Alicia Puglionesi, Johns Hopkins University
2016 to 2017 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow
Michelle Smiley, Bryn Mawr
2016 to 2017 Dissertation Fellow
The papers of physicist Rose Le Dieu Mooney Slater (1902-1981) include 10.5 linear feet of correspondence, research and print material that document Mooney-Slater’s career as a professor, department chair, research physicist and accomplished crystallographer; concentrating on the structure of crystals and crystalline materials using X-ray diffraction.
The Adler Planetarium is pleased to announce that the Webster Photographs Collection is now available for research.
The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, at Yale University, seeks a person with interest and expertise in Economics and History for a postdoctoral position. The appointment will begin in July of 2018 and continue until June of 2019. The primary duties of the postdoctoral associate will be to research and write a history of the Cowles Foundation and its relationship to the discipline of Economics. In doing so, the researcher will draw upon published materials, the Cowles archives, and archival materials at other locations.
"Grappling with the Futures" will begin an interdisciplinary dialogue that interrogates the goals, concepts, and methods of futures studies and probes informal futures-oriented thinking that is ubiquitous in social thought and practice. Abstracts due November 3.
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
