News and Notes
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Call for Papers: 2018 Artefacts Meeting
April 16, 2018
The 2018 Artefacts meeting will be held October 14-16 at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. This year's theme is "Relevance of Collections." Proposals are due July 20.
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APS Catalog of Duhamel du Monceau/Fougeroux de Bondaroy Papers Updated
March 22, 2018
The American Philosophical Society Archivist Tracey deJong has finished cataloging to current standards the papers of Duhamel du Monceau and his nephew Fougeroux de Bondaroy, important men of scien
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Call for Submissions: Goethe Essay Prize in the History of Science
March 22, 2018
The Goethe Society of North America invites the submission of essays on Goethe’s contribution to the history of science and on Goethe in the history of science. Due: May 1, 2018.
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Spring 2018 Fellows Update
March 22, 2018
See recent publications, awards, and other news from our fellows.
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Call for Papers: 4th Early Career Conference for History of Physical Science
February 22, 2018
The American Institute of Physics is sponsoring its 4th Early Career Conference in San Sebastian, Spain, October 17-21, 2018. Proposals are due April 1, 2018.
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Public Health for African Americans – The First Campaign
January 25, 2018
An examination of the history of U.S. public health initiatives demonstrates how African American communities have challenged social constructions of race.
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December 2017 Newsletter
December 6, 2017
In this issue: Wellcome Collection Joins, Fellowship Applications due December 11, SHOT Annual Meeting, Fellows Updates, Collections News
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Smithsonian Libraries Adds Teratology Collection
November 24, 2017
The Smithsonian's Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology has received a significant book collection donated by J. Bruce Beckwith, MD, encompassing 800 rare books on pediatric anomalies in humans, animals and plants.
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December 2017 Fellows Update
November 22, 2017
See recent updates on Consortium fellows.
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Rethinking the Ontology of Chinese Encyclopedias: The Life and Times of Treatise on Military Preparedness (1621)
November 21, 2017
Multiple copies of a single book provide important clues for understanding the transmission and production of technical knowledge in China during a period of rapid political, social, cultural and epistemic change.