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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University is hiring two PhDs and one postdoc (four-year appointments) for an NWO-funded project on the history of the oil industry, resource scarcity, and alternative energy in the long 1970s. One PhD will look at the oil industry’s involvement with nuclear energy, the other solar energy.…

The Insti­tute of His­tory and Philo­sophy of Sci­ence, Tech­no­logy, and Lit­er­at­ure at Technical University Berlin is hiring a PhD student for an ERC funded project on nuclear history. The successful applicant is expected to explore the kind of regulatory presence international organizations came to embody in the nuclear field and the diplomatic practices that allowed organizations such as the…

A post-doctoral researcher will be recruited from 1 September 2020 for one year at Eur’ORBEM research centre with the support of Sorbonne University. The salary will be €42,120 before taxes. The selected applicant will be affiliated to Eur’ORBEM and to a relevant department at Sorbonne University. They will work within the frame of the collective…

The 2020 competition for the Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2020. The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology honors the contribution of Brooke Hindle to the work of the Society for the History of Technology. The Fellowship, made…

Rethinking the Histories and Legacies of Industrial Cities Workshop at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), University of Luxembourg 10-11 December 2020 Submission deadline: 31 March 2020 The history of (European) industrial cities is often told as a tragic tale of rise and decline: from rapid industrialisation in the late 19th century…

The Higher School of Economics Laboratory for Environmental and Technological History of the Center for Historical Research in St. Petersburg, Russia, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of environmental and technological history. We are particularly interested in applications on either of these aspects: history of natural resources, including history of scientific expertise;…

On October 22, in the midst of a storm, Josep Pujol left us. He was a doctor in Economics and professor of Economic History at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he developed for over 40 years his academic career. Prof. Pujol was born in April 1956 and was proud of being a son of the…

The Turriano ICOHTEC Prize is an Early Career Prize for Books on the history of technology, sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation and consists of 2,500 Euro. The prize-winning book will be presented and discussed at a special session of the next ICOHTEC symposium, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from 13-17 July 2020. An additional 500 Euro…

Dear Colleagues, The SHOT Program Committee is pleased to issue the Call for Papers and Sessions for the SHOT 2020 Annual Meeting to be held 7-11 October, 2020 in New Orleans. The 2020 SHOT Annual Meeting will be held jointly with the History of Science Society. SHOT is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned with…