April 2013 HSS Newsletter
The April 2013 edition of the HSS Newsletter is now available here. In this issue: Georgina Montgomery, Constance Clark, and Jay Malone explain the purpose of the 2012 climate survey; Alain Touwaide and Emanuela Appetiti discuss the emerging discipline of medical traditions; Jacqueline Wernimont describes why you should look at the "Grandma got STEM" blog; Gerald Holton's talk at the AIP in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Neils Bohr Library; a summary of the session on the 25th anniversary of Margaret Rossiter's Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives at the 2013 AAAS meeting; Jay Malone welcomes Jessica Pfiefer as the new Secretary/Treasurer of PSA and acknowledges Gary Hardcastle as he steps down from that position. You can also find member news, announcements of jobs, and other regular features.
Survey on HSS Meeting Wiki Site
For the third year, the HSS made a wiki page (linked here) available to provide a forum for scholars wishing to submit a paper for consideration for the HSS Annual Meeting to find other scholars with similar interests with an eye towards constructing a complete session proposal. Traffic at the wiki page has steadily increased each year, and we want to make sure that it is as effective and useful as possible. To help us maximize the wiki's effectiveness, we have created a short survey, and we encourage you to participate. Whether or not you have used the wiki site at all, your input is still valuable. The survey can be found here. It is intended to take only a few minutes and will be available through 19 April. We do thank you for your participation.
Paper/Session Submission for 2013 HSS Meeting Closed
The deadline for submitting paper and session proposals for the 2013 HSS Annual Meeting in Boston has passed. Thank you very much to all of those who submitted proposals. The number of proposals this year exceeded the totals from recent HSS meetings, so notifications regarding the program may be delayed a bit. Updates will be posted here as well as on the HSS Facebook page. If you have any questions about your submission, please contact the Executive Office at info@hssonline.org.
January 2013 Newsletter
The January 2013 edition of the History of Science Society's Newsletter is now available here. In this issue, HSS president Lynn K. Nyhart makes and seeks suggestions for ways that history of science can make a difference; Betty Smocovitis gives an overview of using minimal technology to enhance classroom instruction; Jonathan Minard introduces the Center for PostNatural History; Melinda Gormley describes how historians of science can reach beyond the traditional limits of the discipline; Scott Gerard Prinster examines the profession through a conversation with AHA president Jim Grossman. You can also find HSS Executive Director Jay Malone's notes from the inside, member news, announcements of jobs, and other regular features.
2012 Plenary Session, Blue Marble Sessions Video Available
Videos of several session from the 2012 HSS Meeting in San Diego have been posted to YouTube and are available for your viewing. The plenary session, "History and
Philosophy of Science: 50 Years of
Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions," can be found here. You can also view the talks given at the Blue Marble event by Erik Conway and Helen Rozwadowski.
Isis Books Received Updated
The list of books received in the editorial offices of Isis through December of 2012 can be found at the Isis Books Received page here. Any books purchased through links on the Books Received page will help support the History of Science Society.
Sites for Future Meetings Finalized through 2018
The History of Science Society has finalized arrangements for the dates and sites for the annual meetings from 2015 through 2018. Future HSS meetings are scheduled for:
21-24 November 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts
6-9 November 2014 - Chicago, Illinois
19-22 November 2015 - San Francisco, California
3-6 November 2016 - Atlanta, Georgia
9-12 November 2017 - Toronto, Ontario
1-4 November 2018 - Seattle, Washington
Planning Underway for 2013 HSS Meeting in Boston
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society will be held 21-24 November 2013 at the Westin Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of Isis. The call for papers will appear on this site soon, so check back here or on the HSS Facebook page for an announcement.
2012 History of Science Society Awards Announced
The History of Science Society prize ceremony took place on Saturday, November 17th at the HSS Annual Meeting in San Diego. We are pleased to announce this year's winners:
Nathan Reingold Prize:Rebecca S. Onion (University of Texas, Austin), “Thrills, Chills and Science: Home Laboratories and the Making of the
American Boy, 1918-1941”
Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize: Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis (University of Florida)
Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize: Peter Pesic (St. John's College), “Hearing the Irrational: Music and the Development of
the Modern Concept of Number”
Suzanne J. Levinson Prize: Martin Rudwick (Emeritus, University of California, San Diego), Worlds before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform
Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize: Peter Kastor (Washington University, St. Louis) and Conevery Valencius (University of Massachusetts, Boston), “Sacagawea’s ‘Cold’: Pregnancy and the Written Record of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition”
Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize: Mark Barrow (Virginia Tech), Nature’s Ghosts: Confronting Extinction from the Age of
Jefferson to the Age of Ecology
Pfizer Prize: Dagmar Schäfer (University of Manchester), The Crafting of 10,000
Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China
Sarton Medal: Lorraine Daston (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
The prize program, including citations, can be found here. Congratulations to all of the winners.
October 2012 Newsletter Now Available
The October 2012 Newsletter of the History of Science Society is now available. This issue includes reflections on informal opportunities to use the history of science, the revival of the column "Innovations in Education," notes from the 2012 joint meeting of the HSS, BSHS, and CSHPS, an invitation to San Diego for the joint 2012 HSS/PSA Meeting, and more. You can read the October 2012 Newsletter here.
History of Science Graduate Program Listing Available
A listing of graduate programs in the history of science and related fields is now available here. This summary includes contact information for programs around the world. Please send any corrections or additions to info@hssonline.org. Our thanks go to Nathan Crowe for his work in creating and maintaining the site.
