About: Katerina Vlantoni

Annual Meeting Society for the History of Technology New Orleans, 18-21 November, 2021 Conference Theme: Environment, Infrastructure, and Social Justice Infrastructure is an inherently social mode for the modification of natural environments. It is the most basic form of sociotechnical collaboration; it is fundamental to society’s functions; and it is indispensable for other technological developments.…

International Digital Workshop, June 29th 2021 (10 am – 6pm, CET) – First Call for Papers   Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Algorithms, Internet of Things, Social Media, Automation, Robotics and Cybernetics: Historical and STS Perspectives from Mediterranean/Southern/Southeastern Europe  Part of the ‘Tensions of Europe Digital Workshop Festival’, 28 June-2 July 2021 (https://shtwebinars.nl/)   The…

First Call for Papers International Digital Workshop, June 28th 2021 Recent History of Technology, Mediterranean Studies, Environmental Humanities: An Encounter Part of the ‘Tensions of Europe Digital Workshop Festival’, 28 June-2 July 2021 The workshop seeks to advance a fruitful conversation between recent history of technology and environmental humanities (especially environmental history) in reference to…

Inaugurated in the spring of 2021, NYU Space Talks is a lecture series convened by Alexander C. T. Geppert at NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies with the Department of History in New York City. Each semester, established and upcoming scholars will present the latest research on the history and politics of outer space,…

We are searching for a PhD candidate (100%) to work with us to examine the history of online commenting technologies and practices at the University of Siegen, Germany. The DFG-funded sub-project “Historical Technography of Online Commentary”, part of the newly established Collaborative Research Center “Transformations of the Popular” will be led by Johannes Passmann and…

From the 28th of June to the 2nd of July 2021: Join A Unique Series of Online Event Contact: Foundation for the History of Technology (SHT) Organizers: Tensions of Europe network (you, if you like!) Deadline: 31st of January for open session proposals; 28th of February for fully-fledged events Date: 28 June - 2 July 2021 Place: Online (platform:…

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) welcomes submissions for the 2021 St Andrews Article Prize in European Environmental History The prize rewards innovative and well-written article-length research in the field of European environmental history. Articles (or book chapters that are to be read as a stand-alone work) published in 2019 or 2020 on any…

Call for Papers  “Telecrisis”. Co-producing crisis and (tele-)communication technologies. Historical and STS perspectives on governance, design and use Workshop 30 June 2021 (web-based) and preparation for a special issue/edited volume Deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2020   The current COVID 19 pandemic stresses and reinforces the role of telecommunication infrastructures in our societies. Now pervasive in…

Announcement from SHOT: Because of COVID-19, we are unable to meet as planned in person in New Orleans in 2020. Instead of our physical conference SHOT and HSS are now organizing a virtual conference that will take place 8-11 October. We are excited to share the preliminary program (version 19 September) of our first virtual…

A volunteer group of SHOT members is gathering ideas for a revised “Classic Works in the History of Technology” page on the society’s website. During this time of increased awareness of racism and white supremacy in historical scholarship, our group has gathered to address major gaps in the history of technology and related fields. The goal is to reorient notions…