The aim of this group is to explore and enhance the interface between HPS and science. Though many of us in HPS engage closely with science and scientists, we could benefit from more explicit discussions about the relationship between HPS and science itself, and from more opportunities for HPS -scholars and scientists to help each other’s work.
Further information, reading materials and links for the online meetings will be distributed through the email list of the group; please contact Hasok Chang (hc372) or Marta Halina (mh801) if you would like to be included on the list.
Seminars in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science are open to all members of the University (including academic staff, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, and affiliates). Unless otherwise specified, they are not open to members of the public.
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đ¤ Steven Wooding (Head of Research on Research, Research Strategy Office)
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Friday 13 March 2026, 11:00-12:30
đ Board Room, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Oliver Vitouch (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
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Friday 28 November 2025, 11:00-12:30
đ Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Katie Attwell (University of Western Australia)
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Friday 21 November 2025, 11:00-12:30
đ Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Zoltan Dienes (University of Sussex)
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Friday 31 October 2025, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Amy Orben (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
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Friday 13 June 2025, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Helene Scott-Fordsmand (Clare Hall & HPS, Cambridge) and Anatolii Kozlov (Science & Technology Studies, UCL)
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Friday 30 May 2025, 14:30-16:00
đ Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Robert Asher (Associate Professor and Curator, University Museum of Zoology)
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Friday 07 March 2025, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Nicholas Humphrey (Emeritus Professor of Psychology, London School of Economics)
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Friday 14 February 2025, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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đ¤ James Dolan (King's College)
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Friday 29 November 2019, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Amy Orben (Emmanuel College and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)
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Friday 22 November 2019, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Alec Christie (Zoology)
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Friday 08 November 2019, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Nathan Crilly (Engineering Design)
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Friday 18 October 2019, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Jenni Sidey (Research Associate, Department of Engineering)
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Friday 13 May 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Murray Shanahan (Professor of Cognitive Robotics, Imperial College London)
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Friday 06 May 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Alecia Carter (Research Fellow, Churchill College and Department of Zoology)
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Friday 29 April 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Steve Oliver (Professor of Systems Biology and Biochemistry; Director of the Cambridge Systems Biology Centre)
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Friday 22 April 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Dermot Cooper (Department of Pharmacology)
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Friday 04 March 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Martin Rudwick (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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Friday 19 February 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Sir David King (Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change)
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Friday 12 February 2016, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Sybil de Clark (University of Arizona)
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Monday 18 January 2016, 17:00-18:30
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Eugene Kang (Pusan University) and Keith Taber (Education, Cambridge)
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Friday 04 December 2015, 14:30-16:00
đ Board Room, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Corina Logan (Department of Zoology)
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Friday 13 November 2015, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Margaret Ann Goldstein (Baylor College of Medicine, and Clare Hall)
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Friday 30 October 2015, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
đ¤ Alison Wylie (University of Washington, and Durham University) and John Robb (Archaeology, Cambridge)
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Friday 23 October 2015, 15:30-17:00
đ Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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