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Bulletins

The publication of the Division is the Bulletin of the Division of History of Chemistry, which has generally been published once every one to two years since 1988. The Bulletins contain lectures from the Conferences, contributed articles, a current exhibition and Conference calendar, as well as information on new publications.

Articles should be submitted to Dr. Carmen Schmechel, carmen.schmechel@gmail.com.

Members of the Division of History of Chemistry receive one copy free of charge as part of their membership fee. Non-members and institutions can request copies from the office for a contribution towards costs of €20 plus postage and packaging; GDCh members for €10 - plus postage and packaging - (email fg@gdch.de). Subscriptions are not possible.

Volumes 1–9 and Volumes 14, 15 and 21 are out of print.

The electronic version of all articles from the previous Bulletins is now also available online.

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Milestones in Chemistry

The "Milestones of Chemistry" appear annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. more

From School Year to School Year – Highlights from the History of Chemistry

The series "From School Year to School Year – Highlights in the History of Chemistry" is published in ChemKon. more

In the series "GDCh Monographs", 14 volumes were published from 1996 to 2019. With the dissolution of the Industriekreis working group on 31 December 2018, the publication "Contemporary Witness Reports" was discontinued with the final Volume 53. Future articles with corresponding content will be integrated into the "Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie". The Contemporary Witness Reports can be ordered via the GDCh Shop . Contemporary Witness Reports I–III are out of print (Vols. 10, 16, 19).

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Volume 10: Contemporary Witness Reports I - Chemical Industry - (out of print) Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 20–22 November 1996 in Merseburg
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H.-W. Marquart, 1998, ISBN 3-924763-68-2, € 5.00

Volume 16: Contemporary Witness Reports II - Chemical Industry - (out of print) Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 25–26 June 1998 in Frankfurt-Höchst
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H.-W. Marquart, 1999, ISBN 3-924763-83-6, € 5.00

Volume 19: Contemporary Witness Reports III - Chemical Industry - (out of print) Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 15–17 September 1999 in Schwarzheide and Senftenberg
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H.-W. Marquart, 2000, ISBN 3-924763-88-7, € 5.00

Volume 22: Contemporary Witness Reports IV - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 7–8 September 2000 in Wolfen
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H.-W. Marquart, 2000, ISBN 3-936028-02-8, € 5.00

Volume 26: Contemporary Witness Reports V - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 22–23 August 2002 in Leverkusen
Editorial staff: K. Krug and D. Wagner, 2003, ISBN 3-936028-08-7, € 5.00

Volume 30: Contemporary Witness Reports VI - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 25–27 September 2003 in Merseburg
Editorial staff: K. Krug and D. Wagner, 2004, ISBN 3-936028-26-5, € 5.00

Volume 33: Contemporary Witness Reports VII - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 1–4 September 2004 in Ludwigshafen
Editorial staff: K. Krug and D. Wagner, 2005, ISBN 3-936028-33-8, € 5.00

Volume 38: Contemporary Witness Reports VIII - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 23–25 August 2006 in Berlin
Editorial staff: K. Krug and D. Wagner, 2007, ISBN 3-936028-49-2, € 5.00

Volume 40: Contemporary Witness Reports IX - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 10–12 September 2008 in Darmstadt
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H. Bode, 2009, ISBN 978-936028-57-7, € 5.00

Volume 43: Contemporary Witness Reports X - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 15–17 September 2010 in Jena
Editorial staff: K. Krug and H. Bode, 2011, ISBN 978-936028-67-6, € 5.00

Volume 47: Contemporary Witness Reports XI - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 6–7 September 2012 in Frankfurt am Main
Editorial staff: H. Bode, P. Löhnert and W.Scheinert, 2013, ISBN 978-3-936028-77-5, € 5.00

Volume 49: Contemporary Witness Reports XII - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 18–19 September 2014 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Editorial staff: Peter Löhnert, Wolfgang Scheinert, 2015, ISBN 978-3-936028-91-1, € 5.00

Volume 51: Contemporary Witness Reports XIII - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 14–16 September 2016 in Hanover
Editorial staff: Renate Kießling, Wolfgang Scheinert, 2017, ISBN 978-3-936028-99-7, € 5.00

Volume 53: Contemporary Witness Reports XIV - Chemical Industry - Contents

"Industriekreis" Conference of the GDCh Division of history of chemistry, 27–28 September 2018 in Leuna
Editorial staff: Renate Kießling, Wolfgang Scheinert, 2019, ISBN 978-3-947197-10-1, € 5.00

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