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Welcome to the official account of the Science and Empire Commission. SCIEMP is an international forum for research on the histories of science, technology, medicine, and empire. We share calls for papers, events, publications, bibliography highlights, and news. Follow to be part of the conversation
🪆 Do you know what the Science and Empire Commission actually does?
The institutional family tree can look a little like a set of academic Matryoshka dolls — so here’s the short version.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
The institutional family tree can look a little like a set of academic Matryoshka dolls — so here’s the short version.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
September 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🪆 Do you know what the Science and Empire Commission actually does?
The institutional family tree can look a little like a set of academic Matryoshka dolls — so here’s the short version.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
The institutional family tree can look a little like a set of academic Matryoshka dolls — so here’s the short version.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
📚 Looking for readings on science and empire?
Explore SCIEMP’s shared Zotero library, where we’re building a curated bibliography on the histories of science, technology, medicine, knowledge, and empire.
🔗 www.zotero.org/groups/61773...
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
Explore SCIEMP’s shared Zotero library, where we’re building a curated bibliography on the histories of science, technology, medicine, knowledge, and empire.
🔗 www.zotero.org/groups/61773...
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
Zotero | Groups > SCIEMP_Bib
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
www.zotero.org
August 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
📚 Looking for readings on science and empire?
Explore SCIEMP’s shared Zotero library, where we’re building a curated bibliography on the histories of science, technology, medicine, knowledge, and empire.
🔗 www.zotero.org/groups/61773...
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
Explore SCIEMP’s shared Zotero library, where we’re building a curated bibliography on the histories of science, technology, medicine, knowledge, and empire.
🔗 www.zotero.org/groups/61773...
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
📣 Early-career historians of science & technology: save the dates!
The 2nd DHST Early-Career Scholars Workshop Series runs online from 30 Sept–2 Dec 2026.
6 sessions on archives, museum careers, DH & AI, international collaboration, and more.
Register: www.chstm.org/group/early-...
The 2nd DHST Early-Career Scholars Workshop Series runs online from 30 Sept–2 Dec 2026.
6 sessions on archives, museum careers, DH & AI, international collaboration, and more.
Register: www.chstm.org/group/early-...
Early Career Scholars Workshop Series | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
July 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
📣 Early-career historians of science & technology: save the dates!
The 2nd DHST Early-Career Scholars Workshop Series runs online from 30 Sept–2 Dec 2026.
6 sessions on archives, museum careers, DH & AI, international collaboration, and more.
Register: www.chstm.org/group/early-...
The 2nd DHST Early-Career Scholars Workshop Series runs online from 30 Sept–2 Dec 2026.
6 sessions on archives, museum careers, DH & AI, international collaboration, and more.
Register: www.chstm.org/group/early-...
📍 Are you in Edinburgh today?
Join SCIEMP at the joint ESHS/HSS meeting for our symposium series Science and Empire in the Anthropocene.
From 11 am to 5:45 pm we will be at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.40. Come by and say hello!
Full programme @ cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
Join SCIEMP at the joint ESHS/HSS meeting for our symposium series Science and Empire in the Anthropocene.
From 11 am to 5:45 pm we will be at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.40. Come by and say hello!
Full programme @ cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
cdn.ymaws.com
July 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
📍 Are you in Edinburgh today?
Join SCIEMP at the joint ESHS/HSS meeting for our symposium series Science and Empire in the Anthropocene.
From 11 am to 5:45 pm we will be at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.40. Come by and say hello!
Full programme @ cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
Join SCIEMP at the joint ESHS/HSS meeting for our symposium series Science and Empire in the Anthropocene.
From 11 am to 5:45 pm we will be at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.40. Come by and say hello!
Full programme @ cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
📣 Reminder: SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to help lead our Early Career activities.
This opportunity is open to PhD students and to scholars within 5 years of defending their PhD.
