History of Science / Physics
Project: Transformation in the Historiography of Physics. Representation of Female Physicists in the Second Half of the 20th Century in the USA and (West) Germany.
Supervisors: Volker Remmert / Anna Leuschner
Contact
colleen.seidel@uni-wuppertal.de
+49-202-439-5809
Glanzstoffhaus
Kasinostraße 19-21
42103 Wuppertal
6th Floor, Room 06.14
Project Summary
The historiography of physics changed in the course of the second half of the 20th century and provided important impulses for the history of science. At the same time, the women’s movement gave rise to women’s studies and history, which had an influence on the historiography of science and physics. Against this background, in my PhD project I am investigating the contentual, procedural and institutional transformations in the historiography of physics with regard to the representation of female physicists in the second half of the 20th century in the USA and (West) Germany and the social and cultural conditions in the context of which they emerged.
Short Biography/CV
- Since 2025: Ph.D. Candidate in History of Physics at the University of Wuppertal
- 2021-2025: Combined Master of Arts in History and History of Science and Technology at the University of Wuppertal
- 2017-2021: Combinatory Bachelor of Arts in Physics and History at the University of Wuppertal
