News and Notes
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Homo-Musicus: The Early Modern Sciences of the Human Body
December 17, 2019
Early modern philosophers from across western Europe found in music tools to connect the physical and even mechanical processes of the body with the more abstract phenomena of thought, cognition, health, and pleasure.
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Wellcome Collection Makes Papers of the UK Health Education Council and Health Education Authority Available for Research
December 12, 2019
A remarkable archive that richly documents British health promotion campaigns in the late twentieth century is now available for researchers at Wellcome Collection.
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The College of Physicians of Philadelphia adds Silas Weir Mitchell papers to digital collections.
December 12, 2019
The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is pleased to announce a major new addition to its digital collections with the online publication of much of our primary source material related to the life and work of Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914).
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Adler Planetarium announces new Chicago's Night Sky exhibit
December 12, 2019
In a corner of the Adler Planetarium’s new Chicago’s Night Sky exhibit, a display containing two iPads invites guests to “help us learn about constellations across cultures and centuries.”
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Human Remainders: The Lost Century of the Samuel George Morton Collection
December 5, 2019
What becomes of cranial collections after the decline of cranial race science?
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Model Bodies: The Art, Science, and Craft of Human Modeling for 3-D Computer Graphics and Animation, 1960-1995
November 22, 2019
Investigating the history of computer-generated image-making reveals the materiality of computer modeling.
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CFA: Linda Hall Library 2020-21 Fellowships
November 21, 2019
The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2020-21 fellowship program. Applications are due January 17, 2020.
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Propose a New Working Group
November 11, 2019
The Consortium invites proposals for new online working groups focusing on specialized topics in the history of science, technology or medicine.
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Seminal Ideas: The Forces of Generation for Robert Boyle and his Contemporaries
October 31, 2019
Investigating Robert Boyle's role in the development of the life sciences
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CFP: "Evidence: The Use and Misuse of Data"
October 25, 2019
Inspired by its 2020 exhibition Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum is organizing a daylong symposium that explores the nature of evidence.