WELCOME to HPS!

1. WELCOME to HPS!

2. This meeting is for:- Students in Part II HPS-Students in Part II BBS-Paper managers - New lecturers and supervisors

3. What Part IIs should have:- Undergraduate Handbook- Teaching Programme- List of Dissertation and Essay Supervisors - Form Sheet for Indicating Possible Choices- Reseach Methods Seminars Info- E-mail Addresses 2007-8

4. A sign-up sheet for tours of the Whipple Library this afternoon is currently circulating …

5. Structure of the CourseSee Handbook , from p. 10HPS website, especially:http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/

6. HPS Part II 3 Papers 2 Primary Source Esssays 1 Dissertation 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% 20%

7. Papers:- Courses are organized into “papers” that correspond to exam papers.- Choose 3 from 9 in any combination.

8. Primary source essays:- 2 essays of up to 3,000 words on key texts/objects - 1 PS per paper, discussed in 4 50-min. seminars - Students attend 4 sets of 4 seminars and write essays for 2 of them. - Seminars all in first half of Michaelmas - Wide range of approaches … - 2 supervisions per essay

9. Paper 1: Classical Traditions in the Sciences Eleanor Robson Liba Taub

12. Paper 2: Natural Philosophies: Renaissance to Enlightenment Simon Schaffer

13. Paper 3: Science, Industry and Empire Jim Secord

15. Paper 4: Metaphysics, Epistemology and the SciencesPeter Lipton

16. Paper 5: Science and Technology Studies

17. Paper 5: Science and Technology Studies… studies science and technology from social, political and moral perspectives: e.g. - How should democratic societies make decisions over which technology to introduce, or which science to fund?- What kinds of biotechnological interventions are acceptable, what kinds are unacceptable?- How should we deal with technological risk?

18. - How is science communicated? What are the relationships between science and the media?- In what senses (if any) are science and technology social and political phenomena?- What is the social-material culture of (early) forms of mathematics?- Can science be value-free? - If science is done primarily in groups, what then is a group? What is a practice? An institution?

19. Paper 5: dissertation- Paper 5 uses plenty of 20th and 21st centuries material, and teaches methods and techniques for the study of contemporary material … e.g. - interview-based research on current disputes in and around science and technology … e.g. from bird-flu to global warming, from nuclear energy to GM foods, from animal experiments to wind energy …

20. Paper 6: History and Philosophy of Mind John Forrester

21. Paper 7: Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment Lauren Kassell

22. Paper 8: Modern Medicine and Biomedical Scienccs Vanessa Heggie

23. Paper 9: Images of the Sciences Nick Jardine

24. Different approaches … - Fundamental disagreements …- Friendly debate …

25. Planning your work for a paper:- Attending the lectures- Supervisions that support the lectures- Supervisions organised by lecturers and paper managers- Aim for 6 supervisions per paper – start early!!!- Falling behind your schedule? Don’t panic …

26. Supervisions -Purpose: active learning and knowing - New reading and writing skills … - UG handbook advice on writing essays … - Hand in essay in advance (at least 24 h); - Please turn up!!! - Supervisions outside full term?

27. Your own programme of reading:- Islands and continents … textbooks (Section A questions …)- Study at least one key article/chapter for every lecture.

28. Dissertation (20%) (pp. 18-20 in Handbook)- 5-15,000 words on topic of your choice- For BBS students up to 6,000 words- HPS – but widely understood- In the area of one of your papers - No overlap with Primary Source Essay- Think about what you are really interested in. - Seek help.

29. - A general question, concrete material …- What kind of work do you like? - We cannot supervise everything. - 4 substantial supervisions over the year

30. - Start research and writing a.s.a.p. - We think by writing- First draft for start of Lent Term- You’ll need time for revision. - Dissertation seminars …

31. Examples:- Anatomy and the criminal body- Child health in the 19th century- Darwin at Cambridge- History of psychiatry in 20th century England- The Science of Horse Breeding- Women’s health in modern and ancient Iraq- How philosophers use intuitions- The counterfactual theory of causation- A study of the Greenpeace Research Labs

32. Deadlines and planning22 October: Provisional title and supervisor for dissertation due23 November: Finalised title and supervisor Primary Source essay choices due28 January: Hand in completed Primary Source Essays by 12 noon15 February: Last date for changing dissertation title or supervisor28 April: Completed dissertation must be submitted by 12 noon

33. Problems?Academic: supervisor, lecturer, paper manager, Director of Studies, Part II Manager, HoDNon-Academic: e.g. medical: College tutorDon’t bottle things up, don’t wait until the last minute. Come and see us early.

34. Feedback- Monitoring Committee = Staff-student liaison committee- HPS Board: has student reps- Questionnaires: our way to finding out how we can make things better …

35. Important places and resources: Museum (Liba Taub)Library (Tim Eggington, Dawn Moutrey, Robin Sutton) Photocopier … Books … (Be good!)Office (Tamara Hug, David Thompson, Steve Kruse, Kelly Ayres) “The Hatch”Pigeon holes … Coffee Room and The Eagle

36. Electronic issues: - Communication: Email. Better check it daily. - You all are on hps-discussion lists and hps-Part II lists. - Wireless connections … - Mobiles off please.

37. Research Seminars and Reading Groups

38. Safety and security:Thefts: Don’t leave bags unattended—use lockers.Digital key pads: Fire drill: When the alarm goes off, leave the building by the nearest exit, and congregate in the SPS archway.

39. START OF TERM PARTY:THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, AT 6PM

40. Questions?

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