Description: Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry - SHAC
Welcome to the Website of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC), publisher of the scholarly journal Ambix .
Founded in 1935 , SHAC has consistently maintained the highest standards of scholarship in all aspects of the history of alchemy and chemistry from early times to the present. The Society has a wide international membership from over thirty countries.
We hold meetings and webinars, offer scholarly prizes and grants , and publish the journal Ambix . The Society’s newsletter, Chemical Intelligence , is published twice a year. We have also established the Graduate Network to bring together postgraduate students in the field.