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');document.write('CEMA, EGYPT CENTRE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND CLASSICS, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY; EXPERIMENT AND EXPERIENCE: ANCIENT EGYPT IN THE PRESENT
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?Experiment And Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present? is a conference where those interested in ancient Egypt or in technology (academics, craftspeople and the general public) can meet and share their common enthusiasm. All ages and abilities are welcome. An array of demonstrations and talks include flint knapping, flower arranging, textiles, and shipbuilding, as well [...]

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');document.write('CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: JOHNSON CONTROLS 125TH ANNIVERSARY
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Johnson Controls will soon be celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding. We are reflecting on the first invention that started the company and spawned an industry. Warren Johnson, the founder of Johnson Controls, was granted the first patent for a room thermostat in 1883, and organized the Johnson Electric Service Co. two years later, in 1885. He [...]

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');document.write('CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE IEEE LIFE MEMBERS? PRIZE IN ELECTRICAL HISTORY
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If you or someone you know has published an article in 2009 dealing with any aspect of the history of electricity, electronics, telecommunications, or any other electrically-related field, and this entails history of technology in its broadest sense, please consider nominating it for the IEEE Life Members’ Prize in Electrical History. Paper authors are encouraged [...]

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');document.write('CALL FOR PAPERS: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY AND MINING RESEARCH (JGMR)
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Journal Of Geology And Mining Research (JGMR) is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. JGMR publishes rigorous theoretical reasoning and advanced empirical research in all areas of the subjects. JGMR covers all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:Original [...]

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');document.write('CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS: 35TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY ASSOCIATION CHICAGO, 18-21 NOVEMBER, 2010
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The 2010 Program Committee seeks panel proposals that will focus on ?Power and Politics.? Power is a foundational concept in history and the social sciences, and just as clearly a contested one. Traditionally, the understanding of power as the capacity to enact one?s will against resistance and images of the coercive, central state apparatus held [...]

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');document.write('EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: PROJECT LEADER, PLASTICS COLLECTION, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
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Syracuse University Library invites applications for the position of Plastics Collection Project Leader. This 18 month, benefits eligible position reports to the Director of Special Collections. The successful candidate will lead an ambitious effort to build the plastics history collection, which includes artifacts, printed materials, and archives, and oversee the ongoing development of the web portal [...]

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');document.write('TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: NEW CONTACT INFORMATION
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Technology and Culture, the journal of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), is pleased to announce that has moved to its new home at the University of Oklahoma. Contact information for all new business including submissions and correspondence is:Email: techculture@ou.eduTelephone: 1-405-325-2311Postal address:Suzanne Moon, incoming Editor-in-ChiefThe Technology and Culture Editorial OfficesUniversity of OklahomaCate Center 4332 Cate [...]

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');document.write('CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY: 2010 SIDNEY M. EDELSTEIN PRIZE
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The Edelstein Prize is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the history of technology published during the preceding three years. Previously known as the Dexter Prize, the Edelstein Prize was established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Sidney Edelstein, a noted expert on the history of dyes and [...]

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');document.write('2010-11 CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation, an independent historical research center, library, and museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, would like to encourage applications for long-term and short-term fellowships in residence at CHFs Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry for the academic year 2010-11. These fellowships are for scholars working in some area of the history and [...]

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');document.write('ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE FACULTY POSITION IN U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY/HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, BEGINNING AUGUST 2010
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The Department of History at the University of Arizona invites applications for an advanced Assistant or Associate faculty position in U.S. environmental history/history of environmental science, to begin August 2010.This position is part of a new university-wide hiring initiative in environmental science and policy. The University of Arizona, one of the most fertile campuses in [...]

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