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Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | Director Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social Acting Director Rebeca J H Woods @professorbopeep.bsky.social Visit our website:
History. Philosophy. AI. Medicine. Environment. Technology. Explore 19 undergraduate and graduate courses this Fall at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Discover your next course ihpst.utoronto.ca/undergraduat...
📖 New publication by Prof. Lucia Dacome! The article is open access for one month—a great opportunity to explore this important contribution to the histories of slavery, medicine, and disability. Read it here: academic.oup.com/past/article...
📘 New open access publication by Prof. Adrien Zakar in the American Historical Review: In this article Professor Zakar traces the longer intellectual genealogy of Nakba as a concept of catastrophe and political upheaval prior to 1948. Read more: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
📘 Postdoctoral Fellow Miron Clay-Gilmore and Zane Maddux examine how data-driven surveillance extends counterinsurgency into domestic contexts, reinforcing racialized policing and social control. Read the article: mironjclaygilmore.substack.com/p/the-threat... #AI #Surveillance
📘 In a recent NOW Toronto feature, Prof. Marga Vicedo traces how understandings of autism shifted from psychiatric models to modern neurodevelopmental perspectives and how those shifts affect access to services and public policy today. nowtoronto.com/news/kids-ar...
🗺️ In “Coordinated Fabulation: The Thing-Unthought in the History of Modern Mapping,” Prof. Adrien Zakar examines the conceptual foundations and narrative structures of modern cartographic practice. Published in the International Journal of Turkish Studies: karpatcenter.wisc.edu/karpat-cente...
Prof @karinavold.bsky.social took part in a @masseycollege.bsky.social e panel on AI’s social impact alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Nick Frosst, hosted by IHPST PhD student @reneeasirbu.bsky.social Missed it? Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKB... #AI #Ethics
Congratulations to Prof. @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social on the publication of his new book with @mitpress.bsky.social 🎉 Even better: the book is available open access! We invite you all to explore this exciting research. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...
IHPST postdoc Miron Clay-Gilmore has a forthcoming APQ article titled "Paradoxes of Being." It examines AI, epistemology, militarization, and racialized systems of control through the work of Sylvia Wynter 📑 👉 philpapers.org/rec/CLAPOB
Congratulations to alumna Jacqueline Feke, named 2026–27 Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow at Jackman Humanities Institute. Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, she’ll create videos on science history and online misinformation www.humanities.utoronto.ca/news/visitin...
How have women in science been written out of history? Assistant Professor Ellen Abrams joined CBC Ideas to reflecting on the groundbreaking legacy of Margaret Rossiter and the enduring importance of recovering women’s contributions to science 🖇️ www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
New work from Assistant Professor Adrien Zakar examines how Arabic texts, oral traditions, and proverbs preserved memories of coexistence, violence, and displacement after the Armenian genocide, while tracing a broader regional vocabulary of disaster and Nakba. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Our March–April newsletter is now live! This issue highlights media features, new research on AI and history, innovative teaching, and alumni stories across Asia. Take a look 👇 🔗 viewstripo.email/13ee31dd-d07...
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Assistant Prof. @karinavold.bsky.social has published an open-access article on AI and military decision-making, examining how AI (already used on battlefields) could shape high-level strategic choices about employing armed force. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AI #Ethics #IHPST #TechEthics
Professor Adrien Zakar explores how digital conflict is linked to historical empire and colonial violence, examining the impact of technology on governance and global surveillance 🔗https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/411/402223/Technology-and-CritiqueGenealogies-of-Digital-War
IHPST alum Jonathan Fuller has published a new open-access book with Oxford University Press. Now at the University of Pittsburgh, his work explores the how epidemiology has shaped modern medical thought. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
ICYMI Assistant Professor @karinavold and Postdoctoral Fellow Miron Clay-Gilmore are featured the A&S News article "When the algorithm is wrong: A new partnership calls out racism in AI systems " 🔗 www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/when-al...
Discover what the new autistic Barbie reveals about contemporary views on autism? Historian Marga Vicedo talked about Mattel's first autistic Barbie on The Last Show with David Cooper. 🎧 Listen to her insights on representation hurdles #Inclusion #Neurodiversity #Barbie #Autism
New publication by Prof. Adrien Zakar 🗺️ “Gimmicks of War” shows how Ottoman maps were reactivated to legitimize territorial claims, mobilized as affective tools of political authority 🔗https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/429/402209/Gimmicks-of-War @dukepress.bsky.social #History #STS
📣 Q&A via the American Institute of Physics @aip.bsky.social IHPST PhD Julia Menzel on Kenneth Wilson, the renormalization group & supercomputing. A sharp look at how physics, policy & institutions reshaped each other. 🔗https://www.aip.org/history/q-a-julia-menzel #histsci #physics
Assistant Professor @karinavold.bsky.social joined The Decibel podcast to explore how the public responds to AI-generated actions on the social media platform "Moltbook." 🎧 Hear her insights on the dangers of attributing human traits to AI ⬇️ 🔗 Full episode: www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
📅 IHPST Research Seminar – Mar 25 We are very excited to welcome Hélène Mialet as the speaker for the next IHPST seminar, organized by Prof. Joseph Berkovitz. A fascinating look at how humans, animals, and machines detect low blood sugar in Type 1 diabetes. ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/ihpst...
🚨 New book from the IHPST community! The Clinical Encounter: A Philosophical Analysis by Prof. Brian S. Baigrie, IHPST alumnus Steven K. Baker examines how ethics, communication, and decision-making shape interactions between clinicians and patients 📘 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10....
Prof.Marga Vicedo was featured on CBC Radio One’s Wired Differently. The episode explores life with Asperger’s Syndrome and debates about autism and diagnosis. In this clip, Vicedo discusses the historical reassessment of Hans Asperger. 🎧 Listen to the excerpt. #HistoryOfScience #Autism
Prof. Chen-Pang Yeang has been awarded the first IEEE Emerson Pugh History of Technology Book Prize for 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒. This accolade honours exceptional research in tech history. 🎉 Congratulations Professor Yeang! 👏👏👏 🔗 www.ieeefoundation.org/the-ieee-his... #TechHistory #IEEE
New IHPST Newsletter just dropped 📰 Inside: – Digital war, AI & technology studies – Major international book prizes – Alumni news – Media features We are proud of the intellectual range of this community. Read it here: viewstripo.email/4098f295-9c0... #hps #historyoftechnology #AI #UofT
What is the place of colours in the natural world? Join us on Wednesday for an in-person talk by Paul Patton, who drawing on research in colour vision, will challenge both direct and indirect realism. 🔗 ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/hapsa...
March 4 -12 to 2:00 p.m. Constance de Font-Réaulx explores how “water scarcity” in early modern Paris was constructed as a governance tool under Louis XIV and Colbert. 📖 Paper circulated in advance 📧 Email to request a copy 🔗 ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/ihpst...