7th October First Saturday Opening of the Museum
12th October Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Mrs Viviane M. Quirke (St Antony's College)
"Drug research and drug production in France, 1939-59: towards a Franco-British perspective."
16th October Exhibition Opens in the Museum
"The Artist and the Moon: an exhibition to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Russell, R. A."
17th October Workshop, at the Maison Française, Oxford
2.30 p.m. "Writing the History of Science: French and British approaches."
19th October Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Dott Anna Guagnini (University of Bologna)
"Waves, gambles, and shrewd advice: the making of Guglielmo Marconi's technological success."
26th October Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Dr G. J. N. Gooday (University of Leeds)
"Mercurial characters? The manners and morals of resisting Anglo-German standards, 1860-92."
2nd November Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Dr A. Nieto-Galan (University of Oxford)
"Calico printing and chemical knowledge in Lancashire in the early nineteenth century: the life and colours' of John Mercer."
6th November Exhibition talk, in the Museum
6 p.m. Dr J. Bennett
"The Measurers: A Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century."
7th November Exhibition talk, in the Museum
6 p.m. Professor Gerard Turner (Imperial College, London)
"The Louvain Workshops."
8th November Exhibition talk, in the Museum
6 p.m. Dr A. Meskens (Mechelen, Belgium)
"Practical Mathematics in Antwerp in the Sixteenth Century."
9th November Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Ms Anne Secord (Wellcome Unit, Cambridge)
"Our local Linnaeus': parochial science and the work of natural history in the nineteenth century."
10th November Exhibition talk, in the Museum
6 p.m. Dr A. Simpson (National Museums of Scotland)
"Sharp Practice or Customary Measure: a cautionary tale of European marketplace tradition."
15th November Lecture, at the Science Museum, London
Dr Jerry Ravetz (Science Museum)
"The Development of the History of Science in Post-War Britain."
16th November Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m. Mr J. Gross (New DNB, Oxford)
"Accommodating design: John Smeaton and the uses of art in the eighteenth century."
23rd November Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m.Dr E. J. Higgs (Wellcome Unit, Oxford)
"The determinants of technological change: the case of machine computation and data processing in the General Register Office, 1837-1920."
30th November Seminar, in the Faculty of Modern History
5 p.m.Mr J. B. Morrell (Bradford)
"Oxford science between the wars: problems and perspectives."
15th December "The Measurers": exhibition closes
22nd DecemberMuseum closed for Christmas
3rd January Museum reopens after the Christmas closure
17th January Seminar series begins,
5 p.m.in the Hovenden Room, All Souls College
"Magic, Religion and Science in Early Modern Europe."
28th January "The Artist and the Moon": exhibition closes
20th FebruaryExhibition opens in the Museum
"The Geometry of War: an exhibition of instruments and illustrations, 1550-1750."