Christine Nawa, Universität Regensburg, Germany
Chemical Heritage Foundation, Brown Bag Lunch Talk
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Place: 6th Floor Conference Room, Chemical Heritage Foundation
Information: 215-873-8289 or bbl@chemheritage.org
The intertwinement of teaching and research is an icon of the German university system that only emerged during the nineteenth century. The chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899) was a prominent figure in this regard: He did outstanding research and was praised as an ingenious teacher.
In fact Bunsen’s lectures were closely related to his own scientific work. Nawa’s objective is to show that Bunsen’s way of teaching created a new form of experimental lectures in the physical sciences and served as a model for subsequent university teachers.
Christine Nawa is a Ph.D. student in history of science at the Universität Regensburg, Germany. She is also currently a Price Fellow at CHF. Nawa works on Robert Wilhelm Bunsen’s research style and his teaching. Further scientific interests include the history of collecting and scientific drawings.