BSHS President Peter Bowler addressing attendees at the 2004 meeting. Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Three Societies Meeting is a major international event, taking place once every four years and organised jointly by the BSHS, the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science Society.

Past Meetings

2016: Transitions. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 22-25 June 2016.

2012: Three Societies Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11-14 July 2012.

2008: Connecting Disciplines. Keble College, Oxford, 4-6 July 2008.

2004: Circulating Knowledge. University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 5-7 August 2004. (Preamble | Conference Programme)

2000: What Is To Be Done? History of Science in the New Millennium. Hyatt Union Station, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 3-5 August 2000

1996: Crossing Boundaries. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 23-26 July 1996

1992: History of Laboratories and Laboratory Science. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 25-28 July 1992

1988: (BSHS-HSS Anglo-American Conference) University of Manchester, UK, 11-14 July 1988