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News and Events
Introduction
Dear visitors and prospective applicants:
Welcome to the UCSB Program in the History of Science,
Technology, and Medicine homepage. Presented below are:
1) general information on history of science at UCSB; 2)
a brief introduction to course offerings and Program requirements;
3) research interests and contact information for core faculty
and associates.
Science and technology are major influential forces in
the world today. Yet we know so little about these things
we often take for granted. How did we get the Internet?
Is science the same in Mexico and China as it is in the
United States? Who invented cell phones? Did doctors or
priests invent the hospital? What is bioinformatics and
is it related to nanotechnology? What are the proper relationships
between animals and humans? How could calendar reform be
a political act? Do women do science differently than men?
If these questions interest you, and you want to learn more,
we invite you to read on and to learn more about graduate
study at UCSB in the history of science, technology, and
medicine [let us call it STM for short].
1) History and History of STM at UCSB
The Program is housed in the Department of History, and
your degree will be granted in history provided that you
complete all departmental and programmatic requirements.
To apply to our Program you must also apply to the department
of history. Information may be found at: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/grads/index-txt.htm#applying
If you are having trouble with the form or would like additional
information on general application procedures please contact:
Ms. Carolyn Isono-Grapard
Department of History
UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9410
805-893-2224
email: isono@history.ucsb.edu
The majority of historians of science, technology, and
medicine work in universities and colleges. Most of these
teach in history departments, rather than in history of
science departments, or departments of the history of medicine.
Thus having your degree in history rather than in history
of science, we feel, is a distinct advantage in the job
market. History of STM students graduate with experience
as teaching assistants in undergraduate survey courses such
as Latin American History, World History, European History,
and American History. These tend to be what we call “bread
and butter” courses for many departments and recent
advertisements for jobs in the history of science, technology,
and medicine often cite demonstrated competence in one of
these areas as a requirement for the position.
Prospective applicants are urged to discuss their interests
in the Program prior to application with the current Program
Director, Professor Anita Guerrini (guerrini@history.ucsb.edu).
2) Course offerings and requirements in the history of STM
Due to a recent expansion of the Program, we have revamped
our course offerings. Please note that course numbering
and catalog descriptions are slated for revision in academic
year 2005-2006. Basic Program courses required to sit for
the M.A. examinations include: Historiography (HIST 201HS);
Ancient Science (HIST 106A/200HS); a two quarter graduate
research seminar in history of STM (HIST 277AB, or HIST
278AB); Scientific Revolution (HIST 106B/200HS); one class
in modern science (HIST 107C/200HS; HIST 106C/200HS). Program
faculty also offer a variety of courses in the history of
STM. For example, the history of health and race in Latin
America (HIST 201LA). Consult the UCSB catalog for current
offerings.
Entering graduate students are not required to have undergraduate
or graduate degrees in scientific or technological subjects.
They should, however, be willing to learn enough about the
subjects of STM so they can understand and interpret their
histories. Thus if you want to do research on the Internet,
or mid-wives, or anatomy, or telescopes, or biotechnology,
you need to learn something about these subjects before
you can understand their cultural, social, and political
importance. Program faculty know how exciting this can be
as many of us have studied science or engineering at the
graduate level. We want to help you to understand and share
the wonderful excitement of studying the history of science,
technology, and medicine (STM again).
3) Research interests and contact information
Core Faculty
Gerardo Aldana (gvaldana@chicst.ucsb.edu)
Joint appointment with Department of Chicana and Chicano
Studies
Research interests: Intellectual communities of Mesoamerica;
ancient astronomy; indigenous science; science and religion;
science in colonial Latin America
Anita Guerrini (guerrini@history.ucsb.edu)
Joint appointment with Environmental Studies Program
Research interests: Enlightenment science, Scientific Revolution,
anatomy, human and animal relationships, history of European
medicine
W. Patrick McCray (pmccray@history.ucsb.edu)
Research interests: Modern physical sciences, astronomy,
American science policy, science and the Cold War, nanotechnology
Michael A. Osborne (osborne@history.ucsb.edu)
Joint appointment with Environmental Studies Program
Research interests: Tropical medicine, French science, biology,
science and imperialism, science and philanthropy
Gabriela Soto Laveaga (gsotolaveaga@history.ucsb.edu)
Research interests: Modern Mexico, bio-prospecting, history
of race and health, science in Latin America
Associated faculty and researchers:
Lawrence Badash (badash@history.ucsb.edu)
Emeritus Professor of the History of Science. No longer
taking graduate students.
Research interests: Science policy, nuclear winter, science
in the Cold War
Greg Graves (graves@history.ucsb.edu)
Research interests: American environmental history, hydrological
engineering
Peter Neushul (pneushul@cox.net)
Research interests: Military industrial complex, history
of American technology, mariculture
Peter Westwick (westwick@history.ucsb.edu)
Research interests: Cold War science, American science and
technology, modern physical sciences
For additional information about HSTM as a profession visit
these websites:
American Association for the History of Medicine http://www.histmed.org/
British Society for the History of Science: http://www.bshs.org.uk/index.php
History of Science Society: http://www.hssonline.org/
Society for the History of Technology: http://shot.press.jhu.edu/
To receive occasional news of the UCSB Program in HSTM
via email please visit the following link: https://secure.lsit.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/histsci
The Badash Prize in the History of Science, Technology,
and Medicine celebrates
the career of Lawrence Badash, founder of the Program in
HSTM at UCSB. It was created and endowed by his many former
students and colleagues. Professor Badash served the university,
community and historical profession in several capacities
for many years. An inveterate worker for peace and weapons
control, he remains the very model of a socially engaged
intellectual. This prize, administered by the UCSB History
Associates, is awarded annually for the best graduate student
essay in the preceding three years on the history of science,
technology or medicine in any era or geographical arena,
or on weapons control.
Badash Prize laureates:
2004, Jason Kelly, “Archaeology and Enlightenment
Natural Philosophy”
(Mentor: Guerrini)
2005, Donald R. Burnette, "Failed Boundary Objects:
The Case of Frederic E. Clements and the Santa Barbara Botanic
Garden"
(Mentor: Osborne)
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