School of History and Philosophy of Science
RESEARCH SEMINAR
The University of Sydney

School of History and Philosophy of Science

Research Day Program
University of Sydney 

Dates: Monday, 01/06/2026
Start Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm 
Venue: The Sybil Centre, 15 Carillon Avenue, Newtown, NSW, Australia
How to register: Free, no registration required
Website: https://hps-events.sydney.edu.au/
Time
Speaker
Title
1.00pm
Dominic Murphy
Introduction and overview
1.15pm
Jo Richards
The Ecological Niche Metaphor and the Rise of Western Anorexia Nervosa in Hong Kong
1.45pm
Jax Gill
The ADHD Discrepancy: An Approach for Reconciling Biology and Historical Emergence in Psychiatry
2.15pm
Stefan Gawronski
Uexküll’s Animals: The Experimental Origins of the Umwelt
3.00pm
Refreshment break
 
3.30pm
Caitrin Donovan
Othered Minds: Intelligibility, Niche Construction, and the Social-Cognitive Function of Psychiatry
4.15pm
Tsung-Jen Hung (Edward)
The Jamu-ization of Dog Meat and Snakes: Negotiating Purity and Moral Worlds in Java’s Therapeutic Landscape
5.00pm
BREAK
 
5.30pm
Paul Griffiths
Sex as a Process
7.00pm
Pizza at The Rose (Cleveland St)
 
 

 
 
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