Wonders & Marvels began humbly as a website related to an undergraduate course on the “History of Medicine: From Aristotle to the Enlightment,” taught by Holly Tucker in fall 2008 at Vanderbilt University.  Originally hosted on Blogger, the website was a place where the professor and the students could post links and articles of shared interest.  Students created original articles based on their research and final presentations. You can read some of that amazing work here.

And then suddenly and with little warning, it all morphed into something much bigger and wonderfully unexpected…

First the academic authors came and offered their insights on historical matters.  They were followed by equally talented writers of historical fiction.  And then the publicists descended with a sea of ARCs (advanced reader copies).

Just when Prof. Tucker was ready to throw in the towel and return to a solitary non-technological life in the Ivory Tower, help arrived in the form of student interns and web design help.

Wonders & Marvels is now a place for specialists and non-specialists to revel in the stories of the past.  It is provides learning opportunities for the college students who are involved on a daily basis in building the site.  Working closely with Professor Tucker, student interns have a chance to interact with scholars and other experienced authors, as well as with publicists and editors at the major publishing houses.

Wonders & Marvels is proof of the enduring links that exist between teaching and research, readers and writers, past and present.  We hope you will enjoy this site as much as we do, and that you’ll consider contributing in whatever way you can as we help make history come alive.

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