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Welcome to HPS: Meeting Overview for Part II Students and New Lecturers

Join us for an informative meeting tailored for Part II HPS and BBS students, paper managers, and new lecturers. Discover essential resources including the Undergraduate Handbook, Teaching Programme, supervisor lists, and dissertation preparation tips. Explore our range of papers covering classical traditions, natural philosophies, and more. Learn about the importance of supervisions, essay writing, and timely submission of work. Participate in enjoyable tours of the Whipple Library and engage in discussion on key topics in the history and philosophy of science.

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Welcome to HPS: Meeting Overview for Part II Students and New Lecturers

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  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

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

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

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

  13. Paper 5: Science and Technology Studies

  14. 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?

  15. - 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?

  16. 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 …

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

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

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

  20. Paper 9: Images of the Sciences Nick Jardine

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

  22. 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 …

  23. 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?

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

  25. 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.

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

  27. - 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 …

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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.

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

  32. 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

  33. 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.

  34. Research Seminars and Reading Groups

  35. 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.

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

  37. Questions?

  38. Do you want to see this show again? Go to: http://www.freewebs.com/mphk2/

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