History|History of Science and Medicine|Philosophy|Philosophy of Science|Research Writing

Science and technology are two of the most important drivers of our world. As a field of study, STS is organised to interpret those activities in the past,...

STS Perspectives on Big Problems (HPSC0011)

Science and technology are two of the most important drivers of our world. As a field of study, STS is organised to interpret those activities in the past, present, and future. This module focuses on some of the “big problems” of our time and the role science and technology plays in their construction and resolution. Each year, we concentrate in depth on one specific “big problem” and we draw staff from across the whole spectrum of our subject - history, philosophy, sociology , politics of science, and more – to contribute different tools and perspectives to give insights. Topics can range from artificial intelligence, climate change, clean energy, migration and population, pandemics, and social justice. Students have the opportunity to develop research of their own design.

This module will involve researching, reading, abstracting and presenting Chinese primary and secondary literature in English. While the main focus of the...

Translation and Direct Reading 2 (HIST0454)

This module will involve researching, reading, abstracting and presenting Chinese primary and secondary literature in English. While the main focus of the module is to ensure that there is a tight structure against which students’ progress can be measured, it will also mean that native Chinese speakers can work from their own linguistic strengths, contributing to the whole programme and interacting as far as possible with the other students.

Translation and Direct Reading 1 (HIST0453)

Architecture is inhabitable, multi-dimensional space. But film, photography, drawings and texts provide much of our understanding of architecture and the...

Architecture and the Modern City (HART0106)

Architecture is inhabitable, multi-dimensional space. But film, photography, drawings and texts provide much of our understanding of architecture and the modern city. This module asks what different forms of architectural dissemination can tell us about the design and meaning of buildings and urban space. How does cinema, television and radio represent architecture to a mass public? How has architecture become a touchstone in the art of comics? How do written texts including guidebooks and magazines communicate architectural knowledge to diverse audiences? How do manifestos and the architecture book transmit new ideas about architectural design? Asking these questions, we will explore how historians have used these different modes of architectural representation to write the history of architecture in the twentieth century. Finally, we will consider how these varied artefacts continue to inspire architecture and urban design.