Thrilled to announce that David Reinecke and I have won the David Edge Prize for our article “The Maintenance of Ambiguity in Martian Exobiology.” Thank you to 4S and the selection committee for this honor. The truth is out there… and it is ambiguous. 4sonline.org/david_edge_pri…

We're proud to share that IHPST doctoral candidates Emy Kim and Bree Lohman are Linda Hall Library Research Fellows for the 2023-2024 cohort! Bree is also Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow Jackman Humanities Institute for this academic year. Congratulations to both of them! ow.ly/aiLu50PQf3S

On Oct 4, IHPST Director Edward Jones-Imhotep will talk at Princeton History about black androids and how automata in the form of black humans shaped perceptions of race and technology in the 19th century in New York Princeton History of Science ow.ly/FvQf50PQlHS

Discover the fascinating story of how a U of T astronomer and his Canadian team pursued solar eclipse images to test relativity. Read 'The Einstein Camera' by Dan Falk and Victoria JL Fisher in University of Toronto Magazine Featuring a UTSIC hidden treasure magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/history…

@GabrielleHecht, Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures - Duke University Press November 2023 dukeupress.edu/residual-gover… The Introduction is open access here - dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMate…

The UTSIC is one of Canada’s largest collections of historical scientific instruments. Scott Anderson interviewed curators Erich Weidenhammer and Victoria JL Fisher for University of Toronto Magazine Read about this unique science archive Dunlap Institute magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/history… pictures by Kailee Mandel

Don't miss our interview with Tola Ajao, a student of rebecca j h woods in the IHPST PhD program, who worked with Professor Edward Jones-Imhotep to compile a bibliography for an anti-racist history of science in collaboration with The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) ow.ly/UlaN50QtJVT

📚 New Book Alert🔍 🎉 Explore the intersection of science and theology with Professor Yiftach Fehige 's latest book in the @BrillPublishing Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion series! #Philosophy #Science #Religion #MustRead Religious & Biblical ow.ly/HMQH50QJp7Q

Meet one of our Graduate Fellows, Bree Lohman. Her research explores the emergence, maintenance, and decline of the SAGE nuclear defense infrastructure in Canada and the United States. Learn more about Bree uoft.me/alw

🎉 Big news! Bree Lohman has been awarded the prestigious 2024-2025 Lemelson Center Fellowship. Over 4 weeks, Bree will be diving deep into her research, supported by the resources and community of the Lemelson Center 📚

What a wonderful day of insightful talks from our graduate students IHPST | University of Toronto and Science & Technology Studies at Cornell! The next gen of scholars are 🔥

🎬 Discover the insights behind RICHLAND's captivating journey 🎥 Our latest chat with director Irene Lusztig after her thought-provoking talk at the University of Toronto adds depth to the story 🎞️ uoft.me/IHPST-FilmScre… U of T Anthropology Vic College UofT Department of History, University of Toronto CSUS Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto

Have you checked out the latest by Alex Ross in The New Yorker? 📘 Professor Chen-Pang Yeang's insightful book "Transforming Noise. A History of Its Science and Technology..." is highlighted by the music critic 🎶 Don't miss out on this read! 📖 newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

🎉Celebrating Nayani Jensen 's extraordinary talent as she secures her place as a finalist for the Writers' Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Award 2024 with her historical fiction piece "Like Rabbits." A PhD candidate who's also carving a path in literature!👏 writerstrust.com/awards/rbc-bro…

Thanks to University of Toronto Magazine for the piece on my current research project. 🤖 Check it out here: “AI Learns Everything It Knows from Humans. Will Humans also Learn from AI?” magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas… IHPST | University of Toronto Schwartz Reisman Institute

Prof. Lucia Dacome's article “Intimate Connections: Marie Marguerite Biheron and Her 'Little Boudoir,'” published in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine has recently won the SEASECS Percy G. Adams Prize 🏆 This recognition celebrates the best in 18th-century studies. Congratulations!

🥇 We are proud to announce that undergrad student Jennifer Coggon's article "Sperm-Force: Naturphilosophie and George Newport’s Quest to Discover the Secret of Fertilization," was considered the best article published in the JHB Springer Nature in the preceding 3 years 👏 📣

PhD candidate Nayani Jensen was featured in this CBC article. An excellent opportunity to learn more about her career and literary work cbc.ca/books/6-emergi… 👀

Here is a fascinating role for someone: a PhD position in tech anthropology focused on digital breakdown and experience in Greenland (!) vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/…

🚨 Exciting read alert! Prof. Lucia Dacome's latest article dives into the history of quarantine stations in the Mediterranean, focusing on the New Lazaretto from 1732. A fascinating exploration of how spaces controlled disease spread in the 18th cent ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…