Events for 10 November 2024 - 10 November 2024

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the 47th Annual Meeting of ICOHTEC in Eindhoven took place virtually from 15-17 July 2020. The program offered an innovative mix of traditional and new session formats, plenary sessions, round tables, and social events. All contributions addressed the symposium theme ‘A History of Technology for an Age of Crisis’. We

Because of COVID-19, we are unable to meet as planned in person in New Orleans in 2020. Instead of our physical conference SHOT and HSS are now organizing a virtual conference that will take place 8-11 October. More info

This workshop is a follow-up to our 2019 workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: global North-South dialogues", in the context of our Global Sustainability history project. An international author team will meet to discuss draft versions for a special journal issue on the postcolonial Anthropocene. Organizers: Evelien de Hoop (VU Amsterdam), Aarthi Sridhar (Dakshin Foundation/

In close collaboration with the Environmental Humanities Center at the VU University Amsterdam, KNHG is organizing a digital conference entitled ‘More than Human Past: Historians, Eco-history and Environmental Humanities.’ Our researchers Erik van der Vleuten and Frank Veraart make a contribution on this event. Read more in Dutch

The ToE network plans a digital workshop Festival (28 June-2 July 2021), filling the gap caused by postponing the 10th biennial ToE conference to 6-8 July 2022. To the conference page Join A Unique Series of Online Events from the 28th of June to the 2nd of July 2021: The ToE network plans a digital

Workshop on teaching environmental, societal, and ethical dimensions of technological change. Deadline for submissions: March, 31th, 2021 Organisation: Rafaela Hillerbrand / Marcus Popplow (Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis & Institute for Technology Futures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Anna Antonova / Hanna Straß-Senol (Environmental Humanities Development, Rachel Carson Center, LMU Munich) Karena Kalmbach /

EHL's Erik van der Vleuten will deliver the first lecture in the new Lipkens Lecture cycle at TU Delft. Maurits Ertsen (TUD) will act as  commentator. For more information please consult the TU Delft Studium Generale website.

In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Netherlands became the premier cycling country of the world. Why were Dutch cyclists so successful in their fight for a place