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FORTHCOMING HIST SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS

General Papers.

Contact Christine Hahn:

Christine Hahn
Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
700 University Blvd., MSC 161
Kingsville, TX 78363

Fax: (972) 883-2925
Email: christine.hahn@tamuk.edu

Check the call for papers in Chemical and Engineering News or the ACS website for abstract deadlines. Submit your abstract via the on-line abstract submission system by the indicated date.

If you do not have access to a computer for use in the submission, contact the program chair by prior to the indicated date.


UPCOMING MEETINGS AND HIST DEADLINES

Offerings are subject to change. Check the HIST website (http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/index.php) for updates.

The submission dates for abstracts may not be known. You will submit your abstract via the online Meeting Abstracts Programming System (MAPS). If you do not have access to a computer for use in the submission or are having difficulties in submitting your abstract, contact Christine Hahn, christine.hahn@tamuk.edu. Check the call for papers in Chemical and Engineering News or www.acs.org for changes in the abstract deadlines.

The Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) recognizes the value of supporting the organization of symposia, conferences, or meetings that benefit the study and promotion of the history of chemistry. If you are organizing such an event and would like to request financial support (typically, $500 per traditional half-day session), please submit THIS FORM to the Division's Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Vera Mainz (mainz@illinois.edu) no later than two weeks before the HIST Executive Committee meets to consider such requests (i.e., during the national ACS meetings, usually in late March and late August). Most successful requests are submitted at least six months before the actual symposium or conference takes place. It should not be expected that late submissions will be considered.


272nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 23-27, 2026

HIST Tutorial and General Papers. (Seeking contributors) Christine E. Hahn, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, Phone: 361-593-3592, Email: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.edu

HIST Award Symposium Honoring Annette Lykknes. Organizers: Brigitte Van Tiggelen, vantiggelen@memosciences.be, Science History Institute, Philadelphia, (PA); Carmen Giunta, PO Box 522, Manlius, NY 13104, Phone: 315-632-4992, Email: giunta@lemoyne.edu

Feeding the World Through Chemistry. (Invited) Joint Symposium HIST-AGRO-AGFD. Organizers: Michael Tunick, Email: mht39@drexel.edu; Roger Egolf, Email: rae4@psu.edu, Pennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley Campus, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley, PA 18034, Phone: 610-285-5110; Dena Barett, Email: dbarrett@agrodiv.org; Beth Lorsbach, Email: beth.lorsbach@nufarm.com; Sara Whiting, sara.whiting@bayer.com.

Past ACS Presidents: Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931). (Invited and contributed) Joint symposium with GEOC, Gary Patterson, Vancouver, WA 98661, Phone: 412-480-0656, Email: gp9a@andrew.cmu.edu; Carmen Giunta, PO Box 522, Manlius, NY 13104, Phone: 315-632-4992, Email: giunta@lemoyne.edu and Vitalii Starchenko, Chemical Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Phone: 865-574-1252, Email: starchenkov@ornl.gov

Historical Contributions to Chemistry for All. (Contributed) Joint Symposium HIST-CHED & ACS Chicago Local Section, Organizers: Amy Balija, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660, Email: abalija@LUC.edu, Phone: 773-508-3178; Christine Hahn, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Phone: 361-593-3592, Email: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.edu

Tracing the Bonds: 150 Years of Organic Chemistry and Its Legacy. (Invited) Joint Symposium HIST-DOC-MEDI, Organizers: Monica Arroyo, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Email: monicam.arroyo@gmail.com, Emily McLaughlin, Bard College, New York, Phone: 845-758-6822, Email: mclaughl@bard.edu.

Chemistry Behind Art & Art Conservation. (Contributed) Joint symposium HIST-PHYS-YCC, Organizers: Christine Hahn, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Phone: 361-593-3592, Email: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.edu; Taylor Keller, Email: tmkeller11@gmail.com; Bern Kohler, The Ohio State University, Columbus (OH), Phone: 614-688-2635, Email: kohler@chemistry.ohio-state.edu; Allison Smith, Email: amscrik@gmail.com.

There is a series of HIST sponsored symposia organized by a variety of divisions celebrating the 150th Anniversary of ACS.


273rd ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 21-25, 2027

HIST Tutorial and General Papers. Christine E. Hahn, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, Phone: 361-593-3592, Email: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.edu

Archeological Chemistry. (Invited and contributed). > Joint Symposium HIST-ANYL-COMP-CHED, Organizer: Nicolas Zumbulyadis, Email: nicholas.zumbulyadis@icloud.com. The symposium will include: 1. Advances in Analytical Technology and Automation


Future Meetings and Proposed Symposia

History of Small Businesses, (Invited and contributed), Joint symposium with SCHB, Xu Simon, xufits@gmail.com, Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, Phone: 214-768-3259, Email: nvt@smu.edu, and Christine Hahn, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, Phone: 361-593- 3592, Email: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.eduEmail: Christine.Hahn@tamuk.edu

History of Chemists with Disabilities. (Invited and contributed) Joint symposium with Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD), David Lewis, 816 Third Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54703 Phone: 715-563-2633, Email: lewisd@uwec.edu, Carmen J. Giunta PO Box 522, Manlius, NY 13104, Phone: 315-632-4992, Email: giunta@lemoyne.edu


HIST Past Presidents Symposium Series

The HIST Past Presidents Symposium series is designed to explore the professional and scientific legacy of some of our former ACS Presidents. Symposia are planned for National ACS meetings in the geographical area associated with the President to be honored. Past symposia have honored Henry Eyring (Salt Lake City, Spring 2009), Anna Jane Harrison (Boston, Fall 2011), Mary Good (New Orleans, Spring 2013), Helen Free (Indianapolis, Fall 2013), William Carroll (Dallas, Spring 2014), Attila Pavalth (San Francisco, Fall 2014), Henry Hill (Boston, Fall 2015), and Charles C. Price (Philadelphia, Fall 2016) . Future symposia are under development. If you would like to be a part of any of these future symposia, please contact Jan Hayes at janan.hayes@yahoo.com for more information on plans and participation.