Dear Colleagues, We are looking to hire a PhD candidate on the history of satellite monitoring systems, seismology and vulcanology. This is an international PhD program, as the candidate will spend 2 years at the Institut d’història de la ciència in Barcelona and 2 years at the Sorbonne Université/CNRS in Paris. Application deadline: 11 April…
Read MoreCALL FOR PAPERS (Reminder) 6th AHE-AFRIKA HISTORY EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Looking back, looking forward: the future(s) of History Education in Africa Department of History, Faculty of Arts University of Buea, Cameroon 27-29 August 2025 The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Buea, Cameroon, in partnership with the African Association…
Read MoreSpeculative Spaces: (Re)presenting Global Architectural History May 22-23, 2025 | Online via Zoom The Society of Architectural Historians invites graduate students and emerging professionals to apply to participate in the virtual SAH/GAHTC Teacher-to-Teacher Workshop, “Speculative Spaces: (Re)presenting Global Architectural History,” exploring how the practice of speculative narration and imaginative storytelling may be used to redress…
Read MoreThe American Historical Association will host a three-week long National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Higher Education Faculty on US environmental history and policy from the early 19th century through the 20th century. The application deadline is March 5, 2025. Situated at the intersection of environmental, Indigenous, and political history, this institute will explore how humans have…
Read MoreSHOT 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 MoreLinda Hall Library, 2025-26 Fellowships The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for our 2025-26 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community…
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 MoreThe Department of History in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Buea, Cameroon, in partnership with the African Association for History Education (AHE-Afrika) located at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 6th AHE-Afrika History Education International Conference which will be held at the…
Read MoreThe National Air and Space Museum is currently inviting applications for its fellowship program as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s core mission of increasing and diffusing knowledge. The Museum offers four fellowships to support scholarship in aerospace history: The Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fellowship are competitive three- to twelve-month in-residence fellowships for pre- and postdoctoral research…
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