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Apply for 2020-2021 Consortium Fellowships

The Consortium invites applications for fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed.
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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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Human Remainders: The Lost Century of the Samuel George Morton Collection

What becomes of cranial collections after the decline of cranial race science?

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Wellcome Collection Makes Papers of the UK Health Education Council and Health Education Authority Available for Research

A remarkable archive that richly documents British health promotion campaigns in the late twentieth century is now available for researchers at Wellcome Collection.
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia adds Silas Weir Mitchell papers to digital collections.

The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is pleased to announce a major new addition to its digital collections with the online publication of much of our primary source material related to the life and work of Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914).
Adler Planetarium announces new Chicago's Night Sky exhibit

In a corner of the Adler Planetarium’s new Chicago’s Night Sky exhibit, a display containing two iPads invites guests to “help us learn about constellations across cultures and centuries.”
Model Bodies: The Art, Science, and Craft of Human Modeling for 3-D Computer Graphics and Animation, 1960-1995

Investigating the history of computer-generated image-making reveals the materiality of computer modeling.
CFA: Linda Hall Library 2020-21 Fellowships

The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2020-21 fellowship program. Applications are due January 17, 2020.
Seminal Ideas: The Forces of Generation for Robert Boyle and his Contemporaries

Investigating Robert Boyle's role in the development of the life sciences
CFP: "Evidence: The Use and Misuse of Data"

Inspired by its 2020 exhibition Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum is organizing a daylong symposium that explores the nature of evidence.
Fellowships and Travel Grants from the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center

Through its fellowships and travel grants, the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation supports research projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society.

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Upcoming Events

December 18, 2019

Anne Harrington

Biological Psychiatry and its Discontents: How We Got Here

Columbia University

January 29, 2020

Robert D. Hicks

Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic in Philadelphia

College of Physicians of Philadelphia, The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Groff Family Memorial Trust and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
February 27, 2020

Bess Williamson

Accessible America: A History of Disability & Design

Biological Psychiatry and its Discontents: How We Got Here