Andrews Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies in The John V. Roach Honors College, Texas Christian University

Specialization in areas such as The History of Medicine and Science, Medical Humanities, Global Health, and/or Community and Public Health

The John V. Roach Honors College at Texas Christian University invites applications for the Andrews Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at the rank of either full or advanced associate professor beginning Fall 2024. The disciplinary background is open, and competitive candidates must bring interdisciplinary interests in the general medical field that extend to both teaching and research.

We seek applications from teacher-scholars who demonstrate a distinguished record of publications, an active and dynamic research agenda, a strong teaching profile, and innovative and interdisciplinary interests in fields such as the history of medicine and science, the medical humanities, global health, and/or community and public health. We also seek applicants interested in creating collaborative ventures with the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU, the College of Science and Engineering, and the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Full description: https://jobs.tcu.edu/jobs/andrews-chair-of-interdisciplinary-studies-in-the-john-v-roach-honors-college-tcu-main-campus-texas-united-states

CFP: Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives, University of California, San Francisco

The Committee on the Archives of Science and Technology of the Section on University and Research Institution Archives of the International Council on Archives is pleased to announce the Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives. This workshop aims to bring together a diverse community of collaborators participating in generating, preserving, arranging, processing, appraising, digitizing, providing access to the contemporary archives of science and technology.

Date: Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6, 2024
Hosted by: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library, USA
Registration opens: January or February, 2024
Format: In-person workshop

Day 1 – June 5, 2024
The first day will include traditional presentations with an emphasis on the theme of open archives and open science. Topics may include but are not limited to the following:
•       Partnership between scientists and archivists in appraisal of modern scientific records
•       Barriers for creating open archives
•       Silences and gaps in scientific archives
•       Archives practices for increasing equity
•       Scientific archives and digital humanities/digital health humanities
•       AI and scientific archives
•       Collections and archives as data
•       Developing professional skills and knowledge base in scientific archives
•       Collaborative science and Big Team science challenges for archiving
•       Opportunities for engagement, teaching with and exhibiting scientific collections
Day 2 – June 6, 2024
The second day will be organized as an “unconference,” or a participant-driven meeting. We will come together to identify an agenda and discussion topics focused on prominent themes derived from input collected during the first day of the workshop. We will share challenges, develop solutions, generate ideas, and build partnerships. All attendees are welcome and encouraged to join and contribute. You don’t need to submit a proposal to participate in the unconference.

Call for Proposals:

The organizing committee is accepting presentation proposals of papers from archivists, historians, scientists, engineers, data specialists, curators, and others. These presentations will be 20 minutes and the committee is prioritizing proposals that represent the global context of scientific archives. Please submit a short abstract of 400 words with a bibliography of at least two items by Friday, January 5, 2024. Note that the bibliography does not count towards the 400-word maximum:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedI4a6KDowhluZJSXUCHomIYU3lZkg9B-inpf0BsOJIjhF0A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Unfortunately, translation services are unavailable during the workshop, so only papers in English will be accepted.
Selections will be made by February 10, 2024 and selected speakers will be notified. The full program will be published in early March 2024. Limited travel funds will be available for interested speakers and participants. Applications for these funds will be made available between February and March 2024. Further information will follow.

As part of the organizing committee’s commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion, we aim to make this workshop accessible to speakers and participants from different backgrounds, countries and perspectives. We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in San Francisco in 2024!

If you have any questions, please contact Polina Ilieva at polina.ilieva@ucsf.edu or check the workshop website: https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/about/fourth-workshop-on-scientific-archives/.

