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Indigenous peoples of North America practiced diplomacy long before the establishment of the United States government. In this week’s Meeting Talk Monday from Robert J. Miller, learn how Indigenous confederations and customs influenced the United States Constitution. https://bit.ly/4yEuM5R
Last year, Sławomir Łukasiewicz joined us as a Franklin Research grantee working on his project, “Ulam Brothers’ Exile Experience and Soviet Studies in the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb.” Read his recent interview with the New York Public Library for an update on his work. https://on.nypl.org/4e3zotF
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Sławomir Łukasiewicz | The New York Public Library
Sławomir Łukasiewicz is a professor at the John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland.
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Congratulations to anthropologist Tricia McAnany (APS 2024), who has received a 2026–27 Fulbright Belize Scholar Award with Galen University. McAnany will spend her time in Belize teaching a hands-on course in cultural heritage. 🌎 https://unc.live/4xTacNB
9 Carolina faculty and staff selected for Fulbright US Scholar Awards - Global Affairs
This year, nine UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff members were recognized with Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards -- more than any previous year. Every year, Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board selects American scholars to conduct research or teach abroad fo...
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Join us this Saturday for Neighborhood Fun Day: APS Museum’s 25th Birthday Celebration! Welcome in the fall weather with free hands-on activities, games, and snacks for everyone. Stop for any amount of time throughout the program. 🍂 https://bit.ly/3TA0i5C
Neighborhood Fun Day: APS Museum’s 25th Birthday Celebration! | American Philosophical Society
Join us on Saturday, October 10, for Neighborhood Fun Day: APS Museum’s 25th Birthday Celebration! This free program will take place from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the Jefferson Garden, located at 105...
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“A change in Opinion is the necessary effect of succession in the acquisition of new ideas, & I am disposed to believe that no new truth can ever be acquired but at the expense of an Old error.”
In 2025, María Angélica García Hernández set out "to create an online archive of narratives collected in Mixtec language" and "install a system of QR code panels in Mixtepec so that residents could access the voices of the elders and the history of the community.” Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Tfycwr
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Don’t miss our next Indigenous Learning Forum this Thursday on Zoom. Join us in welcoming Carolina Rodríguez Alzza for “Returning Archival Heritage: Iskonawa Cultural Heritage in Archives and Its Potential for Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization in the Peruvian Amazon.” https://bit.ly/3VKsbsd
Returning Archival Heritage: Iskonawa Cultural Heritage in Archives and Its Potential for Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization in the Peruvian Amazon | American Philosophical Society
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American Philosophical Society@amphilsociety.bsky.social · 3w ago“Monsters” have been used as a tool of othering since the earliest written stories. Learn from historian Surekha Davies about “a monster-centered ethics,” or how we can stop “monsterifying” humans in the latest episode of Useful Knowledge. @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4h5ARSi
CRISPR can help locate and edit mutated genes in the hopes of eradicating disease. But what of the ethical considerations? In this week’s Meeting Talk Monday, lawyer and educator Patricia A. King considers this technology and suggests a broader discussion of its ethics. 🧬 https://bit.ly/3U0wsHC
Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth (APS 2022), winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Deisseroth, alongside Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, was jointly honored for establishing the field of optogenetics.
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for technique that helps decode mysteries of the brain | CNN
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists – Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – for their work developing a technique to decode the inner workin...
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Whose tooth is that!? APS grantees are making exciting finds in the field. Check out this discovery made by Evan Unruh-Friesen, a 2026 Franklin Fellow. This is the first and second molars of Hyracotherium, an early horse ancestor that was the size of a cat and lived about 56 million years ago. 🦷 🦴
Does evil exist? Susan Neiman considers it in “Does Evil Exist (and How Do We Recognize It?)" on Literary Hub. This exploration is centered around her book, Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era, from W. W. Norton & Company. @literaryhub.bsky.social @wwnorton.com https://bit.ly/46HFXhG
Does Evil Exist (and How Do We Recognize It?)
The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful ... is the great and most universal cause of our moral sentiments. –Adam Smith * One recent summer afternoon I receiv...
