STORIES

M.A. Student Kathleen McHugh Presents at Columbia History of Science Group

On March 4th, 2022 M.A. student, Kathleen McHugh, presented a talk entitled “Expanding Home Economics: Ava B. Milam’s Home Economics Extension Bulletins, 1913-1916” at the Columbia History of Science Group (CHSG) annual conference. The talk was adapted from the third chapter of her thesis which explores the first ten years of Ava B. Milam’s, the […]

Ph.D. Candidate Presents at American Historical Association Conference (Part 2)

After delays due to the effects of the covid-19 pandemic and a shift from in-person to virtual, on Saturday February 26th at 8am, Ph.D. candidate, Aimee Dávila Hisey presented at the American Historical Association’s annual conference. The panel, entitled, “The Social Fabrics of Medicinal and Bodily Knowledge in Early Latin America,” was chaired by Professor […]

Ph.D. Candidate Presents at American Historical Association Conference (part 1)

In February 2022, Ph.D. candidate, Aimee Dávila Hisey presented a part of her dissertation research with a paper entitled Nations, Networks, and Knowledge: Circulation of Medical Knowledge in the 17th-Century Spanish Viceroyalties at the annual conference for the American Historical Association (AHA). Due to COVID, Hisey’s panel was moved from an in-person presentation in New […]