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3 years ago I think we should start on this section. So basically we have, in no particular order:
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3 years ago The pre-existing text for this page is:
The interdisciplinary mission of the Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology at CSHL is to promote an understanding of how modern biology has impacted history and the cultural ramifications of that discipline over time. The Center is envisioned as a destination for historians, scholars, researchers, and artists of all stripes to use the original historical materials in our archives for their projects, bringing the rich history contained in our archives to light through academic publications and public works of art. The Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology features seminars, workshops, lectures, and more pertaining to the impact of modern biology on culture, philosophy, and society from a wide variety of fellows and visiting artists and scholars, as informed by our extensive collections. The Center also provides the Sydney Brenner Research Scholarship and Research Travel Grants to support research utilizing our archives, as well as the Ellen Brenner Memorial Fellowship, which is open to perspective archivists or science librarians.
The goal of the center as a whole is not only to attract more scholars, educators, and historians to our collections but also to promote and distribute the vast array of archival materials that are hidden in our collections related to the development of modern biology
Ludmila (Mila) Pollock, Executive Director
Alistair Sponsel, Ph.D., Historian of the Life Sciences
NOTE: The images for this page can be found in my Nov 20 at 9:38 email, with the subject line: "Archive Website - Images for Center for Humanities links". Right now there is a Center for Humanities page. Please change the text (but retain the cards at bottom) to:
Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology at CSHL
The Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology was created in 2018 to establish a permanent home for the humanities at CSHL, one of the world’s premier private, nonprofit scientific research institutions.
The Center promotes humanistic understandings of modern biology and medicine and offers a variety of educational programs. We organize public events, host virtual and physical exhibitions, and create and publish resources for popular and scholarly audiences. The center also awards a range of visiting fellowships and internships.
Since its inception the Center has also taken over CSHL’s oral-history initiative and the lab’s series of annual History of Science meetings, both of which are aimed at creating and preserving historical records to complement the material in our archives. The CSHL history meetings are distinctive in bringing participants who shaped a significant field of scientific research together with current practitioners, educators, and historians of that field. These activities have been supported by donors including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
The Center is guided by an advisory board of distinguished historians, scientific researchers, and biotechnology pioneers, including two Nobel laureates and two past presidents of the History of Science Society.
The Center is located in CSHL’s historic Carnegie Building alongside the library and archives. The archives preserve an internationally significant collection of primary material on the life sciences and medical research since 1890. In addition to institutional records from CSHL and a variety of precursor institutions and philanthropic organizations, the archives hold personal collections of nearly three dozen notable scientists from around the world.
Center initiatives: [Please use cards with the images previously sent, for these entries]
PEOPLE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Ludmila (Mila) Pollock, Executive Director
Founder of the CSHL Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology, Mila Pollock has been the Executive Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library & Archives since 1999. She received an MLS and an advanced degree in scientific retrieval and theory in Russia and a second MLS from St. John's University, NY. For over twenty years she has led many grant-funded projects and has been involved in creating a wide range of educational programs. Along with her work developing the CSHL library and archives, Mila has interviewed almost two hundred prominent international scientists in molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology and established the successful, internationally-attended, History of Science series of meetings hosted annually by the Center and the Meeting and Courses Department.
Alistair Sponsel, Ph.D., Historian of the Life Sciences
Alistair works as a liaison between humanities scholars (and other potential users of the CSHL historical collections) and the scientists and archives and library staff at CSHL. An experienced researcher and educator, he contributes to all the Center’s programming and outreach as well as pursuing scholarship in the diverse topics represented by CSHL’s historical collections. Before coming to CSHL he taught at Harvard and Vanderbilt universities and held fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. His publications include the book Darwin’s Evolving Identity: Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of Speculation (Chicago, 2018).
Tara Bonet-Black, Administrative Assistant