News and Notes

  • Fall 2010 Newsletter

    December 8, 2010

    The Fall 2010 Newsletter of the Center is now available.

  • Fellowship Applications for 2011-2012

    November 8, 2010

    The Center offers one- or two- month Dissertation Research Fellowships and nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships for students in the history of science, technology and medicine.

  • Search Area Collections

    October 28, 2010

    The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science is delighted to release an online search of the combined special collections of nine of its consortium partners: the Academy of Natural Sciences

  • Chemical Weather and Chemical Climate

    October 23, 2010

    Chemical Weather and Chemical Climate:
    Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective

  • Fellows at Member Institutions

    October 13, 2010

    The Center offers both short- and long-term fellowships, as do several members of our consortium.

  • Social PACHS

    July 28, 2010

    Readers now have several option for following events and News at the Center. In addition to checking this Web site and joining to our email list, you can

  • Conference Support Competition

    July 7, 2010

    The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science invites applications for support of conferences and workshops on the history of science, technology and medicine—broadly construed.

  • Visiting Fellow: Terry Christensen

    June 10, 2010

    Terry wrote to PACHS recently about his post-doctoral work:

  • The Social Relevance of Studying Domestication in the Early 20th Century

    June 2, 2010

    Nicholas Blanchard, Oregon State University
    2009 to 2010 Research Fellow

  • Consortium to Host International Meeting in 2012

    May 6, 2010

    Every four years the History of Science Society, the British Society for the History of Science, and the Canadian Society for the History & Philosophy of Science meet jointly in mid-summer for