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HPS: Annual Report 2010-2011 Contents The Department Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..2 Staff and affiliates………………………………………………………………………3 Visitors and students……………………………………………………………………4 Comings and goings……………………………………………………………………5 Roles and responsibilities………………………………………………………………6 Prizes, projects and honours……………………………………………………………8 Seminars and special lectures…………………………………………………………..9 Students Student statistics……………………………………………………………………….10 Part II essay and dissertation titles…………………………………………………….11 MPhil and Part III essay and dissertation titles………………………………………..14 PhD theses……………………………………………………………………………..19 The Library Annual report of the Whipple Library…………………………………………………21 The Museum Annual report of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science…………………….25 Individuals Annual reports of members of the Department……………………………………….33 Seminar Programmes Michaelmas Term 2010………………………………………………………………74 Lent Term 2011………………………………………………………………………87 Easter Term 2011…………………………………………………………………….98 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 1 The Department Introduction In the academic year 2010-2011 the Department of History and Philosophy of Science has been thriving. Funding in excess of £3 million was successfully secured from the European Research Council, several new members of staff joined the Department and even some new arrivals were welcomed into the world; perhaps potential students in the future! The Department continues to go from strength to strength. Tim Lewens will be leading one of the new research projects, ‘A Science of Human Nature? Philosophical Disputes at the Interface of Natural and Social Science’, which will run for five years. This large scale research project focuses on a series of philosophical issues that have arisen in debates over cultural evolutionary theory. The second of these projects will be managed by Tiago Mata, who will be exploring ‘Economics in the Public Sphere: USA, UK, France, Poland and Brazil since 1945’ looking at how journalists report the economy. Liba Taub has been very successful in finding funds to refurbish the wall cases in the Main Gallery, which has allowed the Museum to better display its world-class collection of scientific instruments. The Museum was also involved in a number of outreach events, offering something a little bit special to the community. The Whipple Library has also had a busy year, in particular with the launch of the book blog which showcases specific books from the Whipple’s large collection. The blog has proven popular, with posts from staff and PhD students on these books. The Library has also created a new online directory in order to access the wealth of material that exists in both the Department’s library and Cambridge University as a whole. The Department welcomed Rohan Deb Roy, joining as a Wellcome Research Fellow, Karin Ekholm as a Teaching Associate, Isla Fay as a Research Associate working on the Diagrams project and Louisa Russell as the new Receptionist. We said goodbye to Elma Brenner, Alex Broadbent, Kevin Brosnan and Jenny Fox. We also said farewell this term to Graham Cunningham who retired at the end of the academic year. Tim Eggington took a new post as Librarian at Queens College and Francis Neary joined the Darwin Correspondence project full-time. We want to thank them for the invaluable contribution that they made to the Department and wish them well in their future endeavours. We would also like to extend a special thanks to Jim Secord who was Head of Department during the calendar year 2011. As the year comes to a close, it is apparent from the Annual Report that the achievements of the Library, the Museum and the individuals have led to 2010-2011 becoming a most successful year. It is at this point that we would like to thank everyone who has worked hard to ensure that the Department remains at the forefront of education and research. You are the ones who are recognised as the true achievers of success. January 2011 2 Staff and Affiliates Administrative Staff Ludmilla Jordanova Jenny Fox Affiliated Lecturers Eli Kingma Tamara Hug Patricia Fara Martin Kusch Agnieszka Lanucha Marina Frasca-Spada Gerald Kutcher Louisa Russell Sachiko Kusukawa Emese Lafferton David Thompson Deborah Thom David Leith Frances Willmoth Chris Lewis Computing Staff Geoffrey Lloyd Mark Rogers Emeritus Professors Helen Macdonald Scott Mandelbrote Nick Jardine Anita McConnell Library Staff Michael Redhead Christina McLeish Tim Eggington Simon Mitton Dawn Moutrey College Research Fellows James Moore Adam Bostanci Adam Mosley Museum Staff Paul Dicken Jaume Navarro Steven Kruse David Feller Onora O'Neill Derek Scurll Stephen John Alison Pearn Alison Smith Melanie Keene Katy Price Claire Wallace Russell