Bernard Lightman

Bernard Lightman is distinguished research professor in the Humanities Department at York University, past president of the History of Science Society, and past editor of the journal Isis, the official journal of the History of Science Society. Lightman’s recent research focuses on the transnational history of 19th and early 20th century British and Asian science. Among his publications are the edited collections Evolutionary Theories and Religious Traditions: National, Transnational, and Global Studies, 1800–1920 (coedited with Sarah Quidwai), Global Spencerism: The Communication and Appropriation of a British Evolutionist, and the Circulation of Knowledge (coedited with Larry Stewart and Gordon McQuat). He is currently one of the general editors of the John Tyndall Correspondence Project, an international collaborative effort to obtain, digitize, transcribe, and publish all surviving letters to and from Tyndall. He is also editor of the book series Science and Nineteenth Century Culture, which is published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.