Martin Rudwick Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Martin Rudwick Papers on the UC San Diego Science Studies Program
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0769
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1987 - 1998
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.
Creator:
Rudwick, M. J. S.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Administrative History and Biography
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Note
Acquired 2014.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, San Diego. Science Studies Program.
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Contents of Series
Correspondence, memos, and meeting minutes regarding faculty and student recruitment, funding, curriculum, facilities, and
colloquia for the new Science Studies Program at UC San Diego. Publicity for the program includes flyers, brochures, and announcements.
The series includes an external review conducted in 1997. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence re: Rudwick's appointment
1987 - 1996
Box 1, Folder 2
Courses in History of Science
1987 - 1990
Box 1, Folder 4
Colloquium for Science Studies
1988 - 1994
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Committee Meetings
1989 - 1997
Box 1, Folder 7
Conference planning
1988 - 1993
Box 1, Folder 8-11
Core Seminar - 209 ABC, 239, and Polyani
1989 - 1998
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence
1993 - 1997
Box 1, Folder 15
Proposal for doctoral program
1988 - 1994
