News and Notes

The Center now offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship for students of history of science, technology and medicine. More information and an online application here.

The Center’s postdoctoral fellow receives a stipend of $45,000 per year for two years. This fellow will be expected to spend two academic years at the Center, to participate in the Center’s events, and to assist in light administrative duties to help run the Center and its activities.

Susan Brandt, Temple University
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow

As you navigate our website, you may notice new images appearing on the right. We just received a batch of wonderful images for our site from the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Should you be interested in working your way through them, simply go to the Wagner's information page on our website and refresh the page (generally "F5" if you don't feel like finding the button on your browser) to load random images from Wagner.

Claire Gherini, Johns Hopkins University
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow

The 47th Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology will be held at the University of Pennsylvania, beginning with an opening reception and plenary the evening of Friday April 20th, followed by the presentation of papers, a faculty panel, and a dinner on Saturday April 21st. The event is being co-sponsored by the History and Sociology of Science Department, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS).

Karin Eckholm, 2008-2009 Dissertation Research Fellow, has sent us an update on her activities since leaving PACHS.

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The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science has made terrific progress since starting up in 2007. We have:

The Department of History of Science & Technology at Johns Hopkins University invites proposals that explore new themes and perspectives on environmental problems, both past and present. The aim is to publish a volume of essays that will suggest ways of linking environmental history, history of public health, history of science and technology, and science and technology studies (including political science, sociology and anthropology of science).

The Department of History of Science & Technology at Johns Hopkins University is soliciting proposals for a volume of essays that will explore the relationship between the life sciences, agriculture, and the environment from 1750 to the end of the 20th century. Of special interest is the reciprocal interaction between biological sciences and agriculture, including how agricultural problems inform the theory and practice of biology, and how biological research affects the development of scientific agriculture and agricultural practices.

The Center's recent newsletter has news of our fellowships, events and collections.