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Past Meetings:

• Pittsburgh, 2009
• Lisbon, 2008
• Washington, DC, 2007: 50th Anniversary Meeting
• Las Vegas, 2006 (PDF)
• Minneapolis, 2005 (PDF)

Future Meetings:

• Cleveland, 2011:
  Co-located with the meetings of the History of Science Society and the Society for Social Studies of Science

 

Annual Meeting
Tacoma, "City of Destiny:"
30 September - 3 October, 2010

The Society will hold its 2010 annual meeting from the 30 September to 3 October, in the cityof Tacoma, Washington. Over the course of four days, the meeting will feature dozens of sessions on a variety of scholarly topics within the discipline, the Society's annual awards banquet, and tours of historic sites around the region. Information about the conference theme and the call for papers will be forthcoming.

The meeting venue has much to offer. Perched on the shores of Commencement Bay and below the imposing peak of 14,411 foot Mount Rainier, Tacoma’s setting attests to the region’s soubriquet, “the great Northwest.” Its location charted by George Vancouver in 1792, the city’s strategic position later placed it on the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad and now accounts for its standing as the United States’ seventh largest container port. This combination of natural ambience and commercial success has fostered a thrivingcultural environment centered around a revitalized downtown with shops, restaurants, and theaters. A very walkable city, it is also home to the Washington State History Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Museum of Glass. When the weather discourages walking, Tacoma’s nearly 200,000 inhabitants benefit from a free light rail shuttle service (the Link) which runs from one end of town to the other and connects Tacoma’s downtown core with the regional transportation hub.  In addition, there’s a direct shuttle bus from Seattle/Tacoma International Airport which is about 20 miles away.

Steps away from dining and shopping, the Hotel Murano will serve as conference headquarters. Its sleek minimalist style and world class collection of art glass earned the hotel a Conde-Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Award as one of the country’s top 100 hotels. All of the hotel's public spaces and guest rooms feature pieces from its collection.

For additional information, please contact the SHOT Secretary Bernie Carlson.

SHOT offers some grant support for travel to the annual meeting.