News and Notes
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Linda Hall Library acquires observation logs from comet hunter David H. Levy
November 23, 2015
The Linda Hall Library recently acquired 26 observation logs from David H.
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American Philosophical Society acquires papers of Richard L. Garwin
November 23, 2015
The American Philosophical Society recently acquired the papers of twentieth-century physicist and policy consultant Richard L. Garwin.
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November 2015 Newsletter
November 17, 2015
Updates on the Consortium's fellows, events and members are available in the November 2015 Newsl
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Donald L. Opitz wins NSF award and lead edits volume on domesticity in modern science
November 2, 2015
Congratulations to past Consortium fellow Donald Opitz, who secured NSF funding to support the conference “Gendering Science: Women and Men Producing Knowledge” in Prague, Czech Republic, June 5-8,
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Fellowships Available for 2016-2017
October 30, 2015
The Consortium invites applications for fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed.
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The Peculiar Institution: Race, Gender, and Religion in the Making of Modern Psychiatry
October 21, 2015
Wendy Gonaver (PhD, American Studies, College of William and Mary) was a Research Fellow of the Consortium in 2015-2016.
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Home Alteration in Industrial Philadelphia, 1865 to 1925
October 16, 2015
Amanda Casper is a PhD candidate in the History of Technology and Industrialization at the University of Delaware. In 2014-15, she was a Dissertation Writing Fellow at the Consortium.
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In Search of the Social Impulse: Science and Conciliation during the Interwar Years, 1919-1939
October 16, 2015
Abe Gibson (PhD, History, Florida State University) was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Consortium in 2014-2015. Read more about his experience below.
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Science in the Jungle: The Missionary Mapping and National Imagining of Western Amazonia
October 14, 2015
Roberto Chauca Tapia is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Florida. In 2015-2016, he was a dissertation writing fellow of the Consortium.
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Life and Limb: Technology, Surgery, and Bodily Loss in Early Modern Germany
October 7, 2015
Heidi Hausse is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University. In 2014-2015, she was a Dissertation Writing Fellow at the Consortium.