Division of History of Science and Technology

The University of Lorraine (Nancy, France) is inviting 100 budding researchers to take part in a two-day training event as well as the International Conference on Science Communication | More

CfP: Society for the Hisotry of Technology (SHOT), 2012. Annual Meeting, 4-7 October, Copenhagen, Denmark. Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2012 | More

Call for Initiatives: 5th Tensions of Europe conference Copenhagen 3-4 October 2012. Deadline for submitting proposals is Friday June 15, 2012. | More

CfP: Sociology Summer Conference and Intellectual Party, 2-3 July 2012. Deadline for abstracts: March 14, 2012 | More

CfP: VISU Vienna International Summer University. Vienna, July 2-13, 2012 organized by the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle | More

CfP: Historical Political Ecology & Environmental History, 2012 Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington, KY; April  13-15, 2012 | More

CfP: 8th meeting of STEP (Science and Technology in the European Periphery) will be held in Corfu, Greece, 21-24 June 2012, organized by the Philosophy and History of Science Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | More

CfP: Technology, the Arts and Industrial Culture, The International Committee for the History of Technology's 39th Symposium in Barcelona (ICOHTEC SYMPOSIUM 2012), Spain, 10 – 14 July 2012 | More

Call for Proposals: 12th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 'Quality, Honesty and Beauty in Science Communication' 18-20 April 2012, Florence, Italy | More

CfP: The British Society for the History of Science postgraduate conference will be held at the University of Warwick on 4th-6th January 2012 | More

CfP: 1th International IHPST and 6th Greek, History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference Science & Culture: Promise, Challenge and Demand, 1-5 July 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece | More

Call for Abstracts: 1st Annual Graduate Student Conference presented by the Department of Science and Technology Studies, York University, "Apparatuses; Matter; Materialities", May 20-22, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | More

6th European Spring School on History of Science and Popularization: “VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENCE”, Maó (Menorca), 19-21 May 2011, Grants available | More

CfP: Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), November 2-5, 2011, at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Center Hotel ( Co-located with the History of Science Society and the Society for the History of Technology). Travel grants available| More

CfP: The ICOHTEC Symposium will be held in Glasgow on August 2-7, 2011. The main theme of the meeting will be “Consumer Choice and Technology” | More

CfP: The Conference Rethinking Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st Century invites submissions of papers. The international conference will take place at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 17-18, 2011 | More

CfP: The International Institute for Social History will organize the Ninth European Social Science History conference at Glasgow University, Scotland, UK, 11 - 14 April 2012 | More

Call for applications: 12th Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences - Ischia (Italy)- Deadline: Jan. 31, 2011 | More

CfP: Contested Truths: Re-Shaping and Positioning Politics of Knowledge (Berlin 2011), organized by the PhD research programm “Gender as a category of knowledge” in collaboration with the Charité Berlin and the Technical University of Braunschweig | More

Greek Participation in the Inventing Europe & Tensions of Europe Summer School, September 2008 | CfP Download
Yiannis Garyfallos, Theodore Lekkas, and Katerina Vlantoni, Ph.D., students at the Graduate Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, were selected to participate in a Doctoral Summer School on conceptual tools in framing the history of technology in Europe, which was hosted by the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.

News paper coverage of the paper presentation by Ph.D. student Hara Konsta: Hara Konsta, Theodore Lekkas, and Aristotle Tympas (University of Athens/National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), “A Historical Taxonomy of Gendered Computing Advertisements”
History | Gender | Computing, Public Conference and Workshop, 30-31 May 2008
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

History of Technology Workshop
Technology and the Making of Europe, South East European Perspectives
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 28 February – 1 March 2008

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The Science, Technology, and Medicine interest group of the SMA is pleased to welcome submissions for the STM Graduate Student Paper Prize | More

Paid research internships in history of science and technology, based on the object collections at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory Greenwich | More

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH, Paris) offers postdoctoral fellowships for researchers in the social and human sciences for periods of nine months | More

