Science, Technology and Medicine between the Global and the Local

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 23 to 29 July 2017

FIRST CIRCULAR

WEBPAGE - http://www.ichst2017.sbhc.org.br

IUHPST/DHST COUNCIL (2013-2017)

President: Efthymios NICOLAIDIS (Greece)

President Elect: Michael OSBORNE (United States of America)

First Vice-President: Lesley CORMARCK (Canada)

Second Vice-President: Jean GAYON (France)

Secretary General: Cathrine JAMI (France)

Treasurer: Jeff HUGHES (United Kingdom)

Assistant Secretary General: Annette VOGT (Germany)

Assessors: Takehiko HASHIMOTO (Japan)

Frank JAMES (United Kingdom)

Maija KALLINEN (Finland)

Krishnamurthi RAMASUBRAMANIAN (India)

Luiz Carlos SOARES (Brazil)

SUN Xiaochun (China)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (IPC)

Ronald NUMBERS (University of Wisconsin, United States of America, Chair)

MEMBERS

Ana BARAHONA (National Autonomous University of Mexico)

Michel BLAY (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)

Angela CREAGER (Princeton University, United States of America)

Marcos CUETO (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil)

Silvia Fernanda de Mendona FIGUEIRA (State University of Campinas, Brazil)

Olival FREIRE JUNIOR (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)

Ana Maria Alfonso-GOLDFARB (Pontifical Catholic University of So Paulo, Brazil)

Pablo GOMEZ (University of Wisconsin, United States of America)

Marcus GRANATO (Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, Brazil)

Karl HALL (Central European University, Hungary)

Peter HARRISON (University of Queensland, Australia)

David KIRBY (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Deepak KUMAR (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

LIM Jong Tae (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Henrique LEITO (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Cesar LORENZANO (National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina)

Pablo LORENZANO (National University of Quilmes, Argentina)

Clapperton MAVHUNGA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America)

Srgio Roberto NOBRE (State University of So Paulo, Brazil)

Alexei POSTNIKOV (Russian Academy of Science, Russia)

Jrgen RENN (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany)

Maria RENTETZI (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Milada SEKYRKOVA (Charles University, Czech Republic)

Ana SIMES (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Hugh SLOTTEN (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Luiz Carlos SOARES (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Liba TAUB (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

SHI Yunli (University of Science and Technology of China)

Secretary to the IPC Chair: Dana FREIBURGER (University of Wisconsin, United States

of America)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC)

Luiz Carlos SOARES (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Chair)

MEMBERS

Mrcia Helena ALVIM (Federal University of ABC)

Christina BARBOSA (Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences)

Ana Paula BISPO (State University of Paraiba)

Sandra CAPONI (Federal University of Santa Catarina)

Ubiratan DAMBRSIO (State University of Campinas)

Regina DANTAS (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Maria Amlia Mascarenhas DANTES (University of So Paulo)

Andr Lus Mattedi DIAS (Federal University of Bahia)

Heloisa Maria Bertol DOMINGUES (Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences)

Marcia Helena Mendes FERRAZ (Pontifical Catholic University of So Paulo, Brazil)

Betnia Gonalves FIGUEIREDO (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Jos Luiz GOLDFARB (Pontifical Catholic University of So Paulo, Brazil)

Thoms A. S. HADDAD (University of So Paulo)

Simone Petraglia KROPF (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)

Maria Margaret LOPES (State University of Campinas)

Ivan da Costa MARQUES (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Rita de Cassia MARQUES (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Tatiana Marins ROQUE (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Dominichi Miranda de S (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)

Magali Romeiro de S (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)

Nelson Rodrigues SANJAD (Museum Emlio Goeldi of Par)

Jos Carlos Barreto de SANTANA (State University of Feira de Santana)

Gildo Magalhes dos SANTOS FILHO (University of So Paulo)

Mrcia Regina Barros da SILVA (University of So Paulo)

Rogrio Monteiro de SIQUEIRA (University of So Paulo)

Alfredo TOLMASQUIN (Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences)

Moema Rezende VERGARA (Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences)

Antnio Augusto Passos VIDEIRA (State University of Rio de Janeiro)

Secretary to the LOC Chair: Mariah MARTINS (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

LOCs Office Secretary: Gabriela EVANGELISTA (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

THE THEME, THE CITY AND THE VENUE OF THE 25TH ICHST

This is the first circular of the 25th International Congress of History of Science and

Technology (ICHST), which will be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 23 to

29 July 2017, with the general theme Science, Technology and Medicine between the

Global and the Local.

