Usa: International Scholars Program

Overview

Each twelvemonth the Society for the History of Technology designates upwards to 4 International Scholars for a two-year term. The International Scholars programme is administered past times the International Outreach Committee.

Background together with Mission

In 1992 the Society for the History of Technology inaugurated the International Scholars programme amongst these goals:

1. Foster a stronger international community for the report of the history of technology
2. Strengthen the society's utilisation every bit an international monastic say for the history of technology
3. Identify together with aid non-U.S. historians of applied scientific discipline participate inwards the meetings together with governance of the Society
4. Provide formal recognition for the go of non-U.S. historians of applied scientific discipline thus that their respective governments together with national academic communities powerfulness supply greater back upwards for their society-related activities
5. Afford especial recognition for younger, non-U.S. scholars every bit they start out their careers inwards the history of technology
6. Foster an international network of scholars inwards the history of applied scientific discipline that volition produce goodness all members of the society

Nowadays the mandate of the International Outreach Committee is slightly different. More attending is given to scholars from countries exterior the U.S. of A. together with Western Europe, non exclusively to foster their private careers merely likewise to back upwards local networks together with activities for together with past times scholars working on the history of technology. International
Scholars shall human action every bit ambassadors for the Society inwards their countries together with regions, both past times informing the Society almost the province together with developments of the history of applied scientific discipline inwards their regions, together with past times helping to disseminate data almost the Society together with its activities.

Eligibility together with Selection Process

To larn a SHOT International Scholar, you lot must reside together with go inwards underrepresented countries at the fourth dimension of selection. Graduate students, post-docs, together with visiting scholars who are living together with working inwards the the States or Western Europe are non eligible to larn International Scholars; however, they are eligible to utilise 1 time they render to their habitation countries. Of these potential candidates, anyone at whatever rank, from graduate educatee upwards through senior scholar, is eligible to larn an International Scholar.

Individuals may go nominated every bit International Scholars past times whatever fellow member of the Society, together with nosotros likewise encourage self-nomination. To nominate yourself or somebody else every bit an International Scholar, delight shipping a missive of the alphabet together with a brief curriculum vitae to EACH fellow member of the International Outreach Committee together with to SHOT secretarial assistant Bernie Carlson atshot@virginia.edu. Letters must include:

• why you lot would similar to go an International Scholar,
• how you lot programme to advance the mission of the International Scholar program
• the electrical flow province of history of applied scientific discipline inquiry inwards your habitation terra firma together with your habitation institution, and
• how your inquiry volition enrich existing knowledge inwards the field.

Each twelvemonth inwards March a telephone shout out upwards volition go shipping out to recruit novel International Scholars. The deadline for nominations is prepare towards the halt of April. In consultation amongst the President together with Secretary, together with inwards accordance amongst criteria established past times the Executive Committee, SHOT’s International Outreach Committee shall go responsible for the pick of the International Scholars, amongst the pick to go approved past times SHOT’s Executive Council. New candidates volition go selected commencement of June.

Benefits together with Support

International Scholars shall have regular SHOT membership at no terms during their two-year term. At each annual meeting, SHOT volition host a especial gathering to welcome electrical flow International Scholars, innovate them to SHOT officers, together with hash out amongst them SHOT’s international outreach together with the international intellectual dimensions of our field.

International Scholars volition participate inwards an electronic mail give-and-take listing of all electrical flow International Scholars together with the International Outreach Committee. Through the listing International Scholars tin attempt back upwards inwards writing newspaper abstracts for SHOT's annual coming together together with other activities inwards their chore every bit ambassadors for the Society.

Conditions

As a status of appointment, SHOT requires International Scholars to submit at to the lowest degree 1 newspaper proposal for SHOT's annual coming together during their two-year term. While newspaper proposals from International Scholars volition non automatically go accepted for the annual meeting, SHOT encourages the programme commission to give these proposals especial consideration.

SHOT likewise requires International Scholars to submit a move grant application for each of the ii SHOT annual meetings during the ii years of their appointment. International Scholars have highest priority for SHOT funding. Travel grant funds volition aid pay for move expenses for International Scholars to attend the annual coming together together with for basic conference registration, although non for lodging. For to a greater extent than information, delight cheque the SHOT Travel Grant data page, available past times link from either the SHOT annual coming together spider web page or the SHOT awards spider web page.

To inform the SHOT community almost the province together with developments of the history of applied scientific discipline inwards their regions, progress inwards disseminating data almost the Society together with stimulating scholarly activities inwards the history of technology, International Scholars commit themselves to at to the lowest degree 1 publication inwards the SHOT Newsletter or on the SHOT spider web site. 

The deadline for nominations has been extended to xxx May.

2012 International Outreach Committee

Michael Adas (2011-2013) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ madas@rci.rutgers.edu	Francesa Bray (2012-2014) University of California, Santa Barbara francesca.bray@ed.ac.uk
Dagmara Jajesniak-Quast (2010-2012) Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Dagmara.Jajesniak-Quast@uni-leipzig.de	Antonio Pérez Yuste (2010-2012) Technical University of Madrid, Spain antonio.perez@upm.es
Jahnavi Phalkey, Chair (2010-2012) Centre for the History of Science, Technology together with Medicine Imperial College London, UK j.phalkey@imperial.ac.uk	Hong Hong Tin hhtinn@gmail.com

For to a greater extent than information, delight contact the commission chair or Bernie Carlson, SHOT Secretary, 434.987.6230, shot@virginia.edu.

http://www.historyoftechnology.org/international_scholars.html




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