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Johns Hopkins Collections Added to Consortium Search Hub

Listings of more than 136,000 rare books are now part of the Consortium's multi-institutional catalog.
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Strange Beauty: Botanical Collection, Preservation, and Display in the 19th Century Tropics

A materialist examination of tropical plants gives an understanding of the intersection of art and science at the center of modern ways of using and understanding tropical nature.
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Cyberdreams of the Information Age: Machines for Learning in the Cold War United States and the Soviet Union

Examining software and psychological models as a front in the Cold War

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NYAM Digitizes Two Projects

Over 6,600 items are now available for researchers online.
College of Physicians Digitizes Silas Weir Mitchell Materials

A dedicated research portal offers new opportunities for scholars working on the history of 19th-century medicine
The APS Catalogs H. Eldon Sutton Papers and Val Logsdon Fitch Papers; acquires Freeman Dyson Papers

These papers will add to the APS's holdings on the history of twentieth-century science.
Adler Planetarium Publishes Catalogue of Sundial Collection

This volume highlights some of the most significant sundials in the Adler's collections, and provides information for both specialists and non-specialists.
Caltech Special Collections Added to Consortium Search Hub

Listings of more than 1,000 rare books on the history of science are now integrated into our multi-institutional catalog.
Leishmaniases of the New World in a Historical and Global Perspective

The history of a tropical disease, often neglected by researchers and policy makers, suggests global connections of disease and healthcare.
Wellcome Collection Makes Papers of Dr. Joshua Bierer Available for Research

The papers of the pioneering psychiatrist are fully cataloged and available for research at the Wellcome Library.
Faculty position in History of Modern Life Sciences

The Department of the History of Science and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the position of tenure-track assistant professor in the history of the modern life sciences with the anticipated start date of July 1, 2020.

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Upcoming Events

September 18, 2019

Homo Textor Conference

Columbia University, Penelope Project, Deutsches Museum

September 18, 2019

Workshop: Cold War Social and Behavioral Sciences in International and Transnational Contexts

University of Toronto
September 19, 2019

Vijay K. Kapur

Photovoltaics: Past, Present, and Future

Science History Institute
September 19, 2019

Hiro Hirai

Into the Forger’s Library: The Genesis of a Pseudo-Paracelsian Treatise in Publication History

Columbia University
September 23, 2019

Audra Wolfe

HSS Workshop: Audra Wolfe

University of Pennsylvania
September 25, 2019

Banned Books Week Lecture: Censoring Medicine in the Age of Galileo

New York Academy of Medicine
September 30, 2019

Finn Brunton

HSS Workshop: Finn Brunton

University of Pennsylvania
October 4, 2019

Ordering the Anthropocene: Law & the Environment in the Indian Ocean World

The American Society for Legal History; Drexel University Department of History; Drexel Law School’s Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action; Drexel Women’s and Gender Studies
November 7, 2019

Meeting of the American Philosophical Society

American Philosophical Society

Homo Textor Conference