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CfP: SHOT Annual Meeting “Technologies of Migration – Migrating Technologies”, Luxembourg, 9-11 October 2025

Technologies of Migration – Migrating Technologies Migration has shaped the civilized world. The circulation of people, goods, and ideas is tightly connected to technologies, as is the monitoring, control or prevention of such movements. The deep history of human migration is characterized by several waves– caused by climatic changes, economic crises, or political forces. Due…
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CfP: Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories (WAEH): Scenarios and Transitions, October 20-21, 2025, Maastricht University

Between 1974 and 1977, the MIT professor, science organizer and Club of Rome executive committee member Carroll L. Wilson organized the international Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies (WAES). Assembling energy experts from academia, specialized agencies and particularly oil companies, the three-year workshop series explored alternative scenarios for the future of energy demand and supply. The…
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Doctoriales de l’énergie 2025 (Summer school, July 1-4, 2025)

This year, the Commitee for the History of Electricity and Energy is running its sixth summer school on the history of energy, designed for young researchers affiliated with research institution, either in Europe or beyond. This next summer school will be held in Grenoble from July 1st to 4th 2025. The summer school provides a…
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Open call: Summer School in Anthropocene Histories (August 25-28, 2025)

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) and the Centre for Anthropocene History at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are inviting applications for the 2025 ESEH Summer School to be held in and around Stockholm on the topic of Anthropocene Histories. The Anthropocene is not just a geochronological epoch to be defined by the International Commission…
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2025 Maurice Daumas Prize – Call for submissions

The International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) welcomes submissions for the Maurice Daumas Prize, which aims to encourage innovative scholarship in the history of technology. ICOHTEC is interested in the history of technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture, and the environment. There is no limitation as to theoretical…
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Call for Abstracts: Special Issue: Sustainability Transitions in Business History

Sustainability transitions in business history Background Businesses today face unprecedented pressure to transform their operations in response to environmental crises, particularly climate change, and government policy. From the European automobile industry's mandated transition to zero-emission vehicles by 2035 to the emergence of entirely new manufacturing sectors like battery cell production in China, we are witnessing…
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11th ToE Conference Report

Report by Michal Ďurčo, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of History From 19 to 21 September, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) hosted the 11th Tensions of Europe (ToE) conference. The main organisers were The Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies and the European New School of Digital Studies, both of which are part…
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PhD Fellowship “Energy Lives! Infrastructural Citizenship in Nordic Energy Transitions”, Aarhus University

Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University,Denmark, within the mathematics programme (science studies programme). The position is available from February 2025 or later. Research area and project description (Title: Energy Lives! Infrastructural Citizenship in Nordic EnergyTransitions, Subproject: Citizens for District Heating in Denmark). The project Energy Lives!…
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Two PhD positions & one Postdoctoral position, Division of Science, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology

2 PhD Positions, Division of Science, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology 1. PhD position in Energy and Environmental History: The PhD candidate will work in a cross-disciplinary setting toconsider the possible future role of hydrogen in the Swedish energy system from a historical perspective.The position isfunded by the Swedish Energy Agency through the…
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