileen Fyfe (web)
  • Dr Joe Cain, University College London (web)
  • Prof Charles Withers, University of Edinburgh (web)

Grants Committee

  • Chair: Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
  • Prof Frank A J L James, Royal Institution, London (web)
  • Dr Adam Mosley, University of Wales Swansea
  • Dr Patricia Fara, University of Cambridge (web)

Other responsibilities

  • The Society's Archivist, responsible for the preservation and development of BSHS records and archives, is Dr Anna Mayer of the University of Bath.
  • Society administration in general is dealt with on a paid basis by the Executive Secretary, Lucy Tetlow.