Amanda Rees remembers John Forrester as a supervisor and also as a rugby fan.

Collection: The John Forrester Case

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Mon 23 May 2016

For his tribute to John Forrester, Andreas Mayer considers why psychoanalysis matters to history and philosophy of science.

Collection: The John Forrester Case

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 24 May 2016

Bonnie Evans remembers John Forrester's insight and ability to raise new questions.

Collection: The John Forrester Case

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 24 May 2016

Boris Jardine remembers John Forrester as the master of the marginal annotation.

Collection: The John Forrester Case

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Mon 23 May 2016

This summer, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to an heir to the throne. This is the first in a pair of lectures in which leading historians examine how Tudor...

Collection: Generation to Reproduction project

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 25 Jun 2013

This summer, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to an heir to the throne. This is the second in a pair of lectures in which leading historians examine how Tudor...

Collection: Generation to Reproduction project

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Wed 26 Jun 2013

A recording of Dr. Anne Kandler (Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthopology, Leipzig) speaking on "The role of individual and collective memory in the human adaptation...

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Fri 29 Apr 2022

A recording of Dr. Cailin O'Connor (University of California, Irvine) speaking on "Measuring Conventionality" as part of the "Cultures at the Macro Scale" seminar series.

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Thu 4 Mar 2021

A recording of Dr. Cristina Moya (University of California Davis, and Brunel University) speaking on "Boundaries, what are they good for?" as part of the "Cultures at the Macro...

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Thu 4 Feb 2021

A recording of Dr. Damián Blasi's (Harvard University) seminar presentation, "Under the Shadow of the (Language) Tree"—part of the "Cultures at the Macro Scale" seminar series.

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Sun 1 Aug 2021

A recording of Dr. Hanzhi (May) Zhang (UCL) speaking on "What drives cultural extinction and diversification?" as part of the "Cultures at the Macro Scale" seminar series.

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 5 Apr 2022

A recording of Dr. Solange Rigaud's (Université de Bordeaux) seminar presentation, "Using personal ornaments to track driving forces behind past culture macro-changes"—part of...

Collection: Culture at the Macro-Scale

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Mon 23 Aug 2021

Emm Johnstone shares her memories of being supervised by John Forrester.

Collection: The John Forrester Case

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Mon 23 May 2016

An introduction to History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge, with contributions from students and members of staff.

Collection: Study History and Philosophy of Science

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Wed 27 Nov 2019

Trust is a central category in the social history of science and philosophy of scientific practice. It is far from obvious that trust should be placed in the veracity and...

Collection: Virtual Conversations

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Wed 10 Jun 2020

Historians of medicine study numerous periods and places, traditions of healing, and kinds of knowledge and practice. What does this rich and diverse field contribute towards...

Collection: Virtual Conversations

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 19 May 2020

How was natural knowledge made in colonial encounters across the early modern period? How did natural knowledge contribute to the construction of racial and ethnic difference? And...

Collection: Virtual Conversations

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 26 May 2020

The threats of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and the effectiveness and harms of the social policies meant to mitigate these threats, rapidly became the most important scientific issues...

Collection: Virtual Conversations

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Wed 13 May 2020

Recent decades have seen pleas and initiatives for public participation in science as a way of increasing the trustworthiness of knowledge production and making it more...

Collection: Virtual Conversations

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Thu 2 Jul 2020

The new MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research that combines a world class faculty with outstanding...

Collection: MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society

Institution: Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Created: Tue 8 Nov 2016