The Science of 1875

1.9 - Psychiatry with Mike

Jamie chats with Dr Mike Finn. Mike explores some of the major debates and challenges happening in psychiatry in the years around 1875. These included discussions about how mental disorders should be classified, diagnosed and treated. He also uncovers how research in a Yorkshire asylum provided the bedrock for the development of modern neuroscience. Mike is a Lecturer in History of Science in the Centre for History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.

1.8 - Physical Sciences with Graeme

We welcome Graeme Gooday who explores the state-of-the-art in the physical sciences in the 1870s. He traces interdisciplinary connections between the sciences at the Yorkshire College, and the history of a surprising study of sea levels... Graeme is Professor of History of Science and Technology in the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.

1.7 - Literature with Fran

Dr Franziska Kohlt, Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Centre for History & Philosophy of Science explores the common ground between literature and science in the nineteenth century. She also examines how one of the most famous children’s authors of the time, Lewis Carroll, mounted public campaigns against vivisection and how scientific ideas ran through his work.

1.6 - Wool with Monica

This episode features PhD researcher Monica Stenzel. Drawing on her current work, Monica reveals how Yorkshire, one of the centres of the global textile trade in the nineteenth century, was also the birthplace of “wool science”, with the Yorkshire College right at its heart.

1.5 Evolution with Stefan

Stefan Bernhardt-Radu is Jamie's guest today. Stefan explores how explaining human consciousness – using evolution – was one of the knottiest scientific problems of the 1870s. Stefan is a PhD researcher in the Centre for History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.