Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics College Park, Maryland March 1-2, 2018 Paper, Presentation, and Roundtable Proposals Due November 1, 2017 The “To Boldly Preserve: Archiving for the Next Half-Century of Space Flight Conference” will examine the unprecedented challenges and opportunities we face in preserving the history of space…

Blog-post by Julia Erol, Germany/ Norway This year I attended the Tensions of Europe for the first time. I came to Athens because I was interested in the research that could be combined under the work theme: “across borders“. Clearly, this short blog post is not meant to fully summarize the conference, but describe some…

Engineering the Future, Understanding the Past discusses the role of engineering in our age of grand challenges - by drawing lessons from the past. Since the birth of modern engineering roughly two centuries ago, technology has helped to reshape our modern world. At the same time, social challenges have shaped engineering science and practice. This…

The Department of Social Sciences and History at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, is seeking to fill a position of Full Professor (W 3) in History of Technology The position is to be filled as soon as possible. The successful candidate will teach History of Technology in a broad sense in all programmes taught at the…

Johan Schot was awarded an honorary degree by the New University of Lisbon (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) for his work in the discipline, History of Technology. He is the first in the country to receive an ‘honoris causa’ within the field. The honorary degree was presented at a special ceremony on 21 March, and recognized Johan Schot’s influential, wide-ranging and…

Call for Papers and Sessions   The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes but also with technology in history and society. We explore the production, circulation, appropriation, maintenance and abandonment of technology under specific historical circumstances. And…

6th volume Making Europe published by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak Published September 2016 Technology was key to European colonialism. The 6th volume of Making Europe has been published. The book Europeans Globalizing: Mapping, Exploiting, Exchanging is written by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak. The book reveals how, via technology, Europeans…