🧵 1/4
#ScienceAndEmpire #AcademicOpportunities
This opportunity is open to PhD students and to scholars within 5 years of defending their PhD.
🧵 1/4
#ScienceAndEmpire #AcademicOpportunities
July 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
📣 Reminder: SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to help lead our Early Career activities.
This opportunity is open to PhD students and to scholars within 5 years of defending their PhD.
🧵 1/4
#ScienceAndEmpire #AcademicOpportunities
This opportunity is open to PhD students and to scholars within 5 years of defending their PhD.
🧵 1/4
#ScienceAndEmpire #AcademicOpportunities
📚📣 Online event: II Jornadas de Historia de la Ciencia desde América
This open call invites contributions around methods, archives, and collections for thinking about the history of science from and across the Americas.
Find out more here @ www.instagram.com/p/DZLd1Ehxix9/
#HistoryOfScience
This open call invites contributions around methods, archives, and collections for thinking about the history of science from and across the Americas.
Find out more here @ www.instagram.com/p/DZLd1Ehxix9/
#HistoryOfScience
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June 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
📚📣 Online event: II Jornadas de Historia de la Ciencia desde América
This open call invites contributions around methods, archives, and collections for thinking about the history of science from and across the Americas.
Find out more here @ www.instagram.com/p/DZLd1Ehxix9/
#HistoryOfScience
This open call invites contributions around methods, archives, and collections for thinking about the history of science from and across the Americas.
Find out more here @ www.instagram.com/p/DZLd1Ehxix9/
#HistoryOfScience
📚 Recommended reading from SCIEMP’s June newsletter:
Empire, Nation-Building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960, edited by Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli.
A valuable resource on imperial medicine, colonial health, and global histories of science.
Find more @ scienceandempire.com
Empire, Nation-Building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960, edited by Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli.
A valuable resource on imperial medicine, colonial health, and global histories of science.
Find more @ scienceandempire.com
SCIEMP - Science and Empire Commission
The Science and Empire Commission (SCIEMP) is a commission of the Division for the History of Science and Technology (DHST / IUHPST) dedicated to promoting, coordinating, and disseminating research on...
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June 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
📚 Recommended reading from SCIEMP’s June newsletter:
Empire, Nation-Building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960, edited by Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli.
A valuable resource on imperial medicine, colonial health, and global histories of science.
Find more @ scienceandempire.com
Empire, Nation-Building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960, edited by Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli.
A valuable resource on imperial medicine, colonial health, and global histories of science.
Find more @ scienceandempire.com
📣 Looking for museum-sector opportunities?
The National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian Institution is advertising a Museum Curator position in Washington, DC.
🗓️ Deadline: 29 June
More information: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a06...
#Museums #AcademicJobs #HistoryOfScience
The National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian Institution is advertising a Museum Curator position in Washington, DC.
🗓️ Deadline: 29 June
More information: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a06...
#Museums #AcademicJobs #HistoryOfScience
Museum Curator IS-1015-11
Job Opening: Museum Curator IS-1015-11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
trustcareers.si.edu
June 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
📣 Looking for museum-sector opportunities?
The National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian Institution is advertising a Museum Curator position in Washington, DC.
🗓️ Deadline: 29 June
More information: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a06...
#Museums #AcademicJobs #HistoryOfScience
The National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian Institution is advertising a Museum Curator position in Washington, DC.
🗓️ Deadline: 29 June
More information: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a06...
#Museums #AcademicJobs #HistoryOfScience
Have you subscribed to the Science and Empire newsletter? We’re working on the June edition, which will be released soon. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox as soon as it’s out!
Subscribe here: scienceandempire.com/highlights/
Subscribe here: scienceandempire.com/highlights/
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June 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Have you subscribed to the Science and Empire newsletter? We’re working on the June edition, which will be released soon. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox as soon as it’s out!
Subscribe here: scienceandempire.com/highlights/
Subscribe here: scienceandempire.com/highlights/
📣 SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to lead our Early Career activities.
