HPS: Annual Report 2004-2005
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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........................................................................................................... 7 Seminars and special lectures ........................................................................................................ 8 Students Student statistics............................................................................................................................. 9 Part II primary sources essay titles .............................................................................................. 10 Part II dissertation titles ............................................................................................................... 13 MPhil essay and dissertation titles............................................................................................... 14 PhD theses.................................................................................................................................... 17 Transferable skills........................................................................................................................ 19 The Library Annual report of the Whipple Library ......................................................................................... 21 The Museum Annual report of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science .............................................. 23 Individuals Annual reports of members of the Department............................................................................ 29 Seminar Programmes Michaelmas Term 2004 ............................................................................................................... 81 Lent Term 2005............................................................................................................................ 87 Easter Term 2005......................................................................................................................... 93 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 The Department Introduction Welcome to the 2004-05 Annual Report. It’s hard to believe another year has flown by already! During the course of the year the Department set about finalising plans for a new staircase and lift at the back of the building to improve access to the Museum for disabled people. Work has now started and it is hoped that it will be complete by the spring of 2006. The bid for nearly two million pounds to convert the Heycock Lecture Theatre into a modern new Whipple Library looks as if it could be successful, as it has been ranked second by our School. If this comes off it will mean a lot of hard work for the Library, but it will be an amazing addition to the Department, and we would expect it to be complete by 2007. Once again, individuals and groups from the Department were successful in obtaining prizes, grants and fellowships. In February it was announced that Simon Schaffer and Steven Shapin were joint winners of the 2005 Erasmus Prize; the Department secured a five-year enhancement award of core funding in the field of history of medicine from the Wellcome Trust; HPS and Geography were jointly successful in obtaining a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship for Sheila Jasanoff to spend time in the Department in 2005-06 and 2006-07; Tatjana Buklijas and Rob Ralley were awarded three-year Wellcome Fellowships; Ipek Demir was awarded a one-year ESRC Fellowship; Alix Cohen and Mark Sprevak were successful in obtaining JRFs; and Tim Lewens was given even more money by Pfizer to continue to study Philosophy of Risk. And that isn’t everything – you will need to read the report to find out about it all. There were quite a few changes. The admissions criteria for our MPhil course was raised to a first, and the MPhil course changed its name to ‘History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine’ to better reflect the subject areas. It was a year where plagiarism had to be taken very seriously; to combat this, students will be asked to submit electronic versions of their work. Unfortunately the opportunistic thieving continued. An experiment to control access to the Department by putting a rope barrier across the first floor landing was successful, and we are planning to replace this permanently with a