Jon Agar

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BJHS Themes – subject of inaugural issue is announced

I’m delighted to be able to announce that the subject of the inaugural issue of the new open access, edited-collection journal of the BSHS, called BJHS Themes,  will be:  “Intersections: Science and Technology in Twentieth Century China and India” The special issue editors will be Jahnavi Phalkey (King’s College London) and Tong Lam (University of Toronto) In the open competition held to select the issues of BJHS Themes, proposals are judged according to standards of focus, originality, timeliness, and breadth of appeal to readers.…

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‘Dipping a toe into the water of open access’

‘Dipping a toe into the water of open access’ : An Editor and Society’s perspective on the launch of a new open access history of science journal I think it is fair to say that both scholars and publishers are still feeling their way in the new world of open access.…

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BJHS – 50 years and counting…

An anniversary is a good time to pause and take stock. The British Journal for the History of Science has been publishing papers for fifty years, and its proud parent, the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS), the national learned society for the specialty, has been leading reflections as well as celebrations.…

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