We, the members of the Scientific Board of the ESHS, are greatly concerned about the escalating war in Ukraine. As an academic society committed to the values of reason and tolerance, we strongly believe that dialogue and diplomacy are the only legitimate means of resolving divergences among nations. Invading another country should never be an… Continue reading ESHS Statement on Ukraine crisis
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Neuenschwander prize – 2024: Karine Chemla
The Council of the ESHS is delighted to announce that Karine Chemla has been awarded the Gustav Neuenschwander Prize for 2024. The ESHS Council recognizes Professor Chemla’s path-breaking, wide-ranging, and stimulating scholarship that has inspired generations of historians of science across the world to this day. Following the GN Prize award ceremony, Professor Chemla will… Continue reading Neuenschwander prize – 2024: Karine Chemla
2024 Early Career Plenary Lectures
We are happy to announce that the ESHS 2024 Early Career Lectures will be delivered by three promising scholars who were selected in light of the quality of their scholarship and the originality of their historiographical approaches. Their work is indicative of the talent, innovative spirit, and creativity among the younger generation of historians of… Continue reading 2024 Early Career Plenary Lectures
CfP ICHST 2025
The 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology will be held from 29 June – 5 July 2025 at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Symposium proposals are due by 1 May 2024. Standalone Papers are due by 1 December 2024. For further details, please go to the Congress website: https://www.ichst2025.org
Enrico Giusti (1940-2024)
With great sorrow and sadness, ESHS institutional member, the Italian Society for the History of Mathematics (SISM) informs of the death of Enrico Giusti, an internationally renowned mathematician and historian of mathematics, who passed away on 26 March 2024, in Florence. Enrico Giusti achieved fundamental results, also in collaboration with some of the greatest mathematicians… Continue reading Enrico Giusti (1940-2024)
New Seminar Series: SISS Meets Early Careers
The Italian Society for the History of Science is pleased to announce a new Seminar Series. SISS Meets Early Careers The series is conceived as an informal place for early career scholars to discuss their research, present, future and past. Each session focuses on broad themes in the history of science and knowledge, bringing together diverse… Continue reading New Seminar Series: SISS Meets Early Careers
European Society for the History of Human Sciences (ESHHS) Conference – CfP
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2024 Conference page The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS) invites submissions to its 43rd conference to be held from 25 to 28 June 2024. The conference will be hosted by the University of Essex, at its Colchester campus in the UK, and will be… Continue reading European Society for the History of Human Sciences (ESHHS) Conference – CfP
CfP for symposia @ESHS 2024 on co-construction of knowledge through DH collaboration in HoS
Opportunities and Challenges: Questions on the Application of Digital Humanities in the History of Science Historians of science are today operating within a new framework that has been shaped by a growing digital environment that enriches the field with novel practices, methods, and challenges. Databases, software, digital documents, and catalogs are transforming the access to… Continue reading CfP for symposia @ESHS 2024 on co-construction of knowledge through DH collaboration in HoS
Call for symposia participation – 11th ESHS conference – “Mankind on Earth, mankind in universe: Issues and solutions of the science of the 17th and 18th centuries”
There are no such things like an absolute starting-point or a crucial turning-point in the history of science. Mostly, these so called “starting points” are only reinforcements and exhibitions of already-present ideas that have previously challenged the common paradigms, or the acknowledged intellectual representations of Nature. During the 17th and the 18th centuries, the idea… Continue reading Call for symposia participation – 11th ESHS conference – “Mankind on Earth, mankind in universe: Issues and solutions of the science of the 17th and 18th centuries”
Precision, Approximation and Correctness: Cultures of Accuracy in Early Modern Mathematics
While modern mathematics lends a great deal of attention to proofs and abstract formalization, early modern mathematical practitioners often rather aimed at obtaining precise, correct or useful outcomes. The aim of this symposium is to reflect on the development of various cultures of accuracy during the 17th century. Mathematical accuracy encompasses conceptions that are broader… Continue reading Precision, Approximation and Correctness: Cultures of Accuracy in Early Modern Mathematics
REPLICATE, RENEW OR INNOVATE? HISTORIOGRAPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL REFLEXIVITY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Dear all, Find below a symposium call for papers for the 11th European Society for the History of Science Conference (Barcelona, Sept 4-7, 2024) for the panel: «Replicate, Renew or Innovate? Historiographical Foundations and Methodological Reflexivity for the History of Science». Please send paper proposals (title, abstract/200 words, name, and short bio) before December 15,… Continue reading REPLICATE, RENEW OR INNOVATE? HISTORIOGRAPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL REFLEXIVITY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE