October 27th, 2017
We are very pleased to announce that our 2019 Annual Meeting will be held in the beautiful city of Milan, Italy on 19-22 September and will be hosted by the Museo Nazionale Scienza E Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology). See further details of the conference here.
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October 26th, 2017
For those interested in and/or attending our SHOT annual meeting in Philadelphia this week, follow the conference via #SHOT2017 on Twitter at https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SHOT2017&src=tyah And feel free to check out our SHOT Twitter account at https://twitter.com/SocHistTech Live Twitter feed of #SHOT2017 #SHOT2017 Tweets
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October 2nd, 2017
Technology’s Stories announces a special competition for best graduate student and/or early-career panel at the 2017 SHOT annual meeting! We invite panels in which early-career or graduate student panelists make up the majority of participants to submit their panel papers by November 15, 2017. A prize of $1000 will be awarded for the best panel,…
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June 13th, 2017
Technology and Culture is happy to announce that Margaret Grubiak’s article “An Architecture for the Electronic Church: Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma” (Technology and Culture 57, no. 2) has won the 2017 Catherine Bishir Award for best article in vernacular architecture given by the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Congratulations to Dr. Grubiak!
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May 29th, 2017
As a leading organization promoting the historical interpretation of technology in its many forms and contexts, it is vital today that the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) reach its community of scholars and the interested public via social media. Going forward, this will include regular updates of SHOT member activities on Facebook. This…
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May 29th, 2017
SHOT is pleased to announce its new Small Grants Award and will consider proposals from external individuals and organizations to endorse events relevant to SHOT’s mission.
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April 28th, 2017
Technology’s Stories is SHOT’s latest initiative – an open-acess digital magazine featuring essays, blogs, book announcements from SHOT members.
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March 9th, 2017
SHOT invites applications from graduate students to present short papers (up to 10 pages, 1.5-spaced) at an intensive workshop embedded in the formal SHOT conference. The workshop will provide graduate students with an opportunity to develop their presentation skills and to receive extensive feedback on their work. This is an exciting opportunity to become familiar…
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March 6th, 2017
The 40th History of Technology Conference will be held at the Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen, Switzerland on 17 and 18 November 2017. The Conference is a platform for the exchange of ideas between research, teaching and industry. The speakers and the invited guests come from universities, libraries, collections and museums or contribute their…
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February 7th, 2017
The Society for the History of Technology is committed to academic freedom, freedom of expression, and fostering diversity with regard to age, gender, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, physical abilities, sexual orientation, religion, training, and employment. To this end, SHOT affirmatively embraces all who wish to join, participate, and have a voice in our Society.…
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