Ludmilla Jordanova
Ludmilla Jordanova ( born October 10, 1949) is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. Before that, she held the post of Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities ( CRASSH ) at Cambridge University and was a professor of art history and science at the University of East Anglia ( UEA ) and before that for three years Professor of cultural History at the University of York. She is the author of many articles on this subject, including a book entitled "History In Practice" ( published in 2000 ) and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is also President of the British Society for the History of Science ( British Society for History of Science - BSHS ).
Works
Jordanova has written several books and a large number of papers and articles. Here is a selection of her books:
- Defining Features: Scientific and Medical Portraits 1660-2000. Reaktion Books / National Portrait Gallery, London 2000 (192 pages).
- History in Practice. Arnold, London, 2000, 2nd edition 2006 ( 243 pages).
- Nature Displayed: Gender, Science and Medicine 1760-1820. Longman, London 1999 (260 pages).
- Sexual Visions: Images of Gender in Science and Medicine Between The Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Harvester / Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead and University Wisconsin Press, Madison 1989.
- Lamarck, Past Masters Series. Oxford University Press, 1984 (118 pages).