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10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Conference: Reproduction on Film. 23–25 September 2015. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. Reproduction is one of the most persistently generative

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Making Human Heredity: Populations and Public Health in the Postwar Era. 28–30 June 2012. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. The postwar study of

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Recipes to Improve Your Love Life: Advice from the Eighteenth Century. Thursday 31 March 2016. 6.00–7.30pm. Whipple Museum, Free School Lane, Cambridge. In the eighteenth century

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of anthropology and science and race. Sadiah Qureshi. The literature on science, race and anthropology is vast. Below is a very limited introduction and geared towards those

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seminars and reading groups. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 11am. 11.00–12.00. Pragmatism Reading Group. 11.00–12.00. Values in Science Reading Group. 11.00–12.00.

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Reproduction on Film: Outlaws. What do a human fly, alien pod people and talking apes from the future all have in common? They are just some of the transgressively reproductive heroes,

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Easter Term 2019. Research Seminars. Graduate Workshops. Reading Groups. Language Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seminars and reading groups in Easter Term 2021. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars take place on Zoom on Thursdays from 3.30pm to 5pm UK time unless

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Debating Reproduction: Hospital Birth. Thursday 1 November 2012. 5.30pm – 7pm. Mill Lane Lecture Room 9, 8 Mill Lane. 'The hospitalization of childbirth has historically benefited

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Medieval and early modern universities. James Hannam. A great deal of the business of natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period took

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of 18th-century natural history. Emma Spary. This list includes works useful in general for researching the eighteenth century. I have tried, for ease of use, to focus on works

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Notebooks, Medicine and the Sciences in Early Modern Europe. 12–13 July 2013. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. Organised by Lauren Kassell and

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tools and techniques for historical research. Jim Secord. If you are just starting out in HPS, this will be the first time for many years – perhaps ever – that you have done

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Leprosy, Language and Identity in the Medieval World. An international workshop held at King's College, Cambridge, 12–13 April 2011. The issues of language and identity are central to

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Sociology of scientfic knowledge. Martin Kusch. This bibliography includes inter alia: (a) central, or otherwise noteworthy, SSK-literature; (b) a number of historical studies that lean

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lent Term 2018. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Language Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There are refreshments after

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Reproduction on Film: Monstrosity. 27 February – 21 March 2012 at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse. Throughout the 20th century, films used the monstrous to explore concerns about

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Easter Term 2017. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Language Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There is tea beforehand

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. CASEBOOKS exhibition. CASEBOOKS: Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive. 17 March – 23 April 2017, Ambika P3, University of Westminster (Marylebone Campus), London

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Early modern astronomy/cosmology. Nick Jardine. General. S. A. Jayawardene, Reference Books for the Historian of Science, Science Museum Publications, London 1982, is valuable for this

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Rarities, collections and the history of science. Silvia De Renzi. Research on collecting has grown enormously in recent years and become increasingly relevant for the history of science.

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Ancient Greek and Roman Medical and Scientific Writing. Newnham College, Cambridge. Saturday 15 March 2008. Organised by Liba Taub (History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge) and Aude

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Ancient Greek and Roman Scientific, Medical and Technical Writing. Newnham College, Cambridge. Saturday 21 March 2009. Organised by Liba Taub (History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Is Menstruation Healthy? Wednesday 22 October 2014. 6.00–7.30pm. Old Library, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Continuing the series of debates at the Festival of Ideas

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fun with Latin. On the lighter side. Books. Beard, H. X-treme Latin. London, 2004. Beard, H. Latin for all Occasions. London, 1990. Lovric, M., Mardas, N. D. How to Insult, Abuse and

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Easter Term 2018. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Language Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There is tea and coffee

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Easter Term 2016. Seminars. Graduate workshops. Reading groups. Language groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3.30 to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. There is tea

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Astrology and the Body, 1100–1800. Two-day conference organised by Hilary Carey, Lauren Kassell and Rob Ralley, held at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 8–9

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Generation and Reproduction in Medieval Europe. 7–8 December 2012. Department of History and Philosophy of Science and King's College, Cambridge. Places at the symposium will be limited

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Temporalizing the Great Chain of Being: A Reappraisal After 70 Years. A one-day workshop held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge on Tuesday 16

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Realism and anti-realism in the philosophy of science. Paul Dicken. No-one doubts that our current scientific theories are enormously successful in terms of both prediction and

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Natural history and biology in the 19th century. Gordon McOuat and John van Wyhe. Numbers in square brackets refer to the University Library; those in BOLD refer to the Whipple collection.

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tenth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 15 January 2015. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Rebecca Flemming (Classics

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Sixth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 20 January 2011. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Mary Fissell (Johns

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seminars and reading groups in Easter Term 2024. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars take place on Thursdays from 3.30pm to 5pm in the Large Lecture Theatre

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Reproduction on Film: Making Babies. 11 February – 18 March 2013 at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse. The sometimes-winding road to parenthood can be a source of great joy and much

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. First Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 1 December 2005. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2. Professor Helen King (University of Reading). 'Women's bodies in

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seminars and reading groups in Easter Term 2023. Research Seminars. Reading Groups. Departmental Seminars. Seminars take place on Thursdays from 3.30pm to 5pm in Seminar Room 2. Organised

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Ninth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 16 January 2014. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Professor Malcolm

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Third Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 29 November 2007. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2. Simon Szreter (St John's College, Cambridge). 'Proving a negative? How

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The 'Missing Link': Medicine in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. King's College, Cambridge. Saturday 8 March 2008. Organized by Debby Banham, Peter Jones and Clare Pilsworth,

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Second Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 23 November 2006. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2. Hilary Marland (University of Warwick). 'Doctors, motherhood and

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Free School Lane Workshop on Reproduction. This one-day workshop, which was held on Monday 17 October 2005, brought together researchers from neighbouring departments on Free School Lane

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Should We Be Having Babies at 20? Wednesday 21 October 2015. 6pm – 7.30pm. The Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge. Following the successful 'Is Menstruation Healthy?' debate at

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Can Europe Reproduce Itself? Debating Europe's Fertility. Monday 28 October 2013. 6pm – 7.30pm. Mill Lane Lecture Room 1. As part of the Festival of Ideas, the Wellcome Trust funded

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Eighth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 17 January 2013. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Maaike van der Lugt

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fourth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 4 December 2008. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Rayna Rapp (New York

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fifth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine. Thursday 3 December 2009. 4.30pm in Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Angus McLaren (University

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of 20th-century physical and chemical sciences. Jeff Hughes. What follows is an incomplete summary of some of the resources I've found useful in my work on the history of the

10 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Born to Rule: Royal Births in Tudor and Stuart England. Public lectures on 18 & 25 June 2013. This summer, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to an heir to the throne.