Andrews Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies in The John V. Roach Honors College, Texas Christian University

Specialization in areas such as The History of Medicine and Science, Medical Humanities, Global Health, and/or Community and Public Health

The John V. Roach Honors College at Texas Christian University invites applications for the Andrews Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at the rank of either full or advanced associate professor beginning Fall 2024. The disciplinary background is open, and competitive candidates must bring interdisciplinary interests in the general medical field that extend to both teaching and research.

We seek applications from teacher-scholars who demonstrate a distinguished record of publications, an active and dynamic research agenda, a strong teaching profile, and innovative and interdisciplinary interests in fields such as the history of medicine and science, the medical humanities, global health, and/or community and public health. We also seek applicants interested in creating collaborative ventures with the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU, the College of Science and Engineering, and the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Full description: https://jobs.tcu.edu/jobs/andrews-chair-of-interdisciplinary-studies-in-the-john-v-roach-honors-college-tcu-main-campus-texas-united-states

CFP: Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives, University of California, San Francisco

The Committee on the Archives of Science and Technology of the Section on University and Research Institution Archives of the International Council on Archives is pleased to announce the Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives. This workshop aims to bring together a diverse community of collaborators participating in generating, preserving, arranging, processing, appraising, digitizing, providing access to the contemporary archives of science and technology.

Date: Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6, 2024
Hosted by: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library, USA
Registration opens: January or February, 2024
Format: In-person workshop

Day 1 – June 5, 2024
The first day will include traditional presentations with an emphasis on the theme of open archives and open science. Topics may include but are not limited to the following:
•       Partnership between scientists and archivists in appraisal of modern scientific records
•       Barriers for creating open archives
•       Silences and gaps in scientific archives
•       Archives practices for increasing equity
•       Scientific archives and digital humanities/digital health humanities
•       AI and scientific archives
•       Collections and archives as data
•       Developing professional skills and knowledge base in scientific archives
•       Collaborative science and Big Team science challenges for archiving
•       Opportunities for engagement, teaching with and exhibiting scientific collections
Day 2 – June 6, 2024
The second day will be organized as an “unconference,” or a participant-driven meeting. We will come together to identify an agenda and discussion topics focused on prominent themes derived from input collected during the first day of the workshop. We will share challenges, develop solutions, generate ideas, and build partnerships. All attendees are welcome and encouraged to join and contribute. You don’t need to submit a proposal to participate in the unconference.

Call for Proposals:

The organizing committee is accepting presentation proposals of papers from archivists, historians, scientists, engineers, data specialists, curators, and others. These presentations will be 20 minutes and the committee is prioritizing proposals that represent the global context of scientific archives. Please submit a short abstract of 400 words with a bibliography of at least two items by Friday, January 5, 2024. Note that the bibliography does not count towards the 400-word maximum:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedI4a6KDowhluZJSXUCHomIYU3lZkg9B-inpf0BsOJIjhF0A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Unfortunately, translation services are unavailable during the workshop, so only papers in English will be accepted.
Selections will be made by February 10, 2024 and selected speakers will be notified. The full program will be published in early March 2024. Limited travel funds will be available for interested speakers and participants. Applications for these funds will be made available between February and March 2024. Further information will follow.

As part of the organizing committee’s commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion, we aim to make this workshop accessible to speakers and participants from different backgrounds, countries and perspectives. We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in San Francisco in 2024!

If you have any questions, please contact Polina Ilieva at polina.ilieva@ucsf.edu or check the workshop website: https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/about/fourth-workshop-on-scientific-archives/.

Organizing Committee:
•       Bethany Anderson University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
•       Jean Marie Deken, SLAC Archives, History & Records Office (AHRO) and Research Library, Stanford, USA
•       Polina Ilieva, University of California, San Francisco Library (UCSF), USA
•       Rebekah Kim, California Academy of Sciences Library and Archive, USA
•       Anne-Flore Laloë, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Germany
•       Melanie Mueller, American Institute of Physics, USA
•       Laura Outterside, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Germany
•       Patrick Shea, Othmer Library of Chemical History at the Science History Institute, USA
•       Venkat Srinivasan, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, India

Job: Two Assistant Professor Positions in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine at Georgia Tech

