The 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology

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The 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology

The Society for the History of Technology will hold its 2005 annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota from Thursday, November 3rd through Sunday, November 6th, 2005.

The Program Committee is seeking proposals for both individual papers and complete panels. The committee welcomes proposals from researchers of all stripes, and from those new to SHOT who believe that an engagement with history can help their own work, regardless of discipline. This year the program will focus on the specific themes outlined below.

This year’s SHOT meeting is co-located with the History of Science Society. We hope members of both societies will take advantage of this opportunity to explore topics that cut across disciplinary boundaries in ways that could benefit both HSS and SHOT scholarship. Please note that applicants should submit proposals to one organization (SHOT or HSS) only.

SHOT proposal rules exclude multiple submissions, i.e. submitting more than one individual paper proposal, or proposing both an individual paper and a paper as part of a session. You may both propose a paper and comment on or chair a session.

The deadline for submitting panel or paper proposals is March 15th, 2005.

 

The Committee wants to make clear that proposals on any topic are welcome. This year we are particularly interested in attracting proposals that focus on the following themes, all broadly defined:

1. Theory, Methodology, and Historiography
2. Technologies of the Everyday: Users and Use
3. Food Technology or Technology and Food

We are interested in session proposals that team established and younger scholars, or scholars who would not ordinarily work together; we especially would like proposals that included scholars from disciplines and sub-disciplines not ordinarily partnered with History of Technology.

Again, papers and sessions that take advantage of the co-location with History of Science Society are encouraged.

Multinational, international, and cross-institutional sessions are also desirable.

We also are seeking individual paper proposals for “works in progress” sessions from both junior and senior scholars (including graduate students, chaired faculty, and independent scholars) who would benefit from a less formal presentation, no formal comment, and greater than normal audience participation. Please indicate specifically if you are submitting a proposal for these sessions.

The committee wants to encourage non-conventional sessions, that is, presentation formats that vary in useful ways from the typical three/four papers with comment. For example, sessions in which there is no formal comment; sessions at which the presenters do not read their papers but give less formal presentations followed by extensive audience participation; workshops, roundtable discussions, or other “experimental” arrangements. If any special requirements are anticipated, please include that in the proposal, though these should be kept to a minimum.

Guidelines

Proposals for individual papers must include:

1. a one-page abstract;
2. a one-page curriculum vitae.

Proposals for complete sessions must include:

1. a description of the session’s theme;
2. a list of the presenter’s names and paper titles;
3. a one-page abstract and one-page c.v. for each of the presenters;
4. a one-page c.v. for the commentator (if any), chair, and session organizer (if s/he is not one of the session’s panelists).

NOTE: CVs should NOT include Social Security number.

Paper abstracts, whether part of a panel or individual submission, should clearly indicate the specific topic, argument(s) made, and evidence base used. Session abstracts should clearly state how individual papers contribute to the session's overall theme.

Panel proposals sponsored by any SHOT Special Interest Group should clearly indicate this.

This year, submissions to the SHOT Annual Meeting will be handled electronically; please see http://www.shotprogram.org  for submission procedures and instructions.

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ABPHE - Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em História Econômica

e-mail: abphe AT abphe.org.br
web site: www.abphe.org.br

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