Organizing Committee:
•       Bethany Anderson University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
•       Jean Marie Deken, SLAC Archives, History & Records Office (AHRO) and Research Library, Stanford, USA
•       Polina Ilieva, University of California, San Francisco Library (UCSF), USA
•       Rebekah Kim, California Academy of Sciences Library and Archive, USA
•       Anne-Flore Laloë, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Germany
•       Melanie Mueller, American Institute of Physics, USA
•       Laura Outterside, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility, Germany
•       Patrick Shea, Othmer Library of Chemical History at the Science History Institute, USA
•       Venkat Srinivasan, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, India

Job: Two Assistant Professor Positions in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine at Georgia Tech

Two Assistant Professor Positions in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine

Assistant Professor in History/Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine

The School of History and Sociology (https://hsoc.gatech.edu) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, one in the History of Science, Technology, or Medicine and a second in the Sociology of Science, Technology, or Medicine. We seek candidates with expertise in twentieth and/or twenty-first century science, technology, or medicine. The further area of specialization is open; applicants with expertise in the mind and brain sciences or computer technologies, AI, and data sciences are encouraged. Candidates are expected to possess an established research trajectory that fits with the mission of the School of History and Sociology and demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students. The expected starting date for successful candidates is August 1, 2024.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active research program in the history or sociology of science, technology, or medicine; to pursue external funding to support research; to teach courses that contribute to the undergraduate and graduate degrees, minors, and certificate programs offered in the School of History and Sociology; and to engage in professional service commensurate with career stage at and beyond Georgia Tech.

Minimum and Preferred Qualifications

A PhD in history, sociology, STS, or related field at the time of appointment is required. The successful candidates will have demonstrated a robust and innovative research agenda in areas that build on the strengths of the School of History and Sociology as well as a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

Application Requirements

The deadline for applications is {February 1, 2024}. Applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, two chapter-length writing samples, and the names and contact information (including e-mail addresses) of three references. The letter of application should indicate the applicant’s qualifications for the position, current and future research plans, and teaching interests and experience. Applicants who are invited to a first-round interview will be asked to provide evidence of teaching excellence at the time of invitation; references will also be contacted for letters at this time. Application materials should be submitted as PDF files via https://bit.ly/41mGmCw (Job ID: 266473) . Requests for information may be directed to search co-chairs Helen Anne Curry (hacurry@gatech.edu) or Amit Prasad (amit.prasad@hsoc.gatech.edu). An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment, and a background check must be completed prior to beginning employment.

Call for Papers, 7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History, University of Luxembourg

Call for Papers

7th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 3-7 September 2024

The International Federation for Public History (IFPH) now welcomes applications for its 2024 World Conference that will take place on 3-7 September, 2024. The conference will be hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH, University of Luxembourg), which is also the IFPH’s headquarters. Participants will enjoy a very international and multicultural environment in the heart of Western Europe.

