Propose a Working Group Paper
The Consortium invites paper proposals for discussion in our working groups. Consortium working groups bring together scholars for monthly meetings in specialized fields related to the history of science, technology and medicine. Meetings are held online, and all interested scholars are welcome.
The deadline for proposals is July 9, 2023. We are currently soliciting paper proposals for the 2023-2024 academic year in the following working groups:
- Aesthetic and Design of Latin American Technology
- Collection Ecologies
- Collections and Collecting
- Color Photography in the 19th Century and Early 20th Century: Sciences, Technologies, Empires
- Digital History
- Disability Studies and Mad Studies
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Energy History
- Evolution and Heredity in Brazil
- Health and the Urban Environment
- Language Sciences
- Medieval European Medical Manuscripts
- Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health
- Paleontology
- Plants in Africa and the Global South: Multi-Species Materialities, Ecologies, and Aesthetics
- Reproductive Health Histories
- Science in Early South Asia
- Science, Capitalism, and Knowledge Commodities
- Science, Technology and Medicine in Latin America
- Sound and Technology
- Technology
- Women, Gender and Sexuality in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Anyone interested in sharing a draft article, dissertation chapter or book chapter for discussion should submit, as a single PDF, a proposal including:
- a description of the paper (maximum 500 words)
- what you hope to gain from discussion with the group (maximum 500 words)
- a CV (maximum 3 pages)
- your preference, if any, for when you would like to present your work
Accepted drafts should be at an advanced stage and ready for circulation no later than one month before they are scheduled for discussion.
Submit a Proposal