Early Career Scholars Workshop Series

Concluding Reflections & Outlook

Topics: What was good and what could be changed; take-homes; networking opportunities.

Discussants: everyone, please join us one last time!

Grant Writing Master Class

Topics: Think big questions and frame them well; crafting your grant; personal experience.

Speakers:  Gerardo Ienna is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Verona, Italy, and a Marie Curie global fellow (Grant Number 101026146). Simone Turchetti is Professor in history of science and technology at the Manchester University, UK, and PI of the ERC research project “Neworldata”.

Content and Submission of Book Proposals

Topics: Should I turn my dissertation into a book?; How to find the right press; how to approach editors; how to outline a book proposal; collective authorship and editing; why book series.

Speaker: W. Patrick McCray is Professor at the History Department at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, and a series editor for Johns Hopkins University Press.

Roundtable Discussion on Collaborative Research & Writing

Topics: Best practice in communication in teams; different ways of collaboration; are virtual tools a game changer; national styles; are we moving towards “big history”?

Discussants:  Olival Freire Jr. is Professor in history of science at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and Director of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Roberto Lalli is Assistant Professor in history of science and technology at the Polytechnico di Turino, Italy, and PI of the research project “FusEUrope”. Jinyan Liu is Professor at the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, and vice-chair of the department of History of International Science and Technology.
 

Career Diversity

Topics: Academic vs non-academic jobs; Work-life balance; gender; transition out of academia.

Speaker: Arwen Mohun is Professor in history at the University of Delaware, United States. Mohun has coordinated a working group on career diversity at the Consortium for History of Science Technology and Medicine.

Roundtable Discussion on Journals as a Means of Shaping the Production & Dissemination of Knowledge

Topics: How to find suitable journals; how to respond to reviews; the role of journals in acdemic discourse; the policies and politics of journals.

Discussants:  Silvia Figueirôa is Professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil, and has edited several collective volumes. Joseph D. Martin is Associate Professor at Durham University, UK, chair of the editorial board of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, editor-in-chief of Physics in Perspective, and book reviews editor for the British Journal for the History of Science. Doubravka Olšáková is Senior Researcher in History at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and deputy editor of Centaurus. Tiago Saraiva is Full Professor of History at the Drexel University, USA, co-editor of History and Technology and a member of the Cambridge History of Technology editorial team.

Best Practice in Oral History Interview and Analysis

Topics: What is oral history; limits and (dis-)advantages; biases; lessons from the practice; what to consider when producing and analyzing interviews; good technologies.

Speakers: David Zierler is the Ronald and Maxine Linde Director of the Caltech Heritage Project, USA. Previously, David directed the Oral History Program at the American Institute of Physics. Sara Baum is an oral history transcription specialist and project manager, specializing in the history of science.\

See the attachment for the example of the interview that the presenters will be referring to during the meeting.

Initial Meeting and Introduction in Writing Good & Fair Book Reviews

Topics: The nuts and bolts; communication with editors; deadlines; the balance of criticism; how to connect the book-under-review to previous work; why are novel disciplinary perspectives relevant?

Speaker: Gleb Albert is Assistant Professor in General and Eastern European History at the University of Luzerne, Switzerland, and experienced book review editor of H-SOZ-KULT.

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