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Join ToE Early Career Scholars network

The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars network is looking for new members! The group is open to PhDs and Postdocs working in the history of technology and neighboring fields. The group organizes meetings around contributions in any form, not restricted to traditional paper presentations, but including brainstorming around  research ideas, commenting on project proposals,…
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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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Lemelson Center Fellowship Program, 2025-2026

The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of inventionand innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentationprojects resulting in dissertations, publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, documentary films, or other multimedia products. The Center annually awards two to three fellowships to pre-doctoral graduate…
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Committee for the History of Electricity and Energy – Grants for 2024/2025

The Comité d'histoire de l'électricité et de l'énergie (Committee for the History of Electricity and Energy) of theFondation EDF is offering several research grants to scholars studying history of electricity and of energy at large. Applications are accepted in French and English. Deadline for applications: October 23rd,  2024. For more, see here.
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11th Tensions of Europe Conference, 19-21 September 2024 – Live stream of the Keynote Speech (21/09)

The 11th Tensions of Europe Conference is taking place 19 to 21 September 2024, in the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder. The Conference Theme is “Transformations. Fundamental Change and Technology”. The Keynote Speech “Writing Transformative Envirotech History in the Anthropocene: Provocations and Opportunities” by Prof. Dr. Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum Munich) will take place Saturday 21/09/2024,…
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Call for Interest for hosting the ToE 2026 Conference

Looking ahead, we are excited to announce a Call for Interest for hosting the ToE 2026 Conference. We invite interested colleagues and institutions to submit their proposals by June 15, 2024, to Valérie Schafer. The proposals will be reviewed by the ToE Management Committee. To host the ToE conference, your proposal should include the following details:…
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CfP: International Conference “Confronting Decline (CONDE) – Challenges of Deindustrialization in European Societies since the 1970s”, University of Luxembourg, Esch-Belval, 25–27 June 2025

In June 2025, the C²DH will be hosting the international conference "Confronting Decline (CONDE) – Challenges of Deindustrialization in European Societies since the 1970s". Organisation: C²DH / University of Luxembourg; Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History, Munich Venue: University of Luxembourg, Esch-Belval Date: 25–27 June 2025 Deadline: 30 June 2024 See more, Conference Website Since the 1970s, deindustrialization has fundamentally…
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