News and Notes
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Jessica Linker Begins Bryn Mawr Postdoc on History of Women and Science
August 16, 2017
Congratulations to Jessica Linker (2013-2014 Research Fellow), who has been named CLIR Humanities & Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow at Bryn Mawr College, where she will craft a digital
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Private Aid, Political Activism: American Medical Relief to Spain and China, 1936-1949
August 16, 2017
A new book by Aelwen Wetherby (2011-2012 Research Fellow) examines the history of medicine, U.S. foreign relations, and humanitarianism in the mid-twentieth century.
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Apply for 2018-2019 Linda Hall Library Fellowships
August 12, 2017
The Linda Hall Library invites pre-and post-doctoral scholars of exceptional promise to apply for its 2018/19 fellowships in the history of science and relat
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Epidemic Preparedness in the Age of Chronic Illness: Public Health and Welfare in the United States, 1965-2000
August 9, 2017
George Aumoithe, Columbia University
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow -
CFP: “The Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson” American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 7-8, 2018
August 8, 2017
In commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the American Philosophical Society’s founding in 1743 and the birth of its long-time President, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, APS 1780, President 1797-1814), the APS Library, along with the National Constitution Center and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, are organizing a daylong symposium that aims to explore the history of science, knowledge production, and learning during the Age of Jefferson (1743-1826).
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Science in the Age of Invincible Surmise
July 26, 2017
Joseph Martin, National Science Foundation Research Scholar
2017 to 2018 Fellow in Residence -
Abraham Gibson Awarded NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
July 19, 2017
Congratulations to Abraham Gibson (2014-2015 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow), who has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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Consortium Receives Mellon Foundation Grant
July 18, 2017
The Consortium is grateful to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its continued support.
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Medical Modernity: Rethinking U.S. Colonial Practices in the Philippines and the Health Work of Non-elite Women (1870-1948)
July 13, 2017
Christine Peralta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow -
Care of Bodies, Cure of Souls: Medicine and Religion in Early Modern Germany
July 7, 2017
Tricia Ross, Duke University
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow