News and Notes
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Call for Working Group Papers, 2024-2025
July 8, 2024
Propose a draft article, dissertation chapter or book chapter for discussion at one of the Consortium's working groups.
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New York Academy of Medicine Library Fellowships Available
June 19, 2024
The New York Academy of Medicine Library offers two annual research fellowships to support the advancement of scholarly research in the history of medicine and public health.
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Forests and Power in the United States Empire, 1891-1914
June 19, 2024
Research Fellow Evan Bonney reports on his research into the science of forestry adopted by the United States Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Interior as a tool of soft power for the United States Empire at the turn of the twentieth century.
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From Biopolitics to Geopolitics: Speech Sciences and Colonial Governance in Early America
June 12, 2024
Consortium Fellow Derek Baron discusses the study of language and the rise of U.S. continental imperialism.
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CFA: Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship
June 6, 2024
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives invites applications for fellowships to conduct research in its collections.
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Brown University Joins the Consortium
June 5, 2024
We are delighted to welcome Brown as the Consortium's newest member.
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Electric Archipelago: Power Politics in the Caribbean
May 15, 2024
Consortium NEH Fellow Chelsea Schields explores the legacies of colonialism in Caribbean electrical systems.
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Sweet Captivity: A History of Primate Science from Cuba to the United States
May 1, 2024
Consortium NEH Fellow Catherine Mas uncovers the gender history and cultural history of early primatology.
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Smithsonian Institution CFP: Sports Technology and Innovation Symposium
April 30, 2024
In Game Changer (2017), Rayvon Fouché argued that modern sports have been radically transformed by scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine.
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Cedars-Sinai Program in the History of Medicine: A History of Surgery
April 26, 2024
The Cedars-Sinai Program in the History of Medicine is pleased to announce that our next six-week course, A History of Surgery, will meet Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, May 1-June 5. The course will be