[Athena] D.Fauque : symposium CHMC 2011 - 2nd circular- Call for papers-deadline extension

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Call for papers - Deadline : by 4 february


Renewing the Heritage of Chemistry in the 21st Century:
Conversations on the Preservation, Presentation and Utilization of Sources, 
Sites and Artefacts
A Symposium of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry (CHMC) in 
Conjunction with the IUPAC-UNESCO International Year of Chemistry, 2011
Paris, 21-24 June 2011
SECOND CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite all those interested in the heritage of chemistry in the 20th and 
21st centuries, to meet in Paris on 21-24 June 2011 for a symposium involving 
conversations between historians, chemists, archivists, museum curators, 
librarians, and industrial archaeologists. Our intention is to present not 
only the fruits of historical research based on the sources, sites and 
artefacts of chemistry but also the views of those concerned with the 
technical problems related to the preservation and presentation of these 
resources for both historians and the general public. To this end we invite 
proposals for papers pertaining to the wide range of topics outlined in this 
circular.
A century on from the award of the Nobel Prize for chemistry to Marie Curie, 
it is appropriate that the symposium should take place in Paris. The 
discussions we propose are also timely, since in our 21st century new 
scientific ideas and new technologies have changed not only the face of 
chemistry itself but also the nature of the sources for its future history. 
Along with the paper documents, oral histories, instruments, and other 
artefacts that have previously embodied the heritage of chemistry, we now 
need to include sources and artefacts of a quite different nature, including 
electronic documents, images, videos, databases, and software, as well as the 
hardware necessary for the exploitation of this enlarged range of resources.
The preservation of key sites associated with the heritage of chemistry is 
another matter in which historians, curators, and industrial archaeologists 
have a common interest. Such sites include academic and industrial research 
laboratories and centres of technological innovation which allow scholars to 
see original apparatus and equipment in their original settings, while 
informing the general public in ways that highlight key developments and 
avoid misconceptions. In view of the rapid development of current 
technologies and the many challenges they present, the organizers wish to 
engage specialists from as many national, professional, and institutional 
backgrounds as possible and to foster debate that will continue long after 
the symposium itself.
Co-sponsors and supporters: 
Académie des Sciences, Paris; Société Chimique de France (SCF), Paris; 
Fondation internationale de la Maison de la Chimie, Paris; École supérieure 
de physique et de chimie industrielles (ESPCI ParisTech); Centre national de 
la Recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris; Chemical Heritage Foundation, 
Philadelphia; Groupe d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences (GHDSO), 
Université Paris-Sud 11; Comité national français d'histoire et de 
philosophie des sciences (CNFHPS); Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie 
Nationale (SEIN); Comité national français de chimie (CNFC).
Programme committee:
R. Fox (chair of the committee, Museum of the History of Science, Univ. of 
Oxford), J. A. Johnson (Villanova Univ.; president, CHMC), H. Albrecht 
(Techn. Univ.-Mining Academy, Freiberg; President of the Scientific Board for 
Saxon Industrial Culture of the Zweckverband Sächsisches Industriemuseum 
[Association of the Saxon Museum for Industry]; member of the Board of 
Directors of The International Committee for the Conservation of the 
Industrial Heritage (TICCIH)), R. G. W. Anderson (Univ. of Cambridge; chair, 
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry; president, Association of 
Independent Libraries), B. Bensaude-Vincent (Univ. Paris-1 
Panthéon-Sorbonne), A. Bieri (Curator of The Roche Historical Collection and 
Archive, Basle; vice chair, Arbeitskreis Chemiearchivare der VdW [Association 
of German Business Archivists]), R. Brashear (Chemical Heritage Foundation, 
Philadelphia), L. Cerruti (Univ. of Turin), Th. Charmasson (Chief Curator, 
Universciences, La Villette, Paris), Chr. Demeulenaere-Douyère (Chief 
Curator, National Archives, Paris), G. Férey (2010 Gold Medal CNRS; Institut 
de France, Académie des sciences, vice president of the SCF), S. Mauskopf 
(Duke Univ.), A. Nieto-Galan (Univ. of Barcelona).
Local organizing committee: 
D. Fauque (chair of the committee, French National Committee of History and 
Philosophy of Science [CNFHPS], Société Chimique de France - Club d’histoire 
de la chimie (SCF- CHC), Univ. Paris-Sud 11, Orsay), P. Bret (secretary of 
the CNFHPS, Centre A. Koyré, CNRS, Paris), Th. Charmasson (Chief Curator, 
Universciences, La Villette, Paris), Chr. Demeulenaere-Douyère (Chief 
Curator, Archives nationales, Paris), Cl. Debru (president of the CNFHPS; 
corresponding member, Académie des sciences; École normale supérieure, 
Paris), G. Emptoz (CNFHPS, CHC-SCF, Centre F. Viète – Univ. of Nantes), G. 
Gablot (president of Parcours des sciences, excursions), C. Kounelis 
(Curator, Centre de ressources historiques, ESPCI ParisTech Library), M.-Cl. 
