The International Committee for the History of Technology’s Call For Papers

The International Committee for the History of Technology’s
40th Symposium in Manchester, U.K., 22 – 28 July 2013
Knowledge at Work
 
Deadline for proposals is 15 March 2012
 
The International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) will 
hold its 40th symposium as part of the 24th International Congress of 
the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Man­chester, 22-28 
July 2013 (http://www.ichstm2013.com). The general theme of the Congress 
is “Knowledge at Work” and ICOHTEC encourages proposals for sessions 
dealing with the history of techno­logy within this broad framework. 
While open to all proposals, the programme committee suggests the 
following sub-themes for the consideration of session organizers and 
contributors:
 
1.    technical knowledge and environmental improvement
2.    industrial management: theory and practice
3.    institutionalizing research and development in the corporation
4.    race, gender, technology, and the workplace
5.    craft skill and political power
6.    educational ideology and industrial development
7.    knowing users: social demands in shaping technology and designing 
products
8.    just applied science? the origins of technological knowledge
9.    industrial espionage and access to hidden technology
10.  military technology and the production of civilian goods
 
We urge contributors to organize a full session of three papers, or 
multiple related sessions of three papers each, with a named chair for 
each session. Individual paper submissions will, of course, be 
considered and grouped into sessions if deemed appropriate, but full 
sessions are strongly preferred.  The programme committee encourages the 
organizers of sessions to announce their plans to compile sessions and 
communicate with potential collaborators through H-NET and other 
networks such as social media. It is also possible to propose papers 
unrelated to the general theme. They can be presented in a “Special 
Topics” session.
Note: Membership in ICOHTEC is not required to participate in the 
symposium. We especially encourage graduate students to participate in 
the symposium and submit their proposals. Limited travel grants will be 
available; see further information at: http://www.icohtec.org .
 
SESSION proposals must include: (1) an abstract of the session (400 
words maximum), listing the proposed papers (see individual paper 
proposal guidelines below) and the chairperson; (2) abstracts for each 
paper (200 - 400 words); (3) a one-page CV for each contributor and 
chairperson. Sessions consist of three speakers, and may include several 
sections of three speakers each, which might extend over more than one 
day.  Each individual section should have a chairperson.
 
INDIVIDUAL PAPER proposals must include: (1) a 200 - 400-word  abstract 
in English; and (2) a one-page CV. Abstracts should include the author’s 
name and email address, a short informative title of the paper, a 
concise statement of the thesis, a brief discussion of the sources, and 
a summary of  expected conclusions. In preparing your paper, remember 
that presentations are not full-length articles. You will have no more 
than 20 minutes speaking time, which is roughly equivalent to 8 
double-spaced typed pages. Contributors are encouraged to submit 
full-length versions of their papers after the congress for 
consideration by ICOHTEC’s journal ICON.  If you are submitting an 
independent paper proposal dealing with a particular sub-theme, please 
indicate this in your proposal.
 
Proposal Submissions
The final deadline for all submissions is 15 March 2012.
Please, submit proposals for papers and sessions via the ICOHTEC online 
submission system at: 
http://www.icohtec.org/annual-meeting/cfp-system/2013-manchester/