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1. “ ‘Britannia Rules the Wireless Waves’: The British Admiralty and Wireless, 1899-
1914,” *Elizabeth Bruton, University of Leeds
2. “Phone Lines on Front Lines: The Victorian Army and the Telephone,” Michael Kay,
University of Leeds
3. “Monopoly Games: The US Navy and Domestic Wireless during World War One,”
Elizabeth Cregan, Monmouth University
Genetics, Plant Breeding, and Institution Building: International Perspectives from
Britain, New Zealand and Italy
Chair: *Berris Charnley, University of Exeter
1. “State Patronage of Science: British Agricultural Science and the Development
Commission, 1889-1919,” Dominic Berry, University of Leeds
2. “Otto Frankel and the Institutional Context of Agricultural Genetics in New Zealand,
1927-1951,” Berris Charnley, University of Exeter
3. “Agricultural Genetics in Italy: Nazareno Strampelli (1866-1942),” Luca Iori, University
of Bologna
Historical Displays and Disciplinary Identity
Chair: Anna Maerker, King's College London
1. “Studying Babylonia in Philadelphia: Assyriological Practice and the University of
Pennsylvania’s Museum, c.1900,” Ruth Horry (organizer), University of Cambridge
2. “ ‘Coalbrookdale by Night’ and the Science Museum by Day,” Boris Jardine, Science
Museum, London
3. “Mapping Out A Science: Joseph Needham’s ‘A Chart to Illustrate the History of
Biochemistry and Physiology’ (Cambridge, c.1924),” Anna Kathryn Schoefert,
University of Cambridge
Flows of Chemical Knowledge
Chair: TBD
1. “Chymistry and Censorship at the Early French Academy and Royal Society,” Victor
Boantza, University of Sydney
2. “Alchemists in the United Kingdom in the 16th-18th Centuries: Social Networks and
Transmission of Knowledge,” Hsaio-Yun Cheng, National Tsing-Hua University,
Hsinchu, Taiwan
3. “ ‘Strictly Chemical from Beginning to End’: The Credibility of Chemistry in Treatises
on Brewing across the Nineteenth Century,” James Sumner, University of Manchester
Novelty in Medicine
Chair: TBD
1. “Constructing a Diseased Mind: Testing Animals, Studying Patients, and Mapping Brains
in a Victorian Asylum,” Michael Finn, University of Leeds
2. “Serotherapy in Lyon: The Local Reception of Innovation,” Jonathan Simon, University
of Lyon
3. “Inquests into a Surgical Procedure: Creating Public and Professional Trust in Aural
Surgery, 1830-1845,” Jaipreet Virdi, University of Toronto