The Klemperer Fellow is expected to spend at least four weeks in New York City, conducting research in the New York Academy of Medicine Library. Fellows are required to make a public presentation about their project at NYAM, to contribute a post for our blog, and to submit a final report on the research conducted in […]
The Dialogues on Mental Health Records project is a platform to address the challenges of managing historical public mental health records through a series of nationwide convenings. These convenings will bring together people across regions, disciplines, and life experiences, including archivists, historians, genealogists, ex-patients, and hospital administrators. Participants will discuss what historical public mental health records should […]
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine provides individual awards of up to $10,000 to U.S. citizens and permanent residents to support research in the collection of the NLM. The collection spans eleven centuries, encompasses a variety of digital and physical formats, and originates from nearly every part of the globe. It includes […]
The AAHM announces three non-residential Digital Humanities scholarships funded by Gale. The AAHM-Gale Non-Residential Fellowship will support research or teaching projects that rely on Gale Primary Sources and use digital humanities methodologies. Award fellows will be given free access to Gale Digital Scholar Lab and a selection of Gale Primary Sources archives for the duration […]
Join the Boston Medical Library for the 22nd Annual J. Worth Estes Lecture on May 8, in person and livestreamed. To register, please go to this link for the in person event and here for the virtual event.
Jason Chernesky, former historian for the federal Food and Drug Administration, was terminated by Elon Musk’s DOGE in February 2025. Now, he’s heading up an oral history project to document the experiences of other federal workers and contractors who had their jobs eliminated. You can read the interview with Chernesky in the Washington Post here.
Since January 2025, the federal workforce has undergone and continues to experience changes that are unprecedented in recent U.S. history. In response, OAH is launching an oral history initiative to document the experiences of federal workers and federal contractors affected by these shifts. These recorded histories will serve as a vital resource for historians and […]
The Office of Advising for the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study is searching for two First-Year Class Advisers to: **This role is hybrid eligible** Qualifications Required Education:Doctoral Degree ABD (All But Dissertation) Preferred Education:Doctoral Degree Ph.D. strongly preferred Required Experience:3+ years 3 years of relevant increasingly responsible professional level experience including experience with academic advising, developing policies […]
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2025-2026 Thanks to generous ongoing funding, the university library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for a 13th year. The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies, provides opportunities for visiting scholars and writers-in-residence to […]
Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including the filing of the dissertation, must be complete by the start date. Position will include the […]
