Nancy D. Campbell traces how rural Pennsylvania’s energy landscape evolved from anthracite coal to nuclear power—and now to a massive data-center boom. Her research reveals how decades of corporate consolidation, financial speculation, and energy development are reshaping Salem Township, its land, and its communities.

New York Academy of Medicine seeks applications for a Special Collections Reference Librarian

José Alberto Nochebuena uncovers the transnational history of soil mechanics and its transformative role in shaping modern Mexico City.

Clare Byers examines how eighteenth-century books circulated and reshaped knowledge about North America, revealing how readers used, corrected, and repurposed older information to make new knowledge.

Propose a draft article, dissertation chapter or book chapter for discussion at one of the Consortium's working groups.

The Consortium is delighted to announce nine new working groups are joining our calendar of monthly online meetings for 2026-2027.

The Consortium is delighted to welcome the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science as a member institution.

Jonathan MacDonald explores how postwar American social scientists used popular media to bring social science to broad audiences and shaped public understanding of democracy, psychology, and civic life.

The Consortium's 2025-2026 Year in Review celebrates a year of growth, collaboration and scholarship across the history of science, technology and medicine. The report highlights the people, programs and partnerships that enriched our global community. Read the Year in Review to explore what our communities have accomplished together and the impact we've made over the past year.

The Consortium is pleased to announce a new Dissertation Completion Fellowship program, generously supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.