This one day conference, to be held at the Clayton Hotel, Bullsbridge, Dublin on Saturday 21st September 2019, will explore, by means of presentations in response to this Call for Papers, the many historical engineering and technological innovations, in all disciplines, created on and from the island of Ireland. Some examples of the wide range…
Read MoreThe Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to play a major role in a two-year project on Data Science & Society. We invite applications from scholars with a recent Ph.D. in science & technology studies (STS) or related fields (e.g., sociology, anthropology, law, media studies, information science) and…
Read MoreBoise State University’s new School of the Arts seeks to hire the inaugural Director of the digital and technologically infused Stein World Museum within a full-time, 10 month, tenure-track administrative/ academic faculty position, beginning as early as July 1, 2019. Rank and salary are competitive and commensurate with quality of practice, scholarship, academic research, extent…
Read MoreThe Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks an associate professor with tenure in the history of natural sciences. Time period and geographical focus are open, but with a preference for the period after 1600. A strong record of publications, research, and teaching is required. The successful candidate will research and…
Read MoreDear Colleagues, The SHOT Program Committee is pleased to issue the Call for Papers and Sessions for the SHOT 2019 Annual Meeting to be held 24-27 October, 2019 in Milan, Italy. SHOT is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned with the history of technological devices, systems, and processes as well as with technology in history,…
Read MoreDeadline 30 January 2019 We live in the digital age which has a huge impact on the way we do scholarly research. For emerging careers it seems to be particularly pivotal. One the one hand, digitalization brings opportunities enlarging the methodological and thematic horizons. On the other hand, it sets a number of challenges on…
Read MoreThe deadline for submissions to the ICOHTEC symposium, to be held in Katowice, Poland, 22-27 July 2019, has been extended. The new deadline is 18 February 2019. Visit conference website. Katowice has been a centre of technological activity for centuries and at present also is one of Poland’s high tech centres. The capital of the…
Read MoreThe Department of Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) invites applications for an incoming Ph.D. student with interests in the intersections of STS, particularly non-Anglo STS (e.g. Latin American or African STS), andinfrastructure studies. Students interested in infrastructures and design, queer/crip/feminist theories, and research into legacy and impact of mega-events are particularly encouraged to apply. The incoming…
Read MoreThe International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology invites submissions for the next biennial meeting of the society, which will take place in Oslo (Norway) 7–12 July 2019. The Council, Local Organizing, and Program Committees are working to put together an exciting program inspired by socially relevant work on biology and the life…
Read MoreThe Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize Committee decided to award the 2018 Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize to: Hyeok Hweon Kang (Harvard University) For: Divine Machine: Korea’s Reception of the Gun The committee also mentioned for honorable mention Kathryn Carpenter (University of Missouri-Kansas City) for: “Cesspools,” Springs, and Snaking Pipes: The use of technology to reroute the…
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