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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 2011.

Details of previous BSHS committees are archived here: 2009-10 | 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 Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
  • Vice-President: Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (web)
  • Treasurer: Peter Reed
  • Secretary: Dr Viviane Quirke, Oxford Brookes University (web)
  • Editor of BJHS: Dr Adam Mosley, Swansea University

Ordinary Members of Council

  • Dr Tim Boon, The Science Museum
  • Prof Geoffrey Cantor, University College London
  • Dr Hasok Chang, University College London (web)
  • Dr Thomas Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London
  • Dr Fern Elsdon-Baker, British Council
  • 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 Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
  • Assistant Newsletter Editor: Charlotte Connelly, University of Leicester
  • Communications Officer: Paula Gould
  • BSHS Monographs Editor: Dr Joe Cain, University College London (web)
  • Website Editor: Elizabeth Bruton, University of Leeds
  • Graduate Member & Committee Liason: Richard Patrick Whaite, University of Notre Dame, London Centre
  • Membership Officer: Karl Rogers
  • Editorial Assistant: Dominic Berry

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)
  • Prof Geoffrey Cantor, University College London
  • Prof Graeme Gooday, University of Leeds (web)
  • Emily Hankin, University of Manchester
  • Dr Melanie Keene, University of Cambridge
  • Dr Tom Lean, British Library
  • Jill Noakes, Bodmin 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 Fern Elsdon-Baker, British Council
  • Dr Sabine Clarke, University of Oxford (web)
  • Dr Gowan Dawson, 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
  • Dr Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester (web)
  • Vicky Blake, University of Durham

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: Dr Jeff Hughes, University of Manchester (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.