42nd History of Technology Conference Raw Materials. Natural Resources in History 13–14 November 2020, Venue Klostergut Paradies, Schlatt, Switzerland Organizer: Iron Library, Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd Call for Papers The 42nd History of Technology Conference will be held at the Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen, Switzerland on 13 and 14 November 2020. The…

Tensions of Europe Research Group on Technologies, Environment, and Resources Coproduction of territories and their resources: technologies of prospecting, extraction and remediation in history  16-17 April 2020 National Research University Higher School of Economics—St. Petersburg, Russia   In his recent manifesto,Bruno Latour argues in favour of ‘terrestrial politics’ and the importance of going beyond local…

HPS.CESEE editors announced the new online platform  HPS.CESEE, which aims to facilitate the exchange of information about the history of scientific knowledge in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The aim is to serve as a resource for the history of scientific knowledge in the region stretching from Prague to Perm and from Tallinn to Tirana,…

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The International Committee for the History of Technology’s 47th Symposium "A History of Technology for an Age of Crisis" will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 13 – 18 July 2020. The conference includes a summer school. Extended Deadline for session, paper and poster proposals: Sunday, 22 February 2020 Conference Call for Papers Conference website

On 18-20 September, the Tensions of Europe research network on Technology, Environment and Resources organized the workshop "Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South". The workshop was hosted and funded by the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, the GREASE project, and the EURES project. More…

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How History Matters for the Governance of Sociotechnical Transitions Special issue of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (Volume 32 pp. 1-168, September 2019) Edited by Stathis Arapostathis, Peter J.G. Pearson This special issue connects the history of technology and sustainability transitions literatures. You'll find a number of Tensions participants amongst the authors. A few papers…

*CALL FOR PAPERS* Histories of Flexibility Special Issue Journal of Energy History / Revue d’histoire de l’énergie (JEHRH) Co-Editors: Peter Forman (Lancaster University), Stanley Blue (Lancaster University), Elizabeth Shove (Lancaster University) Deadline: 7th June 2019 Contact: p.forman@lancaster.ac.uk Description: Over the last five years, flexibility has emerged as a key topic in academic, industry and policy debates concerning the decarbonization of contemporary energy systems (IEA, 2008; Goutte and Vassilopoulos, 2019; Ofgem,…

Call for Papers Workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South Caparica Campus, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal 18 - 20 September 2019   We welcome proposals for participation in the workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South, which…