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HSS Annual Meeting Call for Papers

The History of Science Society (HSS) will hold its 2025 annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The meeting will be in-person.

The following guidelines explain the available options for proposals in more detail.

Guidelines

• You may appear only once on the program as a presenter in a regular session or roundtable—i.e., as a speaker or commentator. However, you may appear as a presenter and organizer or chair (or both organizer and chair).

• Anyone who appears on the program must register. Failure to pay the registration fee by 1 October will result in removal from the program.

• All abstracts must be 2,000 characters or fewer (about 250 words).

• We encourage submission of proposals for sessions, roundtables, and individual papers.

• Proposals for individual 20-minute papers, alone or as part of an organized session, should be focused on original, unpublished work. If you wish to present on a published book, please submit a proposal to join an “Author Roundtable” (see below). 

• To facilitate an inclusive environment and promote international participation, we encourage submissions in languages other than English, accompanied by a translated English version. 

• The Program Chairs will make decisions on proposals accepted for the program using the following criteria: intellectual merit and quality, distinctiveness (to ensure balance in the program), sponsorship by Forums or Caucuses (sponsorship requests should be noted in the “Special Request” field when submitting), non-duplication of speaking roles, frequency of speakers’ past acceptances in recent programs (2023 and 2024), and inclusion of diversity of participants in terms of demographics that include, career stage/track, geographical location, and institutional affiliation. The Program Chairs strive to accept as many proposals that meet the review criteria as can be accommodated given space and scheduling constraints.

A link to the full CFP is below. The deadline for proposals is Friday 11 April 2025 11:59 pm PDT

GECC Lightning Talks Series

For the annual meeting this year, GECC is launching a panel that will feature up to eight short presentations of 5–10 minutes, with or without visual aids. These talks provide an opportunity to present in-progress research and other topics not yet developed into full-length conference papers. Possible topics include:

-An argument from your current work (e.g., dissertation or journal article)

-Initial findings from side projects or archival research

-Pedagogical questions

-Field-based or experience-driven observations

This panel will also serve as a mentoring opportunity. While details are still being finalized, the current plan is to pair each presenter with a mentor who will review their talk and meet for a chat afterward.

Please submit this form by Tuesday, 8 April 2025 midnight EST. Panel proposals are due Friday, 11 April 2025. Please be available via email for any last-minute questions.

HSS/ASEH Virtual Workshop: Job Market Documents

This workshop will explore what makes a compelling job application portfolio for academic jobs in the history of science, environmental history, and/or allied fields. It will focus on six job application components: the CV, cover letter, research statement, teaching statement, writing/syllabus sample, and diversity, equity, and inclusion statement. It will feature early career scholars who have recently been successful on the job market and established faculty who have lately served on search committees in history and allied fields. The invited speakers will each talk about one document for 10 minutes, and the remaining time will be used for questions from the audience. This workshop is a virtual event co-hosted by the Graduate and Early Career Caucus of the History of Science Society (HSS) and the Early Career Caucus of the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH).

The workshop will take place on Monday April 21st, 3:00 to 4:30 PM EDT. Please register with the link below.