Betsy Frederick-Rothwell, University of Texas, Austin
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives has established a new Research Travel Grant for students, faculty or independent scholars who wish to utilize the CSHL Archives for research. This new program will provide successful applicants with awards of up to $1000 for travel to CSHL for onsite use of their Archives. It may also be used for lodging and other travel expenses. Research trips may last any length of time. The deadline for applications is October 31st each year. Recipients will be announced in December.
Alison Laurence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Annual Meeting - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
26-29 October 2017
The Americas Section of the International Study Group on the Relations Between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM-Americas) is pleased to announce a meeting from Friday, March 31, to Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
We seek a variety of talks on relations between the history and pedagogy of mathematics. At this meeting we hope to feature a special session on the history and pedagogy of mathematics in engineering. We encourage submissions of paper proposals in this area.
Through its fellowships and travel grants, the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation supports research projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. Projects may include (but are not limited to) historical research and documentation projects resulting in dissertations, publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, documentary films, or other multimedia products.
Congratulations to 2013-2014 Consortium Research Fellow James Poskett, who has been appointed Assistant Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick, starting September 2017. Read more about James's work here.
The Consortium invites applications for Short-term Research Fellowships, Dissertation Fellowships, an NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Fellows-in-Residence. More information is available on Fellowships page
Updates on fellowships, working groups, public events and Consortium collections are available in the November 2016 Newsletter.
Dora Vargha, Birbeck College, University of London
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow
