The Consortium invites scholars to participate in topical working groups for challenging and collegial discussion of works-in-progress and important publications. Groups meet once per month to discuss papers in subfields of the history of science, technology and medicine. Scholars can participate in person or online through a video conferencing system. Last year more than 130 scholars from nearly 60 institutions participated in Consortium working groups.
Whitney Robles, Harvard University
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow
The Consortium has awarded 100 research, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships since 2007. The 2015-16 class is the largest yet and we are preparing to receive applications for 2016-17. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of a rigorous peer-review process including several dozen scholars, librarians and archivists from around the world.
Christopher Willoughby, Tulane University
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow
Sarah Naramore, University of Notre Dame
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow
Nicole Belolan, University of Delaware
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow
Jeannie Shinozuka, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 to 2015 Research Fellow
Updates about the Consortium are available in our newsletter, including news about fellowships, events and members' collections.
Working Groups Program: Overview
2014-2015 was another highly successful year for the Consortium’s working groups program. The Consortium hosts ten working groups on specialized topics in the history of science, medicine and technology. Each working group meets for a 90 minute session in the afternoon or evening, once per month during the academic year. Typically about nine scholars participate in each session, attending either in person or online. Each of the groups is organized and led by one to three conveners.
On July 1st, 2015 the exhibition Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780-1910 will debut in the newly refurbished Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery located in the west wing of the National Museum of American History. On display will be some of the very works that exposed an eager and curious public to the wealth of new ideas and inventions of the 19th century, including landmarks of scientific discovery, imaginative fiction, popular science, newspaper hoaxes, dime novels, and more.
