We congratulate the EHL T&C team with the publication of yet another great volume! Technology and Culture is the leading journal in the history of technology, science, medicine and mathematics; it draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. At Johns Hopkins University Press, the journal
Veraart, F. C. A., Kip, M., Glas, J. A. J., & van Vliet, D. (2026). Roots and Dynamics of Dutch Foreign Plant-oil Demands 1920–2020. Global Environment, 19(1), 70-93. https://doi.org/10.3828/whpge.63881453971806 Abstract Dutch harbours became key notes in European foreign fat supply in the twentieth century. These imports of oils and fats have had significant economic, social and environmental
Link: https://www.cyclingcities.info/your-city-next/cycling-cities-african-experience/ Cycling Cities: The African Experience has just been published. This landmark volume, led by Njogu Morgan (Wits University, Johannesburg), Ruth Oldenziel (Eindhoven University of Technology), Peter Norton (University of Virginia), and Yusuf Madugu (Bayero University, Kano), brings together 17 case studies in 12 countries from across the African continent. Companion to Cycling Cities:
Met verdriet delen wij mee dat op dinsdag 12 augustus 2025 Harry Lintsen op 76-jarige leeftijd in Eindhoven is overleden. Harry was een sleutelfiguur in de ontwikkeling van het vakgebied techniekgeschiedenis in Nederland. In 1988 was Harry Lintsen een van de grondleggers van Stichting Historie der Techniek. Harry Lintsen werd geboren in Heerlen op 17
We congratulate the EHL Technology and Culture team with the publication of the January 225 issue. The issue contains amongst others a publication involving our own group: "Global histories of technology in worlds of environmental change," Technology and Culture 66.1 (2025): 11-17 Volume 66, Number 1, January 2025 On The Cover Cover Essay: How to
A group of sixty early career and established historians and other colleagues from universities, knowledge institutions and museums gathered in the old main post-office (Neude11) in Utrecht on Friday, December 6, for the first annual symposium of the 4TU.History of Technology centre. They had been invited by EHL's Jan Korsten (Managing director) and Erik van der Vleuten (scientific
We congratulate the EHL TC team --Ruth Oldenziel, Hermione Giffard, Dick van Lente, Henk-Jan Dekker, Maliene Kip and Michael Keith -- with the publication of yet another great volume! We are proud to present the latest issue of Technology and Culture edited here in Eindhoven with the latest research and book reviews! Technology
Together with Studium Generale , we initiated a new history of technology lecture series at TUE. Last Wednesday, October 16, Ruth Oldenziel kicked off the series with a bang and an almost full room (TUE's largest, the Blauwe Zaal). The theme: Cycling Cities!
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Last week, the Frankfurt Oder/ Slubice team hosted another very inspiring and successfull Tensions of Europe conference--the 11th biennial conference ToE11 of the European history of technology community. EHL staff organized a number of sessions, paper-based sessions as well as roundtables and a workshop, and gave a number of papers. The Saturday evening party, as