International Scholars
In 1992 the Society for the History of Technology inaugurated the International Scholars program with these goals:- Foster a stronger international community for the study of the history of technology
- Strengthen the society's role as an international society for the history of technology
- Identify and help non-U.S. historians of technology participate in the meetings and governance of the Society
- Provide formal recognition for the work of non-U.S. historians of technology so that their respective governments and national academic communities might provide greater support for their society-related activities
- Afford special recognition for younger, non-U.S. scholars as they begin their careers in the history of technology
- Foster an international network of scholars in the history of technology that will benefit all members of the society
Each year the Society shall designate up to four International Scholars for a two-year term. They must reside and work in underrepresented countries at the time of their selection. Graduate students, post-docs, and visiting scholars who are living and working in the United States or Western Europe are not eligible to become International Scholars; however, they are eligible to apply once they return to their home countries. Of these potential candidates, anyone at any rank, from graduate student up through senior scholar, is eligible to become an International Scholar.
International Scholars shall receive regular SHOT membership at no cost during their two-year term.
As a condition of appointment, SHOT requires International Scholars to submit both a paper proposal and a travel grant application for SHOT's annual meeting during their first year of their appointment. SHOT's International Outreach Committee will work with International Scholars to help them prepare and polish paper proposals. While paper proposals from International Scholars will not automatically be accepted for the annual meeting, SHOT encourages the program committee to give these proposals special consideration.
SHOT also requires International Scholars to submit a travel grant application for each of the two SHOT annual meetings during the two years of their appointment. International Scholars receive highest priority for SHOT funding. Travel grant funds will help pay for travel expenses for International Scholars to attend the annual meeting and for basic conference registration, although not for lodging. For more information, please check the SHOT Travel Grant information page, available by link from either the SHOT annual meeting webpage or the SHOT awards webpage.
At each annual meeting, SHOT will host a special gathering to welcome current international scholars, introduce them to SHOT officers, and discuss with them SHOT’s international outreach and the international intellectual dimensions of our field.
International Scholars shall act as ambassadors for the Society in their countries and regions, both by informing the Society about the state and developments of the history of technology in their regions, and by helping to disseminate information about the Society and its activities.
In consultation with the President and Secretary, and in accordance with criteria established by the Executive Committee, SHOT’s International Outreach Committee shall be responsible for the selection of the International Scholars, with the selection to be approved by SHOT’s Executive Council.
Individuals may be nominated as International Scholars by any member of the Society, and we also encourage self-nomination. To nominate yourself or someone else as an International Scholar, please send a letter and a brief curriculum vitae to EACH member of the committee listed below and to SHOT secretary Amy Bix at shot@iastate.edu. In the letter, applicants should describe how their research contributes to the history of technology.
The deadline for nominations is April 15.
2008 Committee on International Scholars
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Henrik Bjorck
Göteborgs Universitet History of Ideas and Theory of Science Box 200 S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden henrik.bjorck@idehist.gu.se |
Eden Medina (chair)
School of Informatics Indiana University 1900 E. 10th Street, Room 1035 Bloomington, IN 47406 USA eden.medina@gmail.com |
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Valentina Fava
European University Institute Max Weber programme Villa La Fonte via delle Fontanelle, 10 50016, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) Italy valentina.fava@eui.eu |
Joel Wolfe
Dept. of History University of Massachusetts Amherst Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9312 USA jwolfe@history.umass.edu |
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Thomas Kaiserfeld
Department of History of Science and Technology Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden thomas.kaiserfeld@mdh.se |
Harro Maat
Wageningen University Hollandseweg 1 Wageningen 6706 KN Netherlands harro.maat@wur.nl |
For more information, please contact the committee chair or Amy Bix, SHOT Secretary, 515.294.8469, shot@iastate.edu.
Current SHOT International Scholars
| 2008–2009 | 2007–2008 |
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Katya Girschik (Switzerland)
Seong-Jun Kim (Korea) Hugo Palmarola (Chile) Srinivasa Rao (India) |
Stathis Arapostathis (UK/Greece)
Diana Covell (Australia) Richard Escalante (Trinidad) Dagmara Jajesniak-Quast (Germany) Slawomir Lotysz (Poland) Germuska Pál (Hungary) |
Past Classes
| 2005–2007 |
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Irene Anastasiadou (Greece and the Netherlands)
Keith Breckenridge (South Africa) Cyrille Foasso (France) Finn Arne Jorgensen (Norway) Patrick Kammerer (Switzerland) Tae-Ho Kim (South Korea) Vincent Lagendijk (the Netherlands) Frank Schipper (the Netherlands) |