Monday 27 April – Online Da Vinci Medal Lecture by Professor John Krige
Please join us online for SHOT’s da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award lecture by John Krige, Kranzberg Professor, Emeritus, of History of Science and Technology, Georgia Tech. We will gather online on Monday, April 27, 10-11 pm Central European Time (John himself generously chose the time, hoping to make it possible for more people from other time zones to join).
The Zoom link will be posted here mid April.
The role of export controls on knowledge production and circulation in Biden’s chip war with China
John will speak on “The role of export controls on knowledge production and circulation in Biden’s chip war with China.” Debbie Douglas, SHOT President and Senior Director of Collections and Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum, will open the event and preside. Timothy Stoneman, of Georgia Tech – Europe and a former student of John’s, will introduce the speaker, and Benjamin Gross of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Recipient of the 2025 Leonardo da Vinci Medal
At the SHOT Annual Meeting in Luxemburg SHOT president Debbie Douglas announced that the 2025 Leonardo da Vinci Medal was awarded to John Krige. The Melvin The Leonardo da Vinci Medal is the highest recognition from SHOT. It is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the history of technology, through research, teaching, publications, service to the Society, and other activities.
John Krige has conducted path-breaking scholarship in the history of technology, specializing in state-driven innovation in the domains of space and civilian nuclear technology, and he has forged new interdisciplinary links with the fields of US diplomatic, transatlantic, and Cold War histories. Krige has done incisive and pioneering work on technological institutions and systems, as well as global flows of artifacts and associated knowledge systems. He has been a leader in teaching and outreach in the field.
Krige has served SHOT and other sister organizations as well as journals with distinction. He was SHOT President from 2017-18, when he made significant contributions to the further internationalization of SHOT’s mission, sat on the Executive Council (2012-2014), and joined the Committee on International Scholars (2000-2003). John has also served as a member of the formative Coordination Committee for Tensions of Europe (2000-2003) and on the HSS Council (2012-2014).
You can read the full prize citation here.