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HPS: Annual Report 2006-2007 Contents The Department Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 2 Staff and affiliates .......................................................................................................................... 3 Visitors and students ...................................................................................................................... 4 Comings and goings....................................................................................................................... 5 Roles and responsibilities .............................................................................................................. 6 Prizes and projects ......................................................................................................................... 8 Seminars and special lectures ........................................................................................................ 9 Students Student statistics........................................................................................................................... 10 Part II primary sources essay titles .............................................................................................. 11 Part II dissertation titles ............................................................................................................... 13 MPhil essay and dissertation titles............................................................................................... 14 PhD theses.................................................................................................................................... 18 The Library Annual report of the Whipple Library ......................................................................................... 20 The Museum Annual report of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science .............................................. 23 Individuals Annual reports of members of the Department............................................................................ 31 Darwin Correspondence Project .................................................................................................. 84 RAE 2008 RA5a – Research environment and esteem.................................................................................. 85 Seminar Programmes Michaelmas Term 2006 ............................................................................................................... 94 Lent Term 2007............................................................................................................................ 99 Easter Term 2007....................................................................................................................... 105 Cover photograph: books being reclassified in the Whipple Library The Department Introduction It is with great sadness that we welcome you to view the 2006-07 Annual Report. As we go to press we record the tragic and terrible sudden death, on 25 November 2007, of Professor Peter Lipton who was the first Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, and our Head of Department for over 10 years. Peter led the Department from the front, and as is evident from the condolences we have received for him, he enriched the lives of everyone who came into contact with him. There will be a formal tribute to Peter next year; in the meantime we are coming to terms with our loss and are trying to carry on as best we can. John Forrester has stepped into the breach and will be Head of Department for the foreseeable future. We are very grateful to John for taking up this task under these distressing circumstances. As ever 2006-07 was a highly productive year, and you will see the evidence of this as you read through this Annual Report. Much effort during the year was concentrated on preparing our submission for the 2008 RAE. This is to be the last time the RAE is run the way it is, yet its legacy is sure to stay with us for many years to come. We feel confident that we have returned the best possible set of data; now all we can do is wait to learn of the evaluation of our submission. Panels will meet between January and December 2008 to make their assessments, and results will be published in December 2008. Our funding bodies will use the results of the 2008 RAE to calculate funding allocations in future years, so let’s hope for the best possible outcome. Thanks to everybody who contributed to our excellent submission. You will find the text of RA5 later on in this report. Much time was spent in 2006-07 working out an architectural plan for our new SRIF3-funded library. The library is being built as we speak and work is set to be complete on Phase 1 (the Heycock Lecture Theatre) by the end of May 2008, and Phase 2 (refurbishment of the old library space) in September 2008. Part of the preparations for the move to the new library involved re- classifying all of the books in the loan collection. This was no small task – it involved about 16,000 books. This work went on over the summer of 2007 and the library staff and other people who helped out are to be congratulated for finishing this on schedule for the start of the new academic year 2007-08. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this report, and to the thriving HPS Department as a whole. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH Telephone: 01223 334500 Fax: 01223 334554 www.hps.cam.ac.uk 2 Staff and affiliates Administrative Staff Research Fellows Roger Gaskell Kelly Ayres Tatjana Buklijas Axel Gelfert Tamara Hug Andrew Cunningham Cathy Gere Steve Kruse Andreas Mayer Faye Getz David Thompson Richard Noakes Jeremy Gray Martin Peterson Ole Grell Computing Staff Rob Ralley Mary Hesse Mark Rogers Ulrich Stegmann Annette Imhausen Laurence Totelin Shelley Innes Cleaning Staff Catherine Jami Paul Everest College Research Fellows Peter Jones Angela Breitenbach Ludmilla Jordanova Library Staff Alix Cohen Harmke Kamminga Tim Eggington Michael Edwards Gerald Kutcher Dawn Moutrey Mary Leng Geoffrey Lloyd Museum Staff Helen Macdonald Scott Mandelbrote Matteo Mameli Elizabeth Hart Stephen Mason Russell Re Manning Ruth Horry Anita McConnell Martin O’Neill Raymond Mercier Lisa Newble Alisha Rankin Simon Mitton James Hyslop Catherine Rider Jim Moore Boris Jardine Mark Sprevak Adam Mosley Teaching Officers Nick Tosh Ayesha Nathoo Jim Endersby Jaume Navarro Affiliated Scholars John Forrester Onora O’Neill Jan Abram Alison Pearn Nick Hopwood Jon Agar Katy Price Nick Jardine Robert Anderson Sadiah Qureshi Stephen John Debby Banham Jason Rampelt Lauren Kassell Em Barnes Lisbet Rausing Martin Kusch Andrew Barry Michael Redhead Elaine Leong German Berrios Evelleen Richards Tim Lewens Sanjoy Bhattacharya Ruth Richardson Peter Lipton Andrew Bowie Martin Rudwick Eleanor Robson Peter Bowler Colin Russell Simon Schaffer Michael Bravo Christine Salazar Janet Browne Jim Secord Max Satchell Robert Bud Liba Taub Anne Secord Jeremy Butterfield Richard Serjeantson Affiliated Lecturers Cristina Chimisso Emma Spary Soraya de Chadarevian Harry Collins Jackie Stedall Nader El-Bizri John Cornwell Rebecca Stott Patricia Fara Christopher Cullen Kim Taylor Silvia De Renzi Marina Frasca-Spada Karin Tybjerg Ipek Demir Richard Jennings John van Wyhe David Dewhirst Andrew Wear Sachiko Kusukawa Thomas Dixon Ilina Singh Paul White Mary Dobson Sarah Wilmot Sujit Sivasundaram Matthew Donald Elie Zahar Deborah Thom Catherine Eagleton Frances Willmoth Aileen Fyfe 3 Visitors and students Visiting Scholars Christina McLeish Part II students Bettina Dietz Iris Montero-Sobrevilla Andrew Bates Vidar Enebakk Sasha Mudd Seth Bell James Giordano Lisa Mullins Denise Cheuk Christopher D. Green Sam Nicholson Christopher Clarke Sheila Jasanoff Signe Nielsen Alice Claydon Peter C. Kjærgaard Margaret Olszewski Lauren Denton Andrey Kozhanov Arash Pessian Elizabeth Edwards Juan Mayoral de Lucas Jenny Rampling Richard Gardner Hélène Mialet Torben Rees William Gietzmann Richard Raatzsch Nicky Reeves Charlotte Heron Diederick Raven Francis Reid Ruth Hibbert Babu Thaliath Leon Rocha Jonathan Hobbs Haiyan Yang Joab Rosenberg Lauren Horsley Joe Sandham Katharine Hubrecht Visiting Students Jeff Skopek Senthil Jayaprakasam Laura Bujalance Alireza Taheri Catherine John Lise Kvande Anke Timmermann Michael-Luke Jones Friederike Schultz Adam Toon Kamilla Klepacka Nick Tosh Adam Lenson PhD Students Lydia Wilson Jamie MacKay Salim Al-Gailani Jenny Malicka Katherine Angel MPhil Students Laura May Caroline Baumann Anouska Bhattacharyya Ailis McKernan Lorenzo Bernasconi Heather Brink-Roby Suzy Milburn Patrick Boner J. Cecilia Cardenas-Navia Sarah Moore Stefan Brenner Joshua Cooperman Joseph Owen Michael Bresalier David Deitz Joanna Pellereau Alex Broadbent Luke Forsyth Emma Perkins Hsing-Zen Chen Jill Howard Helen-Frances Pilkington Yoon Choi Camilla Hrdy Rachel Sagar David Clarke Boris Jardine Lukshmi Shanthakumar Mike Collins Jeremy Kessler Emma Stevenson Robert Cord Pim Klaassen Jonathan Sturgeon Paul Dicken Can (Kenny) Liao Katie Taylor Sarah Dry Daniel Lim Amy Teal Bonnie Evans Joshua Nall Karmen Watson David Feller Praveen Shanbhag Ben Weaver Sacha Golob David Singerman Jonathan Woodfield James Hannam Jessica Tanenbaum Ben Irvine Billy Wheeler Natalie Kaoukji Alexandra Zukerman Melanie Keene Elisabeth Kingma Sharon Ku Wang-Yen Lee Helen Macdonald Saira Malik 4 Comings and goings Kelly Ayres joined us
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