The M. Louise Carpenter Gloeckner, M.D. Summer Research Fellowship is offered annually by the Drexel University College of Medicine Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine. Deadline: April 1, 2012 | More

The History of Science Unit (HSU) of the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, is interested in supporting the application of a candidate for the postdoctoral fellowship Beatriu de Pinós, modality B (BP-B) sponsored by the AGAUR, the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants | More

The Scientific Instrument Society awards small grants, of up to £500 each, for research on the history of scientific instruments. Deadline: 1 March 2012 | More

Two post-doctoral research associates in History and Philosophy of Social Science, Dept HPS, Cambridge, for the ERC-funded project 'A Science of Human Nature: Philosophical Disputes at the Interface of Natural and Social Science'. Closing Date: 10 February 2012 | More

The Nicholas C. Mullins Award is awarded each year by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) for an outstanding piece of scholarship by a graduate student in the field of Science and Technology Studies. The prize consists of a check for US $1,000 and a plaque | More

Onassis Foundation - Programmes of Scholarships for Hellenes 2012-2013 | More

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe; Director: Prof. Dr. Sven Dupré) announces three postdoctoral fellowships for up to three months, between July 1 and December 31, 2012 | More

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, the Ph.D-granting institution of CUNY, announces a postdoctoral fellowship for the academic year 2012-2013 in the field of Interdisciplinary Science Studies. Position will begin on September 1, 2012 | More

The National Science Foundation's Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara has immediate openings for 1-2 postdoctoral research positions for scholars interested in societal aspects of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on nanotechnology | More

Postdoctoral Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Science The History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow, beginning August 2012 | More

2012 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates in Science, Technology and Society (STS) | More

Fellowships at The Huntington 2012-2013. The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicin | More

The International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC, welcomes submissions for its new article prize, the Maurice Daumas Prize 2012 | More

Cornell University Doctoral/Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships 2012-13 | More

Opportunities for Scholars, Academic Year 2012-2013, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study | More

The Nicholas C. Mullins Award is awarded each year by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) for an outstanding piece of scholarship by a graduate student in the field of Science and Technology Studies | More

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Specializing in Science & Technology Studies with the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University | More

The Humanities Research Center at Rice University seeks a one-year postdoctoral fellow to take part in a Mellon-Sawyer seminar on “Cultures of Energy: Global Economies and Local Communities” during the academic year 2012-13 | More

The Karen Johnson Freeze Fellowship Fund is an initiative of the Foundation for the History of Technology (SHT) and the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) to encourage research in the field of history of technology by early career scholars in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe | More

College Office - HSS, Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh | More

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (MPIWG) welcomes applications for one Predoctoral Scholarship | More

The Profutur project “Anticipatory knowledge and technologies, 18th and 19th Century” invites suitable candidates to apply for One postdoctoral fellowship for one year starting September 1, 2011. | More

HSS: The Nathan Reingold Prize (formerly known as the Ida and Henry Schuman Prize) was established in 1955 by Ida and Henry Schuman of New York City for an original graduate student essay on the history of science and its cultural influences | More

Submissions are being accepted for the Annals of Science best paper prize 2011. This prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science or technology, which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. | More

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Max Planck Research Group on Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe; Director: Sven Dupré) announces one postdoctoral fellowship for one year starting date October 1, 2011 | More

Applications are being accepted for postdoctoral fellowships at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located just outside Vienna, Austria. | More

University of Twente’s Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies invites applications for a postdoc position and three PhD positions, all in the area of nanotechnology and society | Mor\e

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (MPIWG) offers three six-month predoctoral fellowships for outstanding students in the final stage of completing their dissertations | More

2011 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates in Science, Technology and Society (STS) | More

World History of Science Postdoc, 2011-13. The World History Center and the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh seek applicants, pending budgetary approval, for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in World History of Science beginning fall 2011 | More