Manning Sadiah Qureshi Ayesha Nathoo Chitra Ramalingam Teaching Officers Mark Sprevak Lisbet Rausing Hasok Chang Hauke Riesch John Forrester Affiliated Scholars Leon Rocha Nick Hopwood Jon Agar Martin Rudwick Lauren Kassell Robert Anderson Colin Russell Tim Lewens Lisa Appignanesi Christine Salazar Eleanor Robson Debby Banham Anne Secord Simon Schaffer Andrew Barry Richard Serjeantson Jim Secord German Berrios Sujit Sivasundaram Liba Taub Sanjoy Bhattacharya Emma Spary Peter Bowler Alistair Sponsel Teaching Associates Angela Breitenbach Jacqueline Stedall Kevin Brosnan Alex Broadbent Rebecca Stott Vanessa Heggie Janet Browne Laurence Totelin Karin Ekholm Adelene Buckland Martin Underwood Alexi Baker Robert Bud Andrew Wear Tatjana Buklijas Rick Welch Jeremy Butterfield Research Fellows Paul White Cristina Chimisso Sarah Wilmot Salim Al-Gailani Soraya de Chadarevian Alix Daniel Wilson Marie-Francoise Besnier Cohen Eli Zahar Elma Brenner Peter Collins Jacqueline Cahif Christopher Cullen Other UoC People who do Andrew Cunningham Silvia De Renzi HPS Graham Cunningham Mary Dobson Rebecca Fleming Rohan Deb Roy John Durant Joel Isaac Isla Fay Catherine Eagleton Martin Johnson Mike Hawkins Michael Edwards David Leith Natalie Kaoukji Nader El-Bizri Lee Macdonald Francis Neary Roger Gaskell Scott Mandelbrote Hilary Powell Jeremy Gray Peter Mandler Ruth Prince Ole Grell Suji Sivasundaram Rob Ralley Philippa Hardman Richard Smith Jennifer Rampling Anne Harrington Emma Spary Nicky Reeves Sonia Horn Simon Szreter Greta Van Buylaere Shelley Innes Lydia Wilson Catherine Jami John Young Richard Jennings Peter Jones 3 Visitors and Students Visiting Scholars Iris Montero-Sobrevilla Joe Ryan Miruna Achim Lisa Mullins Merlin Sheldrake Mary Fissell Dmitry Myelnikov Amy Sinclair Anja-Silvia Goeing Joshua Nall Georgina Wheeler Nils Güttler Signe Nielsen Louise Windo Anne Katrine Hansen Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Mimi Kim Emma Perkins Part II students Susan Lettow Eoin Phillips Lucy Akrill Cesare Maffioli Alix Rogers Peter Atkinson Agustín Malón Joab Rosenberg Sean Brennan Josipa Petrunic Joe Sandham Christopher Campbell Xavier Roqué Minwoo Seo Helen Campbell Babu Thaliath Arianne Shahvisi Anne Carter Catherine Wilson Katie Taylor Eoin Carter Weimin Xiong Nicholas Teh April Cashin-Garbutt Julie Walsh Natalie Christie Visiting Students Sophie Waring Alistair Cliff Hannah Burgess Nicholas Whitfield Dora Coventry Hauke Dopp Joeri Witteveen Sophie Davies Nike Fakiner Alexander Wragge-Morley Faraz Dianat Vangelis Koutalis Caitlin Wylie Craig Docherty Francisco Orrego Katharine Zimmerman Simon Dyke Myma Perez Kavi Fatania Ingrid Schnell MPhil students Andy Gales Alessandra Stocchetti Andrena Ball Nicholas Goodwin Juan Zaragoza-Bernal Christopher Blunt Cassia Hare Richard Gawne Pip Johnson PhD students Emma Griffin John Kelly Alexandra Bacopoulous-Viau James Hall Antonia McLean Jennifer Bangham Oliver Hill-Andrews Sophia Mohun Kemp Katy Barrett Steve Irish Rory Nath Geoffrey Belknap Robert Kubala Anna Nicholson-Lailey Jonathan Birch Jacob Orrje Esther Odida Joanna Burch Brown Anaïs Rameau Thomas Portch Sophie Brockmann Matthew Sample Helen Prasad Mirjam Brusius Anna Schoefert Bernard Redman Michael Bycroft Christopher Wagner Michael Reid Will Carruthers Amy Williams Sophie Russell Sean Dyde Lena Zuchowski Reuben Shiels Carl Fisher Neelo Shravat Susannah Gibson Part III students Jack Stevens Natasha Goldberg Reuben Binns Tanmay Suri Ruth Horry Duncan Brannan Nathan Thomas Jiri Hudecek Netta Chachamu Alice Thwaite Boris Jardine Maddy Gregory-Clarke Sara Timms Jeremy Kessler William Cook Isabel Wilson Katharina Kraus Christopher Donovan Tristan Withers Allison Ksiazkiewicz Vashka dos Remedios Jessica Wong Daniel Lim Natalie Lawrence Emily McTernan Esther Momcilovic 4 Comings and Goings Elma Brenner left us in the summer of 2011 to move on to a Mellon Fellowship at the Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies in Toronto and was awarded a one month Dr. and Mrs James C. Caillouette Fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino. Graham Cunningham retired from the Department in September 2011. Rohan Deb Roy joined us in January as a Wellcome Research Fellow. Tim Eggington left to take up a new post as Librarian at Queens College Karin Ekholm started in January as a Teaching Associate and is currently standing in for Lauren Kassell. Isla Fay became part of the Department in March to work on the Diagrams project. Jenny Fox left at the end of the year to become an Accounts Clerk in Pharmacology and run a chocolate fountain business! Vanessa Heggie was appointed to a two-year Teaching Associateship in History of Modern Medicine and Biology. Francis Neary left to join the Darwin Correspondence project
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