Josep Simon
I teach and research the history of science, technology, and medicine, while enjoying an ordinary life in València and Mexico City.
Trained in València, Oxford and Leeds, in physics, science education, history of
medicine, history and philosophy of science, museology and scientific instrument studies, I subsequently worked in France, the US, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.
My work was supported by Spanish, British, European and American fellowships. I was Resident Scholar at the Dibner Library, Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center, Marie Curie Fellow at the Université Paris Ouest, Visiting Scholar at Cinvestav, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology STS Program, the Institut d'Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència 'López Piñero', the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, the Colegio de México, and the Universidade Federal da Bahia, and Spencer Fellow of the (US) National Academy of Education.
As for teaching, I was successively a tutor at the
University of Leeds and the University of Oxford, a lecturer at the Universitat de València, an assistant and associate professor at the Universidad del
Rosario, and in the way have taught as an invited lecturer in a number of history of science and science education postgraduate programs in Europe and Latin America. While in the recent past I devoted a large amount of my time to
teaching, I am currently mostly focused on research and curatorship, but also teach yearly some postgraduate courses in history of science, technology and medicine.
My work is comparative and cross-national, and cuts across disciplines such as history of science, technology and medicine, history of education, book history, international relations, visual studies and scientific instrument studies.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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2020-
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Curator. Museu
d'Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència. Universitat de València (Spain)
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2020 |
Visiting scholar. Centre François Viète, Université de Nantes (France). 2 weeks |
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2019-
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Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Institut interuniversitari López Piñero, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2017-2018
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Visiting scholar. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino, Filosofia e História das Ciências. Universidade Federal da
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Salvador de Bahia (Brazil). 3 months
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2016-2018
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Associate Professor in History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (Colombia)
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2016
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Visiting scholar. Centro de Estudios Históricos. Colegio de México. 3 months (Mexico).
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2016
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Visiting scholar. Museu de Astronomia e Cièncias Afins. 3 months (Brazil).
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2015
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Visiting scholar. Institut d’Història de la Medicina i la Ciència ‘López Piñero’ 1 month (Spain).
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2014
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Visiting scholar. STS Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4 months (USA).
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2014-2016
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Spencer Fellow. National Academy of Education. two 6-month periods (USA)
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2013-2016
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Assistant Professor in History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (Colombia).
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2013
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Visiting scholar. Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas (DIE). Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV). 4 months (Mexico).
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2010-2012
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‘Marie Curie’ Research Fellow. Institut de Recherches Philosophiques. Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre (France)
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2010-2011
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Kluge Fellow. John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. two 3-month periods (USA)
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2010
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Dibner Library Resident Scholar. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 3 months (USA)
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2009-2010
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Lecturer in History of Science. Departament d'Història de la Ciència i Documentació. Universitat de València. (Spain)
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2009 |
Tutor in History of Science. University of Oxford (UK) |
EDUCATION
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2009
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PhD in History of Science, University of Leeds (UK)
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2004
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MSc in History of Science: Instruments, Museums, Science, Technology, University of Oxford (UK)
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2002
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MPhil (D.E.A.) in History of Science and Medicine, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2001
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High School Teacher Certification in Experimental Sciences, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2000
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Bachelor of Physics, Universitat de València (Spain)
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GRANTS AND
FELLOWSHIPS
Programa estatal de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico del Sistema de I+D+i. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain)
Ramón y Cajal Fellowship. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain)
Spencer Fellowship. National Academy of Education (USA)
Cinvestav postdoctoral contract (Mexico) [declined]
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (European Commission)
Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellowship (Spain) [declined]
American Institute of Physics Grant-in-aid for history of modern physics and allied fields (USA)
John W. Kluge Fellowship, Library of Congress (USA)
