The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2024-25 fellowship program. The deadline for applications is January 19, 2024.
The Newberry has acquired one rare book and one collection that may be of interest to Consortium members.
The National Library of Medicine has acquired several new collections related to women's health:
The Huntington Library has processed several new collections. Researchers can explore these and other colletions through the Consortium's search hub and learn more about the Huntington here.
New collections include:
Women in the History of Quantum Physics is currently producing a peer-reviewed anthology to amplify the history of women's contributions to quantum physics.
Apply by December 15 for Research Fellowships, Long-Term NEH Fellowships and Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars
Call for Papers:
Animal History - Inaugural Volume
Submissions open: September 15, 2023
The concept of madness presents a challenge. What sorts of perceived deviant behavior indicated that a person was mad? How have societies understood the assumed underlying conditions that caused that behavior? How have societies responded to — tried to control or treat or help or ostracize — those thought to be mad? This course will examine some of the ways past societies identified, explained, and reacted to behavior they considered deviant and evidence of madness.
Judith Kaplan has started a blog about her NSF-funded project at the Consortium. She is producing a comprehensive history of modern linguistics while simultaneously exploring the ways in which scientific disciplines are shaped and negotiated over time.
Apply by August 25 for a NYAM Fellowship.
