Category: Symposia & Panels
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Call for Papers – Scientific Internationalism for National Interests: Power Dynamics in the History of Science and Diplomacy before World War II (2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting)
Title: Scientific internationalism for national interests: power dynamics in the history of science and diplomacy before World War II Organizers: Daniel Gamito-Marques (NOVA School of Science and Technology), Lif Lund Jacobsen (Danish Arctic Institute, Copenhagen) This symposium calls for papers promoting a historical and historiographical reconsideration of the notion of “scientific internationalism”, shifting the perspective…
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Call for Papers – Science Diplomacy in Times of Upheaval: Crisis, Contestation and Cooperation (ESHS/HSS 2026 Symposium)
Fifteen years after the Royal Society and AAAS first introduced the concept of science diplomacy, both organisations have returned to the subject to reassess its role in the face of ongoing geopolitical upheaval. Their recent reconceptualisation (Science Diplomacy in an Era of Disruption, 2025) alongside the European Commission’s new framework – A European Framework for…
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Call for Papers – Shifting Perspectives: Diversity, Geographies, and Possibilities in the Physical Sciences (ESHS/HSS 2026 Symposium)
Recent scholarship in the history of science has incorporated a broader range of actors, geographies, and materialities, leading to new methodologies, questions, and lines of inquiry. These developments have also pluralized the history of the physical sciences and challenged some of its canonical narratives. For the 2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting in Edinburgh, we welcome submissions…
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STAND Events at ICHST 2025
M09 | 008 STAND Business Meeting(Friday, July 4, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM, Archway, Theatre 3) N07 | 008 Connections, Synergies, and Tensions in Science Diplomacy, Panel 1(Friday, July 4, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, Archway, Theatre 1) Jaehwan Hyun (Pusan National University), ‘Japanese Ornithologists in the Pacific: The Remaking of Japanese Sovereignty and Trans-Pacific…
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Call for Papers and Panels, ICHST 2025 Symposium: ‘Connections, Synergies, and Tensions in Science Diplomacy’
The DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy is making a call for expressions of interest for participation in a symposium to be held as part of ICHST 2025. This conference is set to be held in New Zealand in a hybrid format, so we are looking for prospective participants who would be able to present either in-person or…
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STAND-Sponsored Panel at HSS: ‘Inclusion and Exclusion in Scientific Internationalism’
History of Science Society 2022 Annual Meeting (Chicago), Saturday, November 19, 9:00 to 10:30am, Drake Hotel, Floor: Mezzanine, Parkside Session Abstract: In recent years, historians of science have explored more the internationalization of science, especially through the examination of international collaborations and multi-lateral initiatives. This is partly because of their significance in shaping the global…
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ESHS 2022 Symposia, ECR Lecture & STAND General Meeting
STAND is sponsoring a pair of symposia at the 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, held in Brussels, 7-10 September 2022. The first is a pair of panels on ‘Science Diplomacy and Politics’ and the second is a trio of panels on ‘The Politics of Data, Environments, and Infrastructures’. Sam…
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Call for Papers: The Politics of Science Diplomacy Symposium
2022 European Society for the History of Science Conference, Brussels, 7-9 September The STAND Commission calls for paper proposals on science diplomacy issues aligned to the main 2022 ESHS conference theme on science policy and the politics of science. Core literature on science diplomacy contends that utilizing science in the diplomacy arena enables rising above…