The 31st annual Artefacts conference will be hosted at the Science History Institute Monday, October 19, 2026-Wednesday, October 21, 2026
At the Limits of Clarity: Communicating Ocular Impairment in Transpacific Clinics, 1830–1930
Jingwen Li uses Consortium collections to explore how ocular impairment was observed, diagnosed, and communicated in transpacific clinics from 1830 to 1930, revealing the challenges of representing vision and visual disability across medical traditions and cultural contexts.Selling Wellness: Marketing Materials, Behaviors, and Services for Improved Health in Modern Africa
Julia Cummiskey explores how public policy, corporate enterprise, and visual media shaped health messaging across the continent.Apply for Consortium Fellowships
Apply by October 1 for Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars, Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Research Fellowships.Applications must be received by October 15, 2026 to be considered for the upcoming Fall-Spring academic year.
The Science History Institute is seeking an accomplished executive to serve as Vice President and Arnold Thackray Director of the Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Library of Chemical History.
The conference will take place June 21-25, 2027, at the University of Toronto, Canada. The submission deadline is November 15, 2026.
Our newest member is one of only five National Research Libraries in the UK, with wide holdings in the history of science, technology and medicine.
Nancy D. Campbell traces how rural Pennsylvania’s energy landscape evolved from anthracite coal to nuclear power—and now to a massive data-center boom. Her research reveals how decades of corporate consolidation, financial speculation, and energy development are reshaping Salem Township, its land, and its communities.
New York Academy of Medicine seeks applications for a Special Collections Reference Librarian
José Alberto Nochebuena uncovers the transnational history of soil mechanics and its transformative role in shaping modern Mexico City.
Clare Byers examines how eighteenth-century books circulated and reshaped knowledge about North America, revealing how readers used, corrected, and repurposed older information to make new knowledge.
Propose a draft article, dissertation chapter or book chapter for discussion at one of the Consortium's working groups.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 10:00 am EDT
Consortium Working Group
Friday, September 18, 2026, 12:00 pm EDT
Consortium Working Group
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 12:00 pm EDT
Consortium Working Group
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 10:00 am EDT
Consortium Working Group
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 12:00 pm EDT
Consortium Working Group
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 5:45 pm EDT
Fara Dabhoiwala
American Institute of Physics
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 1:00 pm EDT
Consortium Working Group
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 3:00 pm EDT
Ellan Spero
Johns Hopkins University
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Euclid, Elements of Geometrie (London, 1570), trans. Henry Billingsley
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