EuChemS Historical Landmark Award to the Blue Colour Works in Modum, Norway. Chair of the Selection Committee, Brigitte Van Tiggelen at the unveiling of the plaque

The ceremonial spatula has been passed! Congratulations to all organizers and participants at the close of the 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry #14ICHC 🎉 We are already looking forward to meeting in Bologna for the 15th ICHC on June 8-11, 2027!

José Ramón Bertomeu: “Quantum Chemistry in Valencia (1939-1978)” en la #14ICHC de la @euchems-histchem.bsky.social

Hjalmar Fors @hjalmarfors.bsky.social discussed the shift in focus from sensory experience and sensory-derived, embodied knowledge, towards an approach that prioritised the kinds of knowledge derived from analytical chemistry. Embodied knowledge is crucial for Preservare as well. #14ichc

Beyond the roundtable, several other presenters addressed topics relevant for food preservation, cooking, or food and medicine. Thijs Hagendijk addresses fire management as an eminently chemical craft, but also a "scientia", linking theory with practice.

Now it's PRESERVARE's turn! I present our project, our team members and their current work, and describe how we use both computational and experimental methods to explore early modern food preservation technologies. #14ichc

Peter Oakley relates about the challenges and satisfactions of reconstructing early modern furnaces. Like food preservation, fire and its management presupposed much embodied knowledge that is now lost. #14ichc

Lucia Raggetti explores the hermeneutic feedback loop between philological study of primary sources on one hand, and replication on the other.

Guillermo Restrepo has a background in mathematics and applies computational methods to detect large-scale patterns in scientific discoveries. His quantitative approach tests accepted historical narratives in the social history of science. #14ichc

Petr and colleagues use computational methods to determine the semantic neighbours of key concepts in alchemical texts. #14ichc #TOME

Petr Pavlas (PI), Jo Hedesan, and Czech colleagues present the TOME project: tome.flu.cas.cz/tome-project... and the tool EMLAP for searching through a curated Latin alchemical corpus. This can be helpful for exploring intersections of concepts in alchemy and food handling and preservation.

Our roundtable has begun! We will present our projects and their innovative aspects as regards computational and experimental methods. With Jo Hedesan (organiser), Thijs Hagendijk, Farzad Mahootian, Peter Oakley, Petr Pavlas, Lucia Raggetti, Guillermo Restrepo and Carmen Schmechel.

Heading out for the conference. Another sunny day in Valencia!

David Edgerton durante su conferencia “What can chemistry tell us about capitalism, and what can capitalism tell us about chemistry?” en la #14ICHC @euchems-histchem.bsky.social

Francesca Antonelli presenta su trabajo “Compound Interests: The Paulze and Lavoisier Families between Chemistry, Administration, and Politics (1760s-1830s)” #14ICHC @euchems-histchem.bsky.social

Ya da comienzo la 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry en de la @euchems-histchem.bsky.social en Valencia.

The 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry has officially begun in Valencia! #14ICHC #histchem

La semana que viene se celebra en Valencia la 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry de la @euchems-histchem.bsky.social y estoy súper contenta (y súper nerviosa 💗) porque va a ser mi primera ponencia en un congreso. esdeveniments.uv.es/116631/secti...

histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/04/eshs... 🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨 The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025! Proposal should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15th of May 2025.

Next Week! The 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry will be held in Valencia.

2026 Partington Prize call for entries! The prize (£500) is awarded every three years for an original and unpublished essay the history of alchemy or chemistry to be exclusively published in the Society's journal, Ambix. More info can be found here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....