Questions of place are gaining increasing importance in the work of historians of

science, technology and medicine, to such an extent that some scholars suggest this

corresponds to a veritable "spatial turn". It is unavoidable that researchers take sides

on issues such as the situatedness of knowledge and practices, the problems pertai-

ning to their movements across spaces and cultures (and not only along time) and,

above all, the proper choice of scales of analysis all the way between the global and the

local, which is the core of the 25th ICHSTs theme. At the same time, this theme relates to

the very nature of the Congress as the largest international gathering of historians of

science, technology and medicine, inviting all of us to think about what we may say to and

learn from each other, considering our own multifarious places and standpoints.

The 25th ICHST will be held in the Praia Vermelha campus of the Federal University of

Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), located in one of the most beautiful and touristic regions in the

city, served by various forms of public transport and close to important clusters of

hotels, beaches, and numerous artistic and cultural attractions.

Rio de Janeiro city is also one of the principal locations of important teaching and

research institutions concerned with the History of Science, Technology and Medicine;

a field of study which has developed significantly in Brazil in the last 30 years, and of

which the Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de Histria

da Cincia - SBHC) is the principal representative of this area of knowledge. SBHC and

the Division of History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History

and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST) have joined forces for the

organization of the 25th ICHST.

We hope to receive for the 25th ICHST researchers from various continents for this event,

which will be held in South America and the Southern Hemisphere for the first time.

SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES

Among the activities scheduled for the 25th ICHST are conferences, proposed thematic

symposia, sessions of proposed stand-alone papers, symposia organized by DHSTs

Commissions, joint symposia organized by UIHPST inter-division Commissions and by

inter-union Commissions. The programme for the 25th ICHST will be defined by the

International Programme Committee (IPC), which will evaluate proposed activities,

which should be submitted within the deadlines stipulated in the event timetable.

Various plenary activities and assemblies will be held during the 25th ICHST, such as

the International Academy of History of Sciences General Assembly. There will be two

sessions of the DHST general assembly and plenary sessions of Commissions which act

within this Division. The DHST Young Scholars Prize will be awarded during the Congress.

In addition to this, various cultural and social activities will also be held during the

event, including some receptions, a congress dinner, music concerts, tours, visits and

excursions, which will be proposed in due time by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC).

SPONSORS

To finance the organization and holding of the 25th ICHST, we are initially counting on

the support of three large institutions concerned with the teaching and research of the

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Rio de Janeiro: the Post-Graduate

Programme in the History of Science, Technology, and Epistemology of the Federal

University of Rio de Janeiro (HCTE/UFRJ); the Museum of Astronomy and Related

Sciences (MAST); and Casa de Oswaldo Cruz of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

(COC/FIOCRUZ). In accordance with formal commitments given by the boards of these

institutions to the Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de

Histria da Cincia SBHC), they will provide material support for the activities of the

25th ICHST. In addition, the Presidents Office of UFRJ has promised to provide part of

the infrastructure necessary for the activities of the 25th International Congress,

especially in relation to audio-visual and information technology resources.

On the other hand, Brazilian funding agencies have also made a formal commitment to

support the 25th ICHST. Funds should thus be provided by two federal agencies, the

National Scientific and Technological Development Council (Conselho Nacional de De-

senvolvimento Cientfico e Tecnolgico CNPq) and the Coordination for the Training

of Higher Level Personnel (Coordenao de Aperfeioamento de Pessoal de Nvel

Superior CAPES), and the Rio de Janeiro state funding agency, the Rio de Janeiro

Research Support Foundation (Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro FAPERJ).

