Photo Essay: At the Height of Empire
The nineteenth-century competition between European empires was not simply about their horizontal extent, writes Michael Reidy. Power extended vertically in the race to climb and control the highest peaks of Africa.
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Janet Browne to Deliver the 2008 Joseph H. Hazen Lecture
On 21 May Janet Browne will give a talk on “'The advantage of a private income': Charles Darwin, evolutionary theory, and the natural economy of households" at the Graduate Center of CUNY.
In Memoriam: Phil Pauly
Dear HSS Members,
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Phil Pauly, a professor of history at Rutgers University, who was well known to many of us in the history of science community. Phil died on Wednesday, April 2nd, at the age of 57, from complications stemming from lymphoma.
Reingold Prize
Calling all graduate students: submit an original essay for the HSS's premier graduate student award. Essays must be on the history of science and its cultural influences. Deadline is 1 June 2008.
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