News
March 2010
Congress on the Humanities and Social Sciences
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Half-Day Conference
Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association
May 29, 2010
Connected Understanding
Call for Papers Including Works-in-Progress
Deadline: March 31, 2010
The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association (CSTHA) will hold a half-day conference on Saturday, May 29, 2010 during the annual Congress on the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by Concordia University, Montreal. The theme of the Congress is "Connected Understanding."
The CSTHA Conference Program Committee invites papers, including Works-in-Progress, on general subjects relating to the history of science, technology, and medicine in Canada including papers relating to the scientific and technological aspects of Canadian environmental history.
The Conference Program Committee welcomes contributions in a wide range research fields such as: traditional biography and institutional history; the history of technical and scientific education; women in science and technology; science and technology in pre-industrial Canadian history; issues in government related science; and science in industry, among others. Proposals for a themed session of two or three papers will be welcomed, and in such cases, a proposal should include a description of the session's theme and describe how the various papers contribute to the session (maximum 300 words).
Paper proposals for individual presentations or for theme sessions must include a title, a summary (75 to 100 words) and a short résumé of each presenter. Proposals for presentations, whether formal papers or informal reports on work in progress, should be submitted by March 31, 2010 to:
Dr. Randall Brooks
Canada Science and Technology Museum
PO Box 9724, Station T
Ottawa, ON K1G 5A3
e-mail: rbrooks@technomuses.ca
February 2010
Best Student Paper Award Winners
The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association / Association pour l'histoire de la science et de la technologie is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Student Paper Award competition.
September 2009
The entire collection of Scientia Canadensis and HSTC Bulletin:
Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology and Medecine, is now available in digital format
on the Érudit site at this address: http://www.erudit.org/revue/scientia.
XVIth Conference -- 25-27 September 2009
Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Science, Society and Heritage
History
Founded in 1980, the Canadian Science and Technology
Historical Association (CSTHA) is a national society devoted to the
study of the history of Canadian science and technology. Our primary
mission is to make our scientific and technical history better known
and to make this subject an important element in Canadian
historiography. We have been a member of the Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social Sciences since 2003. The Association's
archives are held by York
University Archives.
Objectives
To reach these
objectives, the CSTHA has several mandates:
- > to form a research community
- > to sustain both teaching and
research
- > to encourages respect for our heritage
- > to diffuse new knowlegde through
conferences
- > to publish the journal Scientia
Canadensis
- > to inform member through Dialogue
CSTHA
is a charitable organization (registration number 13459 1346 RR0001).
Mailing Address
Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association
Box 8502, Stn. T
Ottawa ON K1G 3H9
