The Ann Johnson Institute (AJI) for Science, Technology and Society at the University of South Carolina welcomes applications for a one-day book manuscript workshop to be held in the Winter/Spring Term 2024. In its fourth year, these annual workshops target individuals at any career stage who have not previously published a monograph. We are happy to…
Read MoreThe 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 MoreA new issue of Technology and Culture is now available: Read the latest research and book reviews! January 2022, Volume 63, No. 1 Debates Atomic Shocks of the Old: Putting Water at the Center of Nuclear Energy History | Per Högselius Capitalism Matters: How Financial and Technological Innovations Shaped U.S. Telegraphs, 1845-1860 | Edmund Russell…
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…
Read MoreNatascha van Bommel and Johanna Höffken (Eindhoven University of Technology) are happy to share with you their recently published article: Energy justice within, between and beyond European community energy initiatives: A review. Intro: European policy efforts stimulate both the emergence of community energy initiatives, and a just transition towards a low-carbon energy system. One of…
Read MoreScholar’s Choice will not be present at the Virtual Book Exhibit. However, during the SHOT 2020 Virtual Forum you can now buy a selection of books from 9 publishers with a special discount. Find the offers here: SHOT 2020 Virtual Forum The Scholars Choice Book Selection
Read MoreHoST — Journal of History of Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed open access journal, available online, published in English by De Gruyter/Sciendo, as a result of a partnership between four Portuguese research units (CIUHCT, CIDEHUS, Institute for Social Sciences, and Institute of Contemporary History). The latest issue is now available online. https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/host/host-overview.xml?tab_body=latestIssueToc-78033
Read MoreTechnology and Culture is happy to announce that Margaret Grubiak’s article “An Architecture for the Electronic Church: Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma” (Technology and Culture 57, no. 2) has won the 2017 Catherine Bishir Award for best article in vernacular architecture given by the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Congratulations to Dr. Grubiak!
Read MoreTechnology’s Stories is SHOT’s latest initiative – an open-acess digital magazine featuring essays, blogs, book announcements from SHOT members.
Read MoreInformation & Culture: A Journal of History is actively soliciting articles for publication. The journal publishes high-quality, peer reviewed articles on the history of information. Social and cultural context of information and information technology, viewed from an historical perspective, is at the heart of the journal’s interests. Typical papers might focus, among other topics, on…
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