The Dennis B. and Patricia L. Worthen Travel Award University of Cincinnati is to support research work conducted at Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. The travel grant provides up to $5000 to researchers whose work would benefit from in-person access to the Winkler Center’s collections. Application deadline: April 10, […]
Passionate about social media, scholarship, and community-building? We invite you to apply for the Social Media Coordinator position at AAHM. Position Overview The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) seeks to hire two paid Social Media Coordinators for a one year term, renewable for a second year and potentially beyond. The Social Media Coordinators […]
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 editing collective at Nursing Clio is seeking a book review editor! We are an open access, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to current political, social, and cultural issues related to gender and medicine. We cover bodies, sexuality, health care, medical technology, reproductive rights, and more. We also regularly publish book reviews and author interviews […]
Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of the History of Science Position Description:The Department of the History of Science seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in the history of technology. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1st, 2025. The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching and advising at the undergraduate […]
The New York Academy of Medicine Library offers two annual research fellowships to support the advancement of scholarly research in the history of medicine and public health. Fellowship recipients are in-house scholars who conduct research using the Library’s collections and resources. Applications for 2025 fellowships are open until August 23, 2024. The Audrey and William H. Helfand […]
Call for Applications: 2025-26 Membership The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent, private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Each year scholars from around the world apply to pursue their own research at the Institute. Members receive access […]
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) seeks applicants for the Advancing Digital Health Humanities Institute beginning in Fall 2024. This two-year research incubator, funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, brings eight to ten scholars in the health humanities, digital humanities, and allied disciplines together to develop research […]
