SHOT is proud to award the 2024 Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship to Sebastian James Rose, for his research titled, “The Telegraph From Below: The Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran and the Persian Gulf, 1862–1932.” Rose explores the expansion, operations, and maintenance of the British Empire’s underwater cables and landlines, concentrating on the agency of labor…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the results of the 2024 SHOT Elections. Elected are: Vice President – President Elect Jennifer Karns Alexander New members Executive Council (2025-2027) Benjamin Gross Elena Kochetkova Yeonsil Kang New member Nominations Committee (2025-2027) Kate McDonald New member Editorial Committee (2025-2029) Greg Downey We congratulate the elected candidates with their election,…
Read MoreDear SHOT Community, The US has sunk into dark times. Racism, misogyny, and transphobia have become badges of honor. Millions of people embrace hatred and cruelty. The collapse they champion, starting with the dismantling of regulatory institutions, will suffocate millions and accelerate the climate catastrophe. I’m heartbroken. It feels almost impossible to wrap my brain…
Read MoreSHOT Zoom talk – “Getting Maintenance Organized” Thursday November 14, 2024, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST Presented by SHOT, in partnership with the Linda Hall Library Organization is an important aspect of many forms of human activity, including maintenance and repair. In this talk, Lee Vinsel will first reflect on the state of maintenance…
Read MorePROGRAM: Innovative Lives with Gary Brantley (SVP and CIO, National Football League) SYMPOSIUM: Sports Technology and Innovation 21-22 October 2024 Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC USA FREE Registration (Innovative Lives with Gary Brantley): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovative-lives-gary-brantley-tickets-1013998104627 FREE Registration (Symposium): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sports-technology-and-innovation-new-perspectives-tickets-969323932977 Meet…
Read MorePresident’s Message Dear SHOT Members, Dear SHOT community, It’s time again for SHOT members to choose their representatives on the Executive Council, to choose the Vice President/President Elect, and to weigh in on the membership of a few key committees. Please download the SHOT Election Newsletter and take a few minutes to read through the…
Read MoreWinners 2024 SHOT Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize The SHOT Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize is awarded annually for the best-delivered paper by an individual who is making his or her first appearance at the Society’s annual meeting. The 2024 prize is awarded to two candidates: Constanza Marin (Universidad Catolica Del Norte), for “La transformación en la…
Read MoreSHOT is pleased to announce the 2024 Award and Fellowship winners. The fellowship will be announced during the SHOT Awards and Fellowships Event at the joint ICOHTEC-SHOT Annual Meeting that takes place 9-14 July in Viña del Mar (Chile). Citations will be published on the website after the conference. The ICOHTEC-SHOT Awards and Fellowships Event…
Read MoreSHOT is greatly saddened by the passing of Professor Joy Parr, a luminous member of our community. Joy Parr’s exceptional scholarship earned her many awards throughout her career, including SHOT’s 2011 Edelstein Prize for Sensing Changes:Technologies, Environments, and the Everyday, 1953-2003 (University of British Columbia Press, 2010). In 2018 SHOT awarded her the da Vinci…
Read MoreDear SHOT community, It appears that a side-effect of presidenting a professional society is vulnerability to impersonation by spam bots. This is just to confirm what you’ve probably already figured out: any recent injunctions you may have received to get in touch with me right away are nothing more than the electronic version of canned…
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