Council and Committees

This page lists the members of the Society’s governing Council and other committees. Committee members are in post until July 2012.

Details of previous BSHS committees are archived here: 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-9 | 2007-8 | 2006-7 | 2005-6 | 2004-5 | 2003-4 | 2002-3

Council of the Society

BSHS Council, 2010-2011. Back Row (L-R): Jon Agar, Simon Chaplin, Sabine Clarke, Tim Boon, Geoff Cantor, Jeff Hughes, Sally Horrocks, Viviane Quirke. Front Row (L-R): Greg Radick, Jakob Whitfied, Thomas Dixon, Peter Reed.

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@bshs.org.uk.) 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 Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
Vice-President: Professor Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge (web)
Treasurer: Peter Reed
Secretary: Dr Simon Chaplin, Wellcome Library
Editor of BJHS: Dr Jon Agar, University College London

Ordinary Members of Council

Dr Tim Boon, The Science Museum
Dr Thomas Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Rhodri Hayward, Queen Mary, University of London (web)
Dr Felicity Henderson, Royal Society
Dr Rebekah Higgitt, National Maritime Museum
Dr Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Exeter
Dr Ralph O’Connor, University of Aberdeen (web)
Dr Anne Secord, University of Cambridge
Jakob Whitfield, University of Manchester

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 Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
Assistant Newsletter Editor: Charlotte Connelly, Science Museum
Public Relations Officer: Dr Charlotte Sleigh, University of Kent
BSHS Monographs Editor: Dr Joe Cain, University College London (web)
Web Manager: Elizabeth Bruton, University of Leeds (web)
Graduate Member: Becky Bowd, University of Leeds
Committee Liaison: Rebekah Higgitt, National Maritime Museum
Editorial Assistant: Dominic Berry, University of Leeds

Outreach and Education Committee (OEC)

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)
Dr Tim Boon, The Science Museum
Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
Emily Hankin, University of Manchester
Dr Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
Dr Tom Lean, British Library
Jill Noakes, Truro College
Chris Parkin, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford

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 Gowan Dawson, University of Leicester (web)
Dr Sabine Clarke, University of Oxford (web)
Dr Fern Elsdon-Baker, British Council
Dr Rebekah Higgitt, National Maritime Museum
Dr Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
Prof Frank A J L James, Royal Institution, London (web)
Dr Leucha Veneer, University of Manchester
Postgraduate Representative: David Beck, University of Warwick

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: Peter Reed
Prof Geoffrey Cantor, University College London
Dr Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)

Grants Committee

Chair: Professor Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge (web)
Dr Tim Boon, The Science Museum
Dr Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
Dr Anne Secord, University of Cambridge

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.