The 2018 Artefacts meeting will be held October 14-16 at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. This year's theme is "Relevance of Collections." Proposals are due July 20.

The American Philosophical Society Archivist Tracey deJong has finished cataloging to current standards the papers of Duhamel du Monceau and his nephew Fougeroux de Bondaroy, important men of science in Enlightenment France.
 

The Goethe Society of North America invites the submission of essays on Goethe’s contribution to the history of science and on Goethe in the history of science. Due: May 1, 2018.

The Richard Sussman Prize is awarded annually for the best essay published in 2017 in an academic journal on Goethe’s contributions to the history of science and on Goethe in the history of science.

The prize carries a $500 award.

See recent publications, awards, and other news from our fellows.

The American Institute of Physics is sponsoring its 4th Early Career Conference in San Sebastian, Spain, October 17-21, 2018. Proposals are due April 1, 2018.

Paul Braff, Temple University
2017 to 2018 Research Fellow

In this issue: Wellcome Collection Joins, Fellowship Applications due December 11, SHOT Annual Meeting, Fellows Updates, Collections News
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The Smithsonian's Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology has received a significant book collection donated by J. Bruce Beckwith, MD, encompassing 800 rare books on pediatric anomalies in humans, animals and plants.

See recent updates on Consortium fellows.

Sarah Basham, University of British Columbia
2016 to 2017 Dissertation Fellow

Shopping for Health
David Herzberg and Nancy Tomes at Shopping for Health forum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, October 2018.