In 1992 the Society for the History of Technology inaugurated the International Scholars program with these goals:
More attention is given to scholars from countries outside the U.S. and Western Europe, not only to foster their individual careers but also to support local networks and activities for and by scholars working on the history of technology. 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.
Much has changed since the days when SHOT was an almost exclusively US-based organization with (as some wryly noted) “a few foreign members.” We now have the privilege to include members from six continents, many of whom support local scholarly networks in the field. To reflect its commitment to continue broadening our membership in a spirit of epistemic and professional justice, in 2023 SHOT changed the name of this program to “Global Community Initiative.”
Since 2006, the Society for the History of Technology has supported regionally-hosted conferences and meetings with grants. In addition to promoting the Society’s mission, the grants aimed at globalizing the Society’s intellectual terrain as well as geographically broadening its membership.
Each year, SHOT designates selected Global Community Scholars for a two-year term. These scholars act as ambassadors for the society in their countries and regions, both by informing SHOT about the history of technology in their regions, and by helping to disseminate information about the society and its activities. In return, they receive priority for travel grant applications and a free two-year SHOT membership, which includes a subscription to Technology and Culture.
For a variety of reasons, the selection committee was unable to operate last year. It is now back up and running. To make up for last year’s lacuna, it will select up to 6 scholars for 2023-25. In keeping with the geographic directions of SHOT’s current community-building efforts, the selection this year will focus on scholars from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.
We strongly encourage scholars from these parts of the world to apply. We also encourage members to nominate colleagues.
Applications and nominations are simple, consisting of the candidate’s CV and a brief (200 word) statement of interest in the appointment. Please send these materials as a single pdf to all the committee members simultaneously:
Professor Madhumita Saha, committee chair. [email protected].
Professor Damilola Adebayo. [email protected]
Professor Sonia Robles. [email protected]
Professor Yovanna Pineda. [email protected]
The deadline to receive applications is Monday, 25 September. Recipients will be announced during SHOT’s annual meeting in Long Beach.
Hungsub Choi, Chair (2021-2023)
Sonia Robles (2021-2023)
Madhumita Saha (2021-2023)
Nelson Arellano (2021-2023)
Liang Yao (2021-2023)
For more information, please contact the committee chair or Jan Korsten, SHOT Secretary, [email protected].
2021-2022 | Lucas Erichsen lucaserichsen(at)outlook.com Magdalena Zdrodowska Institute of Audiovisual Arts, Jagiellonian University, Krakow. magda.zdrodowska(at)uj.edu.pl Sangwoon Yoo (South Korea) assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Liberal Arts of Hanbat National University sangwoon.yoo(at)gmail.com DU Xinhao (China) Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing duxh(at)ihns.ac.cn |
2020-2021 | Mónica Humeres (Chile) monicahumeresr(at)gmail.com Patrick Mansujeto (Philippines) Philippine State College of Aeronautics patrickjohn_mansujeto(at)yahoo.com Hsien-chun Wang (Taiwan) Institute of History, National Tsing Hua University wanghc(at)mx.nthu.edu.tw |
2019-2020 | Jethron Ayumbah Akallah (Kenya) Department of History and Archeology Maseno University, Kenya ayumbajetty(at)yahoo.com Liang Yao (China) Institute of Science, Technology, and Society Tsinghua University Beijing, China liangyao83(at)gmail.com< Timpoko Hélène Kiénon-Kaboré (Côte d’Ivoire) Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny Abidjan, Beijing, Côte d’Ivoire tkienon(at)gmail.com |
