# News & Events ### Latest News >>> ## Department News [### Eric Gurevitch Awarded the 2026 Indira Peterson Prize in Sanskrit Studies by the American Institute of Indian Studies ](/news/2026/06/eric-gurevitch-awarded-2026-indira-peterson-prize-sanskrit-studies-american-institute) June 15, 2026 The History of Science Department extends its warmest congratulations to Eric Gurevitch, Assistant Professor in the History of Science, on being awarded the 2026 Indira Peterson Prize in Sanskrit Studies by the American Institute of Indian Studies for his... ![Eric Gurevitch smiling to camera with American Institute of Indian Studies logo next to him](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/EG%20AIIS%20Announcement%206_15_26.png?itok=kwAO3IRD) [### Graduating HoS Concentrator Alyssia Wiesenbauer profiled in FAS Current ](/news/2026/05/graduating-hos-concentrator-alyssia-wiesenbauer-profiled-fas-current) May 28, 2026 History and Science Concentrator Alyssia Wiesenbauer '26 is profiled in FAS Current, tracing her academic career and emphasizing her volunteering contributions to the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. The article highlights Alyssia's thesis on... ![Alyssia smiling to camera with Birds of the World Gallery behind her](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Untitled%20-%20May%2028%2C%202026%20at%2011.48.45.png?itok=dKDn3HsJ) [### HoS Alumni Aaron Van Neste and Jonathan Galka recognized by the International Commission of the History of Oceanography ](/news/2026/05/hos-alumni-aaron-van-neste-and-jonathan-galka-recognized-international-commission) May 20, 2026 HoS alum Aaron Van Neste was awarded the 2026 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History by the International Commission on the History of Oceanography for their paper "The Rise and Fall of the South African Pilchard and... ![Aaron Van Neste and Jonathan Galka with abstract background of oceanic topography](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Aaron%20%2B%20Jonathan%205-20-26.png?itok=_IGgDEvV) [### Rebecca Lemov Awarded Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship by Faculty of Arts and Sciences ](/news/2026/05/rebecca-lemov-awarded-walter-channing-cabot-fellowship-faculty-arts-and-sciences) May 08, 2026 Rebecca Lemov, Professor of the History of Science, has been awarded the Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship . The fellowship is an annual award honoring scholars "for their outstanding contributions to their fields, including their notable publications."... ![Rebecca Lemov looking at camera with book cover for The Instability of Truth to her left](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Lemov%20Thumbnail%205-8-26.png?itok=CxggCenQ) [ View All News arrow\_circle\_right ](/news) ### Departmental Events Resume Fall, 2025! #### [View Past Events](https://prod-hos.drupalsites.harvard.edu/calendar/past_events) >>>