Events for 10 November 2024 - 10 November 2024

This year, our SHOT secretariat will again co-organize the annual meeting of the Society for the History Of Technology. CfP: For the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) will convene at the historic meeting place of land, sea, wetlands, and built worlds that is Long Beach, California. Shaped by histories

The 10th Gewina’s Woudschoten conference will be organized 21-22 June 2024 from Rotterdam (medical history group from Erasmus MC and historians of the EUR). Conference theme: ‘Ecology & Economy: History of Knowledge during the Unequal Anthropocene’.

EHL and SHT will participate in and co-organize the joint annual conference of the Society for History of Technology SHOT and The International Committee for the History of Technology ICOHTEC in Viña del Mar (near Santiago de Chile) on July 8-14, 2024. This will the first time that either society meets on the South American

The 11th quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) takes place in the Netherlands. It is  is hosted by the Athena Institute at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), with witch the EHL collaborates e.g. in the Soy Stories project.  STS

From 19 to 23 August, the World Congress of Environmental History will be held at the University of Oulu. The conference theme is “Transitions, Transformations and Transdisciplinarity: Histories beyond History”, emphasizing both the arc of time and the importance of bringing diverse approaches to bear on contemporary problems. WCEH2024 will illuminate the value of historical understandings

On September 13 2024, Anique Hommels will accept the Foundation SHT special chair in "Sociohistorical Technology Studies with a focus on Urban Sustainable Sociotechnical Transformations" at the Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen (FASoS) of Maastricht University. The title of the lecture: “Transforming Cities in Times of Turmoil – Obduracy, Sustainability and Experimentation”.   Watch online     

CfP Conference website We live in a world of constant change. There are periods, however, of accelerated change in the political, economic, social or technological sphere. Usually, these spheres are closely interrelated and entangled. If this change is of fundamental character, scientists usually speak of ´transformations´. Common examples are the political and economic system changes,

The 2026 conference of the European interdisciplinary history of technology network Tensions of Europe will be organized by us. More info will follow.

At October 16, Ruth Oldenziel will give a lecture at Studium Generale, TUE. More info:  Link From the SG website: Cycling Cities Prof. dr. Ruth Oldenziel Woensdag 16 oktober , 12:40 - 13:20 Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium Prijs: Gratis (Student)Gratis (Anderen) Bestellen Cycling is second nature to everyone who grew up in the Netherlands. But a cycling

During the 11th biennial Tensions of Europe Conference in Frankfurt O. last September, we could announce with pleasure that we will host the next conference in the Netherlands. More info will follow.

On Friday 6 December, we will celebrate the establishment of the new 4TU Centre History of Technology with a kick-off event on Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age. We aim to identify and explore resonances, joint concerns, possible synergies and identify opportunities to collaborate in research, teaching and engagement; and to discuss how

Daniel Barber, the new TUE professor of architectural history and theory, has kindly accepted to give an SG lecture on AFTER COMFORT. DESIGN BEFORE AIRCONDITIONING (link 1; link2). The event is scheduled for 15 January 2025.