Ludmilla Jordanova
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Ludmilla Jordanova, Fellow RHS
(born 10 October 1949) is a Professor of Modern History at the King's College London
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Educated at Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall), Cambridge, Prof. Jordanova has taught at the universities of Oxford, Essex, York, East Anglia and Cambridge. Previously she held the position of Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge
and was Professor of Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia
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She is the author of many texts regarding the history of science, thinking, gender and art, and is commonly referred to as one of the leading British experts in the field; she has also written broadly on the nature of her subject itself, including a book by the title History In Practice. Her current book, The Look of the Past: Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice is due out from Cambridge University Press in June 2012. Professor Jordanova is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
and of the Royal Society of Medicine
and has served as the President of the British Society for the History of Science. She was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (London) from 2001 to 2009, and in summer 2011 was appointed a Trustee of the National Museum of Science and Industry
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Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
(born 10 October 1949) is a Professor of Modern History at the King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
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Educated at Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall), Cambridge, Prof. Jordanova has taught at the universities of Oxford, Essex, York, East Anglia and Cambridge. Previously she held the position of Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and was Professor of Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
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She is the author of many texts regarding the history of science, thinking, gender and art, and is commonly referred to as one of the leading British experts in the field; she has also written broadly on the nature of her subject itself, including a book by the title History In Practice. Her current book, The Look of the Past: Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice is due out from Cambridge University Press in June 2012. Professor Jordanova is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
and of the Royal Society of Medicine
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
and has served as the President of the British Society for the History of Science. She was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (London) from 2001 to 2009, and in summer 2011 was appointed a Trustee of the National Museum of Science and Industry
National Museum of Science and Industry
The National Museum of Science and Industry is a collection of British museums, comprising:* The Science Museum, incorporating the Science Museum Library and the Wellcome collections of the history of medicine at South Kensington in London....
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