Two Assistant Professor Positions in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine

Assistant Professor in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine

The School of History and Sociology (https://hsoc.gatech.edu) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, one in the History of Science, Technology, or Medicine and a second in the Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine. We seek candidates with expertise in twentieth and/or twenty-first century science, technology, or medicine. The further area of specialization is open; applicants with expertise in the mind and brain sciences or computer technologies, AI, and data sciences are encouraged. Candidates are expected to possess an established research trajectory that fits with the mission of the School of History and Sociology and demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students. The expected starting date for successful candidates is August 1, 2024.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active research program in the history or sociology of science, technology, or medicine; to pursue external funding to support research; to teach courses that contribute to the undergraduate and graduate degrees, minors, and certificate programs offered in the School of History and Sociology; and to engage in professional service commensurate with career stage at and beyond Georgia Tech.

Minimum and Preferred Qualifications

A PhD in history, sociology, STS, or related field at the time of appointment is required. The successful candidates will have demonstrated a robust and innovative research agenda in areas that build on the strengths of the School of History and Sociology as well as a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

Application Requirements

The deadline for applications is {February 1, 2024}. Applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, two chapter-length writing samples, and the names and contact information (including e-mail addresses) of three references. The letter of application should indicate the applicant’s qualifications for the position, current and future research plans, and teaching interests and experience. Applicants who are invited to a first-round interview will be asked to provide evidence of teaching excellence at the time of invitation; references will also be contacted for letters at this time. Application materials should be submitted as PDF files via https://bit.ly/41mGmCw (Job ID: 266473) . Requests for information may be directed to search co-chairs Helen Anne Curry (hacurry@gatech.edu) or Amit Prasad (amit.prasad@hsoc.gatech.edu). An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment, and a background check must be completed prior to beginning employment.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Travel Grants

The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University in Durham, N.C., is now accepting applications for our 2024-2025 research travel grant program: https://duke.is/rltg-2024

Research travel grants of up to $1500 are offered by a variety of Centers and Collections including the History of Medicine Collections.

Visit our website (https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/grants-and-fellowships) to learn details. Applications are accepted through Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 6:00 pm EST.

Call for Papers, 7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History, University of Luxembourg

Call for Papers

7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 3-7 September 2024

The International Federation for Public History (IFPH) now welcomes applications for its 2024 World Conference that will take place on 3-7 September, 2024. The conference will be hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH, University of Luxembourg), which is also the IFPH’s headquarters. Participants will enjoy a very international and multicultural environment in the heart of Western Europe.

