Call For Papers

The Society for the History of Technology solicits single paper and panel proposals for its upcoming meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 16-19, 2003. Papers and panels on all aspects of the history of technology are welcome, and
international scholars are encouraged to submit. Papers or panels devoted to the following themes are also particularly encouraged: race and technology, regionalism and technology, technology and the city, suburbanization and
sprawl, and industrialization and the New South, technology and globalism, colonialization, and transnationalism. Single paper proposals should include a title, an abstract of 250 words, and a one-page c.v. Panel proposals should include a cover page with panel title, list of participants (including chair and commentator), and individual paper titles; a session abstract of 250 words, individual paper abstracts of 250 words, and a one-page c.v. for each participant. Robinson Prize candidates should identify themselves at the top
of their paper abstracts. Paper and panel proposals are due March 23, 2003, and should be submitted to Jennifer Alexander, SHOT Program Chair, c/o Alyssa Burger, Executive Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 111 Church
Street SE, University of Minnnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; fax 612-625-9395;
email <shot2003@me.umn.edu>.