In the governmental sphere, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation

(MCTI) and the Rio de Janeiro city government have also signed formal agreements

with SBHC to provide material aid to hold the activities of the 25th ICHST.

TIMETABLE (KEY DATES)

First circular 15 June 2015

Call for submission of symposia proposals 1 September 2015

Deadline for submission of symposia proposals 30 April 2016

Call for stand-alone papers opens 1 May 2016

Decisions on accepted symposia announced 30 June 2016

Deadline for proposals of visits and excursions 1 November 2016

Deadline for submission of paper abstracts within symposia 25 November 2016

Deadline for submission of stand-alone paper proposals 30 November 2016

Decisions on stand-alone papers announced 10 February 2017

Early registration opens 13 February 2017

Full programme released online 1 April 2017

Early registration closes 14 April 2017

Deadline for accommodation reservations 26 May 2017

Final date for registration 30 June 2017

Congress opens 23 July 2017

Congress closes 29 July 2017

SUBMISSION OF SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS

1 General Guidelines for Symposium Organizers A Symposium is an organized thematic panel consisting of several papers addressing a

specific topic. The call for Symposia will be open by Tuesday 1 September 2015, and

will close on Saturday 30 April 2016.

If you intend to submit a Symposium proposal, you have to access the submission form

in the Congress webpage (http://www.ichst2017.sbhc.org.br). However, you must be

aware of the general guidelines indicated in the topics of this session.

The Congress requires that each Symposium is organized by two or more individuals

from different countries. Organizers may be representatives of institutions, or act

together as individuals. We encourage organizers to ensure that the composition of

their panels reflects a range of different national backgrounds and perspectives.

The theme of the 25th Congress is Science, Technology and Medicine between the

Global and the Local. We construe this theme broadly, and encourage studies of the

History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the global, national and local levels, across

all periods, and from a variety of methodological and historiographical approaches.

Each Commission of the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the

International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science is expected to organize

at least one Symposium in its area.

The Congress has no funds to support Symposia, excepting the probable availability of

student bursaries (to be announced at a later date). However, any sponsorship

(academic or commercial) that a Symposium may obtain will be fully acknowledged at

the Congress and in its publications.

2 Programme Structure The expected timetabling is as follows: each day of the Congress will be divided into

two half-day sessions, and each slot into two 90-minute slots (giving four slots per day).

Each Symposium must occupy at least two 90-minute slots (that is, one half-day), and

no more than 16 slots (four full days). We will timetable Symposia sequentially across

consecutive slots where possible, although this cannot always be guaranteed.

Organizers are strongly encouraged to request an even number of slots so that we can

allocate full mornings or full afternoons to Symposia. We are, however, willing to

consider (for instance) a three-slot Symposium. Five-slot Symposia are discouraged, as

this would give one full day of activities plus one isolated single slot on a different day.

Within the structure of 90-minute slots, Symposium organizers are free to propose any

arrangement of speakers. For instance, a session may contain at least three papers in

every 90 minutes slots, with or without commentators.

To minimize clashes, the International Programme Committee also reserves the right

to add papers from elsewhere to a Symposium.

3 Completing the Submission Form Symposium organizers are required to complete all the spaces on the form.

Your Description of the Symposium should explain how the Symposium addresses

the theme of Science, Technology and Medicine between the Global and the Local,

and indicate as far as possible who will be speaking (the International Programme

Committee appreciates that you may only be able to give provisional details at this stage).

All proposals must be accompanied by five keywords reflecting the theme of the

Symposium. To minimise clashes in a programme which will include many parallel

sessions, the choice of these keywords is vital, as they will be used to determine the

first draft of the programme. Keywords may be short phrases, and might include a

geographical region, a chronological period, a theme, a named individual, etc.

