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Featured Event
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 6:30pmSusan Lindee, Projit Bihari Mukharji, and Joanna Radin
Immortal Life: The Promises and Perils of Biobanking and the Genetic Archive
American Philosophical Society and the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Are we now approaching a time when we could all live, at least in freezers, forever? This public forum explores some of the historical and social questions raised by the "frozen archive." -
News and Notes
Epidemic Preparedness in the Age of Chronic Illness: Public Health and Welfare in the United States, 1965-2000
The 1970s economic crisis had a lasting impact on responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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News and Notes
June 2017 Newsletter
The June Newsletter welcomes the Adler Planetarium and SHOT, as well as 2017-18 fellows to the Consortium. It also has updates on working groups, events and other activities.
Upcoming Events
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August 22, 2017
Randi Hutter Epstein, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Get Me Out: Childbirth in Early 20th Century NYC
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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September 13, 2017
Faye Wattleton, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
On the Front Lines of Reproductive Rights
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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September 14, 2017
Patricia D’Antonio, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Nursing with a Message: Public Health Demonstrations in New York City
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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September 14, 2017
Alexandra Hui, Mississippi State University
Making "Muzak" Natural: The Sounds of Life, Death, and the Lyre Bird in the Built Environment, 1950-1970
Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington, DE)
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September 28, 2017
Beth Linker, University of Pennsylvania
The Great War and Modern Veteran Care
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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October 5, 2017
Jennifer Nelson, University of Redlands
More Than Medicine: Social Justice and Feminist Movements for Health
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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October 10, 2017
Susan Lamb, University of Ottawa
Psychiatry’s Most Misunderstood Founding Father: Adolf Meyer
New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
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October 12, 2017
Dava Sobel
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Linda Hall Library
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October 22, 2017
Anthropocene Campus Philadelphia
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
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October 26, 2017
SHOT Annual Meeting
Society for the History of Technology