The theme of my Phd research is Scientific Terminology and Conceptual Change. A research into 17th and 18th-century natural philosophy primary sources
The research of conceptual change in natural philosophy sources is based on the convergence of History of Concepts and History of Science. The aim of this kind of research is to unfold the multiple conceptual layers that build up the final form of a scientific concept, specifically the concept of force in natural philosophy. This involves not only the study of the natural philosophical dimension of the concept, but also its non-natural philosophical dimensions, such as, the theological, political or social ones. Thus through the study of different historical contexts, I aspire to examine the question: “How does the non-natural philosophical aspect of the concept of force affect its natural philosophical aspect resulting in the construction of force’s diachronic form?”. Understanding the way through which the concept of force is formulated synchronically and diachronically into a variety of temporal frameworks, enables us not only to move beyond the distinction of internal and external historiography but also to analyze the scientific concept as a channel that connects different aspects of social history.
Selected Conference presentations:
Summer Course: Introduction to Conceptual History, University of Helsinki, 9-25 August 2011. Goudarouli Irene, “Conceptual Change in the History of Science: Studying key-words in natural philosophy”, Helsinki, 23 August 2011.
Goudarouli Irene, “Conceptual Change in the History of Science. Methodological and Theoretical Reflections”, British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, 14-17 July 2011.
Goudarouli Irene, “Conceptual Change in the History of Science. Methodological and Theoretical Reflections”, National Conference for young Researchers in the field of History of Science and Technology, Εταιρία Μελέτης και Διάδοσης της Ιστορίας των Επιστημών και της Τεχνολογίας, Athens, 11-13 March 2011.
Goudarouli Irene, “Gender and Education in the Orthodox Millet during the Reform Period: Debates on Poor Girl’s School in Pera (1863-1875)”, Communautés, "nations", minorités. Grecs orthodoxes de la Méditerranée ottomane et post-ottomane (XIXe-XXie siècles), Εcole des Hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales and department of Philosophy and History of Science of Athens University, Paris, 25-26 June 2009.
Participation in research projects:
Laboratory for the Digital Processing of Historical Archives (Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Athens University). Project: Editing and Organizing the Scientific Terminology's Collections of KATOPTRON (2007-2011).
Historical Archive of the University of Athens, Project: “Digital collection of Historical Archive: Classification, Photographic Reproduction and Digitalization of the Archives and Personal Library of Athanasios Eftaxias” (October 2009 – March 2010).
Laboratory for the Digital Processing of Historical Archives (Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Athens University), Project. “Digitalization of the archives of the Greek Orthodox community in Istanbul” (2007-2009).
Scholarships/Awards:
Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship from the Foundation Melina Merkouri “MELINA MERCOURI – JULES DASSIN SCHOLARSHIPS” 2011-2013.
Read aloud the oath, during the ceremony of graduates of the department in 2007.
Honorary scholarship and prize for distinction in studies, Greek State Scholarships foundation, 2003-2004.
Areas of Interest:
History of Science in Europe in the 17th and 18th century, The Appropriation of Natural Philosophy in the 18th century by Scholars of the European Region, History and Historiography of Natural Philosophy, Historical Semantics, History of Concepts, Conceptual Change in the History of Science, Applications of computer science in historical inquiry.
Membership to Professional/Scientific Societies/Associations:
The History of Science Society (HSS)
British Society for the History of Science (BSHS)
Science and Technology in the European Periphery (STEP)
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