No votes possible, ballot closed. President’s Message Dear SHOT Members, It’s time to vote! A little later than usual, but just as consequential—it’s time again for SHOT members to choose their representatives on the Executive Council and the weigh in on the membership of a few key committees. Please take a few minutes to read…
Read MoreSHOT is pleased to announce the 2021 Award and Fellowship winners. The prizes will be officially announced during the Awards Ceremony Saturday 20 October at the SHOT Virtual Annual Meeting (1:30-2:00 PM CT) Leonardo da Vinci Medal 2021 Suzanne Moon, University of Oklahoma Please note: The 2021 and 2020 Da Vinci Medalists will give their…
Read MoreThe Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, is seeking a curator for “contemporary spaceflight in a global framework.” This is a U.S. civil service position and citizenship is required. The details can be seen at the following links: Merit Promotion position (for those who have Current or former federal Status): https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/618049600; Delegated…
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 MoreThe Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) at Stanford University invites applications for a fixed-term Assistant Professor (Research) faculty position. The appointment is for a non-renewable term of five years, beginning in September 2022. The selected candidate will be appointed in an appropriate disciplinary department (e.g., Communications, Computer Science, Economics, History, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology),…
Read MoreThe Johns Hopkins University is looking for two Postdoctoral Fellows (2 years each) to assist with development of critical research and infrastructure of the recently launched University of California-Johns Hopkins University (UCSF-JHU) Opioid Industry Documents Archive. Fellows will take up their positions on January 1, 2022. The Postdoctoral Fellows will pursue original, publishable research using…
Read MoreThe Economic and Business History Society annual conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 18-22, 2022, and invites submissions to the conference committee on the theme of Recoveries in Economic and Business History. Continuing from the success of the virtual conference in 2021, and the particular success of the mentorship workshops, EBHS will…
Read MoreThe School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech invites applications for the Melvin Kranzberg Professorship in the History of Technology. Melvin Kranzberg was one of the principal founders of the history of technology as an academic field in the United States. The successful candidate will be eligible for hire as an associate or full…
Read MoreKQED, a major NPR/PBS affiliate based in San Francisco is looking for a technology historian with expertise in the development of voice technologies to interview for a reporting project. The project, titled The VoiceBot Chronicles, focuses on how humans are coping with living in a world increasingly mediated by voice technologies – from automated customer…
Read MoreThe School of International Service (SIS) at American University (AU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-line faculty appointment in New Technology and Security at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 1, 2022. We seek scholar-teachers whose research focuses on new technologies and emerging security threats, especially the strategic, ethical, legal, and governance concerns related to their…
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