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IsisCB Pandemics Episode 2

This podcast episode looks at the social and political dimensions of pandemics, and considers doing such a history during times of disease crises.
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Apply for Consortium Fellowships

Apply by December 15 for Research Fellowships, Long-Term NEH Fellowships and Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars

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Hosting the Consortium

The Consortium invites proposals for its next institutional host, which would place it at the center of a vibrant community including leading and emerging scholars from around the world.
University of Sydney Acquires First Edition of Vesalius

University of Sydney Fisher Library has acquired a first edition of On the Fabric of the Human Body by Andreas Vesalius.
Opportunity: Director, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation seeks a Director to serve as the champion for the power of invention and innovation and to lead the Center’s pathbreaking educational and engagement efforts.
The Currency of the Cell: Energy Cycles and the Remaking of Metabolism, 1900–1970

Read about Gina Surita's research into the history of molecular biology and the influence of metaphors of "economy" on our understanding of cellular functions.
A Dose of Herbalism: Evidence and Efficacy in North American Medical History

Read about Charis Boke's work on plant humanities, medical knowledge and interspecies relationships.
Library of Congress 2024 Junior Fellows Program

Applications are due November 27, 2023.
Library of Congress 2024-2025 National Stereoscopic Association Research Fellowship

Applications are due by March 1, 2024.
Wellcome Collection Makes Available British Society for Social Responsibility in Science Archive

The collection holds information on an influential "radical science" movement.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 12:00 pm EST

Wagner's December First Saturday Open House: A Peek into the Archives

Monday, December 4, 2023 11:30 am EST

History of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Monday, December 4, 2023 3:30 pm EST

Colleen Lanier Christensen

Toxic Rules: The Epistemic Consequences of Standardized Practices in Chemical Regulation

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 2:00 pm EST

Career Diversity

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 7:00 pm EST

Jeffrey Makala

Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in 19th-Century U.S. Print Culture

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 3:00 pm EST

Maria Rentetzi

Making Radium Kinky: The Epistemology of the Familiar

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 7:30 pm EST

Gordon Chang

Inscrutable: Anti-Asian Violence, Racial Confusions, and the Proximity of History

Thursday, December 7, 2023 11:00 am EST

Women, Gender and Sexuality in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:00 pm EST

John Norton

Einstein on Singularities: Analysis versus Geometry

Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:00 pm EST

History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Latin America

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