Call for Papers: “On the Natural History of Destruction: Technology, Politics and Material Transformation in Asia’s Long World War II” Location Columbia University, Friday, October 5, 2018 Deadline for Abstract Submissions: Friday, April 6, 2018 This one-day workshop aims to illuminate the complicated relationship between political possibilities and material transformation in Asia during the catastrophe…
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About: Jan Korsten
Recent Posts by Jan Korsten
Historian Jan-Pieter Smits endowed professor of Quantification of Sustainability at Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. Jan-Pieter Smits was appointed endowed professor of Quantification of Sustainability in the School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He delivered his inaugural lecture ‘Measuring what matters: a long-term view of sustainability’ January 26, 2018. Economic growth does not necessarily foster sustainable development. Jan-Pieter Smits examines which indicators are needed to…
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Call for Proposals SHOT Annual Meeting 2018 – St. Louis (Missouri, USA) 11-14 October – Deadline proposals March 31
The SHOT Program Committee is pleased to issue the Call for Papers and Sessions for the SHOT 2018 Annual Meeting to be held 11-14 October, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri, US. SHOT is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes but also with technology in history…
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Blogpost: The 8th Tensions of Europe Conference, Athens 2017
Blog-post by Julia Erol, Germany/ Norway This year I attended the Tensions of Europe for the first time. I came to Athens because I was interested in the research that could be combined under the work theme: “across borders“. Clearly, this short blog post is not meant to fully summarize the conference, but describe some…
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Job Opportunity: Full Professor History of Technology Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
The Department of Social Sciences and History at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, is seeking to fill a position of Full Professor (W 3) in History of Technology The position is to be filled as soon as possible. The successful candidate will teach History of Technology in a broad sense in all programmes taught at the…
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Conference Announcement and Call for Papers: Making It Up: Histories of Research Integrity and Fraud in Scientific Practice
We announce a conference at the Office for the History of Science, Uppsala University to take place April 12-14, 2018 on the topic of “Making It Up: Histories of Research Integrity and Fraud in Scientific Practice.” We call for papers that explore the history of research integrity and fraud, including the question of how the…
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Johan Schot Receives Honorary Degree in Lisbon. Accolade for History of Technology
Johan Schot was awarded an honorary degree by the New University of Lisbon (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) for his work in the discipline, History of Technology. He is the first in the country to receive an ‘honoris causa’ within the field. The honorary degree was presented at a special ceremony on 21 March, and recognized Johan Schot’s influential, wide-ranging and…
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