Congratulations to Jessica Linker (2013-2014 Research Fellow), who has been named CLIR Humanities & Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow at Bryn Mawr College, where she will craft a digital project on the history of women and science at Bryn Mawr.

A new book by Aelwen Wetherby (2011-2012 Research Fellow) examines the history of medicine, U.S. foreign relations, and humanitarianism in the mid-twentieth century.

The Linda Hall Library invites pre-and post-doctoral scholars of exceptional promise to apply for its 2018/19 fellowships in the history of science and related areas of science and technology studies. The Library offers researchers a setting that allows for deep immersion in its outstanding collections and a rich intellectual community of in-house experts, fellows, and scholars from nearby Kansas City institutions. Please click here to learn more about Linda Hall's collections.

George Aumoithe, Columbia University
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow

In commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the American Philosophical Society’s founding in 1743 and the birth of its long-time President, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, APS 1780, President 1797-1814), the APS Library, along with the National Constitution Center and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, are organizing a daylong symposium that aims to explore the history of science, knowledge production, and learning during the Age of Jefferson (1743-1826).

Joseph Martin, National Science Foundation Research Scholar
2017 to 2018 Fellow in Residence

Congratulations to Abraham Gibson (2014-2015 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow), who has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Abe's project, "Understanding Biological and Social Intersections around Ideas of Cooperation, 1919-1939," examines the various ways that biologists studied concepts such as cooperation, emergence, organicism, individuality, and holism.

The Consortium is grateful to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its continued support.

Christine Peralta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow

Tricia Ross, Duke University
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow

Baldner Rare 3-Size QL41 .B3 1653 v3 - x428
Baldner, Leonhardt u. a. Recht natÿrliche Beschreibung und Abmalung der Wasser Vögel, Fischen, Vierfüssigen Thieren, Insecten, und Gewürm, so beÿ Strassburg in den Wassern gefunden werden, welche ich selber geschossen, gefangen und in mein eigner Hand gehabt. Übers. von Philip Henry Zollman. N.p., 1653. RARE 3-SIZE QL41 .B3 1653 vol. 3. Image courtesy of Brown University Library.