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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SHOT Annual Meeting – Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) 26-29 October 2017
Call for Papers and Sessions The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes but also with technology in history and society. We explore the production, circulation, appropriation, maintenance and abandonment of technology under specific historical circumstances. And…
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Europeans Globalizing: Mapping, Exploiting, Exchanging
6th volume Making Europe published by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak Published September 2016 Technology was key to European colonialism. The 6th volume of Making Europe has been published. The book Europeans Globalizing: Mapping, Exploiting, Exchanging is written by Maria Paula Diogo and Dirk van Laak. The book reveals how, via technology, Europeans…
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