[spectre] Soc. Hist. Tech. - Annual Conference (Lisbon, 11-14 Oct 08)

[Oliver Grau]

Society for the History of Technology
2008 Annual Conference

The Society for the History of Technology will hold its annual meeting  
in Lisbon, October 11-14, to continue the celebration of the 50th  
anniversary of the founding of the Society.   The theme of last year's  
conference was "SHOT at 50: Looking Back." This year's will be "SHOT at 50:  
Looking Beyond."  To that end, the Program Committee seeks papers or  
sessions for the 2008 meeting that concern the history of technology  
as it may or ought to be practiced in the future. Papers or sessions  
devoted to the question of how we shall write the history of  
technology in the future are particularly encouraged. To serve the  
purpose of "Looking Beyond" the Committee also appreciates papers or  
panels reaching out beyond SHOT's current disciplinary boundaries. The  
Committee will also consider papers of high quality on any aspect of  
the history of technology, broadly defined.
The Committee welcomes proposals for individual papers or sessions, as  
well as works-in-progress from researchers of all stripes (including  
graduate students, chaired professors, and independent scholars). It  
welcomes proposals from those new to SHOT, regardless of discipline.  
The committee will also consider alternative venues for presenting  
one's scholarship, such as poster sessions, short (8-minute) quick  
sessions, author-meets-critics panels, discussion of pre-circulated  
papers, and others.

The deadline for submission is March 14, 2008.

Proposals for individual papers must include:
1) a one-page abstract (maximum 600 words)
2) a one-page curriculum vitae, including current postal and e-mail  
addresses

Proposals for complete sessions must include:
1) a description of the session that explains how individual papers  
contribute to an overall theme.
2) the names and paper titles of the presenters
3) for each presenter, a one-page summary (maximum 600 words) of the  
paper's topic, argument(s), and evidence used
4) for the commentator, chair, and each presenter: one-page c.v., with  
postal and e-mail addresses


Please indicate if a proposal is sponsored by one of SHOT's special  
interest groups.


Submission Instructions

1) Materials should be sent as a single text attachment to an
e-mail message to the Program Committee Chair, Martina Hessler, at: shot at em.uni-frankfurt.de 

2)  Proposals for complete sessions as well as individual papers shall  
be submitted in one file.

3)  Please adhere to the 600-word limit for each paper. Use no unusual  
fonts or special formatting, and save your attachment either as a  
Microsoft Word document (.doc) or as a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file.  
Nearly all word processing programs, including those used on the  
Macintosh, can save text in the Rich Text Format. Do not use Adobe  
Acrobat (pdf).

4)  Name your attachment with your last name and the word 'proposal',  
e.g. 'Smith_proposal.doc'.

5) A session organizer should also deliver a description of the  
overall session. If you are organizing a session and proposing a paper  
in that session, you will be delivering both an "abstract" and  
"proposal", plus your c.v.

6) If you are proposing a non-traditional session you may indicate that
in the "abstract."  These also require a curriculum vitae.