gate. We appointed a new Librarian in September 2004 only to have her resign a week later, which took us all by surprise. We are very grateful to Dawn and Steve, who ran the library for the year and did a fabulous job. We are also grateful to Nicky Reeves, who made himself available at times when the library was short handed, and to Jill Whitelock, who continued to provide advice and support as necessary. Monica Elsey’s sick leave continued and she eventually took early retirement. Lisa Newble continued as Acting Collections Manager – another massive thanks to her for helping us through this difficult time. Thanks also to Ruth Horry and James Hyslop, who ably assisted. What makes University life special is that every year is different, and as you will see from this Annual Report, last year was no exception. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to this report and to the thriving atmosphere in the Department. 2 Staff and affiliates Administrative Staff Research Fellows David Dewhirst Tamara Hug Tatjana Buklijas Thomas Dixon Steve Kruse Andrew Cunningham Matthew Donald David Thompson Harmke Kamminga Nader El-Bizri Emese Lafferton Aileen Fyfe Computing Staff Neil Manson Cathy Gere Mark Rogers Andreas Mayer Faye Getz Richard Noakes Jeremy Gray Library Staff Nick Wilding Ole Grell Sonia Hollins Sarah Wilmot Mary Hesse Dawn Moutrey Peter Jones College Research Fellows Ludmilla Jordanova Museum Staff Craig Bourne Geoffrey Lloyd Elizabeth Hart Katrina Dean Scott Mandelbrote Ruth Horry Jim Endersby Stephen Mason Lisa Newble Anandi Hattiangadi Anita McConnell James Hyslop Annette Imhausen Raymond Mercier Boris Jardine Mary Leng Jim Moore Kees Rookmaaker Sanjoy Mahajan Adam Mosley George MacKerron Michela Massimi Jaume Navarro Matteo Mameli Ralph O’Connor Teaching Officers Martin O’Neill Onora O’Neill Jon Agar Sujit Sivasundaram Alison Pearn John Forrester Karin Tybjerg Sarah Pennell Nick Hopwood Katy Price Nick Jardine Affiliated Scholars Lisbet Rausing Stephen John Jan Abram Michael Redhead Lauren Kassell Robert Anderson Evelleen Richards Martin Kusch Debby Banham Ruth Richardson Tim Lewens Andrew Barry Martin Rudwick Peter Lipton Em Barnes Colin Russell Eleanor Robson German Berrios Christine Salazar Simon Schaffer Andy Bowie Max Satchell Jim Secord Peter Bowler Anne Secord Liba Taub Michael Bravo Richard Serjeantson Janet Browne Emma Spary Affiliated Lecturers Robert Bud Rebecca Stott Soraya de Chadarevian Jeremy Butterfield Kim Taylor Patricia Fara David Chart John van Wyhe Marina Frasca-Spada Cristina Chimisso Andrew Wear Richard Jennings Harry Collins Paul White Sachiko Kusukawa John Cornwell Eli Zahar Ilina Singh Christopher Cullen Deborah Thom Silvia De Renzi Frances Willmoth Nick Dew 3 Visitors and students Visiting Scholars Saira Malik Annie Beaumont Andre Ariew Christina McLeish Vanessa Bull Christina Brandt Helen Macdonald Matt Bullivant Yulia Egorova Michael Michael Justin Cheadle Niccolo Guicciardini Sasha Mudd Weiming Chiu Akira Kikuchi Ayesha Nathoo Chris Collins Arnold Koslow Arash Pessian Hannah Craik Matiana Silva Meredith Price Fred Crawley Olga Stoliarova Sadiah Qureshi Sophia Davis Robert Ralley Tom Diplock Visiting Students Jason Rampelt Amanda Fernando-Stevens Andreas Dittrich Torben Rees Julia Flint Marie Hidle Nicky Reeves Greg Foot Lydia Jaeger Francis Reid Isabel Fraser-Moodie Sebastian Kemmler Joab Rosenberg Elizabeth Gibney Stefan Pohl Ayako Sakurai Aaron Harper Jeroen de Ridder Jeff Skopek Andrew Hodges Georgette Taylor Mark Sprevak Juliette Irwin Laurence Totelin Anke Timmermann Laura Kemp Daan Wegener Adam Toon Jaffar Khan Nick Tosh Laura Kotseroglou PhD Students Felix Levinson Katherine Angel MPhil Students Ed Lunken Caroline Baumann Katherine Baker Sophia Mahroo Lorenzo Bernasconi Melinda Baldwin Hane Maung Patrick Boner Mike Collins Dave Mills Michael Bresalier Ivan Collister Laura Oakley Tatjana Buklijas Alana Feiler Nami Patel Alex Broadbent Frances Gardiner Kit Patrick Vicky Carroll Marcia Holmes Nick Purves Hsing-Zen Chen Elisabeth Kingma David Randall Yoon Choi Jason Leith Nick Seeber Alix Cohen Samuel Lipoff Bukhari Shah Katrina Dean Sébastien Morgan Geoff Stevenson Paul Dicken Laura Morley Benjamin Sun Jenny Downes David Nader Holly Swann Sarah Dry Christopher Phillips Harriet Temple Axel Gelfert Jessica Rosenberg Senem Tugrul William Grundy Joe Sandham Rosie Whitaker James Hannam Charles Sentell Ben Wiles