About: Katerina Vlantoni

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…

Submissions open for the 2025 Hughes Prize – deadline 11 April 2025 In keeping with the British Society for the History of Science aim to communicate history of science to broad audiences, the 2025 Hughes Prize will be offered for the best book in the history of science, technology, and medicine, first published in English…

Technologies of Migration – Migrating Technologies Migration has shaped the civilized world. The circulation of people, goods, and ideas is tightly connected to technologies, as is the monitoring, control or prevention of such movements. The deep history of human migration is characterized by several waves– caused by climatic changes, economic crises, or political forces. Due…

Between 1974 and 1977, the MIT professor, science organizer and Club of Rome executive committee member Carroll L. Wilson organized the international Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies (WAES). Assembling energy experts from academia, specialized agencies and particularly oil companies, the three-year workshop series explored alternative scenarios for the future of energy demand and supply. The…

This year, the Commitee for the History of Electricity and Energy is running its sixth summer school on the history of energy, designed for young researchers affiliated with research institution, either in Europe or beyond. This next summer school will be held in Grenoble from July 1st to 4th 2025. The summer school provides a…