Science History Institute Receives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists The Science History Institute has been awarded a grant from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the project “Science, War, and Exile: Oral Histories of Immigration and Innovation.” The grant is part of the NHPRC’s efforts to improve… Continue reading Science History Institute Receives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
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Science and Survival: Digitizing the Papers of Georg and Max Bredig.
The Science History Institute has been awarded a $198,454 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for the project Science and Survival: Digitizing the Papers of Georg and Max Bredig. This collection was smuggled out of Nazi Germany and allows to tell the story of a noted German Jewish Scientist’s rise to… Continue reading Science and Survival: Digitizing the Papers of Georg and Max Bredig.
CfP Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy: UNESCO (1946-1958)
Call for Papers: Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy: UNESCO (1946-1958) Organised by the Institut d’Història de la Ciència (IHC), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and the Centre Alexandre Koyré (CAK), CNRS-EHESS-MNHN, Paris. This is a call for participation to an international on-line workshop exploring the role of science popularization as cultural diplomacy at UNESCO. From its creation… Continue reading CfP Science Popularization as Cultural Diplomacy: UNESCO (1946-1958)
IUHPST essay prize 2021
The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) is pleased to announce the outcome of the competition for the third IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science. This prize competition seeks to encourage fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science as an integrated discipline. For this… Continue reading IUHPST essay prize 2021
History of astronomy: 1-year postdoc position
DISHAS is inviting applications for a 1-year post-doctoral position in the history of astronomy The position is expected to start on October 1, 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter Applications no later than May 31, 2021. Result will be published on June 30, 2021. In the astral sciences, texts and genres of text, diagrams,… Continue reading History of astronomy: 1-year postdoc position
CfA Diplomatic Studies of Science, 8-9 november 2021
Diplomatic Studies of Science: The Interplay of Science, Technology and International Affairs After the Second World War Monday, November 8th, 2021 and Tuesday November 9th, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Maison de la Chimie, 28 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris The Gordon Cain Conference 2021 focuses on the fascinating interplay of science, technology and international affairs after the Second World War. By… Continue reading CfA Diplomatic Studies of Science, 8-9 november 2021
Executive Director, History of Science Society
The History of Science Society seeks a visionary Executive Director. Founded in 1924, the Society is dedicated to understanding science, technology, and medicine in historical context. More than 1700 individual members, one-third of whom reside outside the United States, support the Society’s mission to foster interest in the history of science, promote discussion of science’s… Continue reading Executive Director, History of Science Society
book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”: new volume
We have the pleasure to inform you that a new book has appeared in the book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”, published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/15657): Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds.Editors: Cécile Michel and Karine Chemla, 2020: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030483883 The following four titles have already been published: Pieces and Parts in… Continue reading book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”: new volume
International on-line workshop Observing, sensing, detecting
Observing, sensing, detecting Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives International on-line workshop 4-5 February 2021 Organized by the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA), with the endorsement of Commission C3 History of Astronomy of IAU and of History of Physics Group of the European Physical… Continue reading International on-line workshop Observing, sensing, detecting
CfA ESHS 2nd Early Career Scholars Conference 2021 (deadline extension)
2nd ESHS Early Career Scholars Conference Science and its Enemies: Exploring Conflicts and Alliances in the History of Science Call for Abstracts (Deadline extended) 20-22 September 2021 in Athens, Greece The Early Career Scholars Network of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) was founded to better integrate graduate students and early career researchers in the activities… Continue reading CfA ESHS 2nd Early Career Scholars Conference 2021 (deadline extension)