Viewpoint
Viewpoint is the newsletter of the BSHS. Launched in its present form in 2006, it appears as an A4-format magazine aimed at a broad readership, featuring news, opinion and interviews addressing the history of science, technology and medicine in all its forms, and drawing on the Society's Outreach and Education activities. Viewpoint is published three times per year, in February, June and October.
In February's issue
- The BSHS Strolling Players introduce ‘The Tables Turned’, their latest role-play drama about the Victorian séance
- BSHS News: including the Annual Conference, the History of Science places Wiki, and an advertisement for a Membership Officer
- Viewpoint, a new opinion column
- Reports of meetings: the BSHS Postgraduate Conference 2010 and the History of Science Society Annual Meeting 2009
- The Questionnaire: with outgoing editor Rosemary Wall
- Plus reviews, announcements, and more
Contributions
All contributions and correspondence should be sent to the Editor, Dr Melanie Keene, Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PH, UK, or to newsletter [at] bshs [dot] org [dot] uk. Electronic communication is preferred. The next issue will be in June 2010 and the deadline for copy is 15 April 2010.
Circulation
Enquiries about circulation, including subscription requests, should be sent to the BSHS Executive Secretary (see contacts). Viewpoint is free to all BSHS members and is priced at £10.00 per year (three issues) for non-members.
Advertisements
The Editor will always consider advertisements regarding new appointments but, as a general rule, other advertisements are not printed in this publication. However, for an appropriate charge, leaflets advertising suitable events, publications, etc, can be sent out with Viewpoint subject to size and postage restrictions. Full details are available from the BSHS Executive Secretary.