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24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Hitesh Pant. PhD student. College: Selwyn. Supervisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: Historical perspectives on crop diversity and food security. Department of History and Philosophy of

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Past exam papers. Past exam papers from Part IB, Part II and Part III are available here as PDF files. Part IB papers. Part II HPS papers. Part II BBS papers. 2022–. Major Subject in

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Angela V. Gui. PhD student. College: Corpus Christi. Supervisor: Mary Brazelton and Nick Hopwood. Contact me: vag27@cam.ac.uk. My research focuses on lung disease epidemics in twentieth

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Contingency in the History and Philosophy of Science. How can contingent historical cases be used in support of normative philosophical claims? Contingency often appears as a key sticking

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timetable for Lent Term 2024. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9am. 10am. Part III & MPhil Discussion Seminar (10.00–11.30). Part III & MPhil Discussion Seminar

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Amelia Urry. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Co-supervisor: Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Centre, Cambridge). Thesis topic: Sensing oceans, mapping ice: a

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. How Collections End: Objects, Meaning and Loss in Laboratories and Museums. A collaborative project that explores not how collections begin, but how and why they end. Collections are made

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Habib Prize. The Habib Prize is awarded each year for the best performance in the essay component of the MPhil course in Health, Medicine and Society. Winners. 2023: Charlotte Wade. 2022:

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Nick Hopwood. Professor of History of Science and Medicine. On research leave till September 2024. Still supervising PhD students. A historian of biological and medical sciences, I am

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of Medicine events. Events. Seminars in HPS. History of Medicine Seminars meet during Michaelmas and Lent full terms, and include sessions devoted to 'Generation to Reproduction'.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Single-paper options. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science offers several Part IB and Part II papers as single-paper options. Students taking these options are welcome to

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seb Falk. College Fellow. Fellow, Girton College. Email: sldf2@cam.ac.uk. Research interests: History of astronomy, late medieval sciences, scientific instruments and history of the book

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fieldwork, working away, risk assessment and insurance. Many postgraduate students will want to carry out some fieldwork at some point which will involve undertaking an essential piece of

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Dániel Margócsy. Professor in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Email: dm753@cam.ac.uk. Dániel Margócsy studies the social and cultural history of early modern science,

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Bronowski Prize. The Jacob Bronowski Prize is awarded each year for the best overall performance in the History and Philosophy of Science Part II course and, from 2018, for the best

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Richard Staley. Hans Rausing Lecturer and Professor in History and Philosophy of Science. I am a faculty member both in Cambridge and at the University of Copenhagen. I complement

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Key dates and deadlines. Michaelmas Term 2023. 4 October. Meeting for MPhil students at 2pm. 30 October. Submit topic form for Essay 1. 10 November. Last date for changing topic of Essay 1

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Nick Jardine. Emeritus Professor. Research interests: Historiography of the sciences; early-modern cosmology; history of natural history; philosophy of the sciences. Nick Jardine was the

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lipton Prize. The Peter Lipton Prize was endowed in memory of Professor Peter Lipton, a former Head of Department. It is awarded each year for the best overall performance in the History

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Matt Syd Rosen. PhD student. College: Pembroke. Supervisor: Nick Hopwood. Thesis topic: Celebrity science and the cybernetic vanguard. Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Supervision norms. Part IB. It is recommended that students have one supervision a week throughout the Part IB course, alternating between history of science (four supervisions per term)

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. L. Joanne Green. PhD student. College: Girton. Supervisor: Jim Secord, advisor: Simon Schaffer. Thesis topic: The British entomological community, 1870–1920: gender, empire, networks.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Harry Law. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Thesis topic: Bell Labs and the History of Complex Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence in the

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Rausing Prize. The Rausing Prize, endowed by the Rausing family, is awarded annually for the best performance in the dissertation component of the MPhil course in History and Philosophy

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Patricia Fara. Emeritus Fellow, Clare College. Research interests. Eighteenth-century natural philosophy; cultural history of science. Selected publications. Erasmus Darwin: Sex, Science

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Whipple Museum. The Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a world-renowned collection of scientific instruments, apparatus and models dating from the Middle Ages to the present day.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Isaac Kean. PhD student. Supervisor: Anna Alexandrova. Thesis: "Real Patterns in Economics". I work on conceptual issues in economics. Broadly, my motivating question is "in what way, if

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Redhead Prize. The Jennifer Redhead Prize was endowed by Professor Michael Redhead when he retired as Head of the Department. It is awarded each year for the best performance in the essay

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Anna Alexandrova. Professor in Philosophy of Science. I study how scientists navigate morally charged and complex phenomena and the role of formal tools such as models and indicators in

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Willmoth Prize. The Frances Willmoth Prize is awarded each year for the best performance in the dissertation component of the History and Philosophy of Science Part II course. Winners.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Mary Augusta Brazelton. University Associate Professor in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine. My research interests lie broadly in historical intersections of science,

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Subject areas. The topics of your essays and dissertation should each fall within the following specified subject areas:. MPhil subject area. Relevant Part II papers. 1. Ancient, medieval

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Hasok Chang. Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science. Head of Department. Research interests. History and philosophy of chemistry and physics from the 18th century

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Forrester Prize. The Forrester Prize was endowed in memory of Professor John Forrester, a former Head of Department. It is awarded annually for the best performance in the dissertation

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Edwin Rose. AHRC Early Career Research Fellow. Advanced Research Fellow, Darwin College. Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of History. Edwin Rose is currently Principal Investigator on the

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Progress log. All PhD students must keep a progress log. This should include a record of action plans, meetings with your supervisor and advisor, and attendance at seminars, conferences,

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Costanza Coloni. PhD student. College: Newnham. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Approximate truths: the conventionalist import into scientific realism. Department of History and

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. McConnell Prize. The Anita McConnell Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding performance on an essay or dissertation that is based on an object in the Whipple Museum's collection.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Claire Oliver. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Simon Schaffer. Thesis topic: Britain's Magnetic Survey and the imperial foundations of scientific internationalism. Department of

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timetable for Michaelmas Term 2023. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9am. P4: Philosophy of Economics. 10am. Part III & MPhil Discussion Seminar (10.00–11.30). Weeks 1–4:.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lewis Bremner. Teaching Associate. I study the recent history of science, technology, and medicine, with a focus on East Asia. I am particularly interested in scientific and technological

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Key dates and deadlines. Michaelmas Term 2023. 4 October. 11am: Introductory meeting. 18 October. Submit form with choice of primary source. 23 October. Option A: Submit form with

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Daniela Sclavo. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: Conservation and flavour: the case of chile (Capsicum spp). Conservation efforts in Mexico from the

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine. Minor Subject 107 in Part II Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS). Part II students' guide: BBS options. Paper manager: Stephen John. Lectures are

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Phillip Hintikka Kieval. PhD student. College: Hughes Hall. Supervisor: Marta Halina. Advisor: Hasok Chang. My current research broadly concerns the epistemological and moral significance

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Subject areas. The topics of your Research Papers and Dissertation should each fall within one of the following specified subject areas:. Part III subject area. Relevant Part II papers.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Sonia Wigh. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Sonia Wigh is a British Academy Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Key dates and deadlines. Michaelmas Term 2023. 4 October. Meeting for Part III students at 2pm. 30 October. Submit topic form for Research Paper 1. 10 November. Last date for changing

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timothy Sim. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Mary Brazelton. Advisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: The history of dengue fever in Singapore after 1965. Thesis summary: From

24 Jun 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examinations data retention policy. The Board of History and Philosophy of Science has agreed the following data retention policy for University examinations taken in:. Natural Sciences