Contents The Department ....................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 2 Staff and Affiliates ................................................................................................................. 5 Visiting Scholars and Students .............................................................................................. 7 Comings and Goings .............................................................................................................. 8 Roles and Responsibilities ..................................................................................................... 9 Prizes, Projects and Honours ............................................................................................... 11 New Research Projects ........................................................................................................ 11 Seminars and Special Lectures ............................................................................................ 12 Students ................................................................................................................................... 14 Student Statistics .................................................................................................................. 14 Part II Essay and Dissertation Titles .................................................................................... 15 MPhil and Part III Essay and Dissertation Titles ................................................................. 20 PhD Theses .......................................................................................................................... 28 The Library ............................................................................................................................ 31 The Museum ........................................................................................................................... 38 Individuals .............................................................................................................................. 58 Seminar Programmes .......................................................................................................... 114 Michaelmas Term 2013 ..................................................................................................... 114 Lent Term 2014.................................................................................................................. 132 Easter Term 2014 ............................................................................................................... 148 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 This 2013-14 annual report for the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) provides just a flavour of the many events that have happened this year. One of the main projects for the Department was the REF (Research Excellence Framework) submission, the results of which will be announced in December. The Department, as in previous exercises, submitted its staff and documentation to the Philosophy Unit of Assessment (32B). The results break down into three categories: Outputs; Impact; & Research Environment. The 2014-15 annual report will announce the results of the REF. There were a number of achievements this year; most notably Simon Schaffer was awarded the Sarton Medal, the highest honour of the History of Science Society. This medal is given annually for lifetime scholarly achievement in the field of history of science. Besides outlining the remarkable range of his publications and his contributions to public awareness of the history of science, the award citation notes that Simon is “a dedicated and inspirational teacher, a cherished collaborator, a supportive advisor to droves of (undergraduate and graduate) students and colleagues alike, and a loyal friend." Other members of the Department were also to be congratulated this year: Anna Alexandrova won an Early Career Fellowship at CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) for Easter term; Lauren Kassell was promoted to Reader in History of Science and Medicine and Tim Lewens was promoted to Professor. This year was clearly Tim’s year, as he was also appointed to a half-time post as Deputy Director of CRASSH for three years and he gave his Inaugural Lecture on Nature, Culture and Philosophy, which took place in June. It was followed by the Department’s very popular Garden Party at Peterhouse. Celebrations of a different kind happened in December when the Department held ‘Cunninghamfest’, a 1-day event to honour the work of Andrew Cunningham. The programme involved talks from Ole Grell, Sachiko Kusukawa and Nick Jardine. Andrew was one of our Wellcome Trust Research Fellows in History of Medicine; he retired in December 2013 but will still be doing some lectures in the future. 2 Cunninghamfest Our PhD students have had a successful year as well. Leah Astbury was awarded first prize for her paper on 'Caring for Newborns in Early Modern England' in the Social History Society postgraduate conference paper competition. It will be published online and invited for submission as an article for the Society's journal, Cultural and Social History. William Carruthers was awarded a one-year Max Weber Fellowship at the Department of History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Florence, starting 1 September. He'll be extending his work on the development of the archaeology in Egypt during the Cold War, particularly in relation to the UNESCO-backed archaeological salvage campaigns of the 1960s in Egyptian and Sudanese Nubia. Jenny Bangham won an international prize for her thesis, which will be awarded in October 2014. The book exhibition on Crania Americana curated by James Poskett can be visited in the Whipple Library. Further student awards can be read in the Prizes, Projects and Honours section of the report on page 11. More can be read on James Poskett’s exhibition in the Whipple Library’s report on page 31. This informative account covers the activities of the Library for the year, everything from affiliation with the University Library to involvement in the Cambridge Open Days. The Whipple Museum has had another busy year with gallery developments, exhibitions and several popular outreach events, which have received some really positive feedback. The Museum’s report can be found on page 38. We were fortunate enough to welcome two new University Teaching Officers into the Department this year. Richard Staley joined at the start of the academic year as University Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science (Rausing Lectureship). Richard has a PhD from Cambridge and was a Research Fellow on the 3 Department’s project on ‘Project on Innovation in Germany and Britain: Science, Technology and Society 1870- 1920’ in the early 1990s, so it was lovely to welcome him back. Marta Halina arrived in September 2014 ready to start in the next academic year. Marta came from the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis where she was a postdoctoral fellow. She accepted the appointment in HPS as University Lecturer in Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science. We also welcomed several other new (and returning) people: Boyd Brogan, Lorena Bushell, Clare Griffin, Marion Godman, Daniel Mitchell, Josh Nall, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn, Emma Perkins, Eran Tal and Gabriella Zuccolin. We said farewell to: Laura Dawes, Rohan Deb Roy, Elselijn Kingma, Hannah Newton, Chitra Ramalingam, Jenny Rampling, Andreas Sommer and Silvie Zamazalová. We hope that those who have left found their experience at the Department to be enriching and those that are arriving will take full advantage of the time they spend with us. This report allows us to reflect on the contributions of the members of the Department, recognising the successes and achievements of everyone. This year the Department has enjoyed a rich and diverse culture, which ensures that we remain at the forefront of what we do and enables us to maintain our international reputation for exceptional teaching and research for many years to come. 4 Staff and Affiliates Administrative Staff Chitra Ramalingam Tamara Hug Andrea Salter Affiliated Scholars Agnieszka Lanucha Andreas Sommer Jon Agar Louisa Russell Tomás Undurraga Robert Anderson David Thompson John Young Lisa Appignanesi Silvie Zamazalová Debby Banham Computing Staff Andrew Barry Mark Rogers Affiliated Lecturers & Sanjoy Bhattacharya CTOs Peter Bowler Library Staff Patricia Fara Elma Brenner Alex Broadbent Anna Jones Marina Frasca-Spada Kevin Brosnan Agnieszka Lanucha Sachiko Kusukawa Janet Browne Dawn Moutrey Richard Serjeantson Robert Bud Deborah Thom Tatjana Buklijas Museum Staff Khadija Carroll La Steven Kruse College Fellows Jonathon Birch Cristina Chimisso Alison Smith Soraya de Chadarevian Claire Wallace Jeremy Butterfield David Feller Cristina Chimisso Vashka dos Remedios Gloria Clifton Peter Jones Melanie Keene Alix Cohen Teaching Officers Peter Collins Anna Alexandrova Simon Mitton Leon Rocha Christopher Cullen Hasok Chang Silvia De Renzi Helen Curry Frances Willmoth Katie Eagleton John Forrester Michael Edwards Nick Hopwood Emeritus Professors