The Eindhoven History Lab has acquired seed funding for a project dedicated to re-inventing wastewater for rural-urban circularity in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. The funding has been granted by EWUU, an alliance of four Dutch Universities. The seed funding will be used to support a cross disciplinary and collaborative initiative by TU Eindhoven, Wageningen University
Read the latest research and book reviews in Technology and Culture! We are proud to present the next issue of Technology and Culture, the leading journal in the history of technology; it draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. April 2023, Volume 64, No. 2
Erik van der Vleuten received the best teacher award in the category 'BSc program Sustainable Innovation', and Frank Veraart received an honorful nomination in the category '1st year courses of the BSc program Sustainable Innovation'. The annual award ceremony was again organised by the student association INTERMATE of the TU/e School of Innovation Sciences. The
Ginevra Sanvitale's thesis Technopolitical Resonance: Emotions, computers and socialism in Cold War Italy (1965-1990), defended cum laude at TU/e in October 2022, is a co-winner of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology/ Division of History of Science and Technology dissertation prize. The thesis has also been nominated as best TU/e
As of 1 April 2023, Anique Hommels is appointed as Professor of Sociohistorical Technology Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. She will hold a Special Chair, offered by the Foundation of the History of Technology (Stichting Historie der Techniek, SHT). SHT is a non-profit organization that studies societal transitions in
This new book by our EHL affiliate researcher and former colleague Hans Schippers will be out soon!
Our Technology & Culture publishing team now published issue 64.1! Congrats team :) Read the latest research and book reviews in Technology and Culture! January 2023, Volume 64, No. 1 On The Cover On the Cover: Reading Ordinary Photographs | Scott Kushner Research Articles Controlling Crowds: On the Technological Management of Entertainment Audiences |
On February 1 2023, the Soy Stories project has formally started. We have assembled a great team! On February 1 we welcomed Nathaly Yumi da Silva as a new colleague at TU/e and Sjamme van de Voort at VU; Caroline Kreysel will start soon. More info will follow on our website (under construction).
Dick van Lente edited a new book: Prophets of Computing: Visions of Society Transformed by Computing When electronic digital computers first appeared after World War II, they appeared as a revolutionary force. Business management, the world of work, administrative life, the nation state, and soon enough everyday life were expected to change dramatically with these