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The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry: A Conversation with Wendy Gonaver

In this episode of Perspectives, we speak with Wendy Gonaver about the state of psychiatry in the pre- and post-Civil War American South, and the ways that race, gender, and class governed the care provided by psychiatric institutions.
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Consortium Research Fellowships Available

Apply by April 15 to become a Consortium Research Fellow.
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Propose a New Working Group

The Consortium invites proposals for new online working groups focusing on specialized topics in the history of science, technology or medicine.

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CFP: Circulation of Images in the Life Sciences

This online workshop will explore the role of images in the history of biological research. Proposals are due June 14.
Executive Director, History of Science Society

The History of Science Society seeks a visionary Executive Director. Founded in 1924, the Society is dedicated to understanding science, technology, and medicine in historical context.
Science History Institute Receives CLIR Grant to Digitize Papers of Georg and Max Bredig

Collection Smuggled Out of Nazi Germany Tells Story of Noted German Jewish Scientist’s Rise to Prominence and His Family’s Struggle to Survive the Holocaust.
New Position at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Applications are being accepted for a Historian of Life Science.
Update on Our Member Institutions' Research Policies

Find out the latest information on the research policies of our member institutions during the pandemic.
Deadline Extended: Residential Summer Institute at The Huntington

Applications are open for "Anthroforming the Landscape: A Historical View from Asia," July 5-9, 2021
New Working Groups for 2021

Announcing eight new working groups this semester! Sign up for one or more groups now, and join the conversation.
Help to Foster Scholarship and Public Education

The Consortium is a community of people, inside and outside academia, who care deeply about science, technology and medicine, about how these fields are changing, and about how those changes affect us. These concerns have never been more relevant.

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Upcoming Events

Friday, April 16, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
Visual Cultures in Natural History, the Life Sciences, and Medicine
Consortium Working Group
Monday, April 19, 2021 10:00 am EDT
History of Science in Early South Asia
Consortium Working Group
Monday, April 19, 2021 12:15 pm EDT
Elena Sobrino
Economy's Nature: Interrogating Green Chemistry from the Rust Belt
Harvard University
Monday, April 19, 2021 3:30 pm EDT
Bathsheba Demuth
The Reindeer at the End of the World: Apocalypse, Climate, and Soviet Dreams
University of Pennsylvania
Monday, April 19, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
Under Stormy Skies: Atmospheric Science, Technology, and Society
Consortium Working Group
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:00 pm EDT
History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine
Consortium Working Group
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 6:00 pm EDT
History of Technology
Consortium Working Group
Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
Melinda Baldwin
Healing India's Open Sore': Leper Asylums and the Medical-Evangelical Empire in British India
Princeton University
Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00 pm EDT
History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Latin America
Consortium Working Group
Friday, April 23, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
History of Science in Asia: Decolonizing the History of Science
Consortium Working Group

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