International, Hybrid, and Green Event
Our aim for the conference is to be as inclusive and accessible as possible. In order to foster more international discussions, the IFPH and the C²DH have decided to offer hybrid opportunities for those presenting and attending the conference. Presenters can choose to present their papers on-site in Luxembourg or online through our video conferencing tool. Sessions will be facilitated to allow discussions between on-site and online presenters and attendants.
Hybrid conferences offer notable environmental advantages by curbing the carbon footprint associated with traditional, fully in-person events. By using the virtual attendance options, participants can significantly reduce travel-related emissions, contributing to lower air pollution and energy consumption. To go further, the conference will follow the recommendations of the General Directorate of Tourism of the Ministry of Economy of Luxembourg on Green Events organisation (a focus on local, organic and seasonal food, plant-based and vegetarian options, waste reduction, reusable and biodegradable serve ware, sustainable goodies, selection of hotels with Ecolabel). We encourage on-site participants to think green while preparing for their stay in Luxembourg: using public transportation (free in Luxembourg) and soft mobility, bringing your own coffee tumblers and refillable water bottles, digitising your business cards, etc.
Open Call
The field of public history is expanding rapidly. Similar to C²DH’s many activities, public history fosters accessibility, engagement, and participation for a wide range of people. The links between “history” and “publics” can take many forms including different audiences, contributors, spaces, projects, and uses of the past. In line with previous IFPH conferences, the 2024 event has an open call that invites proposals and discussions on history for, with, by, of, in, or among different publics.
Proposals may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
•       Museums, archives, collections
•       Displaying, exhibiting, curating the past
•       Cultural heritage (historic sites, monuments, historic preservation)
•       (Video) games, audiovisual production, podcasts
•       Oral history, memories, family and community histories
•       Historical fiction, graphic novels, storytelling
•       Reenactments, pageants, festivals, performances
•       Digital public history (user-generated, crowdsourcing, social and transmedia)
•       Shared authority, coproduction, community-based practices
•       Commemoration, public policy, government, business, consulting, applied history
•       Teaching, ethics, theories of public history
•       Trauma, conflict, and reconciliation
•       Human rights, inequalities and discrimination, social justice
•       Migration, colonialism, decolonisation
•       Environment, landscape, natural resources, climate change
Application and Terms of Attendance
To support accessibility, there will be no conference registration fee. However, all presenters have to be members of the IFPH – please consult the website of the IFPH for more information on memberships. While online attendance will be free, we encourage you all to become members of the IFPH. Unfortunately, the conference organisers cannot provide any travel fund.
Applicants can propose:
•       a panel (thematic sessions, up to 4 presenters)
•       a working group (to explore in depth a subject of shared concern before and during the annual meeting and working towards the creation of an end output, white paper, publications, reports, guidelines – up to 10 discussants)
•       a workshop (hands-on and participatory experiences that impart practical information or skills)
•       a single paper
•       a poster (a separate call for poster proposals will be announced in early 2024)
If you wish to discuss your ideas about possible topics and sessions, you may use our online shared document.
Although fully online proposals are possible, we invite applicants to have at least one member of their session on-site to foster hybrid discussions. All sessions (including workshops) must be in English and will last 90 minutes.
Proposals (with abstracts and short biographies) must be submitted in English via our website.

For further details, please visit our page of instructions for submitting a proposal.

David J. Wolf, MD Visiting Research Scholar Program at the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

The Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is excited to launch the new David J. Wolf, MD Visiting Research Scholar Program, which supports research using the onsite collections in the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. The David J. Wolf, MD Visiting Research Scholar will receive up to a $5,000 stipend to support travel, lodging, food, and incidentals for a flexible period between January 1- December 31, 2024. Visit our website here to learn more about the program and how to apply by the October 31 deadline.

 

Job: Health Humanities & Bioethics at the University of Rochester

The Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics in the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSMD) seeks to recruit a faculty member (open rank) for a tenure eligible position in Health Humanities & Bioethics (focus on Humanities).

The University of Rochester was among the first medical schools to create a formal Division of Medical Humanities & Bioethics in 1984 as a natural outgrowth of the school’s signature biopsychosocial model to solidify the presence of the humanities in the medical school curriculum. In December 2021, the Division became a formal department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (HHBE) with the aim to become nationally recognized for active engagement and contributions to the advancement of ethical, just, and humanistic health care, and for education and training in health humanities and bioethics. The department is expanding the number of full-time faculty to achieve this vision.

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty group with training in the humanities, social sciences, ethics and law. The faculty engage in scholarship, clinical and community service, and the teaching of graduate students, medical students and other trainees in the health professions. The candidate will have a PhD in one of the humanities or social science disciplines.

Candidates must have an excellent record of scholarship. For those in the social sciences, qualitative and/or quantitative research skills and history of grant funding preferred but not required. Experience teaching in an academic health center preferred. We especially welcome faculty who bring an equity lens to their scholarship and teaching and who demonstrate a strong record of collaboration in scholarship and research.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach at least one course in the master’s program, with preference focused on a course related to the history of the body in science and medicine, or social justice and the body in science and medicine, or a course that offers a critical examination of diverse bodies in social/cultural contexts that reflects the candidate’s own academic training and interests. They will be expected to mentor several masters students in their capstone projects. They will also be expected to teach selectives in the medical school and to teach and mentor medical students who choose the Health Humanities – Bioethics Pathway.  At least 50% of effort devoted to scholarship.

Interested individuals should apply on-line to Job posting 246730 at http://www.rochester.edu/working/hr/jobs/
In addition, please submit a cover letter with CV to Christine_Donnelly@URMC.Rochester.edu

Applications will be reviewed beginning in August 2023.

