Invitation to the first Nordic post-graduate workshop
in History of Science and Technology
May 1 to 4, 2003
Bjerringbro, Denmark
Purpose and background
In recent years, studies of the history of science and technology have
been conducted in an increasing number of institutional settings and from
a variety of different perspectives. In the Nordic countries, young
historians of science and technology often find themselves in relative
academic isolation - working on individual projects and located at
decentralized academic milieus of limited size. To help extend the network
and interchange recent ideas and results among Nordic post-graduates we
are pleased to invite our young colleagues to participate in a Nordic
post-graduate workshop in History of Science and Technology to be held in
Bjerringbro, Denmark May 1 to 4, 2003.
The workshop is open to all post-graduate colleagues (doktorander og
doktorand-studerende, ph.d.-studerende, assistant professors, and other
non-permanently employed researchers) working within the field of history
of science and technology. Financial support for accommodation and the
academic/social programme has been secured from a number of generous
sponsors. However, participants must pay their own travel expenses to and
from Aarhus and a limited conference fee (DKK 300).
The workshop takes the form of a residential workshop hosted at Noergaards
Hoejskole in Bjerringbro, Jutland. The Hoejskole presents rich
academic and recreational facilities hopefully helping to further the
networking of participants.
Format of the workshop
To promote interactions and networking between the participants, the
workshop has largely been modelled over the annual postgrad workshops of
the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS).
The workshop includes two invited lectures (Graeme J. N. Gooday,
University of Leeds and Hanna Östholm, Uppsala Universitet) providing a
historiographical and a Nordic perspective for the discussions. Each
participant should prepare brief presentations of their current research
project. Participants can also contribute a poster - in addition to or
instead of the oral presentation.
Additionally, the workshop program contains excursions to the Steno Museum
(The Danish Museum for the History of Science and Medicine,) in Aarhus and
to the Danish Museum of Electricity near Bjerringbro.
For futher information see the workhop's website
http://www.ivh.au.dk/nordicworkshop
Deadline of registration: February 3, 2003.
The members of the organizing committee are:
Anita Kildebaek Nielsen
Peter C. Kjaergaard
Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen
Henrik Kragh Sørensen
(Departments of History of Science and History of Ideas, University of
Aarhus)
On behalf of the organizing committee
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Anita Kildebaek Nielsen, PhD, Assistant Professor
History of Science Department, University of Aarhus
Ny Munkegade, Building 521
DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark
Phone: +45 8942 3508
Fax: +45 8942 3510
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