“Hobson and the Machine”, a paper delivered at the BSHS graduate conference, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, January 2010.
A short review of a new book on ‘Scientism’ in nineteenth-century Europe: The British Journal for the History of Science 42.3 (2009) 469-70: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=6090000&jid=BJH&volumeId=42&issueId=03&aid=6089996&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0007087409990343″
“Late-Victorian science views the Industrial Revolution”, a paper delivered at the joint annual conference of BAVS & NAVSA, entitled Past versus Present, hosted by the University of Cambridge, Victorian Studies Group , July 2009.
“Looking forward, looking backward: scientists as historians at the British Association”, a paper delivered at the annual conference of the British Society for the History of Science at the University of Leicester, July 2009.
“Two’s company, three’s a crowd: engineers in the history of the two cultures”. A paper delivered at the conference, Art and Science Now: The Two Cultures in Question; a collaboration between the Science Museum, Tate Modern and the London Consortium in January 2009, marking the 50th aniversary of CP Snow’s Rede Lecture. A modified version of this argument was also presented at the BSHS graduate conference in Manchester. Please contact me to request a draft of this paper.
This review essay of two books in the history of technology, by David Edgerton and Bernhard Rieger, also reflects on some historiographical issues. “The Birth of Now”, History Workshop Journal 65 (2008) 252-258: http://hwj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/dbn009? ijkey=EycRNfDS71TMzCw&keytype=”
“Bridging the gap: Raymond Williams and the ‘Interregnum’, c.1880-1914″. A paper delivered at the annual IHR conference, “Turning Points”, in London, June 2008. Please contact me to request a draft of this paper.
“Knights of Science: the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1874-1902″. A paper delivered to the Birkbeck research student workshop, February 2008. Please contact me to request a draft of this paper.
“Engagement or consolation? The utopias of HG Wells and GK Chesterton”. A paper delivered at the conference, “Happiness: Lessons from the Arts”, Queen Mary, University of London, 2006. Please contact me to request a draft of this paper.
“Imperfect Necessity. Aspects of Violence: the Unabomber, Thoreau and John Brown.” A long essay on technology, rationality and political violence. Please contact me to request a copy of this essay.