News and Notes
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Hoarding Research Internship
April 1, 2014
Community Legal Services, Inc. (CLS) seeks a highly motivated and independent graduate level student to conduct a research study for the Philadelphia Hoarding Task Force.
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Center wins 2nd NEH Grant
March 27, 2014
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions to the Center, supporting our postdoctoral fellowship program.
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Morbid Propensities: Suicide, Sympathy, and the Making of American Eugenics
March 4, 2014
Kathleen Brian, George Washington University
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"It is my wish to behold Ladies among my hearers": Early American Women and Scientific Practice, 1720-1860
February 27, 2014
Jessica Linker, University of Connecticut
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Center wins National Endowment for Humanities Challenge Grant
February 18, 2014
The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science has been awarded a $500,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an endowment for its fellowship program.
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North by Degree: New Perspectives on Arctic Exploration
January 23, 2014
The Center proudly announces the publication of North by Degree: New Perspectives on Arctic Exploration, edited by Susan A.
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Cross-Atlantic Fertilizations: Women’s Horticultural Education at Ambler, Pennsylvania
January 2, 2014
Donald Opitz, DePaul University
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Help Build the Center
December 19, 2013
The Center relies on its individual and institutional partners for financial, intellectual and strategic support.
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Call for Papers: Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology
December 19, 2013
The Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology will hold its 49th meeting on April 4-5, 2014, at the Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
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November 2013 Newsletter
November 26, 2013
The Center's newsletter has updates on the fellowship program, public and academic events, collections of