Dr Alex Aylward
Departmental Lecturer in the History of Science
Faculty of History
I joined the History Faculty in October 2021, after completing a PhD in the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. I've also spent time as a visiting scholar at Charles University, Prague, and as Eugene Garfield Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. I'm currently the archivist of the British Society for the History of Science.
Research Interests
My research interests fall largely into the following areas:
- History of modern science, ca. 1800–present
- History of the life sciences, esp. evolutionary biology and genetics
- History of eugenics
- History of population control
- History of race science / scientific racism
- History of scientific publishing and reading
- Historiography of the history of science
I am interested in hearing from undergraduate and graduate students who wish to pursue research in the above areas.
You can follow me on twitter @aylwardam
