nineteenth century

Explore "nineteenth century" with insightful episodes like "#26 Women in History of Science Through 53 Original Sources | WeAreSTS", "Ipswich", "The ethics of rail travel; or, what George Eliot can teach us about HS2", "Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett" and "Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria" from podcasts like ""WeAreSTS", "Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft", "St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2015: Teddy Talks", "TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities" and "Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria"" and more!

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#26 Women in History of Science Through 53 Original Sources | WeAreSTS

Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research. Arranged by time period, covering 1200 BCE to the twenty-first century, and across 12 inclusive and far-reaching themes, this book is an invaluable companion to students and lecturers alike in exploring women’s history in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, and medicine.

While women are too often excluded from traditional narratives of the history of science, this book centres on the voices and experiences of women across a range of domains of knowledge. By questioning our understanding of what science is, where it happens, and who produces scientific knowledge, this reader is an aid to liberating the curriculum within schools and universities.

In this episode, Professor Joe Cain talks with the sourcebook’s FIVE co-editors. Each recently completed a PhD in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. We talk about the book, how readers might use it in teaching, what their favourite chapters are, and how they’re using their own skills to improve the subject of history for everyone.

Book information

Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook

Edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Rebecca Martin, and Farrah Lawrence-Mackey

2023 UCL Press

ISBN 9781800084155

Open Access PDF Free Download; Print also available

https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/211143

Featuring

Interviewees

Hannah Wills is R&D Producer at Royal Holloway, University of London.

https://royalholloway.academia.edu/HannahWills

Sadie Harrison is Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL and works in the environment sector.

Erika Lynn Jones is Curator of Navigation and Oceanography at Royal Museums, Greenwich.

https://erika-jones.org

Farrah Lawrence-Mackey is re-training to practice law.

Rebecca Martin has been Research Fellow in the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Caird Research Fellow at National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich.

https://dr-rebecca-martin.com

Each also is an Honorary Research Associate in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

Host

Professor Joe Cain, UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain

Music credits

Music credits

“Rollin At 5,” by Kevin MacLeod

https://filmmusic.io/song/5000-rollin-at-5

“Silly Intro,” by Alexander Nakarada

https://filmmusic.io/song/4786-silly-intro

Podcast information

WeAreSTS is a production of the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London (UCL). To find out more, or to leave feedback about the show:

https://ucl.ac.uk/sts/podcast

enJuly 21, 2023

Ipswich

At the turn of the century, modern invention meets the most primal fear. Welcome to Ipswich, where the last trial for witchcraft in the United States is about to get underway. In this episode, we meet a charismatic religious leader and watch her most devoted follower become her bitterest enemy in this saga of faith, jealousy, and mesmerism.

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, featuring the voice talent of Jack Krause, with original music by Purple Planet.

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The ethics of rail travel; or, what George Eliot can teach us about HS2

An analysis of George Eliot's 'Middlemarch' and how the writer's critique of railroads might inform an ethically sensitive approach to HS2 Whilst no-one would question the economic advantages of a high-speed rail network connecting major cities in the UK, there is still little agreement about the feasibility of the government’s £50 billion HS2 project. My talk will apply an analysis of George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1874) to this issue, asking how the writer’s critique of railroads might inform an ethically sensitive approach to HS2. Are the benefits only felt by city dwellers? Can the wealth railways generate be equitably distributed? Are they socially divisive? These questions pertain as much to HS2 as they did to rail travel in England in the nineteenth century.

St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2015: Teddy Talks

enJune 11, 2015

Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett

An interdisciplinary discussion of Kirsten Shepherd-Barr's book Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (Associate Professor of Modern Drama, University of Oxford) discusses her book Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett with Michael Billington (Theatre Critic, The Guardian), Morten Kringlebach (Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) and Laura Marcus (Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature). About the book: Evolutionary theory made its stage debut as early as the 1840s, reflecting a scientific advancement that was fast changing the world. Tracing this development in dozens of mainstream European and American plays, as well as in circus, vaudeville, pantomime, and "missing link" performances, Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett reveals the deep, transformative entanglement among science, art, and culture in modern times. The stage proved to be no mere handmaiden to evolutionary science, though, often resisting and altering the ideas at its core. Many dramatists cast suspicion on the arguments of evolutionary theory and rejected its claims, even as they entertained its thrilling possibilities. Engaging directly with the relation of science and culture, this book considers the influence of not only Darwin but also Lamarck, Chambers, Spencer, Wallace, Haeckel, de Vries, and other evolutionists on 150 years of theater. It shares significant new insights into the work of Ibsen, Shaw, Wilder, and Beckett, and writes female playwrights, such as Susan Glaspell and Elizabeth Baker, into the theatrical record, unpacking their dramatic explorations of biological determinism, gender essentialism, the maternal instinct, and the "cult of motherhood." It is likely that more people encountered evolution at the theater than through any other art form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Considering the liveliness and immediacy of the theater and its reliance on a diverse community of spectators and the power that entails, this book is a key text for grasping the extent of the public's adaptation to the new theory and the legacy of its representation on the perceived legitimacy (or illegitimacy) of scientific work.

TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

enMay 20, 2015

Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria

Talk by Professor Andrea Cornwall (Universit of Sussex). Part of the CAS seminar series 'Gender in Africa', Lent Term 2015.

Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria

January 27, 2015

Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria

Talk by Professor Andrea Cornwall (Universit of Sussex). Part of the CAS seminar series 'Gender in Africa', Lent Term 2015.

Centre of African Studies

enJanuary 27, 2015

The 1790s and after

Presenter Oscar Cox Jensen (KCL) and discussant Jon Mee (York) look at Mark Philp's work focusing on the 1790s and after This talk, introduced by current Head of Department Elizabeth Frazer, is taken from 'A celebration and critical evaluation of the work of Mark Philp'. Mark Philp was our founding Head of Department (2000-2005) and Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College (1983-2013). He is now, since 2013, Professor of History at the University of Warwick. His work in the fields of political thought and political theory are notable for their interdisciplinarity as well as the excellence of their scholarship and depth of philosophical analysis. The event took place at the Department of Politics and International Relations on 22 April 2014.

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enMay 16, 2014

Late nineteenth-century Britain and America: the people and the empire

In this unit we shall look more closely at the evidence available to assess the truth of this argument. Were the working people, as opposed to the political leaders, interested in the issue of expansion? Was such interest evident only among certain sections of the community? Was it predominantly an enthusiasm for empire or not? We shall also try to identify some of the reasons underlying the nature of the response. And we shall be interested in how far politicians found it worth their while to âplay to the galleryâ and to manipulate popular opinion. Through it all, we shall be facing some acute problems of evidence: is it possible to discover what âordinaryâ people thought about expansionism? This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

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enJune 06, 2011

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Episodes (8)

#26 Women in History of Science Through 53 Original Sources | WeAreSTS

Ipswich

The ethics of rail travel; or, what George Eliot can teach us about HS2

Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett

Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria

Contesting Compliance: Tales of ‘Women's Empowerment’ from Nineteenth-Century SW Nigeria

The 1790s and after

Late nineteenth-century Britain and America: the people and the empire