The form will be taken down at midnight (East Brazilian Time) on Saturday 30 April

2016. No proposals can be considered after this point.

The International Programme Committee will send confirmations of all accepted

proposals to the named organizers, via the contact details given, by Thursday 30 June

2016. It will then be the responsibility of the Symposium organizers to ensure that their

speakers submit their individual abstracts via the individual paper submission system.

Organizers should note that no speaker will appear on the programme who has not

registered by Friday 30 June 2017. It is the organizers responsibility to make sure that

all potential speakers are aware of this.

SUBMISSION OF STAND-ALONE PAPER PROPOSALS

The call for Individual Paper (Stand-alone Paper) presentations will be open by Sunday

1 May 2016. The deadline for proposal submissions is Wednesday 30 November 2016.

1 Subject Coverage The theme of the 25th International Congress is Science, Technology and Medicine

between the Global and the Local. We construe this theme broadly, and encourage

studies of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the global, national and

local levels, across all periods, and from a variety of methodological and historiogra-

phical approaches.

2 Presentation Format Stand-alone submissions will normally be assembled thematically into groups of 4

presentations per 90-minute session. You should prepare a presentation of around 15

to 17 minutes duration, to be followed by 5 minutes of audience questions. Please

plan carefully: the very high volume of activity at the Congress means it will be

necessary to run strictly to time.

Each stand-alone paper session will be chaired by a Congress participant chosen by the

organizing committee, who will co-ordinate questions at the end of each presentation. The

stand-alone sessions will not normally feature commentaries or group question time.

All the Congress presentation rooms are equipped as standard with a Windows PC running

Powerpoint, Media Player, etc; LCD projector (beamer); projection screen; and audio

speakers. Microphones will be available in the largest rooms. Requests for additional

equipment may be made via the abstract submission form, but cannot be guaranteed.

3 Submitting your Proposal A link to the submission form will be available in this page in due time. Those inte-

rested in proposing an individual paper presentation should read carefully the guide-

lines which will be provided on the form itself when completing it.

The form will be taken down at midnight (East Brazilian Time) on Wednesday 30 No-

vember 2016. No proposals can be considered after this point.

The International Programme Committee will send confirmations of all accepted proposals

to the corresponding authors, via the contact details given, by Friday 10 February 2017.

Registration for the Congress will then open by Monday 13 February 2017.

We regret that the Congress has no funds to support the attendance of participants of

the Stand-alone Paper sessions. We are developing a list of sources of funding and

support which will be announced in the future on the Congress webpage.

LANGUAGES

Papers for Symposia or Stand-alone sessions may be presented in any of the following

languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and

Arabic. Descriptions of Symposia may be submitted in any of these languages, but

must be preceded by a French or English translation.

For review and documentation purposes, we require titles and abstracts for all

proposals to be submitted in English or French. If you will be presenting in another

language, please also supply an equivalent title and abstract in that language.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide facilities for translation at the Congress.

POLICY ON SPEAKERS MAKING MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTIONS

One of the key aims of the Congress is to bring together as many scholars as possible

for mutual discussion. To include the maximum number of speakers within the cons-

traints of the timetable, we have to stipulate that no individual may present more than

one paper at the Congress, as a stand-alone presenter and/or as part of one or more

Symposia.

Individuals presenting in one session of a specific Symposium are, however, permitted to

co-organize a different session (provided they do not contribute a paper to that

session too);

commentate on a different session;

chair a different session (or their own session, if the Symposium organizers approve

of presenter-chaired sessions);

organize or take part in non-paper-session activities around the Congress, as agreed

with the organizers.

Individuals presenting in a stand-alone session are, however, permitted to

chair a different session (as arranged with Congress or symposium organizers);

co-organize a symposium (provided they do not contribute a paper to it);

commentate on a symposium;

organize or take part in non-paper-session activities around the Congress (as agreed

with the organizers).

The organizers will do their best to avoid clashes between proposed multiple commitments,

but the large number of parallel sessions at the Congress means this cannot be guaranteed.

Please contact us if you need further information (contact@ichst2017.sbhc.org.br).

