Heidi Hausse, Princeton University
2014 to 2015 Dissertation Fellow

We welcome today five new member institutions. The Consortium, which was founded by 11 Philadelphia institutions in 2007, now has 24 members from across the United States and Canada. Joining the Consortium this year are:

The Consortium invites scholars to participate in topical working groups for challenging and collegial discussion of works-in-progress and important publications. Groups meet once per month to discuss papers in subfields of the history of science, technology and medicine. Scholars can participate in person or online through a video conferencing system. Last year more than 130 scholars from nearly 60 institutions participated in Consortium working groups.

Whitney Robles, Harvard University
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow

The Consortium has awarded 100 research, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships since 2007. The 2015-16 class is the largest yet and we are preparing to receive applications for 2016-17. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of a rigorous peer-review process including several dozen scholars, librarians and archivists from around the world.

Christopher Willoughby, Tulane University
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow

Sarah Naramore, University of Notre Dame
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow

Nicole Belolan, University of Delaware
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow

Jeannie Shinozuka, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow

Updates about the Consortium are available in our newsletter, including news about fellowships, events and members' collections.

Leidy Tadpole
Drawing of a dissection of a tadpole, by Joseph Leidy, 1845. Image courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.