ICOHTEC, the International Committee for the History of Technology, is interested in the history of technology, focusing on technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture, and the environment. The history of technology covers all periods of human history and all populated areas. There is no limitation as to theoretical or methodological approaches.
Eligible for the prize are original book-length works in any of the official ICOHTEC languages (English, French, German, Russian or Spanish) in the history of technology: published or unpublished Ph.D. dissertations or other monographs written by scholars in the early stages of their career. Articles and edited anthologies are not eligible. If the work is a Ph.D. thesis, it should have been accepted by your university in 2022 or 2023; if it is a published work, the year of publication should be 2022 or 2023.
For the ICOHTEC Prize 2024, please send an electronic copy (PDF or Word) of the work you wish to be considered for the prize to each of the four Prize Committee members. (Note: Hard copies are only accepted for published works not available electronically.) Your submission must be emailed no later than 30 April 2024. Please also include an abstract of no more than a half-page in length. If your book is in Spanish or Russian, please also supply a summary in English, French or German of about 4,500 words. In that case, the prize committee will find additional members, who are familiar with the language in which your book is written.
The submission should be accompanied by a CV (indicating also the date of birth) and, if applicable, a list of publications. Applicants are free to add references or reviews of the work submitted.
Any materials sent to the prize committee will not be returned.
Send a complete application by email to each of the following Prize
Committee members:
Dr. Darina Martykánová (Chairperson)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
darina.martykanova@uam.es
Dr. Irina Gouzévitch
Centre Maurice Halbwachs
École Normale Supérieure
irina.gouzevitch@ens.fr
Dr. Klaus Staubermann
German Port Museum
k.b.staubermann@gmail.com
Dr. Matti La Mela
Uppsala University
Matti.lamela@abm.uu.se
Dr. Jacopo Pessina
Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge
University of Pisa
japessina@tiscali.it