Obituary written by Syed Zillur Rahman It is sad to inform you all that Professor S. M. Razaullah Ansari has recently died after a brief illness. He was admitted in the hospital after an attack of myocardial infarction (MI) and died on the night of 24 February 2023. Dr. Ansari…
2023 DHST Dissertation Prize Laureates
We are very happy to announce the 2023 laureates of the DHST disseration prize. Brad BOLMANN. “The Voyage of the Scientific Beagle: Dogs in the Physical and Biomedical Sciences.” (Harvard University, director: Peter L. Galison and David S. Jones) Jolien GIJBELS. “The Perils of Birth: Obstetrics, Religion and Medical Ethics…
DHST statement on the Ukrainian war
The president, officers, and undersigned council members of the Division of the History of Science and Technology (DHST) of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology condemn the ongoing military actions against Ukraine directed by the government of the Russian Federation. Our deepest concern and…
2023 DHST dissertation prize – call
The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST), is happy to invite submissions to its seventh DHST Dissertation prize, awarding promising young scholars in the broad field of the history of science and technology. Initiated at the 22nd…
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
On 2 december 2021 during the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution promulgating the year 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development. More details on this can be found in a Press Release send out by the execute committee of YBSSD.
Annual Report of the SCGES
It is our pleasure to inform you that the first annual report of the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science is now available here. The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) is an independent committee formed in 2020 by nine international scientific organizations, most of which are…
IUHPST Essay Prize 2017
The first IUHPST Essay Prize was awarded to Theodore Arabatzis for his essay entitled “What’s in it for the historian of science? Reflections on the value of philosophy of science for history of science”
New website
The new website of the DHST will be online within July 2017.