They will organize a Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also join monthly SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other activities.
They will organize a Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also join monthly SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other activities.
June 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
📣 SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to lead our Early Career activities.
They will organize a Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also join monthly SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other activities.
They will organize a Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also join monthly SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other activities.
The 16th biennial congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science takes place between 22–25 June at Ohio State University.
It promotes research in the history of philosophy of science across all periods.
Check the full programme: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
It promotes research in the history of philosophy of science across all periods.
Check the full programme: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
Program
81 program
hopos2026.dryfta.com
June 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The 16th biennial congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science takes place between 22–25 June at Ohio State University.
It promotes research in the history of philosophy of science across all periods.
Check the full programme: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
It promotes research in the history of philosophy of science across all periods.
Check the full programme: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
Our colleagues from the Commission on Science and Literature are organising a conference! How scientific and narrative literacy intertwine across cultural and historical contexts?
It'll take place at Ghent University on 17-19 June.
Check the full programme: coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be/en/programme
It'll take place at Ghent University on 17-19 June.
Check the full programme: coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be/en/programme
Programme
Download *The keynotes and the panels that appear in orange are hybrid and will be available for online participants. Panels coloured in blue will be offline and in person.
coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be
June 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Our colleagues from the Commission on Science and Literature are organising a conference! How scientific and narrative literacy intertwine across cultural and historical contexts?
It'll take place at Ghent University on 17-19 June.
Check the full programme: coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be/en/programme
It'll take place at Ghent University on 17-19 June.
Check the full programme: coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be/en/programme
SCIEMP has a new logo!
And it was chosen with help from our community. Check our profile for a closer look and tell us: what do you think?
And it was chosen with help from our community. Check our profile for a closer look and tell us: what do you think?
May 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
SCIEMP has a new logo!
And it was chosen with help from our community. Check our profile for a closer look and tell us: what do you think?
And it was chosen with help from our community. Check our profile for a closer look and tell us: what do you think?
We are excited about the 2026 European Society for the History of Science/History of Science Society Joint Meeting in Edinburgh!
SCIEMP is organising four sessions which will happen on Wednesday, July 15, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
See the full programme at: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
SCIEMP is organising four sessions which will happen on Wednesday, July 15, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
See the full programme at: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
cdn.ymaws.com
May 20, 2026 at 11:04 AM
We are excited about the 2026 European Society for the History of Science/History of Science Society Joint Meeting in Edinburgh!
SCIEMP is organising four sessions which will happen on Wednesday, July 15, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
See the full programme at: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
SCIEMP is organising four sessions which will happen on Wednesday, July 15, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
See the full programme at: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
Question for the community:
What source, object, or archive most changed the way you think about science and empire?
A travelogue, map, herbarium sheet, museum catalogue, photograph, letter, or something else?
Share what has most surprised you and why.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
What source, object, or archive most changed the way you think about science and empire?
A travelogue, map, herbarium sheet, museum catalogue, photograph, letter, or something else?
Share what has most surprised you and why.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
May 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Question for the community:
What source, object, or archive most changed the way you think about science and empire?
A travelogue, map, herbarium sheet, museum catalogue, photograph, letter, or something else?
Share what has most surprised you and why.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
What source, object, or archive most changed the way you think about science and empire?
A travelogue, map, herbarium sheet, museum catalogue, photograph, letter, or something else?
Share what has most surprised you and why.
#ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
You can still help SCIEMP choose its new logo! You can vote on the thread below or on Google Forms: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
Voting ends tomorrow and the new logo - chosen by our community - will be revealed next week.
Make your voice heard and cast your vote now!
Voting ends tomorrow and the new logo - chosen by our community - will be revealed next week.
Make your voice heard and cast your vote now!
May 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
You can still help SCIEMP choose its new logo! You can vote on the thread below or on Google Forms: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
Voting ends tomorrow and the new logo - chosen by our community - will be revealed next week.
