Peter Barker
Visiting Fellow
Academic Year 1981-821986
Memphis State University

June 2008
Oklahoma University

Barker, P. (2007) “Towards a cognitive history of the Copernican revolution” Organon, 35: 61-72; reprinted in M. Kokowski (ed.) The Global and the Local:

The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe. Proceedings of the 2nd ICESHS ( Cracow, Poland, September 6-9, 2006), 302-309.

Professional activity

Commentator and Chair: “Astrology at the eve of modernity” History of Science Society, Alexandria, VA, November 2.

Invited Paper: “Why History of Science is Hard: Evaluating Lavoisier’s Contribution to the Chemical Revolution” Machette Foundation Conference, University of South Florida , November 16-17.

Organizer and presenter: Workshop on Academic Writing, PHIS annual meeting, University of Aarhus Conference Center, Sandbjerg, Jutland, Denmark, December 6-7 (with R. Schleifer).

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship Selection Committee, New York , March 16