Turriano ICOHTEC Prize - Book prize of ICOHTEC
The Turriano ICOHTEC Prize for books on the history of
technology (formerly ICOHTEC Prize for Young Scholars) is
sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano
Foundation and consists of 2,500 Euro. The prize-winning
book will be presented and discussed at a special session of the
next ICOHTEC symposium, in Saint-Étienne, France, from 16-22
July 2018 (http://www.icohtec.org/annual-meeting-2018.html ).
An additional 500 Euro is available to the winner in support of
travelling to the conference to receive the prize. ICOHTEC, the
International Committee for the History of Technology, is
interested in the history of technology, focusing on
technological development as well as its relationship to
science, society, economy, culture and the environment. The
history of technology covers all periods of human history and
all populated areas. There is no limitation as to theoretical or
methodological approaches.
Eligible for the prize are original book-length works in any of
the official ICOHTEC languages (English, French, German, Russian
or Spanish) in the history of technology: published or
unpublished Ph.D. dissertations or other monographs written by
scholars who, when applying for the prize, are not older than 37
years. Articles and edited anthologies are not eligible.
For the ICOHTEC Prize 2018, please send an electronic copy (Pdf
or Word) of the work you wish to be considered for the prize to
each of the four Prize Committee members. (Note: Hard copies are
only accepted for published works not available
electronically.) Your submissions must be emailed no
later than Friday, 2 February 2018. Please also
include an abstract of no more than half a page in length. If
your book is in Spanish or Russian, please also supply a summary
in English, French or German of about 4,500 words. In that case,
the prize committee will find additional members, who are
familiar with the language in which your book is written.
If the work is a Ph.D. thesis, it should have been accepted by
your university in 2016 or 2017; if it is a published work, the
year of publication should be 2016 or 2017. The submission
should be accompanied by a CV (indicating also the date of
birth) and, if applicable, a list of publications. Applicants
are free to add references or reviews of the work submitted.
Any materials sent to the prize committee will not be returned.