Project blog
This project aims to produce a new account of the roots and development of a scientific culture in 17th- and 18th-century London, exploring the question of where and how modern science developed. It will expand the story beyond well-known individuals and an overriding focus on the Royal Society, considering alternative locations and institutional contexts. The project aims to trace the linked cultures of scientific knowledge, skill and practice, and the commercial contexts in which they developed, including London’s guilds, professional colleges and trading companies. It aims to understand these cultures on their own terms, exploring their projection of individual and collective identities and the response of contemporaries. Key to the project’s methodology is the use of material, visual and spatial approaches to expand the field of view and find new routes into and out of the printed and archival record.
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Science in the City – Survey Results in!
21 May 2020
Becky Higgitt, the principal investigator of the Metropolitan Science project, recently wrote a blogpost for the Royal Historical Society about our recent conference, Science in the...
A rapid-turnaround online conference
7 May 2020
These reflections on the Science in the City conference were first published on Historical Transactions, the blog of the Royal Historical Society. We will follow up next week with a...
Session 8: 16:00-16:45 – Concluding Discussion
7 April 2020
Panel commentary and open discussion live [here] at 16:00 Concluding comments on the conference will be offered by the panel, consisting of: Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of...
Session 7: 13:30–15:30 – Institutions
7 April 2020
Speakers: Noah Moxham (University of Kent), Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin (Cardiff University), Janette Bright (Institute of Historical Research), Emma Hill (University of Kent) Pre-recorded...