December 2010 Recent department graduate Fred Gibbs (Ph.D. 2009) and his George Mason University colleague Dan Cohen enjoyed having their recent research work as “pioneering data hounds” discussed in the New York Times. Their project involves the charting of title words, such as ‘Science’ and ‘Christianity’, in all books printed in the English language in …
September 3 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Introductions September 10 (Friday) at Noon Kellen Backer, Bridget Collins, Brad Moore, and Scott Trigg, UW–Madison “The TAA, and the place of teaching in a graduate career.” September 17 (Friday) at Noon Sarah Hodges, University of Warwick “Global Histories of Medicine.” September 24 (Friday) at Noon Rana Hogarth, …
Robert McCune Kingdon, Hilldale Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, beloved mentor of generations of Reformation scholars and path-breaking historian of the Reformation, died on Friday, December 3, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin. He will be missed by many friends, colleagues and students whose lives he touched over the years. He was the …
August 2010 History of Science doctoral candidate Bridget Collins has received a 2010-2011 Charles Donald O’Malley Short-Term Research Fellowship from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and History and Special Collections for the Sciences in the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. This will support her ongoing dissertation research on the “Transformation of …
September 2010 In association with this year’s “Go Big Read” book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the History of Science Department Colloquium Series will examine diverse perspectives on the nature and implications of appropriations in science. All talks are open to the public. Colloquia for Fall 2010: September 28 – Ruth …
The Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society commemorates the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university (Physics, Yale University, 1876). The Bouchet Society seeks to develop a network of scholars who exemplify academic and personal excellence, foster environments of support, and serve as examples of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and …