American Association for the History of Medicine
Founded in 1925, the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) is a professional association of historians, physicians, nurses, archivists, curators, librarians, and others. The AAHM promotes and encourages research, study, writing, and interest in the history of medicine and allied fields.
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Fellowships: PhD Scholarship Social History of Medicine/History of Patients
PhD Scholarship Social History of Medicine/History of Patients Location: Stuttgart Institute: Institute for the History of Medicine at the Robert Bosch Foundation Duration: 01/10/2017 – 30/09/2020 Deadline for Applicants: 15/09/2017 The Robert Bosch Foundation is one of the biggest foundations in Germany that is affiliated with a company. With the Institute of the History of Medicine, the foundation funds […]
Congratulations ACLS Fellows
Congratulations to AAHM members recently award American Council of Learned Societies fellowships: Evan Ragland – ACLS Fellowship Program Assistant Professor, History, University of Notre Dame Experimental Life: Medicine, Science, and the Emergence of a Culture of Experiment Tamara Venit-Shelton – Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars Associate Professor, History, Claremont McKenna College Herbs and […]
Conferences: Frankenstein and Popular Culture
FRANKENSTEIN AND POPULAR CULTURE A Symposium Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the creation and publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein October 27-29, 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison Organized by Susan Lederer (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Lester Friedman (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) Confirmed speakers include Stephen Asma, Catherine Belling, Matthew Buckley, Lisa Diedrich, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Barry Grant, […]
Calls for Papers: Life, Science and Power in History
Life, Science and Power in History Call for papers for a special issue of the EASTS Journal Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2017 In the twenty-first century, East Asian societies encounter diverse predicaments in terms of modern science, technologies, and medicine. Since the late twentieth century, organ transplantation, genome research and euthanasia have been argued […]
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