International, Hybrid, and Green Event
Our aim for the conference is to be as inclusive and accessible as possible. In order to foster more international discussions, the IFPH and the C²DH have decided to offer hybrid opportunities for those presenting and attending the conference. Presenters can choose to present their papers on-site in Luxembourg or online through our video conferencing tool. Sessions will be facilitated to allow discussions between on-site and online presenters and attendants.
Hybrid conferences offer notable environmental advantages by curbing the carbon footprint associated with traditional, fully in-person events. By using the virtual attendance options, participants can significantly reduce travel-related emissions, contributing to lower air pollution and energy consumption. To go further, the conference will follow the recommendations of the General Directorate of Tourism of the Ministry of Economy of Luxembourg on Green Events organisation (a focus on local, organic and seasonal food, plant-based and vegetarian options, waste reduction, reusable and biodegradable serve ware, sustainable goodies, selection of hotels with Ecolabel). We encourage on-site participants to think green while preparing for their stay in Luxembourg: using public transportation (free in Luxembourg) and soft mobility, bringing your own coffee tumblers and refillable water bottles, digitising your business cards, etc.
Open Call
The field of public history is expanding rapidly. Similar to C²DH’s many activities, public history fosters accessibility, engagement, and participation for a wide range of people. The links between “history” and “publics” can take many forms including different audiences, contributors, spaces, projects, and uses of the past. In line with previous IFPH conferences, the 2024 event has an open call that invites proposals and discussions on history for, with, by, of, in, or among different publics.
Proposals may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
•       Museums, archives, collections
•       Displaying, exhibiting, curating the past
•       Cultural heritage (historic sites, monuments, historic preservation)
•       (Video) games, audiovisual production, podcasts
•       Oral history, memories, family and community histories
•       Historical fiction, graphic novels, storytelling
•       Reenactments, pageants, festivals, performances
•       Digital public history (user-generated, crowdsourcing, social and transmedia)
•       Shared authority, coproduction, community-based practices
•       Commemoration, public policy, government, business, consulting, applied history
•       Teaching, ethics, theories of public history
•       Trauma, conflict, and reconciliation
•       Human rights, inequalities and discrimination, social justice
•       Migration, colonialism, decolonisation
•       Environment, landscape, natural resources, climate change
Application and Terms of Attendance
To support accessibility, there will be no conference registration fee. However, all presenters have to be members of the IFPH – please consult the website of the IFPH for more information on memberships. While online attendance will be free, we encourage you all to become members of the IFPH. Unfortunately, the conference organisers cannot provide any travel fund.
Applicants can propose:
•       a panel (thematic sessions, up to 4 presenters)
•       a working group (to explore in depth a subject of shared concern before and during the annual meeting and working towards the creation of an end output, white paper, publications, reports, guidelines – up to 10 discussants)
•       a workshop (hands-on and participatory experiences that impart practical information or skills)
•       a single paper
•       a poster (a separate call for poster proposals will be announced in early 2024)
If you wish to discuss your ideas about possible topics and sessions, you may use our online shared document.
Although fully online proposals are possible, we invite applicants to have at least one member of their session on-site to foster hybrid discussions. All sessions (including workshops) must be in English and will last 90 minutes.
Proposals (with abstracts and short biographies) must be submitted in English via our website.

For further details, please visit our page of instructions for submitting a proposal.

Jobs: Assistant Professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (open field; two positions), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) invites applications for two tenure track assistant professor positions, open to all areas of specialization within STS. We welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching focus on any aspect of the social, cultural, historical, political, or ethical dimensions of science, technology, medicine, or other
technical domains.

We are especially interested in identifying colleagues who bring new methods and perspectives to understanding science and technology in society, and who extend the methodological, thematic, geographic, and/or chronological reach of our faculty. Scholars whose work considers STS questions related to race, ethnicity, indigeneity, colonialism, and/or gender and sexuality, or whose work centers issues of justice and equity, are encouraged to apply.

We welcome applications from scholars who hold (or near completion of Ph.D) a Ph.D. in any humanistic or social scientific field, including (but not limited to): Anthropology; American Studies; African American Studies; Communication; Disability Studies; Ethnic Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Geography; History; History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Indigenous Studies; Information Studies; Law; Media Studies; Native American Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Public Policy; Sociology; or STS. Applications from scholars with a Ph.D. in science, engineering, or other technical fields are also invited to apply, so long as the social dimensions of science and technology are core to their work.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. by the start of employment. We welcome applications from junior scholars at all levels of experience, including advanced ABD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, non-tenure-track and tenure-track junior faculty, teaching faculty, scholars employed in contingent or precarious positions, scholars employed in non-university research and teaching positions, and independent scholars. These positions are intended for pre-tenure scholars; we are unable to consider applications from scholars who would require a tenured position at MIT. STS faculty are typically expected to teach three courses per academic year, including both undergraduate and graduate courses. The STS Program is one of three participating programs in MIT’s History-Anthropology-STS (HASTS) doctoral program, and we welcome applications from scholars with a strong interest (though not necessarily experience) in graduate teaching and mentorship. Interest in establishing scholarly connections at MIT beyond the STS Program is also desirable.

MIT is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women and members of minority groups.

Interested applicants should submit a preliminary application consisting of a cover letter, CV, and a writing sample (article or chapter length) that best represents their scholarship to:
http://apply.interfolio.com/126855

Letters of recommendation will not be required for the initial applications. Applicants who advance to the next stage of the search will be asked to submit three letters of recommendation
and additional research and teaching materials.

Questions on the application process may be directed to:
Paree Pinkney
Director, Administration and Finance
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
E51-163
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

Applications are due September 1, 2023; the process will continue until the positions are filled.

