Josep Simon
I teach and research the history of science, technology, and medicine, while enjoying an ordinary life in València and Mexico City.
Trained in València, Oxford and Leeds, in physics, science education, history of
medicine, history and philosophy of science, museology and scientific instrument studies, I subsequently worked in France, the US, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.
My work was supported by Spanish, British, European and American fellowships. I was Resident Scholar at the Dibner Library, Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center, Marie Curie Fellow at the Université Paris Ouest, Visiting Scholar at Cinvestav, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology STS Program, the Institut d'Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència 'López Piñero', the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, the Colegio de México, and the Universidade Federal da Bahia, and Spencer Fellow of the (US) National Academy of Education.
As for teaching, I was successively a tutor at the
University of Leeds and the University of Oxford, a lecturer at the Universitat de València, an assistant and associate professor at the Universidad del
Rosario, and in the way have taught as an invited lecturer in a number of history of science and science education postgraduate programs in Europe and Latin America. While in the recent past I devoted a large amount of my time to
teaching, I am currently mostly focused on research and curatorship, but also teach yearly some postgraduate courses in history of science, technology and medicine.
My work is comparative and cross-national, and cuts across disciplines such as history of science, technology and medicine, history of education, book history, international relations, visual studies and scientific instrument studies.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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2020-
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Curator. Museu
d'Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència. Universitat de València (Spain)
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2020 |
Visiting scholar. Centre François Viète, Université de Nantes (France). 2 weeks |
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2019-
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Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Institut interuniversitari López Piñero, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2017-2018
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Visiting scholar. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino, Filosofia e História das Ciências. Universidade Federal da
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Salvador de Bahia (Brazil). 3 months
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2016-2018
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Associate Professor in History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (Colombia)
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2016
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Visiting scholar. Centro de Estudios Históricos. Colegio de México. 3 months (Mexico).
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2016
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Visiting scholar. Museu de Astronomia e Cièncias Afins. 3 months (Brazil).
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2015
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Visiting scholar. Institut d’Història de la Medicina i la Ciència ‘López Piñero’ 1 month (Spain).
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2014
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Visiting scholar. STS Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4 months (USA).
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2014-2016
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Spencer Fellow. National Academy of Education. two 6-month periods (USA)
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2013-2016
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Assistant Professor in History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (Colombia).
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2013
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Visiting scholar. Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas (DIE). Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV). 4 months (Mexico).
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2010-2012
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‘Marie Curie’ Research Fellow. Institut de Recherches Philosophiques. Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre (France)
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2010-2011
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Kluge Fellow. John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. two 3-month periods (USA)
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2010
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Dibner Library Resident Scholar. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 3 months (USA)
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2009-2010
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Lecturer in History of Science. Departament d'Història de la Ciència i Documentació. Universitat de València. (Spain)
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2009 |
Tutor in History of Science. University of Oxford (UK) |
EDUCATION
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2009
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PhD in History of Science, University of Leeds (UK)
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2004
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MSc in History of Science: Instruments, Museums, Science, Technology, University of Oxford (UK)
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2002
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MPhil (D.E.A.) in History of Science and Medicine, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2001
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High School Teacher Certification in Experimental Sciences, Universitat de València (Spain)
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2000
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Bachelor of Physics, Universitat de València (Spain)
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GRANTS AND
FELLOWSHIPS
Programa estatal de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico del Sistema de I+D+i. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain)
Ramón y Cajal Fellowship. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain)
Spencer Fellowship. National Academy of Education (USA)
Cinvestav postdoctoral contract (Mexico) [declined]
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (European Commission)
Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellowship (Spain) [declined]
American Institute of Physics Grant-in-aid for history of modern physics and allied fields (USA)
John W. Kluge Fellowship, Library of Congress (USA)
Dibner Library Fellowship. Smithsonian Institution (USA)
CSIC-Bancaixa Fellowship (Spain)
University of Leeds PhD Research Scholarship (UK)
Fernández de Caleya PhD Scholarship (Spain) [declined]
International Summer School in History of Science Grant, Università di Bologna (Italy)
Linacre College, University of Oxford. Travel Grant (UK)
The British Council-La Caixa UK Postgraduate Scholarship (Spain-UK)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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2020-2023 |
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Museos, Aulas y Política: Cultura Científica y Tecnológica en la Transición Española. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [PID-2019-104897GA-I00] (coordinated with Jaume Sastre) (Spain) |
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2019-2024 |
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Material Culture of Science x Medicine. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [RYC-2017-21763] |
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2019-2024 |
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Science x Education x Technology. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [RYC-2017-21763] |
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2017
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Coordinator
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“Information and Communication Technologies for Education in Colombia (20th-21st centuries)”. Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). (with A. Vera-Márquez) |
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2017
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Coordinator
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“Foundations of Educational Psychology in Colombia (1945-2017)”. Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). (with A. Vera-Márquez) |
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2014-2016
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Main Researcher
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“Transnational Paradigm? Physics and Pedagogical Innovation in the Americas (1945-1975)”. Spencer Fellowship. National Academy of Education (USA)
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2013-2015
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Collaborator
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“The Production of Expert Knowledge in Contemporary Spain (19th-20th centuries)”. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. (coord. J.R. Bertomeu) |