CO-PRESENTERS

Most papers at the Congress are presented by sole authors. You may, however, submit

a co-authored paper to be co-presented by two or, if necessary, three authors. All

registered co-presenters should take an active role in delivering the paper.

If your research involves collaboration with colleagues who will not be attending the

Congress, please do not list them as co-presenters (see Attendance requirement).

Instead, please develop a solo paper based on the collaboration, crediting your

colleagues as appropriate in your talk.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

The central purpose of the Congress is to bring researchers together. Because of the

limitations of the timetable, offering space to discuss absent speakers papers would

mean denying important opportunities to others. Therefore, all presenters must

deliver their papers in person: please dont submit a proposal unless you intend to

travel to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Congress.

For co-authored papers, all co-authors must attend together. If you are collaborating

with another researcher who cant attend, please submit a single-authored paper, and

credit your co-author as appropriate in the talk.

If, following acceptance, you learn that you cannot attend the Congress, it is very

important that you inform the Congress organizers as quickly as possible so that your

time can be reallocated.

CLARIFICATION ON PUBLICATIONS

The Congress is not a publication conference of the kind which is conventional in

some academic fields. Our priority is to encourage discussion of current research, and

while presentations should, of course, be well-structured and coherent, they need not

be prepared as formal academic texts. Acceptance decisions are based on abstracts

alone, and stand-alone papers are not pre-circulated.

The Congress does not issue Proceedings volumes, and acceptance does not imply an

offer of publication. (Some symposium organizers will be working towards publications

based on their symposia, but this is not handled by the central Congress organizers.)

REGISTRATION

Early registration opens on 13 February 2017 and closes on 14 April 2017. The final

date for registration is 30 June 2017. The full fee for early registration, until 14 April

2017, is USD 220 and the full late registration fee, until 30 June 2017, is USD 300.

At the relevant time the registration form will be available on this page, while the

forms of payment of the registration fee will also be specified, which will have to be

paid by conventional means, such as credit cards and PayPal.

Other facilities will also be offered by the organization of the 25th International

Congress and will be indicated in the future on the Congress webpage.

HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION

As has already been mentioned, the two hotel clusters recommended for the

participants of the 25th ICHST are Copacabana-Leme and Flamengo-Catete, obviously

due to their greater proximity to the Praia Vermelha Campus. In these two hotel

clusters there are hotels of various types and qualities, from the most luxurious to the

more simple and economical. The Local Organization Committee will establish future

agreements with hotels in these clusters which are at an intermediate price level and

which can offer comfort and quality of services to participants with tariffs that are

compatible with the financial reality of our academic-scientific community.

In general, the large majority of Brazilian and foreign tourists (who visit Rio de Janeiro)

prefer to stay in the hotel cluster of Copacabana-Leme, which is an area of coastal

beaches with many cultural and leisure options, as well being close to other beaches

such as Ipanema and Leblon and pleasant neighborhoods such as Lagoa, Gvea and

Jardim Botnico, which also offer many options in terms of restaurants, cafs, thea-

tres, music venues and night clubs, the citys Botanical Gardens, the Jockey Club, parks

and urban forests (the immense Tijuca National Park).

The hotel cluster of Flamengo-Catete is in a part of Zona Sul which is closer to the City

Centre and to Santos Dumont Airport. Also in the region is the Catete Museum and

Park (the former Presidential Palace of the Brazilian Republic) and a large and pleasant

urban park, Flamengo Park, which houses the Monument to the Dead of the Second

World War, and the Modern Art Museum (MAM). Very close to this hotel cluster are

the traditional districts of Laranjeiras and Cosme Velho, with their palaces and old

mansions, as well as the Corcovado Railway Station, which links the region to the

monument of Christ the Redeemer, in one of the trips most sought after by national

and foreign tourists. The FlamengoCatete cluster is also well served by restaurants

and cafs and is very close to the district of Lapa, which is one of the great centres of

leisure and entertainment in Rio de Janeiro, with its restaurants, ballrooms and

nightclubs, which reinforce the Bohemian tradition in this area of the city that goes

back to the beginning of the twentieth century.