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Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine , University of Kent

Department Name: 
Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Institution Name: 
University of Kent
Departmental Information
Department Profile: 
The Centre's research objective is to promote history of science, technology and medicine through externally-funded research posts and postgraduate research. The Centre has been outstandingly successful in attracting substantial external funding (around £1 million in the last 5 years) from the Wellcome Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and the AHRC. Current externally funded investigations can be found in the research projects[5] page.
Faculty Teaching Staff: 
Dr Pratik Chakrabarti; Dr Charlotte Sleigh; Dr Karen Jones;Prof Ulf Schmidt; Professor Crosbie Smith; Dr John Wills;
Areas of Expertise: 
History of science and medicine; history of myrmecology, the science of ants; Science of Energy;
Special Resources: 
Maddison Collection (mainly chemistry and physics pre-1850).
Course & Degrees
Undergraduate Courses: 
History and History of Science; History of Science also offered as a joint honours subject with: English and American Literature; English and American Post-Colonial Literature; French; German; Italian; Spanish; Philosophy; Religious Studies
Undergraduate Units: 
History of Medicine and History of Science modules with other Humanities Subjects (e.g. History)
Taught Postgraduate Courses: 
MSc programme in Science, Communication and Society;
Research Degrees: 
MPhil and PhD
Contact Details
Contact Name: 
Professor Crosbie Smith
Postal Address: 
The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, The School of History, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX
Phone: 
+44 (0)1227 827279/823791
Fax: 
+44 (0)1227 823791
Email: 
C.Smith@kent.ac.uk
Website: 
http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/chstm/