April 2016
Jeremy Greene: Images and Texts in Medical History: NIH Keynote Lecture
Location: Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Please note, only the Keynote Lecture is open to the public. Keynote Lecture: Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine; Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Chair in the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Please visit the conference website for more information. Images and Texts in Medical History: A Workshop in Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities will take place on the…
Find out more »May 2016
Georgetown University – In Praise of the Divine Beauty: The Philosophy of Ptolemy and its Greek, Arabic and Hebrew Reception
Georgetown University's Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies presents:
"In Praise of the Divine Beauty": The Philosophy of Ptolemy and its Greek, Arabic and Hebrew Reception.
Charlotte Jacobs – Jonas Salk: A Life
Dr. Charlotte Jacobs (Stanford University) will speak about Jonas Salk's life and achievements on May 5th with the American Philosophical Society. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required; please visit the event website for details. Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914, in East Harlem. He was just a child when poliomyelitis and then influenza devastated New York. Spared, he would one day play a major role in the prevention of both. Salk's…
Find out more »First Friday: Selling Science
Advertising is used to sell all sorts of things, but what does it look like when the product is science? Join us as we take a journey along the timeline of science advertising.
Find out more »Alexander Von Humboldt: The History, Science, and Poetry of Ecology
On May 20th, The New York Botanical Garden will present a symposium on Prussian geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
Find out more »June 2016
Inequality by the Numbers: A Workshop on Inequality Research
Applications are now online for Inequality by the Numbers: an inter-disciplinary workshop on inequality research. It will be held June 6-10, 2016, and is hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center and the Luxembourg Income Study Center.
Find out more »September 2016
Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee: Civil Rights Pioneer
An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington, D.C., Dorothy Ferebee, MD (1898-1980) was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised presidents on civil rights and assisted foreign governments on public health issues. Ferebee was president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha black service sorority and later became the president of the powerful National Council of Negro Women in the nascent civil…
Find out more »Start Talking Science – Chemical Heritage Foundation
Start Talking Science is an unprecedented opportunity for you to meet local scientists and academics and discuss their groundbreaking research. Interested in dark matter? Talk about it with a particle physicist. Intrigued by circadian rhythms and sleep patterns? Discuss it with a neuroscientist! Wondering about generating energy through fusion, engineering viruses to heal spinal cord injuries, or how to get students interested in engineering? Start Talking Science is an amazing opportunity to have these one-on-one conversations: the possibilities are endless! No registration is required. About Start…
Find out more »Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine – 2016 Introductory Symposium
Please join The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine for this year’s Introductory Symposium on September 28.
Find out more »Jan Golinski – Synthesis Lecture
Join us on Thursday, September 29, as former CHF fellow Jan Golinski discusses his new book, The Experimental Self: Humphry Davy and the Making of a Man of Science (University of Chicago Press, 2016). One of the 19th century's most famous men of science, Humphry Davy was known for discovering sodium, potassium, and other elements, and for inventions including the miners’ safety lamp. But he was an enigmatic figure to his contemporaries and has continued to elude the efforts of biographers to classify him.…
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