2000: PhD, thesis: Between
Naturphilosophie and Tradition: Hans Christian Ørsted’s Dynamical Chemistry (see abstract), History of Science Department,
1996: MA in physics and chemistry, thesis
on recent interpretations of quantum mechanics and the measurement problem, at
the Science Faculty, University of Aarhus.
01-03-2004–31-05-2006: Postdoc holding a
grant from the Danish Research Council for the Humanities. Research project:
2001-2004: Postdoc at the
History of Science Department, University of Aarhus, in connection with the
project History of Danish Science, granted by the Carlsberg
Foundation.
History, historiography and
philosophy of science, Romanticism and science, Marxism and science,
interpretation of quantum mechanics.
2006:
September 15-17, “The role of Marxist
philosophy in Léon Rosenfeld’s defence of
complementarity in the 1950s” Scientists and Social Commitment:
historical perspectives on the political, religious and philosophical ideas and
activity of scientists,
September 6-9, “Cold War ideology and
international science politics: Rosenfeld versus Bohr”,
session “Politically Active Scientists in the 20th
Century”, 2nd ICESHS Cracow.
May 16: “Léon Rosenfeld og den første socialhistoriske bevægelse i videnskabernes historiografi”, Danish Society for the History of Science,
April 4: ``The relationship
between Marxist philosophy of history, philosophy of science, and
historiography of science in the work of Léon Rosenfeld´´, Conference: Philosophy and
Historiography,
February 9: ``Léon Rosenfeld, marxisme og komplementaritet´´, seminar ved IMFUFA, RUC
2005:
December 6: “Videnskab og romantik”, Institut for Kemi, Miljø og Bioteknologi, Ålborg Universitet
November 18: “Ørsted and exact science”, International Conference on Shifting Approaches in the
Historiography of Exact Sciences in Honour of Jens Høyrup, Carlsberg Akademiet.
July 24-30: “Dialectical development of
physics: Léon Rosenfeld as a historian of science,”
XXII International Congress of History of Science,
June 14: ”Quantum epistemology, history of
science, and Marxism: the case of Léon Rosenfeld,” ved
Centre National de
May 27: ”Léon Rosenfeld og Københavnerfortolkningens skæbne efter Bohr-Einstein-diskussionerne”, Symposium om ”Einstein og Danmark”, Carlsberg Academy, arrangeret af Nationalkomiteen sammen med Videnskabshistorisk Selskab.
March 31: “Léon Rosenfeld, dialektisk materialisme og kvantemekanikkens fortolkning,” Kollokvium ved Steno Instituttet, Århus Universitet.
2004:
November 20: ”The Role of Marxist Ideology in Léon Rosenfeld’s Defence of Complementarity in the 1950s,” in session ”Postwar Science and Politics” at the History of Science Society’s 2004 meeting in Austin, Texas.
November 4 – 6: ”Marxism and the epistemology of quantum physics elucidated
through the case of Léon Rosenfeld” at the first conference in the European
Society for the History of Science: Science in Europe — Europe in Science:
1500 –
March 18: ”Komplementaritet og marxisme: Epistemologi, historiografi og ideologi i det 20. århundredes fysik belyst ved Léon Rosenfeld,” IMFUFA, RUC
2003:
November 7-9: “H.C. Ørsted’s conception of science as culture,” Germanistisches Seminar der Rheinischen
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität,
August 21: “Lavoisier, den kemiske revolution, og hvorfor hedder de ilt og brint?”, rusforelæsning Kemisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet
June 12: “Hvordan man kan undervise i kemiens videnskabsteori,” Kemisk Årsmøde, Odense.
January 13: “Speculative chemistry in the
periphery of German Romanticism: Hans Christian Ørsted’s
chemical philosophy,” Institut für Geschichte der
Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik, und Technik, Universität
2002:
November 21: “Ørsted og matematikken,” IMFUFA, RUC.
November 1-2: ” Carl Ottos forbryderhoveder—Frenologi i Danmark i starten af 1800-tallet,” Helse- og Medicinhistoriske forskningsdage, Copenhagen
September 12-14: ӯrsted on Anschauung
versus Mathematical insight,” Symposium
Science and Romanticism, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
June 3: ”Speculative Chemistry in the Periphery of German Romanticism: Hans
Christian Ørsted’s
Chemical Textbooks,” Science and Technology in the
European Periphery (STEP) 3rd Meeting,
May 10: ”Phrenology and Danish Romanticism,” International Symposium on H. C. Ørsted & the
Romantic Legacy,
2000:
In the Danish Society for
the Exact Sciences,
1999
The Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen, Folkeuniversitetet in Odense, and at Kemisk Årsmøde
1998
XVII International
Scientific Instrument Symposium,
1997
At Institute for the
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
2006-: President of the Danish Society for the History of Science
2004: 9th International
Summer School in History of Science. Theme: ”Current approaches to the history of science”,
2001-2006 : Vice-president
of the Danish Society for the History of
Science in
1998: referee for
1997 research visitor,
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
1994-2000 Writer of biographical entries for Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
1994-1996: guide in history
of science and medicine at the