Colleagues are reminded that the closing date for registration on Defiant
Modernism is 15 May.

For registration form see web site listed below.

>The Science Museum, London, in association with the
>British Society for the History of Science
>and the Institute of Contemporary British History is organising
>a major conference which will take place on 25/26 June this year.
>
>The topic is `Defiant Modernism' : a term chosen
>to describe a historical epoch of enormous change as the
>technologies developed  during the Second World War were exploited
>in war and adapted for civilian use. The period can be seen as
>stretching from the Munich crisis of 1938 to the student uprisings of 1968.
>The period saw World War, the Cold War, retreat from Empire,
>cultural competition between Europe and America, and cycles
>of economic depression and prosperity.
>
>For the programme, please see the conference web site:
>
>http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/researchers/defiant.HTML
>
>If you are interested in getting more information with a view to registering,
>please email: [log in to unmask]
>
>We look forward to welcoming you.
>
>Robert Bud
>Tim Boon
Robert Bud
Head of Research (Collections)
The Science Museum, London SW7 2DD, UK
Tel: (+44) (0) 171 938 8041
Fax: (+44) (0) 171 938 8050
http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/collections/staff/r_bud.html