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August 9, 2019
Available to view in the APS Digital Library are a large portion of the creative works of Madame Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy...
August 6, 2019
The sixth episode of the APS podcast series – Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society – is now available! Tune in for a conversation...
July 31, 2019
Hello, I’m Molly Shannon! I’m an intern with the American Philosophical Society’s Center for Digital Scholarship through the Explore America Summer Internship Program by the...
July 24, 2019
In March 2018, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) launched the new Guide to the Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society...
July 16, 2019
If you want to know why the collision of matter and antimatter has not destroyed everything in the universe, then you may want to have...
July 11, 2019
Emma Seiler (1821-1886), the fifth woman elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society (1870), was born in Würzburg, Bavaria and came to Philadelphia in...
July 3, 2019
The Library at the American Philosophical Society supports a diverse community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in fields including early American history...
July 1, 2019
APS offices and Library will be closed Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5. The Society will return to regular hours on Monday, July 8...