Vitorge (Public relations, SCF).
The sessions: 
Tuesday, 21 June (18.30 to 20.00 at the Académie des sciences): welcoming 
reception
Wednesday, 22 June (9.00 to 18.30, at the Ecole supérieure de physique et de 
chimie industrielles (ESPCI ParisTech): introductory plenary lecture followed 
by morning and afternoon sessions, including a buffet lunch, and concluding 
with a second plenary lecture. The evening will be free.
Thursday, 23 June (9.00 to 18.30, at the Maison de la Chimie, Paris): 
introductory plenary lecture, followed by morning and afternoon sessions, 
including a buffet lunch. The concluding session will be a roundtable 
discussion covering all the general themes of the symposium, followed by a 
public lecture by the distinguished chemist Gérard Férey (winner of the 2010 
Gold Medal of CNRS, member of the Institut de France, Académie des sciences, 
and vice president of the SCF). In the evening there will be a closing dinner 
for participants (optional; see costs, next page).
Friday, 24 June: optional tours will be arranged by the Local Organizing 
Committee, including a morning tour of scientific heritage sites in the Latin 
Quarter, such as the Musée Curie (see costs, next page), and a day trip to 
Versailles. Details will be posted on the symposium website. 
Topics of the sessions: 
General discussions of the issues, as well as appropriate case studies will 
be welcome. The following are the three main areas we expect to consider:
a) The history of communication and documentation in chemistry. This may 
include studies of conferences and commissions (especially for the 
establishment of standards, nomenclature, etc.), correspondence, journals, 
patents, textbooks and general reference works, popularizations, etc.
b) Historians and their sources. What use can historians make, of both 
traditional documentary sources found in libraries and archives, and digital 
sources and databases? How can they use other sources, such as artefacts 
(including instruments, apparatus, and chemicals) and laboratory or 
industrial sites, to enhance understanding of the heritage of chemistry?
c) Institutions that secure and preserve the heritage of chemistry for 
historians and the general public. These institutions include archives, 
especially industrial archives, libraries, museums, and historical sites. 
Here especially we should welcome case studies that highlight the 
opportunities and challenges involved in collecting, preserving, and making 
accessible sources of all kinds. Papers might deal with policies for the 
collection and management of books, official documents, personal papers, 
industrial records, etc.; others might address the various means of 
preserving and using documents, from photocopying through microforms to 
scanning, OCR, and other electronic technologies for converting older forms 
of storage (microfilm, etc.).
Format for submissions:
Submissions should be in either English or French, in Word format (not PDF), 
font Times New Roman, 12 pt and double-spaced. Do not put any special 
formatting in the text. Submitters should include the following information: 
surname, first name, postal address, institutional address, institutional 
position, title of the proposed paper, abstract (maximum 300 words or 2,000 
characters including spaces) and a list of no more than three relevant 
publications, as well as an email address to which notifications may be sent. 
Papers are to be in English or French; each participant will allowed 20 
minutes to present the paper, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Digital 
projection equipment (beamers) will be available for PowerPoint 
presentations. 
Email address for submissions:
Please send submissions by email as an attached Word document to: 
chmcproposal2011 AT gmail.com
Deadlines - extension:
Submissions must be received by 4 February 2011. The programme committee will 
review all submissions by 22 February 2011. By 1st March submitters will 
receive notification by email as to the committee’s decisions.
Symposium costs:
Registration fees (including a reception on the evening of 21 June, lunches 
on 22 and 23 June, 4 coffee-breaks, documents for the symposium): 
Before 1st April From 1st April
Normal Price 200 euros 250 euros
Member of SCF, university, archives, museums 150 euros 200 euros
Student, unemployed person 90 euros 90 euros
Conference dinner (23 June, evening) 50 euros (optional; paid for separately) 
60 euros
Optional tours of heritage locations in Paris (24 June, morning) 20 euros 
(paid for separately; free for students and unemployed persons) 25 euros
Day tour to Versailles (24 June) Will be posted on website Will be posted
Accommodations are to be arranged by individual participants (a list of 
hotels convenient to the conference locations will appear on the conference 
website). Grants for students, the unemployed, and other participants in 
significant financial need, to help with costs of accommodations and local 
transportation, may be available through CHMC (send inquiries to 
Jeffrey.Johnson AT villanova.edu).
Further information and particulars about registration and methods of payment 
will be available on the symposium website at www.chmc2011.fr. Registration 
will begin 22 February.
For inquiries contact:
Jeffrey A. Johnson (president, CHMC; Villanova University, USA): 
Jeffrey.Johnson AT villanova.edu

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