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New special issue: historicizing renewables

The Energy Challenge in Historical Perspective research team has published a new s.i. on Historicizing Renewables, which resulted from the Conference "How New Are the Renewables? Historicizing Energy Transions." (Munich, 21.02.2018 – 23.02.2018). History and Technology, Volume 37, Issue 4, December 2021 (Special) is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online. Historicizing Renewables. Guest…
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CfP: EOGAN Conference 2022

EOGAN Conference 2022 Call for Papers Theme: The role of energy archives in present & future energy policies   We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 11th EOGAN Conference, the network of energy archives and researchers. This year the conference will take place in Wick (Scotland, UK), at the very special…
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Call for Applications – ExPoSTID Spring School 2022

ExPoSTID ExPost Italian Diplomacy. Experts and Politicians in Science and Technology in Italy for a preventive multilateral diplomacy. Spring School in techno-scientific diplomacy 2022 University of Padua - April 4/8, 2022 University of Roma Tre - April 26/29, 2022 DOWNLOAD THE CALL  |  REGISTER HERE (application form) DOWNLOAD THE FLYER  |  DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE The Spring School…
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Several assistant professorships open at Chalmers University, Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology is announcing a number of assistant professorships that can be placed at any division, which means that you could pace it for example at the Division of Science, Technology and Society (STS). - The one most likely to be interesting for most of you, and with the most likelyhood of a…
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John Scholes Transport History Research Essay Competition (2022)

The John Scholes Prize, is awarded annually to the writer of a publishable paper based on original research into any aspect of the history of transport and mobility. This year we’re delighted to announce that the prize will consist of; vouchers up to the value of £150 to be spent on SAGE publications , €250…
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CfP: Academies of S&T in science diplomacy, InsSciDE project

On 22 March 2022, InsSciDE organizes a study day in the lead-up to its Lisbon Open Conference to dissect science diplomacy activities of academies of sciences, technology, engineering and arts. The discussions will span the 18th century to the present, examining the evolution of academies’ international involvement and their positions in various networks. We are…
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CfP: The Politics of Science Diplomacy Symposium, STAND Commission

The Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND) calls for paper proposals on science diplomacy issues aligned to the main 2022 ESHS conference theme on science policy and the politics of science (2022 European Society for the History of Science Conference, Brussels, 7-9 September). Core literature on science diplomacy contends that utilizing science in the…
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Turriano ICOHTEC Prize 2022

Call for Submissions The Turriano ICOHTEC Prize is an Early Career Prize for Books on the history of technology, sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation and consists of 2,500 Euro. The prize-winning book will be presented and discussed at a special session of the next virtual 49th Symposium International Committee for the History of Technology that will occur in…
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