Jobs: Director of Operations and Lecturer, American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP), located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, is seeking a highly motivated individual with the skills and credentials to serve as the Institute’s Operations Director (OD) on a 75% FTE basis and a Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy on a 25% FTE basis.  The salary range for the combined position is $58,000 to $67,000, depending on qualifications.

About AIHP

AIHP is a nonprofit, member-based organization whose mission is to advance knowledge and understanding of the history of pharmacy and medicines. We pursue this mission through publications, programs and conferences, maintaining an historical archive and artifacts collection, and promoting and recognizing outstanding historical scholarship. The Institute has a staff of five and a dues-paying membership. AIHP is located at and affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy (UWSoP), but operates as a separate self-governing organization. To learn more about the AIHP visit its website at https://aihp.org/

About the Position

This unique position offers the opportunity for a dual appointment with AIHP and the UWSoP. As the Institute’s Operations Director, the successful candidate will be responsible (under the direction of the Institute’s Executive Director) for overseeing and managing AIHP’s staff, programs, operations, and other day-to-day affairs. In this role, the Operations Director will be employed by AIHP on a 75% FTE basis. The successful candidate will also possess the qualifications and experience necessary to receive a 25% FTE appointment as a Lecturer at the UWSoP, with the opportunity to teach medical, pharmaceutical, and pharmacy history. In this role, the Lecturer will be employed by the UWSoP and will be responsible to the Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy, a tenured faculty member at the UWSoP who is expected to serve as the AIHP Executive Director (ED).

The Operations Director will be chiefly responsible for developing historical publishing, archives and library initiatives, and outward-facing programming for diverse audiences. The OD will guide and be responsible for the Institute’s digital assets; will collaborate with the Institute’s collections staff to maintain, develop, and promote the AIHP’s archives and library; and will collaborate on programming related to historical conferences and webinars. The OD will also be responsible for overseeing and managing the Institute’s financial affairs and administration of AIHP’s membership program.

To Apply

Applicants should prepare and send the following:
1) Cover Letter – A letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position (1-2 pages);
2) Curriculum Vitae;
3) Operations Director Statement –a one-page statement in which you state your intellectual vision and trajectory, as it relates to a nonprofit historical organization;
4) Teaching Statement – a 1-2 explication of what you hope to accomplish as a teacher and mentor in the classroom and beyond, including your vision of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion;
5) The names of three recommenders.

Send all materials to aihp@aihp.org. Incoming applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. The deadline for submission of application materials is June 9, 2023.

Minimum Qualifications:

•       At least 2-3 years’ experience in higher education, the heritage sector, or association management.
•       A mixture of administrative and humanities-based expertise or experience.
•       To be eligible for the 25% Lecturer teaching position, the candidate must provide evidence of teaching in higher education, preferably in history of science, medicine, and technology.
•       Experience with staff management and supervision; experience and proficiency with personal computers and office software and applications; excellent communications and organizational skills; ability to work effectively as part of a team; basic bookkeeping/accounting experience or training; writing skills and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

•       Preference will be given to candidates with (1) an advanced degree and experience with various forms of academic publishing and grant-proposal writing; or (2) a degree in archives or library and information science, or significant experience with archives/collections management and/or digital information systems.
•        Candidates with graduate degrees in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT), Archives and Museum fields, or a closely related field will be preferred
•       Experience and proficiency with QuickBooks or similar financial management software; experience with website and publishing software (such as WordPress or ScholarOne).
Job Description
The following is a non-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities for the Operations Director position. Additional information about the scope of the role will be discussed during the interview process.
•       As an organizational leader, the OD will: ensure compliance with Institute governing documents and all legal and regulatory requirements; develop and implement administrative internal policies, plans, and procedures in collaboration with the Board of Directors and the ED; oversee implementation of strategic priorities; help supervise all Institute staff (excluding the ED); and serve as the staff liaison with the Board of Directors.
•       The OD, in collaboration with the ED and AIHP’s Treasurer, will be responsible for: drafting financial plans and an annual operating budget for Board approval, developing and implementing fundraising strategies to sustain and expand the Institute’s operations; developing external grant applications and partnerships in university and non-university settings;
•       The OD will be responsible for membership relationships and communications.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities for the Lecturer position. Additional information about the scope of the role will be discussed during the interview process.
•       Responsible for co-teaching, and acting as the instructor of record, in three previously developed online courses in the School of Pharmacy.
•       Facilitates classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction and assists with instructional development and design for a single course or series of courses within an academic discipline to support the delivery of quality instruction. Provides for-credit instruction in formats such as classroom, online and/or laboratory settings, including grading.
•       History courses include: PHM 563 (coordination, four 1-hour synchronous sessions, 25% of grading); PHM 564 (coordination, four 1-hour synchronous sessions, 25% of grading); PHM 401 (co-coordination, 4-6 lectures, no grading)

