Call for Nominations for International Scholars, Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2014
Call for Nominations for
International Scholars, Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 2014
Each year the Society
for the History of Technology designates up to four International Scholars for
a two-year term. One of the goals of the International Scholars program is to
foster an international network of scholars in the history of technology that
will benefit all members of the Society. We particularly welcome applications
from or nominations of scholars from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Graduate
students, post-docs, and visiting scholars who are living and working in North
America are not eligible to become International Scholars; however, they are
eligible to apply once they return to their home countries.
Benefits and Support
International Scholars
shall receive regular SHOT membership at no cost during their two-year term. At
each annual meeting, SHOT will host a special gathering to welcome current
International Scholars, introduce them to SHOT officers, and discuss with them
SHOT’s international outreach and the international intellectual dimensions of
our field.
International Scholars
will participate in an email discussion list of all current International
Scholars and the Internationalization Committee. Through the list International
Scholars can seek support in writing paper abstracts for SHOT's annual meeting
and other activities in their task as ambassadors for the Society.
Conditions
As a condition of
appointment, SHOT requires International Scholars to submit at least one paper
proposal for SHOT’s annual meeting during their two-year term. While paper
proposals from International Scholars will not automatically be accepted for
the annual meeting, SHOT encourages the program committee to give these
proposals special consideration.
SHOT also requires
International Scholars to submit a travel grant application for each of the two
SHOT annual meetings during the two years of their appointment. International
Scholars receive highest priority for SHOT funding. Travel grant funds will
help pay for travel expenses for International Scholars to attend the annual
meeting and for basic conference registration, although not for lodging. For
more information, please check the SHOT Travel Grant information page,
available by link from either the SHOT annual meeting web page or the SHOT
awards web page.
To inform the SHOT
community about the state and developments of the history of technology in their
regions, progress in disseminating information about the Society and
stimulating scholarly activities in the history of technology, International
Scholars commit themselves to at least one publication in the SHOT Newsletter
or on the SHOT website.
Application
To nominate yourself or
someone else as an International Scholar, please send a letter and a brief
curriculum vitae to EACH member of the Internationalization Committee and to
SHOT Secretary David Lucsko (shotsec [at] auburn [dot] edu). In the letter,
please describe your goals in becoming a SHOT International Scholar, address
the current state of history of technology in your home country and home
institution, state how your position as a SHOT International Scholar will
benefit the study of history of technology in your home country, and suggest
what insights your research can bring to the SHOT community The deadline of
2014 nominations is April 15. New candidates will be selected and announced by
the beginning of June. For more information about the application procedures,
please visit:
2014 SHOT
Internationalization Committee
Itty Abraham
(seaai [at] nus [dot] edu [dot] sg)
Sulfikar Amir
(SULFIKAR [at] ntu [dot] edu [dot] sg)
Francesca Bray
(francesca.bray [at] ed [dot] ac [dot] uk)
Yulia Frumer
(yfrumer [at] jhu [dot] edu)
Adam Lucas
(alucas [at] uow [dot] edu [dot] au)
Honghong Tinn
(hhtinn [at] gmail [dot] com)