The Weird and Wonderful in the History of Science and the Environment. TALKS, PRIZES and PUBLICATIONS. Last week, a surprisingly high proportion of beach-goers on the coast near Swansea were historians or philosophers of science. The British Society for the History of Science annual conference was underway, featuring subjects as diverse as science fiction, Renaissance anatom.

Musings from a medical historian Anne Hanley. So, in writing a blog post about the unexpected academic twists and turns over these past twelve months, I hope for it to be of use to those falling down the same post-PhD rabbit hole, and to demonstrate that things might not be so grim as they first appear. How did I end up in Leeds? But how to keep body and soul together in the interim? Applying for academic jobs. During my time as an Education Officer in PRHS.