Marie Linos

Please tell us about your research project.
My postdoctoral research broadly focuses on scientific couples between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century. Currently, I am especially interested in five British couples of scholars who shaped both the social science and the social policy of the transatlantic space in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The purpose of this project is to examine the social conditions governing science production and to raise several issues regarding gender roles in science.

Could you please tell us a bit more about your scholarship/exchange programme?
My presence at the University of Oxford is made possible by a postdoctoral fellowship granted by the Wiener-Anspach Foundation, which offers the opportunity for Université libre de Bruxelles graduates to study or pursue their research at Oxbridge. I am working under the supervision of Professor Sian Pooley at the Faculty of History. I am also affiliated with Wolfson College as a Junior Research Fellow.

First impressions of Oxford/the University?
The city and the University are intertwined: the city is charming, and the University makes it a very stimulating place to work and study. Although the scenery is still typical of English, the atmosphere is, at the time, very international. The juxtaposition of the old buildings with the young population creates a contrasting and lively environment.