Dibner Library Fellowship. Smithsonian Institution (USA)
CSIC-Bancaixa Fellowship (Spain)
University of Leeds PhD Research Scholarship (UK)
Fernández de Caleya PhD Scholarship (Spain) [declined]
International Summer School in History of Science Grant, Università di Bologna (Italy)
Linacre College, University of Oxford. Travel Grant (UK)
The British Council-La Caixa UK Postgraduate Scholarship (Spain-UK)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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2020-2023 |
PI |
Museos, Aulas y Política: Cultura Científica y Tecnológica en la Transición Española. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [PID-2019-104897GA-I00] (coordinated with Jaume Sastre) (Spain) |
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2019-2024 |
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Material Culture of Science x Medicine. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [RYC-2017-21763] |
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2019-2024 |
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Science x Education x Technology. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [RYC-2017-21763] |
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2017
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Coordinator
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“Information and Communication Technologies for Education in Colombia (20th-21st centuries)”. Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). (with A. Vera-Márquez) |
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2017
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Coordinator
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“Foundations of Educational Psychology in Colombia (1945-2017)”. Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). (with A. Vera-Márquez) |
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2014-2016
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Main Researcher
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“Transnational Paradigm? Physics and Pedagogical Innovation in the Americas (1945-1975)”. Spencer Fellowship. National Academy of Education (USA)
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2013-2015
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Collaborator
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“The Production of Expert Knowledge in Contemporary Spain (19th-20th centuries)”. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. (coord. J.R. Bertomeu)
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2013-2014
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Collaborator
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“History of Nutrition and Medical Statistics in Colombia: Perspectives at the Crossroad of Science and Medicine”. FIUR-Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). (coord. M. García & S. Pohl)
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2011-2013
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Collaborator
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“Instrument Histories: Collections and Knowledge in Movement”. CONACYT-Basic Science-130847 (Mexico). (coord. L. Cházaro)
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2012-2013
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Coordinator
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Research Cluster Science X Medicine (STEP-Science and Technology in the European Periphery)
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2011
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Main Researcher
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“Robert Andrews Millikan and the Making of American School Physics (1868-1953)”. Center for the History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, College Park MD.
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2011
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Coordinator
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6th European Spring School on History of Science and Popularization “Visual Representations in Science”. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and Institut d’Estudis Catalans. (with A. Zarzoso)
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2010-2011
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Main Researcher
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“Shaping Physics in the Three Nations: Ganot’s Franco-British Canon and the Pedagogical Economy of American College Life”. John W. Kluge Center – Library of Congress.
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2010-2013
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Coordinator
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Research Cluster Cross-National, Comparative and Transnational History of Science, Technology and Medicine. (STEP-Science and Technology in the European Periphery)
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2010-2012
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Main Researcher
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“EuroTextbookScience–The Rise and Fall of Textbook Science: Technoscientific and Pedagogical Expertise in the Making of Physics in Europe (1802-1902)”. Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Project (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF-254889). European Commission.
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2010-2012
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Researcher
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“The Teaching of Science and the Configuration of the Expert in Spain” (HAR2009-12918-C03-01). Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. (coord. A. García Belmar)
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2010
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Main Researcher
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“The Making of the French Physics Canon: Textbooks, Instruments, and Pedagogical Communication (1802-1851)”. Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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2006-2009
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Researcher
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The Publics of Science, Technology and Medicine in Spain (HUM2006-07206-C03). Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. (coord. A. Nieto-Galan)
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2007-2008
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Main Researcher
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“Scientific Instruments and Pedagogical Practices: The Scientific Heritage of Valencian Schools (1845-1939)”. CSIC (Spanish Research Council) – Catalan Scientific Instrument Commission.
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2006-2007
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Researcher
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“Scientific Instruments in the Nineteenth Century”. CSIC (Spanish Research Council).
