Christopher Heaney, University of Texas at Austin
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow

Kuang-chi Hung, Harvard University
2010 to 2011 Research Fellow

Meghan Crnic, University of Pennsylvania
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow

The Center now offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship for students of history of science, technology and medicine. More information and an online application here.

The Center’s postdoctoral fellow receives a stipend of $45,000 per year for two years. This fellow will be expected to spend two academic years at the Center, to participate in the Center’s events, and to assist in light administrative duties to help run the Center and its activities.

Susan Brandt, Temple University
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow

As you navigate our website, you may notice new images appearing on the right. We just received a batch of wonderful images for our site from the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Should you be interested in working your way through them, simply go to the Wagner's information page on our website and refresh the page (generally "F5" if you don't feel like finding the button on your browser) to load random images from Wagner.

The 47th Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology will be held at the University of Pennsylvania, beginning with an opening reception and plenary the evening of Friday April 20th, followed by the presentation of papers, a faculty panel, and a dinner on Saturday April 21st. The event is being co-sponsored by the History and Sociology of Science Department, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS).

Karin Eckholm, 2008-2009 Dissertation Research Fellow, has sent us an update on her activities since leaving PACHS.

Show your support for the Center by clicking here to make a donation.

The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science has made terrific progress since starting up in 2007. We have:

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Palatium sapientiae. Parisiis: Apud Stephanum Gantrel Via Jacobea sub signo Sti. Mauri, [ca. 1680]. Image courtesy of the Princeton University Library.