PSA 2008 Biennial Meeting

The twenty-first PSA biennial meeting will take place November 6–8, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Omni William Penn Hotel; click here to make hotel reservations. We recommend making reservations at the conference hotel as soon as possible, as there is a professional football game in Pittsburgh the weekend of November 8.

• Online registration for PSA 2008 is available via the History of Science Society website. Please note that if you registered online for PSA 2006, the profile information you entered then is still stored on the HSS website (and please update your information as needed!). Otherwise, you will need to create a profile, which is quick and painless.
• Hotel reservations
• Program Committee for PSA 2008.
• A preliminary version of the program is now available. (You can download a version for Microsoft Word here.) It includes only the schedule of contributed talks and symposia. It does not include information about the meeting of the PSA Governing Board, any general lunch meetings or special lunch sessions, the Women's Caucus meeting, the Carnap-Reichenbach Archive excursion, the receptions, or the Presidential Address.
• Field Trips at the PSA/HSS Meetings, November 6–8, 2008, in Pittsburgh, PA. Registration for field trips will be available with conference registration, which will in turn be available in early August. Each trip can accommodate 38 persons.
  • Field Trip to Muddy Creek ($15) Friday, 1–5 p.m. Discover the early oil and gas industry around Pittsburgh and visit the fields between Pittsburgh and Muddy Creek (guided by geologist Kathy Flaherty). DVDs on the early oil industry in Pennsylvania will be shown during the bus ride (including “Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake,” made in 1954 and starring Vincent Price as Colonel Drake.) (If we do not receive sufficient bookings by the close of business on 14 October, HSS–supplied transportation will be cancelled and your payment refunded.)
  • Field Trip to Hunt Institute ($10) Friday, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science. The institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files. During the field trip curators will display and discuss items from their historical collections for conference attendees. Also included is a gallery exhibit on renowned botanical artist Pancrace Bessa (1772–1835). (If we do not receive sufficient bookings by the close of business on 14 October, HSS–supplied transportation will be cancelled and your payment refunded.)

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