The Center has awarded ten fellowships for dissertation research in area archives and libraries, as well as two fellowships for dissertation writing. Dissertation Research Fellows will spend one or two months conducting research in the Philadelphia area. Dissertation Writing Fellows will spend nine months in residence at the Center and will present their work for the Regional Colloquium in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWS
for 2010-2011

Cameron Strang, University of Texas at Austin
2010 to 2011 Research Fellow

Dora Vargha, Rutgers University
2010 to 2011 Research Fellow

Nicholas Best, Indiana University
2009 to 2010 Research Fellow

Rebecca Miller, Harvard University
2010 to 2011 Research Fellow

The Fall 2010 Newsletter of the Center is now available.

The Center offers one- or two- month Dissertation Research Fellowships and nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships for students in the history of science, technology and medicine. More information and online application here.

The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science is delighted to release an online search of the combined special collections of nine of its consortium partners: the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Hagley Museum and Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science.

Chemical Weather and Chemical Climate:
Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective

Gordon Cain Conference on the History of Atmospheric Chemistry
Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
March 31-April 1, 2011

Call for Papers:

Containment
Peter Galison of Harvard University discussing his film, Containment, with the audience at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, April 2016.