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 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 History and Heritage Committee (HHC) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) solicits advanced graduate students or recent post graduate students in history of technology/science to author brochures/essays for ASME’s Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks program. The contracted honorarium for each brochure/essay is $500, payable on final acceptance. For 2021-2022 the Committee seeks brochures/essays…
Read MoreNatascha van Bommel and Johanna Höffken (Eindhoven University of Technology) are happy to share with you their recently published article: Energy justice within, between and beyond European community energy initiatives: A review. Intro: European policy efforts stimulate both the emergence of community energy initiatives, and a just transition towards a low-carbon energy system. One of…
Read MoreOctober 2020, Vol 61, No 4 Special Issue Manufacturing Modernity: Innovations in Early Modern Europe Manufacturing Modernity: Innovations in Early Modern Europe—An Introduction | Adam Lucas A Politics of Intellectual Property: Creating a Patent System in Revolutionary France | Jérôme Baudry Illuminated Publics: Representations of Street…
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 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 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 MoreDear SHOT members, In times like these, we are called on to figure out “what is ours to do in the world.” Some of our communities need field hospitals and mass mobilization for required resources; others need reminders that while “the economy has stopped,” our communities are very much alive and, often, adapting in creative…
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