Tensions of Europe 12th biennial conference in NL!
2024-11-05 10:54 (Europe/Amsterdam)
During the 11th biennial Tensions of Europe Conference in Frankfurt O. last September, we could announce with pleasure that we will host the next conference in the Netherlands.
More info will follow.

Kick-off Dutch interuniversity History of Technology Center
2024-12-06
We hereby cordially invite you to the kick-off event of the new 4TU Centre History of Technology on Friday 6 December 2024 in the old main post-office (currently Neude Public Library) in Utrecht.
The theme of the event is Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age. We aim to identify and explore resonances, joint concerns, possible synergies and identify opportunities to collaborate in research, teaching and engagement; and to discuss how the new interuniversity centre can stimulate and facilitate these.
Interested in participating in the event? Then please register for the event here.

Kick-off event ‘Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age’
Venue
Neude Library – Neude 11, 3512 AE Utrecht
Tentative program
10:00-10:15:
Welcome coffee/tea
10:15– 10:45:
Introduction & Opening
10:45 – 12:00:
Session 1: Building the Centre with PhDs and Postdocs
During this session, PhDs and postdocs will pitch their work, followed by a discussion on the themes and questions that should be(come) part of the Centre’s agenda.
12:00 – 13:00:
Lunch
13:00 – 14:15:
Session 2: Building the Centre within and beyond Academia: next steps for the Global Sustainability Pasts—Presents—Futures agenda
Roundtable. Confirmed panelists: Carola Hein (TU-Delft), Andreas Weber (University of Twente), Harro Maat (Wageningen University & Research), Carianne van Dorst (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum), Abel Streefland (TU-Delft), Vincent Lagendijk (Rathenau Institute. Maastricht University).
14:15 – 14:45:
Coffee break
14:45 – 16:15:
Session 3: Building the Centre together with everyone in the room: research, education and engagement
World café setup with 5-8 themes, 2 rounds.
16:15-16:30
Closing words
16:30-17:00
Drinks
Become part of this evolving new scientific community and join us 6 December 2024!
REGISTER NOW

Erik van der Vleuten (Scientific Director)
Jan Korsten (Managing Director)

STUDIUM GENERALE HoT lectures: Daniel Barber on AFTER COMFORT
2025-01-15 12:40 - 13:20
Daniel Barber, the new TUE professor of architectural history and theory, has kindly accepted to give an SG lecture on AFTER COMFORT. DESIGN BEFORE AIRCONDITIONING (link 1; link2). The event is scheduled for 15 January 2025.

PEOPLES, PLACES, EXCHANGES, CIRCULATION: 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology
2025-06-29 - 2025-07-05
From June 29 to July 5, the ICHST will host its 27th congress in Ōtepoti Dunedin, New Zealand.
The theme of the 27th ICHST is “Peoples, Places, Exchanges, and Circulation.”
For more information, key dates and to download your symposia proposal template, please visit the congress website

SHOT 2025 Conference
2025-10-09 08:00 - 2025-10-11 17:00 | Luxembourg
The 2025 SHOT Annual Meeting takes place at the Belval Campus of the University of Luxembourg in the second week of September. Meeting dates are 9-11 October 2025.
The meeting will be hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH).