Benefits

AIHP offers the following benefits to employees: paid vacation time, sick leave, and holidays; employer-paid parking pass; and 403(b) retirement plan with 5% employer match.

With the 25% Lecturer role at UWSoP, the candidate is eligible for UW health insurance, dental and life insurance, and other benefits.

Prizes: Royal Society Journal of the History of Science 7th Essay Award

Essay award

Announcing the 7th Notes and Records Essay Award

Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities throughout the field of history of science, technology and medicine. The Essay Award is open to researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years. The previously unpublished essay of up to 12,000 words should be based on original research and it may relate to any aspect of the history of science, technology and medicine in any period. Download the flyer for more information or watch the video for inspiration.

The winning entry is chosen using the journal’s standard criteria for selection (i.e. excellence and interest to a wide audience) and will be published in the journal.

The 2021 Essay Award Fiona Amery for her entry The Disputed Sound of the Aurora Borealis: Sensing Liminal Noise During the First and Second International Polar Years, 1882-3 and 1932-3.

The award consists of:

  • A cash prize of £500
  • A runner-up prize of £250
  • Three honourable mentions will each receive £100
  • Publication of the winning entry in Notes and Records
  • All winners will receive a one year online subscription to Notes and Records

Timetable

Deadline for submission of an essay is 28th February 2023

Terms and conditions

This award is organised by The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (known simply as ‘The Royal Society’) of 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under number 207043.

How to enter

The opening date for entries is 00.01 on 1 September 2022. The closing date of the prize draw is 23.59 on 28 February 2023. Entries received after this time will not be accepted.

The essay must be submitted electronically to notes@royalsociety.org

The award is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.

The Royal Society will not accept:
(a) responsibility for entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any postal failure, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or
(b) proof of posting or transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the award.

The essay should be no more than 12,000 words in length, including references, and should reflect the style guidelines of the journal.

The submission must be accompanied by a covering message confirming the postgraduate degree title and where and when it was awarded.

By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.

The Royal Society reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.

Eligibility

The award is open to all researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years, except employees of the Royal Society, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the award.

In entering the award, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. The Royal Society may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the award.

The essay should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. It must be written in English.

Only one entry per person is permitted.

The Royal Society reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the award.

The award

Entries will be subject to the normal standards of refereeing and editorial review.

There will be a single prize-winner and no runners-up. However, authors other than the winner may be invited to publish their work in Notes and Records, if the judges of the essay award and the editorial board consider such work to be of sufficient quality.

If no essay is deemed of a suitable standard, no award will be made. The judges’ decision will be final.

Any entry must be your original work and it must not infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights.  You agree to indemnify the Royal Society against any claim from any third party for any breach of this clause.

Data protection and publicity

The Royal Society is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will only use your personal information in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the Royal Society’s Privacy Policy which is available on our website: https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/privacy-policy/#authors.

By entering the award, you agree that any personal information provided by you with your entry may be held and used by the Royal Society or its agents and suppliers to administer the competition.

Winners may be required to participate in publicity related to the award which may include the publication of their name and photograph in any media. You agree that your personal data may be used for this purpose.