The University of Rochester is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion to advance the University’s mission to Learn, Discover, Heal, Create – and Make the World Ever Better. In support of our values and those of our society, the University is committed to not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.  This commitment extends to the administration of our policies, admissions, employment, access, and recruitment of candidates from underrepresented populations, veterans, and persons with disabilities consistent with these values and government contractor Affirmative Action obligations.

The University of Rochester is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

How To Apply

All applicants must apply online.

https://ps.its.rochester.edu/psc/PSApplyOnline/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=246730&PostingSeq=1

EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Congratulations to the 2023 Prize Winners!

Congratulations to the 2023 AAHM award winners! The awards were presented at the AAHM Awards Ceremony during the annual meeting of the association held in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2023 Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Award Winners!

William Osler Medal: Audrey Duquette, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital at Northwestern University, “All Work and No Play: The History of Recess and its Role in Child Development”

Richard H. Shryock Medal: Yixue Yang, Department of History, University of California San Diego, “Revolutionary Youth: Myopia, Socialist Youth and Public Health Campaigns in China, 1960-1976”

Fielding H. Garrison Lecturer for 2023: Johanna Schoen, Professor of History, Rutgers University

J. Worth Estes Prize: Melissa Reynolds, “The Surugia of Nicolas Neesbett: Writing Medical Authority in Later Medieval England,” Social History of Medicine, 35, no. 1 (February 2022): 144–169.

Jack D. Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award in 20th Century History of Medicine or Biomedical Sciences Award: Antoine Johnson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University History of Medicine and Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, “More than Pushing Pills: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area, 1981-1996”

George Rosen Prize: Michelle Browder, Mothers of Gynecology 

William H. Welch Medal: Yan Liu, Healing with Poisons (University of Washington, 2021)

Genevieve Miller Lifetime Achievement Award: Janet Golden

Congratulations to all our winners!

Jobs: Assistant Professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (open field; two positions), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) invites applications for two tenure track assistant professor positions, open to all areas of specialization within STS. We welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching focus on any aspect of the social, cultural, historical, political, or ethical dimensions of science, technology, medicine, or other
technical domains.

We are especially interested in identifying colleagues who bring new methods and perspectives to understanding science and technology in society, and who extend the methodological, thematic, geographic, and/or chronological reach of our faculty. Scholars whose work considers STS questions related to race, ethnicity, indigeneity, colonialism, and/or gender and sexuality, or whose work centers issues of justice and equity, are encouraged to apply.

We welcome applications from scholars who hold (or near completion of Ph.D) a Ph.D. in any humanistic or social scientific field, including (but not limited to): Anthropology; American Studies; African American Studies; Communication; Disability Studies; Ethnic Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Geography; History; History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Indigenous Studies; Information Studies; Law; Media Studies; Native American Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Public Policy; Sociology; or STS. Applications from scholars with a Ph.D. in science, engineering, or other technical fields are also invited to apply, so long as the social dimensions of science and technology are core to their work.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. by the start of employment. We welcome applications from junior scholars at all levels of experience, including advanced ABD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, non-tenure-track and tenure-track junior faculty, teaching faculty, scholars employed in contingent or precarious positions, scholars employed in non-university research and teaching positions, and independent scholars. These positions are intended for pre-tenure scholars; we are unable to consider applications from scholars who would require a tenured position at MIT. STS faculty are typically expected to teach three courses per academic year, including both undergraduate and graduate courses. The STS Program is one of three participating programs in MIT’s History-Anthropology-STS (HASTS) doctoral program, and we welcome applications from scholars with a strong interest (though not necessarily experience) in graduate teaching and mentorship. Interest in establishing scholarly connections at MIT beyond the STS Program is also desirable.

MIT is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women and members of minority groups.

Interested applicants should submit a preliminary application consisting of a cover letter, CV, and a writing sample (article or chapter length) that best represents their scholarship to:
http://apply.interfolio.com/126855

Letters of recommendation will not be required for the initial applications. Applicants who advance to the next stage of the search will be asked to submit three letters of recommendation
and additional research and teaching materials.

Questions on the application process may be directed to:
Paree Pinkney
Director, Administration and Finance
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
E51-163
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

Applications are due September 1, 2023; the process will continue until the positions are filled.