The Consortium invites proposals for new online working groups focusing on specialized topics in the history of science, technology or medicine.
Applications are now being accepted for travel fellowships and grants to support research in the medical historical collections of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Apply before midnight April 26, 2026.
Samantha Muka explores the history and politics of waste management in coastal environments.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory requests abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Due March 9th.
Katherine White uses rare editions of early modern books in Consortium collections to trace different sources of medical knowledge in the Spanish Empire.
Arnold Thackray, former member of the Consortium Board of Directors, views his long career through the lens of the United States’ rise and fall as a global power.
Research Fellowships are for scholars at any level, who are independent or affiliated with any institution, and would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institutions.
A special issue of PhotoResearcher produced by the working group on “Color Photography in the 19th Century and Early 20th Century: Sciences, Technologies, Empires.”
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.
Robert Hancock uses Consortium collections to uncover the role that indigenous scholars played in developing the field.
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Natalie King speaking at the Rewriting the Story of Girls' Education in Stem event, held at the Wagner Free Institute of Science on March 7, 2019.