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American Genius: A History of the Idea in the Modern United States

William Krause explores how the concept of individual genius shaped U.S. culture, industry and academics in the twentieth century.

Building Mechanical Boys: A Raced and Gendered History of Autism in the 20th Century United States

Elizabeth Maher examines the gendered and racialized bifurcation of psychological diagnoses, and the historical roots of autism’s association with white masculinity and technocracy.

Cold War, Public Health, and Brazil: Exploring Transnational Networks of Knowledge (1955-1978)

Nathalia Gomes uses Consortium member collections to explore the layers of local and global agency in one of the world's largest disease eradication programs.

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Science History Institute's 2026 Gordon Cain Conference on "The Global History of Modern Science, 1400–1914"

Registration now open for the Science History Institute's 2026 Gordon Cain Conference taking place August 6 and August 7, 2026.

Knowledge Propaganda: Soviet Socialism as an Epistemic Project

Alexey Golubev uses Consortium collections to explore state-sponsored efforts to promote scientific citizenship.

Ancient Bones and Modern Science: Fossil Collecting in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Samantha Wagner finds contested visions of the earth sciences and empire in the fossil record of the North American West.

CFA: Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship

Cold Spring Harbor Library is accepting applications until August 31.

CFA: Jefferson Garden Research Fellowship

Apply for this APS fellowship by April 19.

Yale Library Invites Grant Proposals for Research in Medical Historical Collections

Applications are now being accepted for travel fellowships and grants to support research in the medical historical collections of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Apply before midnight April 26, 2026.

Conservation and Marine Pollution in the New York Bight, 1960-present

Samantha Muka explores the history and politics of waste management in coastal environments.

Call for Papers: Five Decades of Nuclear Receptors: Physiology, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory requests abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Due March 9th.

Medicine, Anatomy, and the Search for Natural Man in the Sixteenth-Century Iberian World

Katherine White uses rare editions of early modern books in Consortium collections to trace different sources of medical knowledge in the Spanish Empire.

Making Science History: A Personal Perspective from Alamagordo to AI

Arnold Thackray, former member of the Consortium Board of Directors, views his long career through the lens of the United States’ rise and fall as a global power.

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