Make your voice heard and cast your vote now!
Voting ends tomorrow and the new logo - chosen by our community - will be revealed next week.
Make your voice heard and cast your vote now!
🗳️ You can now also vote for SCIEMP’s new logo via Google Forms!
Please help us choose our new logo by casting your vote here: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
We’d love to hear from our community. Thank you for helping us choose SCIEMP’s new visual identity.
Voting will only be open until Friday.
Please help us choose our new logo by casting your vote here: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
We’d love to hear from our community. Thank you for helping us choose SCIEMP’s new visual identity.
Voting will only be open until Friday.
New Logo – Science and Empire Commission
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May 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🗳️ You can now also vote for SCIEMP’s new logo via Google Forms!
Please help us choose our new logo by casting your vote here: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
We’d love to hear from our community. Thank you for helping us choose SCIEMP’s new visual identity.
Voting will only be open until Friday.
Please help us choose our new logo by casting your vote here: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW...
We’d love to hear from our community. Thank you for helping us choose SCIEMP’s new visual identity.
Voting will only be open until Friday.
🗳️ We need your help!
SCIEMP is choosing a new logo, and we’d love to hear what our community thinks. In the next posts of this thread, we’ll share three options.
To vote, simply like the post with your favourite logo. Feel free to reply too as we’d love to know why you chose it.
SCIEMP is choosing a new logo, and we’d love to hear what our community thinks. In the next posts of this thread, we’ll share three options.
To vote, simply like the post with your favourite logo. Feel free to reply too as we’d love to know why you chose it.
May 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM
🗳️ We need your help!
SCIEMP is choosing a new logo, and we’d love to hear what our community thinks. In the next posts of this thread, we’ll share three options.
To vote, simply like the post with your favourite logo. Feel free to reply too as we’d love to know why you chose it.
SCIEMP is choosing a new logo, and we’d love to hear what our community thinks. In the next posts of this thread, we’ll share three options.
To vote, simply like the post with your favourite logo. Feel free to reply too as we’d love to know why you chose it.
📣 Call for proposals: the Journal for the History of Knowledge is accepting proposals for its 2028 special issue.
They should include a description of the theme, article abstracts, CVs and bios.
🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2026
💻 More info @ journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
They should include a description of the theme, article abstracts, CVs and bios.
🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2026
💻 More info @ journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
Call for Proposals - Special Issue 2028
| Journal for the History of Knowledge
journalhistoryknowledge.org
April 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
📣 Call for proposals: the Journal for the History of Knowledge is accepting proposals for its 2028 special issue.
They should include a description of the theme, article abstracts, CVs and bios.
🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2026
💻 More info @ journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
They should include a description of the theme, article abstracts, CVs and bios.
🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2026
💻 More info @ journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
🖋️📜 How are your paleography skills?
The U.S. National Archives is looking for online volunteers to help transcribe and tag handwritten historical documents.
A great reminder that archives are also built through public collaboration.
More info @ www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
The U.S. National Archives is looking for online volunteers to help transcribe and tag handwritten historical documents.
A great reminder that archives are also built through public collaboration.
More info @ www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
Citizen Archivist
One day all of our records will be online. You can help make it happen. You can become a citizen archivist — just click one of the options below to get started. You Can Tag It! Add tags to images...
www.archives.gov
April 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
🖋️📜 How are your paleography skills?
The U.S. National Archives is looking for online volunteers to help transcribe and tag handwritten historical documents.
A great reminder that archives are also built through public collaboration.
More info @ www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
The U.S. National Archives is looking for online volunteers to help transcribe and tag handwritten historical documents.
A great reminder that archives are also built through public collaboration.
More info @ www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
Today we highlight Education and Progress: The Escuela de Ingenieros and Engineers’ Training in Peru (1911–1930) by Nashely Villcas.