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2001-2003
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Assistant Curator
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Project Thesaurus-Scientific Instruments, Universitat de València (coord. J, R, Bertomeu & A. García Belmar)
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZER
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2022 |
Conference Symposium | "Transició en les aules: tecnologia, norma i memòria en l’ensenyament de les ciències (1933-1992)". XVII Trobada d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. SCHCT, Palma de Mallorca, 17-19 November. | ||
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2022 |
Conference session |
"Guns, Germs and Steel: Neoliberal Science and Museology in Contemporary Spain (1949-2022)" (with Alfons Zarzoso). ARTEFACTS XXVII "Objects in Motion". Deutsches Museum, Munich, 16-18 October. |
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2022 |
Conference Symposium |
"Material Culture and the Disciplinary Technologies of the History of (Science) Education". ISCHE 43-Milan (Histories of Educational Technologies. Cultural and Social Dimensions of Pedagogical Objects). 31 August-3 September, 5-6 September 2022. |
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2022 |
Seminar series |
SCHCT 30 Anys (“30 Anys d’Educació, Investigació i Professió”). Societat Catalana d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. SCHCT 30th Anniversary. Barcelona, 19 January-28 April. |
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2022 |
Symposium |
VIII Matinal de Història i Ensenyament de les Ciències. «Itineraris educatius d’història de la ciència en la ciutat». Institut interuniversitari López Piñero-CEFIRE, 18-19, 25-26 February 2022. |
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2020
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Conference panel
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"Lliçons materials: història CTM del món clot a l’univers discernit". XVI Trobada D'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. SCHCT-UMH-UA-IILP, Alacant (online), 12-14 November. |
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2019-2020
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Seminar Series
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Escala i Corda: Ciència, lloc i història / Scale & String: Science, Place and History. Institut interuniversitari López Piñero - SCHCT, València, December 2019 - February 2020. |
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2018
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Conference panel
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“Textbooks and the Systematization of the Study of The Sciences of Nature in Colombia (19th and 20th centuries)”. ISCHE 40 (“Education and Nature”). Berlin, August 29-September 1. (with R. Ríos) |
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2018
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Seminar
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Tecnología Común. Graduate seminar. Universidad del Rosario - IRRHACTM, Bogotá (Colombia), Feb-May,
Sept-Nov. |
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2017
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Conference
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Encuentro Nacional de Colecciones y Museos de Historia de la Medicina en Colombia / National Meeting of Collections and Museums of the History of Medicine in Colombia, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Instituto Raimundo Russi de Historia Aplicada de la Ciencia, la Técnica y la Medicina, Bogotá (Colombia), September 28-29. (with P. Ronderos) |
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2017
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Seminar series
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Semana de Historia del Patrimonio Médico / History of Health Heritage Week. Universidad del Rosario, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto Barraquer, Instituto Raimundo Russi de Historia Aplicada de la Ciencia, la Técnica y la Medicina, Fundación Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá (Colombia), September 25-29. (with P. Ronderos) |
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2014
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Workshop
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Forging Science and Medicine: Categories, Objects, Boundaries. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (Colombia), August 28-29 (with M. García)
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2013
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Conference symposium
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Transnational Science? Building the Nation Across the Mexican-US Frontier. HSS Annual Meeting. Boston (US), November 21-24. (with A. Minor and J. Vargas)
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2013
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Conference symposium
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Science X Medicine: Promiscuous Objects, Entangled Problems. 24th ICHSTM, Manchester (UK), July 22-28, 2013. (with M. García)
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2012
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Workshop
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Visual Representations in Medicine (18th-20th centuries). Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France), October 26, 2012. (with M-O. Bernez)
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2012
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Conference panel
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“Technical Drawing and the Political Context of Science and Technology in 19th-C. France and England”. Three Societies Meeting, Philadelphia (US), July 10-12. (with A. Butrica & F. Robertson)
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2012
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Conference symposium
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Rethinking Instruments and Measure: Entangled Objects across Practices and Geographies. 8th STEP Meeting, Corfu (Greece), June 21-24. (with G. Mateos & S. Pohl)
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2011
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Conference symposium
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Visual Cultures of Science. 19th SHARP Conference. Washington, D.C. (US), July 15-17.
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2011
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Spring School
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6th European Spring School of History of Science and Popularization: Visual Representations in Science, Maó (Minorca), May 19-21. (with A. Zarzoso)
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2010-2011
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Seminar series
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Communicating Science: Pleasures and Pitfalls of History Narrative. Barcelona and Valencia (Spain). December 2010-May 2011. (with J. Sastre)
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2010
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Conference panel
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“Comparative and Cross-National History of Science, Technology and Medicine”. 7th STEP Meeting, Galway (Ireland), June 17-20.
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2010
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Conference symposium
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“Cross-National and Comparative History of Science Education”. 4th ESHS Congress, Barcelona (Spain), November 18-20.
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2008
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Conference panel
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“Scientific Instruments: History and Challenges”. X Trobada d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. Lleida (Spain). November 13-16. (with A. Zarzoso)
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2007
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Workshop
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“Developing the University of Leeds Science Collections”, University of Leeds (UK), 25 June 2007. (with C. Jones & G. Radick)
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2006
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Conference panel
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“Scientific Heritage in Spanish Schools”. IX Trobada d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. Girona (Spain). November 16-19. (with J.R. Bertomeu)
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2005
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Conference
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“First Postgraduate Meeting in History of Science”, Universitat de València (Spain), November 18-20. (with N. Herran, T. Lanuza, X. Guillem, P, Ruiz, J. Navarro)
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