August 2013

Hewton and Griffin Bursaries for Archival Research in 2014

The Friends of the Archives at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), dedicated to the history of Canadian psychiatry, mental health and addiction, have established two endowment funds. These funds annually provide bursaries in memory of their late colleagues, Ms. E.M. (Lil) Hewton and Dr. J.D.M. (Jack) Griffin, O.C. The main purpose of …

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Situating Science Fall 2013 Newsletter

Created in 2007 with the generous funding of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Strategic Knowledge Cluster grant, Situating Science is a seven-year project promoting communication and collaboration among humanists and social scientists that are engaged in the study of science and technology. We operate on a hub and spoke model of …

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Royal College Peter Warren Travelling Scholarship

Dr. Charles Peter Warren was the inaugural Chair of the Royal College?s History & Heritage Advisory Committee, and provided leadership to the Royal College?s history and heritage activities until his sudden passing in May 2011. This travelling scholarship was introduced in 2013 in recognition of Dr. Warren?s significant contributions to the History of Medicine in …

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Call for Papers: Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science

2014 Conference – St. Louis, Missouri The Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science (SAHMS) will hold its sixteenth annual meeting from February 27-March 1, 2014, in St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Call for papers below; hotel and other conference details to follow. SAHMS Sixteenth Annual Meeting, …

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Job Posting: Assistant professor, history of science in non-western context

Tenure-track assistant professor, history of science in non-western context The Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with research interests in the history of science in non-western context. The successful candidate will participate in the department’s undergraduate and graduate teaching mission. Interested candidates …

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Job Posting: Contract Collections Technician

The Museum of Health Care at Kingston, located in the Ann Baillie Building (National Historic Site) at 32 George St., is looking for a Collections Technician to work on our Textile Storage project. This project includes cleaning textiles, determining appropriate storage methods for pieces, and creating mounts and other storage solutions (incl. rolled storage), as …

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AMS Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

The Board of Directors of Associated Medical Services Inc. (AMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gail Paech as Chief Executive Officer effective July 8, 2013. Ms. Paech will provide strategic and operational leadership to AMS, a foundation committed to advancing innovative research and education initiatives intended to nurture and deepen the humanistic aspects …

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