The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2021-22 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related STS fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. The Linda Hall Library holds over half a million monograph volumes…
Read MoreA free week-long webinar series Convened by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center November 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2020 | 1:00-2:30pm ET daily Registration: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTe1rHzsTG2FSaEHoTcb2w The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation invites you to attend our upcoming webinar series, Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives. The program is free and…
Read MoreResults SHOT Elections 2020 We are pleased to announce the results of the 2020 SHOT Elections. Elected are: New members of the Executive Council (2021-2023) Hyungsub Choi Teasel Muir-Harmony Ksenia Tatarchenko Vice-President / President Elect (2021-2022 / 2023-2024) Gabrielle Hecht Treasurer Amy Bix Nominations Committee (2021-2023) Ellan Spero Editorial Committee (2021-2025) Maria Paula Diogo
Read MoreSHOT is pleased to announce the 2020 Award and Fellowship winners. The prizes will be officially announced during the Awards Ceremony Saturday 10 October at the SHOT 2020 Virtual Forum. The citations will be published after the ceremony. Leonardo da Vinci Medal Maria Paula Diogo, New University of Lisbon, Portugal Arthur P. Molella, Director Emeritus, Lemelson…
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 MoreThe American Philosophical Society has revised the Grants section on www.amphilsoc.org, for 2020–2021. We will announce any changes to programs at our website, so we invite you to check the Grants section periodically. Our grants are not restricted to philosophy, please check the section “About the APS.” Thank you very much for your help in…
Read MoreE-NEWSLETTER 6, 2020 Vote online until September 15 2020 via the online ballot PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE There’s no Electoral College or dodgy voting machine that gets in the way of your vote positively shaping SHOT’s future. The next few years will stretch our Society’s creativity and resources; the past decade gives little guidance in helping us…
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 MoreBecause of COVID-19, we are unable to meet in New Orleans in 2020. We are exploring options for virtual panels in October 2020. SHOT and HSS plan to meet jointly in New Orleans November 2021. 0riginally we planned to hold the 2021 meeting in Merida (Mexico). We regret that we will not be able to…
Read More5 June 2020 (update 17 June) SHOT is endorsing the American Historical Association (AHA) Statement on the History of Racist Violence in the United States. 90 scholarly organizations have co-signed the statement to date. Read more on the AHA website. Statement approved by AHA Council, June 2020 (endorsed by the SHOT Executive Council on 5…
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