2018-2019 | Alistair Kwan (New Zealand) Center for Learning & Research in Higher Education University of Auckland, New Zealand alistair.kwan(at)auckland.ac.nz Waqar Zaidi (Pakistan) Chargé de Cours Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS), Pakistan waqar.zaidi(at)lums.edu.pk |
2017-2018 | Nurçin Ílery (Turkey) François Wassouni (Cameroun) Zhihui Zhang (China) |
2016-2017 | Yang Haiyan (China) Por Heong Hong (Malaysia) Suvobrata Sarkar (India) |
2015-2016 | Claudio Gutierrez (Chile) Jung Lee (Korea) Hikari Mizusawa (Japan) Aparajith Ramnath (India) |
2014-2015 | Marta Macedo (Portugal) John B Lourdusamy (India) Édison Renato Pereira da Silva (Brazil) |
2013-2014 | Natalia Nikiforova (Russia) Shi Xiaolei (China) |
2012-2013 | Ruth Morgan (Australia) Kenzo Okuda (Japan) Vijaya Singh (India) Ramya Swayamprakash (India) |
2011-2012 | Alexandra Bekasova (Russia) David Lavenda (Israel) Chuan-Hui Mau (Taiwan) Qin Zhu (China) |
2010-2011 | Ivaylo Hristov (Netherlands) Jíra Janá (Netherlands) Simeon Maravanyika (Zimbabwe) Marina Miraglia (Argentina) |
2009-2010 | Manyong Moon (South Korea) Dong Lili (China) Francisco Platas Lopez (Mexico) Yasushi Sato (Japan) |
2008-2009 | Katya Girschik (Switzerland) Seong-Jun Kim (Korea) Hugo Palmarola (Chile) Srinivasa Rao (India) |
2007-2008 | Stathis Arapostathis (UK/Greece) Diana Covell (Australia) Richard Escalante (Trinidad) Dagmara Jajesniak-Quast (Germany) Slawomir Lotysz (Poland) Germuska Pál (Hungary) |
2005-2007 | Irene Anastasiadou (Greece and the Netherlands) Keith Breckenridge (South Africa) Cyrille Foasso (France) Finn Arne Jørgensen (Norway) Patrick Kammerer (Switzerland) Tae-Ho Kim (South Korea) Vincent Lagendijk (Netherlands) Frank Schipper (Netherlands) |
2004-2005 | Kenji Ito (Japan) C. H. Tzeng (Taiwan) Antonio Zappia (Argentina) |
2003-2004 | Henrik Bjork (Sweden) Andrea Gaynor (Australia) Andre Grelon (France) Hocine Khelfaoui (Algeria) Nikolai Krementsov (Russia) |
2002-2003 | Daniel Alexandrov (Russia) Thomas Brandt (Norway) Serge Chassagne (France) Amy Fletcher (New Zealand) Mats Fridlund (Sweden) Lilliane Hillaire-Perez (France) Prakash Kumar (India) Pap Ndiaye (France) Papil Raj (France) Ana Paula Silva (Portugal) Gabriel Vial (France) |
1998-1999 | Reinhold Bauer (Germany) John Krige (France) Leonid Kryzhanovsky (Russia) Ben Marsden (U.K.) Lars Olsson (Sweden) Michelangelo Vasta (Italy) Jua Jueming (China) |
1997-1998 | Antonio Botelho (Brazil) Delphine Gardey (France) Barbara Orland (Germany) Yuzo Takahashi (Japan) Karin Zachman (Germany) |
1996-1997 | Marianne de Laet (Netherlands) Frank Dittmann (Germany) Leigh Edmonds (Australia) Sean Johnston (England) V.R. Muraleedharan (Madras) Moon-Hyon Nam (Korea) Larisa Sapogovskaya (Russia) Dmitry A. Sobolev (Russia) Jane Summerton (Sweden) |
1995-1996 | Yves Cohen (France) Irena Gouzevitch (France) Matthias Heyman (Germany) Dominique Larroque (France) Helmut Maier (Germany) Miwao Matsumoto (Japan) Ruth Oldenziel (Netherlands) Ravi Rajan (India) Jerzy Szczepanski (Poland) Hans Weinberger (Sweden) |
1994-1995 | Anne Krstine Borresen (Norway) Patrice A. Carre (France) Colin Divall (U.K.) Pierre Mounier-Kuhn (France) Agusti Nieto-Galan (Spain) Emma Ynes Riso (Mexico) Helmuth Trischler (Germany) Amitabha Ghosh (India) Marc L.J. Dierikx (Netherlands) Diana Obregon (Colombia) |
1993-1994 | Joel Broustail (France) Hans-Lieudger Dienel (Germany) Paul Erker (Germany) Mikael Hård (Sweden) Takehito Hashimoto (Japan) Timo Myllyntaus (Finland) Per Ostby (Norway) Eva Vamos (Hungary) Judith Wacjman (Australia) |
1992-1993 | Sandra Jatahy Pesavento (Brazil) Anna Guagnini (Italy and the U.K.) Klaus Plitzner (Austria) |