Johan Schot was awarded an honorary degree by the New University of Lisbon (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) for his work in the discipline, History of Technology. He is the first in the country to receive an ‘honoris causa’ within the field. The honorary degree was presented at a special ceremony on 21 March, and recognized Johan Schot’s influential, wide-ranging and…

Call for Papers and Sessions   The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes but also with technology in history and society. We explore the production, circulation, appropriation, maintenance and abandonment of technology under specific historical circumstances. And…

6th volume Making Europe published by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak Published September 2016 Technology was key to European colonialism. The 6th volume of Making Europe has been published. The book Europeans Globalizing: Mapping, Exploiting, Exchanging is written by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak. The book reveals how, via technology, Europeans…