CV - Leon Rocha

Leon Rocha - Curriculum Vitae 履歷

Academic Positions

Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science (2011- )

Needham Research Institute, Cambridge and
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2011)

Section for the History of Medicine, Yale University
Lecturer in the History of Medicine (2009-2010)

Other Appointments

St John's College, Cambridge
Director of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (2010-2011)

Robinson College, Cambridge
Senior Member (2010-2011)

Education

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
PhD History and Philosophy of Science (2005-2010)

Thesis:   "Sex, Eugenics, Aesthetics, Utopia in the Life and Work of Zhang Jingsheng (1888-1970)"
                 "性愛、優生學、美學、烏托邦與張競生 (1888-1970) 的生平與著作"
               Supervised by Professor John Forrester and Dr Susan Daruvala
               Examined by Professor Hans van de Ven and Dr Vivienne Lo

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
MPhil History and Philosophy of Science (2003-2004)

Clare College, University of Cambridge
BA Natural Sciences Tripos: History and Philosophy of Science (2000-2003)
MA received in 2007

Selected Prizes and Awards

Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Doctoral Studentship (2005-2008)

Arts and Humanities Research Board Competition A (2003-2004)

Clare College Robins Prize (2003)

Clare College Junior and Foundational Scholarships (2001-2002)

Responsibilities

Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Undergraduate admissions -- interviewer for East Asian Studies (2011- )

St John's College, Cambridge
Reviewer for MPhil and scholarship applications (2010-2011)

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Examiner for Part III and MPhil essays and dissertations (2010- )
Reviewer for MPhil applications (2010- )
History of Science Workshop, organiser and moderator (2006)
Judith Butler Reading Group, founder and moderator (2006)
Twentieth-Century Think Tank, founding member (2007- )

Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Reviewer for PhD progress reports (2011- )

Section for the History of Medicine, Yale University
Faculty advisor (2009-2010)
Forum for Science, Medicine and Technology in Asia (2010, co-organised with Professor William C. Summers)

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and the Humanities (CRASSH) and
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Modern China Reading Group, founder and administrator (2008-2009)
Interdisciplinary China Studies Forum (IDCSF), co-founder and treasurer (2005-2006), co-organiser of "China in Cambridge" and "China in the UK" workshops (March and June 2006)

Research Experience

Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University
Visiting Student (2007), research at the Shanghai Library, Shanghai Municipal Archives and the National Library of China in Beijing

East Asia Program, Cornell University
Visitor (2006), research at the Carl A. Kroch Library and Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia

Institut für Sinologie, Universität Heidelberg
Visitor (2006), research at the Library of Institut für Sinologie, participation in Popular Culture Group

Robinson College, Cambridge
Senior Member (2010-2011)

Languages

Bilingual in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin, proficient in classical and modern Chinese)
Reading knowledge in French, German, Japanese
Elementary modern Hebrew