The Mercurians, a Special Interest Group of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), is offering a travel grant of US$1,000 to defray the cost of travel and housing to use a research collection | More

One vacant post for a DOCTORAL STUDENT or a POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW in the Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland | More

The International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC, welcomes submissions for its new article prize, Maurice Daumas Prize 2011, which aims to encourage innovative and superbly written research in the history of technology. | More

The Research Cluster in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Southern California seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a two-year appointment | More

Postdoc position, 2011-2013 (36 months), at Law Science Technology and Society Studies (LSTS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel | More

MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Modern Physical Sciences, October 2010 | More

Fellowship Programme 2011-2012: The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, invites researchers to apply for a stay between 1 October 2011 and 30 June 2012. The IAS-STS is broadly speaking, an institute for the enhancement of science and technology studies | More

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) is now accepting applications for 2011-2012 postdoctoral resident and visiting fellowships at Yale Law School | More

The Singer Prize is awarded by the British Society for the History of Science every two years to the writer of an unpublished essay, based on original research into any aspect of the history of science, technology or medicine.| More

The ICOHTEC-Prize is sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation and consists of 3,000 Euro. ICOHTEC, the International Committee for the History of Technology, is interested in the history of technology focusing on technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture and the environment. | More

The Karen Johnson Freeze Fellowship Fund is an initiative of the Foundation for the History of Technology (SHT) and the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) to encourage research in the field of history of technology by early career scholars in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe | More

The Association for Computing Machinery to encourage historical research announces a new program of short-term fellowships in ACM history | More

Postdoc position for a historian of science and technology, Project "Exploring Greenland: Science and Technology in Cold War Setting", Department of Science Studies, Aarhus University | More

Applications for desiguALdades.net Scholarships (doctoral and postdoctoral) from a broad spectrum of the social sciences participating in the network | More

The School of History (University of Kent) seeks a post-doctoral Research Associate whose research interests centre on the history of science and technology in the 19th and/or 20th centuries | More

Notes and Records of the Royal Society Essay Award: open to young researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years | More

2010-2011 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship, Indiana University Rupture and Flow: The Circulation of Technoscientific Facts and Objects | More

Scholars and artists are invited to apply for travel fellowships and grants, which The Bakken in Minneapolis offers to encourage research in its collection of books, journals, manuscripts, prints and instruments | More

The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the history of computing | More

The Charles Babbage Institute awards the Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund which provides short-term grants-in-aid to help scholars with travel expenses to use archival collections at the Charles Babbage Institute(two $750 grants) | More

Notes and Records of the Royal Society Essay Award: is open to young researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years. The unpublished essay, based on original research, should relate to aspects of the history of science covered by the journal | More

The Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan seeks to fill one postdoctoral fellow position | More

Virtual Knowledge Studio, Postdoctoral Fellowship at Amsterdam: Applications are invited for three-month fellowships within the Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS), a programme funded by the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences) | More

ICOHTEC Prize for Young Scholars, 2010. Eligible to the prize are original works in any of the official ICOHTEC languages iin the history of technology (published or unpublished Ph.D. theses or other monographs — no articles or edited anthologies) | More

The Newton International Fellowship scheme will select the very best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offer support for two years at UK research institutions | More

The Envirotech Article Prize: in association with SHOT, Envirotech has established the Envirotech Prize to recognize the best article... | More

The Scientific Instrument Society awards small grants for research on the history of scientific instruments | More

Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen, invites applications for a 3-year PhD/2-year postdoc position in the project ‘Communicative barriers between biomedical research and everyday health care in a museum context’ | More

The American Philosophical Society Library (international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots) offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections | More

The Society for the History of Natural History invites submissions to the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize Competition | More

The Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, a new research and writing fellowship, Washington College, Maryland, United States | More

The Computer History Museum Prize awarded by SIGCIS (Special Interest Group: Computers, Information and Society) | More

The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society invites scholars to make use of Hagley Museum and Library's research collections. Grants and fellowship programs | More

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