In this, she explores how technical education in early 20th-century Peru became a space of negotiation between empire and nation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this, she explores how technical education in early 20th-century Peru became a space of negotiation between empire and nation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Education and Progress: The Escuela de Ingenieros and Engineers’ Training in Peru (1911–1930)
During the first half of the twentieth century, engineers consolidated themselves as members of an early elite of technical professionals.To achieve this status, these professionals deployed a seri...
www.tandfonline.com
April 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today we highlight Education and Progress: The Escuela de Ingenieros and Engineers’ Training in Peru (1911–1930) by Nashely Villcas.
In this, she explores how technical education in early 20th-century Peru became a space of negotiation between empire and nation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this, she explores how technical education in early 20th-century Peru became a space of negotiation between empire and nation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📖Have you checked the book review section of the latest issue of the British Journal for the History of Science? It's a good place to start if you're looking for the next addition to your library.
📖 New issue of the BJHS now out!
This issue brings together a rich set of contributions that explore how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and imagined across different contexts.
BSHS members enjoy full access to all articles!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue brings together a rich set of contributions that explore how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and imagined across different contexts.
BSHS members enjoy full access to all articles!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
April 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
📖Have you checked the book review section of the latest issue of the British Journal for the History of Science? It's a good place to start if you're looking for the next addition to your library.
📣 Looking forward to the 20th National Seminar on the History of Science and Technology organized by the Brazilian Society for the History of Science in July in Brazil. You can still enroll in minicourses.
More info @ www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br/site/capa
#HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #Brazil
More info @ www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br/site/capa
#HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #Brazil
20º Seminário Nacional de História da Ciência e da Tecnologia
www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br
April 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
📣 Looking forward to the 20th National Seminar on the History of Science and Technology organized by the Brazilian Society for the History of Science in July in Brazil. You can still enroll in minicourses.
More info @ www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br/site/capa
#HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #Brazil
More info @ www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br/site/capa
#HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #Brazil
📖 How about we begin the week reading something from SCIEMP's public Zotero library?
On this paper, Fa-ti Fan discusses the concepts of cultural borderlands and scientific imperialism, and how they can be used in the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in field sciences.
doi.org/10.1215/s122...
On this paper, Fa-ti Fan discusses the concepts of cultural borderlands and scientific imperialism, and how they can be used in the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in field sciences.
doi.org/10.1215/s122...
Science in Cultural Borderlands: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Science, European Imperialism, and Cultural Encounter
This article examines the methodological issues arising from the study of science and European imperialism. Drawing upon recent scholarship in a variety of fields, it argues for a combination of th...
doi.org
April 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
📖 How about we begin the week reading something from SCIEMP's public Zotero library?
On this paper, Fa-ti Fan discusses the concepts of cultural borderlands and scientific imperialism, and how they can be used in the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in field sciences.
doi.org/10.1215/s122...
On this paper, Fa-ti Fan discusses the concepts of cultural borderlands and scientific imperialism, and how they can be used in the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in field sciences.
doi.org/10.1215/s122...
📣Open call: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology
The Journal of the History of Ideas Blog is seeking essays that discuss the concept of technology, intersecting intellectual history and the history of technology.
Calls are open until 7 May
More info @ www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...
The Journal of the History of Ideas Blog is seeking essays that discuss the concept of technology, intersecting intellectual history and the history of technology.
Calls are open until 7 May
More info @ www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...
Call for Submissions: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology
by Zac Endter and Jonas Knatz
www.jhiblog.org
April 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
📣Open call: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology
The Journal of the History of Ideas Blog is seeking essays that discuss the concept of technology, intersecting intellectual history and the history of technology.
Calls are open until 7 May
More info @ www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...
The Journal of the History of Ideas Blog is seeking essays that discuss the concept of technology, intersecting intellectual history and the history of technology.
Calls are open until 7 May
More info @ www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...