Dear colleagues,

 

The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is currently seeking applicants for the International Scholar Program.  If you are not eligible to apply, please help us spread the word.  We welcome applications from scholars at all levels who reside outside of the U.S. and Western Europe.   

 

Best wishes,

Eden Medina

 

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SHOT International Scholar Program

 

Each year the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) selects up

to four International Scholars for a two-year term. International

Scholars receive a regular SHOT membership at no cost during their

appointment and a subscription to the journal Technology and Culture.

International Scholars also receive the highest priority when applying

for travel funding to attend the SHOT annual meeting.

 

Applicants must reside and work in underrepresented countries --

meaning outside of the U.S. and Western Europe -- at the time of their

selection. The program accepts applications from graduate students up

through senior scholars.

 

International Scholars shall act as ambassadors for the Society in

their countries and regions, both by informing the Society about the

state and developments of the history of technology in their regions,

and by helping to disseminate information about the Society and its

activities.

 

At each annual meeting, SHOT will host a special gathering to welcome

current international scholars, introduce them to SHOT officers, and

discuss the intellectual dimensions of the field that pertain to

international research.

 

To apply to the SHOT International Scholar Program, please send a copy

of your CV and a letter to EACH member of the committee listed below

and to SHOT secretary Amy Bix at shot@iastate.edu. Letters must

include:

* why you would like to be an International Scholar,

* how you plan to advance the mission of the International Scholar

Program (see http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/scholars.html),

* the current state of history of technology research in your home

country and your home insitution, and

* how your research will enrich existing knowledge in the field.

 

The deadline for nominations is April 15.

 

2008 Committee on International Scholars

 

Eden Medina (chair)

School of Informatics

Indiana University

901 E. 10th Street, Room 305

Bloomington, IN 47408

USA

eden.medina@gmail.com

 

Henrik Bjorck

Göteborgs Universitet

History of Ideas and Theory of Science

Box 200

S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

henrik.bjorck@idehist.gu.se

 

Thomas Kaiserfeld

Department of History of Science and Technology

Royal Institute of Technology,

S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

thomas.kaiserfeld@mdh.se

 

Valentina Fava

European University Institute

Max Weber programme

Villa La Fonte

via delle Fontanelle, 10

50016, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI)

Italy

valentina.fava@eui.eu

 

Joel Wolfe

Dept. of History

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive

Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9312

USA

jwolfe@history.umass.edu

 

Harro Maat

Wageningen University

Hollandseweg 1

Wageningen 6706 KN

Netherlands

harro.maat@wur.nl

 

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Eden Medina, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Informatics

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

School of Informatics

Indiana University, Bloomington

Tel: (812) 856-1871 | Fax: (812) 856-1995

edenm@indiana.edu

http://informatics.indiana.edu/edenm