About: Katerina Vlantoni

Call for Papers The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference Conference theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures In seeking to understand the pluralistic and multidimensional global challenges of our time, long-term perspectives appear more relevant than ever. Shifting geopolitical dynamics are reshaping Europe’s positioning, self-image, and its ambitions in a global context. These…

The ERC Synergy Grant project The Cultures of the Cryosphere. Infrastructures, Politics  and Futures of Artificial Cooling (CultCryo) at KWI Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is seeking to fill a position at the next possible date as a Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Culture and Technology (f/m/d), (salary group…

Throughout most of human history, waste and its reuse have played a central role in economic activity. During the Cold War, rivalry between the Eastern and Western blocs extended beyond the arms race and ideological confrontation. Competition for economic and technological supremacy also encompassed waste recycling—shaping resource flows, production and consumption systems, and later, environmental…

Organizers: Suzana Alpsancar (Universität Paderborn, VDI Technik im Dialog) Sebastian Teupe (GUG Frankfurt/M.) Heike Weber (TU Berlin, VDI IGTG)   The Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) (Association of German Engineers) and the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) (Society for Business History) are jointly hosting the Workshop “’…never neutral’: Practices, concepts and methods of evaluating technology over the…

Technostalgia Afterlives of 80s-90s’ Digital Technologies June 19, 2026 (9.30 am to 4.00 pm) Les Rotondes, Luxembourg City While digital technologies are dominated by acceleration, constant upgrades and equally irreversible obsolescence, nostalgia for past technologies is at the same time increasingly present and productive. Nostalgia persists – and even thrives – as a site of…

Material Culture in the History of Physics, VIII. International Seminar funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation The seminar consists of a self-organized theoretical part and an attendance part, which  will take place from February 23 to 27, 2026 at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The seminar is aimed at M.A. and Ph.D. students…

The Deutsches Museum in Munich has several attractive scholarships to offer research scholars interested in working for 6 months on projects. Applicants are invited to base their projects on the collections of the Deutsches Museum and to cooperate closely with museum staff on site when formulating their research proposals. Projects involving innovative approaches to artefact-oriented…

The Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS; www.gess.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for two professorships, one in History of Technology, the other in Philosophy of Science. The open positions are for two researchers with an outstanding record in philosophy, history or neighbouring disciplines whose research focuses (a) on the history of technology and…

The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. This award is in memory of the co-founder of the Society and honors Melvin Kranzberg’s many contributions to developing the history of technology as a field of scholarly endeavor…

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  the prize will consist of; vouchers up to the value of £150 to be spent on Sage publications , €250 in cash and a year’s membership…