Governing law

The award will be governed by English law and entrants to the prize draw submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.

The Royal Society reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any updated version will be effective as soon as it is published on the website.

Fellowship: Crticial Approaches to Science, Technology, and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Medicine, Science and the Humanities

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Critical Approaches to Science, Technology, and Medicine (CAST-M)

Johns Hopkins University: Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences: Medicine, Science, and the Humanities Program

The Medicine, Science, and the Humanities Program (MSH), Johns Hopkins University, seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the history of science, technology or medicine, science and technology studies, or other related or allied fields.

The fellow will have teaching and administrative responsibilities in the new Critical Approaches to Science, Technology, and Medicine Masters (CAST-M) track–a new two-year academic MA track designed to support students from traditionally marginalized backgrounds to join and succeed in academia. The fellow will also teach one undergraduate course every semester at MSH program–the largest humanities major at Johns Hopkins University. MSH is an interdisciplinary, humanities-based major that provides students with a cross-disciplinary  understanding of the cultural and historical roots of scientific and medical inquiry, knowledge, and practice. CAST-M is a new two-year MA track meant to encourage graduate student diversity in the fields of science studies, medical humanities, history of science and technology, and history of medicine. We aim to recruit and support emerging scholars from backgrounds that are traditionally marginalized in STEM-adjacent humanities fields. This position is affiliated with the Institute for the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

  • Duties include:
  • Pedagogical and administrative support for the CAST-M program, including teaching, following students’ progress, leading discussions and convening events, co-advising and grading student MA theses.
  • Participating in the publicity for CAST-M and the recruitment of CAST-M students (starting from the second cohort). This includes supporting the Director of Graduate Studies and administrative staff in arranging prospective student virtual visits, managing applications, and creating shortlists, among other related duties
  • With support from an assigned faculty member, convene the CAST-M proseminar, which brings together faculty and CAST-M students to discuss various questions related to academic professionalization.
  • Teach one undergraduate course each semester in the MSH program.

The fellow will be an active member of the MSH and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine community at Johns Hopkins University. The fellow will have protected time to pursue a sustained program of research and writing and will be assigned a faculty mentor to support their work.
The term of appointment is two years renewable up to four years, beginning July 1, 2023. Salary: $60,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications:
We welcome applications from candidates with a background in the history of medicine, science, and/or technology, science and technology studies, anthropology, sociology, art history, or any other discipline with a focus on science, technology, and medicine. Candidates studying the intersection of science, technology, and/or medicine with questions of race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, and marginalization, as well as those critically engaging with science, medicine, technology, and engineering in the Global South and in communities subject to systemic discrimination are especially welcome.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates from traditionally marginalized backgrounds and those with experience and knowledge of dealing with questions of diversity in the field.

The successful candidate will have defended a Ph.D. in history of medicine or a related field by May 31, 2023.

Application Instructions:
Applicants should submit the following: 1) cover letter, 2) C.V., 3) sample syllabus for an undergraduate seminar on a theme of the candidate’s choosing, 4) dissertation chapter or other writing sample, and 5) statement on diversity and inclusion, where the applicant explains their views on how to further the CAST-M program goals, including, for example, how they plan to use the proseminar space to support the students and the program goals.

Applications are to be submitted via Interfolio. All applications and related materials are due by Friday, March 3, 2023. Short-listed applicants will be requested to provide two references who will be contacted by the search committee. Zoom interviews will be conducted in early April.

Application Process:
This institution is using Interfolio’s Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

APPLY NOW: https://apply.interfolio.com/118126

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Lectures: Who Webinar, Learning from the Past and Planning for Future of Infordemic Management

Please join Nancy Tomes and Manon Parry for the WHO launch of their Health Evidence Network synthesis Report #77, “What are the historical roots of the COVID-19 infodemic? Lessons from the past..”

This is the first ever HEN report by historians.

Here’s the link to the event.

https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/events/item/2022/11/08/default-calendar/learning-from-the-past-and-planning-for-the-future-of-infodemic-management