The fantasy (and hubris) of technological objects when they are in fact envirotechical things
#histtech #envhist #envirotech
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The fantasy (and hubris) of technological objects when they are in fact envirotechical things
#histtech #envhist #envirotech
📢 „Un|Sichtbarkeiten – Energiegeschichte zwischen Materialität, Praxis und Repräsentation“
Jahrestagung der @gtg-histtech.bsky.social 7.-9. Mai 2026, in Zusammenarbeit mit PITCH und LWL. ➡️ Anmeldung bis spätestens 26. April unter: eveeno.com/gtg-jahresta... #histtech #envirotech #energyhistory
Many thanks to all attending our webinar tonight. We are thrilled to see so many people interested in researching the history of science, technology and medicine!
Don't miss the chance, the Hans Rausing Scholarship call for applications is still open!
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Thinking about Joel Tarr's classic book, The Search for the Ultimate Sink.
And the power of metaphors:
sink vs. "crematorium" for satellites.
#envhist #histtech
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗼-𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹? 📱
Join us for this upcoming S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk by Taomo Zhou (National University of Singapore)!
Zoom: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histtech 🧪
On this 15th anniversary of 3.11, #Fukushima as an envirotechnical disaster
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/...
#envirotech #histtech #envhist #disasterstudies
Tomorrow! Join us for a discussion of @mrweatherburn.bsky.social 's "Taylorism transcends."
🗓️ Wed 11 March
🕰️ 15.30-17.00
📍S8.08, 8th Floor, Strand Building
More information on how to access the material below.
@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histsci #histtech #histstm #management
Interested in pursuing a research degree in the history of STM? Or do you know someone who might? Come to our webinar:
📌 Thursday 12 March
🕰️ 17.00-18.00 GMT
Registration required via Eventbrite ⬇️
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
@kingsartshums.bsky.social
In "The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology", @historiamagoria.bsky.social introduces a new tribute film that she recently released.
niche-canada.org/2026/03/06/t...
#envhist #histtech #cdnhist #genderhistory #history
Many thanks to @curiefan.bsky.social for her thoughtful and generous review of my @mitpress.bsky.social book _Fertility Technology_ in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. #histmed #histtech academic.oup.com/jhmas/advanc...
And lastly, a lecture by anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan from 2005, in which he argues that civilization itself—defined by domestication, division of labor, and industrial technology—is the root cause of modernity’s ecological and psychological dysfunctions. #histtech #envhist
(4/4)
Many thanks to author David Brydan, commentators @fayboundalberti.bsky.social and Federico Turkheimer, and all attendants for a rich conversation about David’s new book “Smart”.
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Just published this new call for a HoST thematic dossier. Share it widely!
www.linkedin.com/posts/host-%...
#HistSci #HistTech #OpenAccess @paradigmpubserv.bsky.social @historyscience.bsky.social @dfg.de @kingschostm.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @annales.ehess.fr @sehcyt.bsky.social @schct.iec.cat
Today! We will celebrate the publication of our colleague David Brydan's "Smart: A history of intelligence" (Footnote Press) with a Book Launch Party at King's History 8th Floor Open Space.
More about "Smart"➡️ footnotepress.com/books/smart/
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
We at CBI are delighted to announce Simon Fraser University School of Comm. ABD Jiaqi Wen is the incoming CBI Tomash Fellow!!! Read about her & her creative & insightful (interdisciplinary) historical research in the article linked below! #histtech #histsci
cse.umn.edu/cbi/news/jia...
📣Interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in the history of STM? Wishing to apply to our Hans Rausing Scholarship? Then this webinar is for you!
Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM
Thursday 12 March
17.00-18.00 (GMT)
Register via Eventbrite ⬇️
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event!
@durhamimh.bsky.social
#histsci #histmed #hps #philsci #medhums #histtech #sts
The extraordinary, Renaissance, Swiss clockmaker, Jost Bürgi, was born 28 February 1552 #histsci #histtech
thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/a...
Reminder: ACM History and Archiving Fellowship applications due February 28th! Up to 5 awards of $4,000 each for research projects exploring computing history. Great opportunity for interdisciplinary work at the intersection of tech and society. #AcademicSky #HistTech
history.acm.org/wp-content/...
2 Days Left! Call for Applications: ACM History and Archiving Fellowship program, due F. 28th '26 The ACM History Committee plans to support up to five research projects with awards of up to $4,000 each. #histtech #histsci #sts
history.acm.org/wp-content/u...
Congratulations to @fayboundalberti.bsky.social for the publication of “The Face: A cultural history” today!
You can now get it from your preferred bookshop in the UK!
tinyurl.com/the-face-fba
@kingshistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social @ctb-kcl.bsky.social
#histmed #histtech #body
"There's nothing we want to watch on TV tonight, but we're still gonna watch something great..."
(Happy birthday to the RCA #VideoDisc, which was introduced to the public 45 years ago today!)
#histtech #histSTM #OnThisDay
#electronics #RCA #CED
#MoviesAreBetterOnVinyl
Emery Molyneux's first printed terrestrial globe
Englands first printed-globe maker. Emery Molyneux #histsci #histtech
thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/e...
POST-DOC: History of Science & Technology, NYU Gallatin
1 year*
#HistSci #HistTech
* do not yell at me, if I were in charge there would be no one year post-docs
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
CBI Research Fellow Cornell's Rebecca Slayton, Past CBI Tomash Fellows @babintsevak.bsky.social & Aaron Mendon-Plasek, & Vanderbilt's Sarah Igo are giving an @historians.org Congressional Briefing on AI, security & privacy. F. 27th 9am E.
#histtech #ai #history
www.historians.org/event/histor...
Call for proposals! "Conserving Liquids: Adaptation, Circulation, Interferences" workshop, in Paris, 3-4 December 2026.
More info: tph.hypotheses.org/2234
#histtech #archeology #histSTM
Flyer with portrait photo of Sam Franz for his CBI Tomash Lecture
Join us for UPenn ABD & CBI Tomash Fellow @samfranz.bsky.social for the Tomash Fellow Lecture. Sam's talk "Calculating Knowledge: Computing, Capitalism, and the Modern University, 1945-1990." March 10th 1pm C. Register today (free) at link below. #Histtech #Capitalism
z.umn.edu/FranzTomashL...