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I. Bernard Cohen

(1914 - 2003)

Victor S. Thomas History of Science Professor, Emeritus

I. Bernhard Cohen was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus at Harvard at the time of his death, June 20, 2003. He was 89 years old. Cohen was one of the pioneering generation who established the study of the history of...

Gabriella Coleman

egabriella_coleman@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Anthropology

Gabriella Coleman is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University and is a faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Trained as an anthropologist, her scholarship covers the politics, cultures, and...

Hannah Conway

hannahconway@g.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of History, Duke University

Research Interests: History of science, technology, and engineering; public infrastructure and technology; state sponsorship of research and design; theory and epistemology of applied sciences; science-fiction and cultural acceptance of scientific and...

Taylor Coplen

taylorcoplen@gmail.com

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang University, Singapore

Research Interests: History of technology; East Asian studies; international science policy; postcolonial science studies; STS; transnational knowledge flows; post-secondary STEM education policy. Taylor Coplen completed his PhD degree in May 2026 from...

Alex Csiszar

acsiszar@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of the History of Science

Director of Graduate Studies

Areas of Research: Book History, Media Studies, Philosophy of Science, Science & Technology Studies Alex Csiszar studies the history of science in modern Europe. He publishes primarily on the history of communications media and information technology in...

Genevieve Dally-Watkins

genevieve_dallywatkins@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests: Infectious diseases; medicine and empire; disease ecology; planetary health; immunity; ecology; twentieth-century biology; soil science. Genevieve Dally-Watkins is a PhD candidate in the History of Science department. She works between...

Samira Daneshvar

sdaneshvar@fas.harvard.edu

Research Interests: Philosophy of science; history of technology; history of environmental thought; history of the body; media studies; material culture; visual representation in science . Samira Daneshvar is a PhD Candidate in History and Theory of...

Iman Darwish

imandarwish@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests: Arabic Science, Islamic Intellectual History, History of Books, Natural History, Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement, Medieval Literature. Iman Darwish completed her PhD in the History of Science . Her research explores the development...

James Delbourgo

James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Professor of History

Rutgers University

Daniela Díaz Blancarte

ddiazblancarte@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests: Transnational circulation of expertise; plastics industries, housing innovation and development; Cold War science and technology; history of architecture; design history and material culture. Daniela Díaz Blancarte (she/her) studies...