On April 10–11, 2026, Johns Hopkins University will host the sixtieth Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology. The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2026.
The Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives invites applications for a Historian of the Life Sciences position.
The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Research Travel Grant Program.
These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. The deadline for applications is January 19, 2026.
The Osler Library offers a number of awards and travel grants to local and international historians, physicians, graduate and post-doctoral students, and others whose research touches upon the history of medicine. Applications due January 16, 2026.
The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 National Stereoscopic Association Research Fellowship. Completed applications are due on March 1st, 2026. The Fellowship must be completed between September 1st, 2026 and August 31st, 2027.
The 2025-2026 application cycle is now open for projects beginning in 2026 or 2027. Applications are due March 20, 2026.
Kristy Wilson Bowers explores the variability and utility of naming historical diseases.
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Judith Leavitt
Judith Leavitt, Rupple Bascom and Ruth Bleier Professor, Medical History and Bioethics, History of Science, and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, speaking at the College of Physicians about changes in American childbirth practices. College of Physicians of Philadelphia, September 25, 2008.