About HSSJ



1. History
April 22, 1941 Establishing meet at Gakushi Kaikan in Tokyo
1941 Founded Kagakusi Kenkyu
1945 Discontinued any activities under World War II
April 24, 1948 First genaral meeting after the war at Nihon Ishi Kaikan (JMA), Tokyo
August, 1962 Founded Japanese Studies in the History of Science
1974 International Conference

2. Activities
a.Annual Meetings
Hold annualy Annual Meetings for presentations of researches and General Meetings for discussion about steering the society
Annual/General Meetings for Recent Years
2001 Waseda University (Tokyo)
2002 Kanazawa University (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
2003 Kobe University (Kobe, Hyogo)
2004 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo)
2005 Historical Museum of Hokkaido, Sapporo Gakuin University (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
2006 Toyo University, Bunkyo (Tokyo)
2007 Kyoto Sangyo University(Kyoto)
2008 The University of Electro-Communications(Tokyo)
2009 Kyushu University(Fukuoka)
2010 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Shinagawa Campus(Tokyo)
2011 The University of Tokyo, Komaba(Tokyo)
2012 Mie University(Mie)
2013 College of Commerce, Nihon University(Tokyo)
2014 Rakuno Gakuen University(Hokkaido)
2015 Osaka City university (Osaka)
2016 Kogakuin University(Tokyo), Planned
b.Monthly Public Lectures on History of Science Kagakushi Gakko
c.Branches and Chapters
d.Publications

3. Publications

4. President and Committees
President, Kiyonobu ITAKURA
Chair Person, General Issues Committee, Hajime MIZOGUCHI (Rissho University)
Chair Person, Editorial Committee for Kagakusi Kenkyu, Kenichi SATO (The University of Electro-Communications)
Chair Person, Editorial Committee for Historia Scientiarum, Takehiko HASHIMOTO (The University of Tokyo)
Chair Person, Fund Committee, Masahiro SANO (Meiji University)
Chair Person, Public Education, Tomoko TAKAHASHI (Yamanashi University)

5. Contact
Address
History of Science Society of Japan
Shimazu Bldg.202, 2-13-1, Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan
Phone/Fax
+81-3-3239-0545