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Society for History of Technology: The Levinson Prize The Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize is awarded each year for a single-authored, unpublished essay in the history of technology that explicitly examines, in some detail, a technology or technological device or process within the framework of social or intellectual history. It is intended for younger scholars and new entrants into the profession. Manuscripts already published or accepted for publication are not eligible. In order to be considered, manuscripts must be in English and of a length suitable for publication as an article in Technology and Culture--approximately 7,500 words (not including notes) and 100 notes. The winning manuscript will be considered for publication in Technology and Culture. To nominate an essay, please send it by e-mail, in MS Word or PDF format, to the SHOT secretary's office ( shotsec@auburn.edu ), clearly stating that this is a nomination for the Levinson prize. Please a...

The School of History at the University of Leicester is pleased to offer a  funded studentship for September 2014 entry to its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme to work on Household Cures and Female Charity: The Welfare and Well-Being of the Estate Details at http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/household-cures Please direct enquiries to Elizabeth Hurren, eh140@le.ac.uk

The Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics and the Faculty of History and at Oxford University are engaged in a Wellcome Trust-funded project to digitize, and make available online, the microscope slide collections of historically important scientists – see below for further information. We have begun with Charles Sherrington and Wilfred Le Gros Clark, but have also included contributions from Angelo Ruffini, Gustav Fritsch and others. This is part of a wider history of medical sciences initiative that includes 3D photography, a seminar series and art/science outreach - see the temporary site at https://history.medsci.ox.ac.uk/ There is also funding available to scan in and host pilot collections (20 or so slides) from other institutions that hold historically important slides. I am writing to ask whether any list members are aware of any such collections that we could investigate for their scanning potential, or if anyone has any suggestions of those we might contac...

The International Economic History Association (IEHA) is delighted to announce its 17th World Economic History Congress (WEHC) to be held in Kyoto, Japan, from August 3rd to 7th, 2015. Call for Dissertations and Call for Posters have been started at our online submission page ; 【 Call for Dissertations 】 -        This is the competition for recently completed doctoral theses in economic history or related fields: young scholars are invited to present their doctoral research. -        To be eligible for participation in the dissertation competition, candidates must have been awarded their doctorate or equivalent after January 1st, 2011 and not later than September 1st, 2014. -        The deadline for submissions is 31st July, 2014. For more details, please refer to http://www.wehc2015.org/scientificprogramme-call_for_dissertations.html 【 Call for Posters 】 -   ...

Sound Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Editors Michael Bull, Professor of Sound Studies, University of Sussex, UK Veit Erlmann, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, USA Call for Papers Sound Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal will be an international, peer reviewed and inter-disciplinary journal in sound studies, providing a unique forum for the development of the subject within a range of disciplines such as history, sociology, media and cultural studies, film studies, anthropology, philosophy, urban studies, architecture, arts and performance studies. The journal will encourage the study and research of sound by publishing submissions that are interdisciplinary, theoretical, empirically rich and critical in nature and situated at the cutting edge of sound studies. It will build upon the pioneering work of key academic s in the field such as Veit Erlmann, Douglas Kahn and Jonathan Sterne, and encourage further innovative th...