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“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.”
Why are there so many kinds of leaves? Learn about leaf variations and what they can tell scientists in this week’s Meeting Talk Monday by ecologist Michael Donoghue. Watch the full 2019 talk here: https://bit.ly/4xK0U6y
Congratulations to historian Nick Underwood on his Fulbright appointment! Underwood will spend the 2026–27 academic year in residence at the University of Warsaw in Poland teaching a Jewish Studies course. He was the recipient of APS Franklin Research Grants in 2024 and 2026. https://bit.ly/46siFfI
Two Florida Atlantic Researchers Earn Fulbright Appointments
Cheryl Krause-Parello, Ph.D., and Nick Underwood, Ph.D., have earned prestigious Fulbright appointments, strengthening Florida Atlantic's global research and scholarly profile.
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Gerhard Richter’s (APS 2012) art career has spanned decades with influential artworks of many styles and mediums. This year, he was recognized by TIME as one of the "100 most influential people shaping the future of art.” https://bit.ly/4hbJxFu #UsefulKnowledge #Art
The 100 Most Influential People in Art of 2026
The 100 people shaping the future of art—and our world
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“For last year's words belong to last year's language / And next year's words await another voice.” Since 1743, APS Members have sustained its mission—speaking out with conviction that intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public.
Live now! Watch Bob Peck (APS 2022) present “Travels on the Edge”: An Illustrated Lecture.
“Travels on the Edge”: An Illustrated Lecture by Robert McCracken Peck
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“Monsters” have been used as a tool of othering since the earliest written stories. Learn from historian Surekha Davies about “a monster-centered ethics,” or how we can stop “monsterifying” humans in the latest episode of Useful Knowledge. @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4h5ARSi
“Germinal Choice, Muller’s idea for the application of eugenics that relied on artificial insemination by a donor, is of particular interest due to its convoluted ties into the modern day.” Learn about Hermann Joseph Muller and Germinal Choice in this blog post by Fern Rice. https://bit.ly/4xCdCUY8
Hermann Muller and the Intellectual History of Germinal Choice | American Philosophical Society
Utopia, Box 66, Daniel Kevles Papers, The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Right now, 88–90% of you are scrolling on your phones with your right hand. But what are some of the consequences of living in a right-handed world? Learn about it from neuropsychologist Eric Zillmer in this week’s Meeting Talk Monday. https://bit.ly/4gU9IBO
Applications close on October 1 for APS Franklin Research Grants, which support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. ✍️ Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rDMQKJ
What type of work do historians do? Look to Katherine McLeod, historian of living collections, for one unique example as she shares her experience as a Jefferson Garden Research Fellow at the APS. 🌲🌷🌿 #UsefulKnowledge #Gardens #Botany
How can we bring a divided society back together? In Martha Nussbaum’s (APS 1995) new book, The Republic of Love, she suggests an unusual and revolutionary method: opera. Hear more about it in her interview with The Telegraph. 🎼🎭 https://bit.ly/4gxs4bz
The world's leading philosopher on how opera can save us
In her new book, Martha Nussbaum argues that the art form offers an antidote to division, grievance and modern self-obsession
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Join us tomorrow at 3pm for another virtual Indigenous Learning Forum. We're welcoming guests Medeia Csoba DeHass, Lisa Navraq Ellanna, Lily McEwen, and Addison Vallier for a discussion on 3D Technologies in Knowledge Repatriation. https://bit.ly/4h0CEXq
“If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.”
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American Philosophical Society@amphilsociety.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s no secret that the college experience has changed throughout the decades. In this week’s Meeting Talk Monday, hear Professor Paula Marantz Cohen discuss what students miss as we move away from the humanities and discussion-based learning. Watch the full talk here: https://bit.ly/3TnAHfY
It’s no secret that the college experience has changed throughout the decades. In this week’s Meeting Talk Monday, hear Professor Paula Marantz Cohen discuss what students miss as we move away from the humanities and discussion-based learning. Watch the full talk here: https://bit.ly/3TnAHfY
