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Project Planet: A History of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year

Read about Benjamin Goossen's work on the global expansion of the Earth sciences and their relationship to the new international order in the mid-twentieth century.
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Apply for Consortium Fellowships

Apply by December 15 for Research Fellowships, Long-Term NEH Fellowships and Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars
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Going Nuclear: The Rise of the Brazilian Nuclear Industry

Read about Jennifer Eaglin's project on the development and legacies of Brazil's nuclear energy industry.

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John C. Slater Predoctoral Fellowship at APS in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Application deadline January 17, 2025.
Linda Hall Library 2025-26 Fellowship Program Applications Now Open

The deadline for applications is January 17, 2025.
AIP Opportunities for PhD Students & Postdocs

The American Institute of Physics is offering a Grant-in-aid program and an Early-Career Conference, ideal for PhD students and postdocs working anywhere in the world in the history of the physical sciences.
Rockefeller Archive Center accessions Miklos Müller oral history and István Deák interview

The new accessions will add to research in the history of science during the Cold War.
Beer History Studies Fellowship at Newberry Library

Application deadline is January 3, 2025.
Burning a Monopoly: Kerosene and Anti-monopoly Politics Against Standard Oil, 1848-1911

Read about Minseok Jang's research exploring energy history and the anti-trust movement during the transition to artificial lighting and kerosene.
University of Illinois Receives NEH Grant to Amplify Access to the Archives of Women Scientists

The University of Illinois Library has received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create digital resources and the foundation for a network of partners that amplifies access to the digitized archives of women scientists, focusing initially on the domestic science movement.
Explore Medicine on Screen from the National Library of Medicine

Medicine on Screen is a curated portal to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) historical audiovisual collections.

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History of Anthropology

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Dean Linda Fried, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz

Building the Worlds That Kill Us

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Craft, Technology, and Material Culture in Early Modern Asia

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