SHOT 2025 Annual Meeting – 9-11 October 2025 –

Technologies of Migration – Migrating Technologies

Hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) at the Belval Campus of the University of Luxembourg.

Local Host Committee Luxembourg: Andreas Fickers (Chair), Stefan Krebs, Valérie Schafer, Brigitte Dolenc, Vanessa Napolitano
SHOT Organizing Committee: Jan Korsten, Debbie Douglas, Michael Keith
SHOT Program Committee: Diana Montaño, Chair,  Itty Abraham, Elan Spero

Dear SHOT Community,

Thank you for joining us in Luxembourg! We hope that you enjoyed our 2025 Annual Meeting.

We look back with joy on the rich conference program and the many inspiring conversations with attendees from all over the world. We look forward to meeting you again at future conferences.

Debbie Douglas, SHOT President
Jennifer Karns Alexander, SHOT Vice President
Amy Bix, SHOT Treasurer
Jan Korsten, SHOT Secretary

Update 14 October 2025

Program

Conference News

• 2025 Leonardo da Vinci Medal:
  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. SHOT is extremely pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal is: John Krige, the Melvin Kranzberg Professor emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology.
• 2025 Robinson Prize: The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize is awarded annually for the best-presented paper by an individual delivering their first paper at the SHOT annual meeting. The 2025 Robinson Prize is awarded to: Jakob Henningsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology): Will the Engineer Manage? The Early Years of Industrial Economy Education in Stockholm, 1911—1945.
• 2025 Mevin Kranzberg Fellowships: The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. This award is in memory of the co-founder of the Society and honors Melvin Kranzberg’s many contributions to developing the history of technology as a field of scholarly endeavor and SHOT as a professional organization. This year we had a very large number of applications of exceptional quality. The Kranzberg Committee in response proposed awarding two fellowships. The endowment which supports this fellowship, normally can support only a single award but with support of an anonymous gift (in memory of Marie Bashara) SHOT is able to support two awards this year.
  • Karolina Partyga, Columbia University for her dissertation project titled: “Starting from Scrap. Material politics of Polish reconstruction and the industrial remaking of East Central Europe, 1944-1950.”
  • Thomas McLamb, University of California, San Diego for his dissertation project titled: “The Ksara Observatory: Technology, the Observatory Sciences, and Private Property in Syria and Lebanon under French Mandate.”
• The 2025 Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship is awarded to Cecilia Passanti, Centre Population et Développement, Institut de recherche pour le développement, Université Paris Cité for her project “How Biometrics Became a Technology for Civilians (1950-1990): Notes on the Postcolonial History of the Biometric Industry.”
• The first SIGCIS Dissertation Fellowship in memory of Melvin Kranzberg has been awarded to Jeffrey Rubel, New York University for his dissertation project “The Dating Trade: A History of Technology-Mediated Dating in America.”
• The book auction raised just over $300. This will be added to the SHOT travel fund. Thanks for donating books and for placing your bids!

Practical Information

About C2DH

Accommodation

Restaurant near the Belval campus

Catering

Campus map

Floor plan (meeting rooms)

How to get to the Belval Campus

Location & Venues

Facilities

Sponsorship options

Transport

Tours

Archive

• Call for Papers SHOT Annual Meeting 2025. Please note: It is not possible anymore to submit proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting.
• The Program Committee has reviewed all proposals! Our members’ enthusiastic response to this year’s call for papers delighted us, and we acknowledge the effort you put into your proposals. We received proposals for complete sessions and individual papers that far exceeded the available time slots. We found some additional rooms in consultation with our local organizers, and the Program Committee adjusted the conference schedule to accommodate more participants. Unfortunately, we faced the difficult task of being highly selective this year, and the Program Committee declined some proposals for this year’s meeting. Next year, we will hold a virtual meeting, and we anticipate more space in the program and a wider variety of opportunities to engage with each other’s scholarship.
• All notification emails have been sent. Everyone who submitted a proposal should have received an email about the program committee’s decision. If you have not received an email, please contact the SHOT secretariat. Note: Emails may have ended up in your spam folder.

• Launch Your High-Tech Career – in the Netherlands!

  Collect your Study at TU/e Brochure at the SHOT Meeting (Welcome Desk). 

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  The Netherlands is at the heart of it all
  Despite its small size, the Netherlands plays an important role in the global semiconductor supply chain. It is home to world-leading tech companies like ASML and NXP Semiconductors and continues to shape the future with cutting-edge innovation.

  With tens of thousands of new tech and IT jobs opening in the coming years—especially in semiconductors, photonics, and AI—the Netherlands is calling for the next generation of tech talent.

  Why study a Master’s in the Netherlands?
  By choosing a Master’s at a Dutch high-tech university, you will join one of the world’s most innovative tech ecosystems. Five top universities—including Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)—offer English-taught Master’s programmes that combine academic excellence with strong industry connections. These programmes prepare you for a successful career in the global high-tech and semiconductor industries by combining academic excellence with strong industry connections.

  Ready to shape the future?
  Kickstart your high-tech career with a Master’s in the Netherlands and become part of the next wave of innovation? Collect your brochure at the Welcome desk and/or contact Sonja Beekers at [email protected]!

• Tours

  Unfortunately, we had to cancel the following tours as we didn’t reach the minimum number of attendees. Paid registration fees for these tours will be fully refunded by SHOT:

  • Guided Tour Casemates Fort Lambert (was originally planned for Thursday 9 October)
  • World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte (was originally planned for Sunday 12 October)
  • The Family of Man” photo exhibition in Clervaux (was originally planned for Sunday 12 October)