The Consortium's working groups are held online and are open to all interested scholars. Each working group convenes monthly for discussions of works-in-progress or important published texts on a wide variety of specialized subfields in history of science, technology and medicine.
Join one or more groups, and participate in the conversation.
You can also
submit a paper for discussion in one of the working groups.
Please note that all times listed below are EDT (UTC-4:00). Log in at
www.chstm.org, and set your time zone for your correct local time for each meeting.
Minescapes
Monday, April 13, 2026, 1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
New Methods in Mining Studies II
"Environmental Lifeworlds of Extraction in Africa: Methodological Insights"
Iva Peša, University of Groningen
"Mining Central European Archives: Some Notes on Method"
Sebastian Felten, Claire Sabel, and Sebastian Leitner, University of Vienna
Pharmacy History
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
"Crisis in the Garden: How War and Environmental Loss Transformed Chinese Pharmaceutical Research (1935-1955)"
JJ R. Strange, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health
Friday, April 17, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
*Note Special Date*
"How to Draw the Buddha and Dissect a Corpse: Iconometry and Anatomy in Early-Modern Tibet"
Briana Brightly, Harvard University
Commentator: Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
History of Science in Early South Asia
Monday, April 20, 2026, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
"Tandulaveyāliya - An Ancient Jain Philosophical Reflection on Life"
Jan Gerris, University of Ghent
History of Life and Human Sciences in Modern Japanese Culture (19th–20th Century)
Monday, April 20, 2026, 8:00 - 9:30 pm EDT
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