The Journal of Transport History recently published Volume 43, number 1, June, 2022–a Special Issue on the history of high speed ground transport in the U.S., c.1945 to 1982 . It includes a number of articles by SHOT members, and of interest to SHOT colleagues, especially two by Al Churella and David Reinecke, on the political and technological history the Metroliner,…
Read MoreCall for Submissions for Emerging Scholars and Article Prize Nineteenth Century Studies Association Emerging Scholars Award The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in nineteenth-century studies. In recognition of the excellent publications of this constituency of emerging scholars, this award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published within…
Read MoreThe 2023 NCPH Annual Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Downtown in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 12-15, 2023. The theme is “To Be Determined,” which “holds space for unknown futures…[while] signaling resolve, commitment, and intention.” Learn more about the theme by reading the full CFP, and submit your final proposal by July 15.…
Read MoreThe Grand Valley State University History Department invites applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor (or Visiting Instructor if ABD) to teach surveys in the History of Technology and upper division surveys in the History of Medicine and Health. Non-Tenure Track. Possibility for renewal. 4-4 load. Region and time period of specialization are open. https://jobs.gvsu.edu/en-us/job/494181/visiting-faculty-in-history…
Read MoreSection “History of Technology”, Technical University of Darmstadt will host a conference on „Flexibility“ and „Agility“: Strategies, Practices, and Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s (together with Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF), Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU), SPP 2267 “The Digitalization of Working Worlds. Conceptualising and Capturing a…
Read MoreThe National Security Research Center (nsrc.lanl.gov), in partnership with the Advanced Simulation and Computing program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) seeks candidates with training in one of the following disciplines: Liberal Arts, History of Science and/or Technology, Journalism, Communications, Political Science, or related fields for a two-year paid internship focused on preservation and documentation…
Read MorePublic lecture by Andreas Fickers Monday, 28 March 2022 19:00 – 21:00 Central European Summer Time Digital event: Find all information here (registration is free, you will receive a link to the video conference after registration) About this event The Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) welcomes Prof. Dr. Andreas Fickers as Lorand Chair…
Read MoreProgram Director opening to support UCSF-Johns Hopkins Opioid Industry Documents Archive The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health is seeking an exceptional manager to direct the University’s contributions to the Opioid Industry Documents Archive, a state-of-the-art digital archive of litigation documents surrounding the opioid epidemic jointly supported by UCSF and Johns Hopkins. The…
Read MoreSHOT is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 Elections. Elected as new members of the Executive Council (2022-2024) Tiago Saraiva Ashley Shew Matt Wisnioski Elected as new member of the Nominating Committee (2022-2024) Slawomir Lotysz Elected as new member of the Editorial Committee (2022-2026) Edna Suarez-Diaz
Read MoreThe Linda Hall Library invites doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, and independent researchers to apply for its 2022-23 fellowships in the history of technology and related areas of science and technology studies. The Library is offering both residential fellowships, which support scholars who travel to Kansas City to conduct research, and virtual fellowships, which support researchers…
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