Rudwick (Martin) Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program, 1987 - 1998

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Summary

Title:
Martin Rudwick Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program
Dates:
1987 - 1998
Creators:
Rudwick, M. J. S.
Abstract:
Papers retained by history of science professor Martin Rudwick, related to the development of the Science Studies Program at UC San Diego. The collection includes correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, and brochures.
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet (1 archives box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Martin Rudwick Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program, MSS 0769. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers retained by history of science professor Martin Rudwick, related to the development of the Science Studies Program at UC San Diego. The collection includes correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, and brochures.

Biographical / historical:

Founded in 1989, the UC San Diego Science Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program offered through the departments of History, Sociology, Philosophy, and Communication. The program primarily supports graduate students, but includes undergraduate courses and postdoctoral fellowships. Graduate students select one of the departments as the focus of their work, attend a core science studies seminar and colloquia, participate in a scientific internship, and are encouraged to select dissertation topics that offer a cross-disciplinary approach. Founding faculty included Robert Marc Friedman, Martin Rudwick, and Robert S. Westman in History; Paul Churchland, Gerald Doppelt, Philip Kitcher, and Sandra Mitchell in Philosophy; and Chandra Mukerji, Andrew Scull and Steven Shapin in Sociology.

Martin Rudwick joined the UC San Diego History Department in 1988 as a history professor, and had a critical role developing the new Science Studies Program. He later served as acting director of the program from 1993-1994. Formerly at Princeton University, Rudwick was also an affiliated research scholar at Cambridge University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science. His research background included history of earth and life sciences, 18th and 19th century European science, and the prehuman history of the earth.

Acquisition information:
Acquired 2014.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections Archives
Date Prepared:
Copyright 2015
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-08-25T15:32-0700

Access and use

Terms of access:

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Preferred citation:

Martin Rudwick Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program, MSS 0769. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Location of this collection:
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
Contact:
(858) 534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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