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Full-time PhD position in History of Science and Technology at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

The Laboratory for the History of Science and Technology (LHST) at EPFL invites applications for one full-time PhD position within the project The Internationalization of Patent Systems: From Patent Cultures to Global Intellectual Property, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jérôme Baudry). The aim of the project is to better understand how national…
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New! SHOT 2022 prize in Race and Histories of Technology.

The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) announced the newly established (2022) inaugural prize in Race and Histories of Technology. This annual prize, awarded by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), recognizes outstanding scholarship that explicitly explores the multiple intersections and junctures between race/ethnicity and the history of technology. The prize is…
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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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