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“A Mind Prostrate”: Physicians, Opiates, and Insanity in the Civil War’s Aftermath

New research points to an opiate addiction epidemic from the nineteenth century.
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Apply for 2019-2020 Consortium Fellowships

The Consortium invites applications for fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed. Opportunities include:
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October 2018 Newsletter

In the October 2018 Newsletter: Caltech joins Consortium. New fellowship program and funding. New fellows for 2018-19. Application open for 2019-20 fellowships.

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Phonographs, Flying Machines, and the Animality of Modernity

Daniel Vandersommers, Assistant Professor at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities at Ball State University, and former Consortium NEH Postdoctoral Fellow, will deliver a public talk on the role of zoos as sites for scientific research and education.
Linda Hall Library 2019-2020 Fellowships

The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2019-20 fellowship program.
Fall 2018 Fellows Update

See the latest news from Consortium fellows.
CFP: “Networks: The Creation and Circulation of Knowledge from Franklin to Facebook”

June 6-7, 2019
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Caltech Joins Consortium

The Consortium is delighted to welcome Caltech as its newest member.
Doctrine of the Skull: Phrenology and Popular Knowledge in Antebellum America

In the nineteenth century, phrenology transformed the relationship between scientists and the public.
The H. W. Lende Manuscript Collection

The Smithsonian Libraries’ Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology has recently acquired the splendid manuscript collection of the late Henry Willard Lende, Jr, notable history of science scholar and collector.
The Records of the Consumer Health Information Center and the Records of Philly Health Info

The Historical Medical Library is pleased to announce that the Records of the Consumer Health Information Center (CHIC) and the records of its successor, Philly Health Info (PHI), have been fully processed and are ready for researcher use.

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Upcoming Events

November 20, 2018

Library Pop-up: Deliverance Through Diet

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
November 26, 2018

Moira Weigel (Harvard University)

Survival of the Sexiest: NLP, EP, PUAs, and Other “Sciences” of Seduction on the Alt Right

Harvard University
November 26, 2018

Sarah Pickman

Holmes Workshop: “Soaked and Sodden: Victorian Exploration and the Conquest of Damp”

Yale University
November 28, 2018

R. Peter Broughton and Andrew Oakes

Joint Colloquium With Astronomy Department

University of Toronto
November 28, 2018

Rayvon Fouché (Purdue University)

History of Science Colloquium: Rayvon Fouché, "'The New Technology is Black': Sport, Race, and Data"

Princeton University
November 28, 2018

Rupal Sanghvi (MPH), Demetre Daskalakis (MD, MPH), Diana Hernández (PhD) and Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. (PhD)

Disease and Disparity: Realities of the Uneven Playing Field of Public Health

New York Academy of Medicine, Museum of the City of New York, Wellcome
November 29, 2018

Emily Herring

A Philosopher Among the Biologists: How French Philosopher Henri Bergson Helped 20th-Century Biologists Get Creative About Evolution

Linda Hall Library
November 29, 2018

Naomi Oreskes

Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science: Historical Foundations of Free Market Fundamentalism

Caltech, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
December 6, 2018

A.J. Murphy (Columbia University)

Corporatizing Defense: Management Expertise and the Transformation of the Cold War U.S. Military

Hagley Museum and Library
January 10, 2019

Laura Puaca (Christopher Newport University)

Domesticating Disability: The Creation of Assistive Devices for Disabled Homemakers in the Post-WWII U.S.

Hagley Museum and Library

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