This periodical publication from the Graduate and Early Career Caucus of the History of Science Society highlights news and events — upcoming conferences, CFPs, and job postings — relevant to the history of science.

With the annual meeting just two weeks away, we’re sending out our second and final newsletter before convening in New Orleans. In the second issue, we a pre-arrival checklist, more conference reminders, and two CfPs for the 2026 meeting.

2025 HSS Annual Meeting Pre-Arrival Checklist

Double-check your:

• Travel

• Lodging/Accommodations

• Transportation plan to/from lodging

• Presentation time/location (if applicable)

• Personal schedule (for talks, socials, and the like)

2025 HSS Annual Meeting Final Program

The Final Program for the 2025 Annual Meeting is here!

Make sure to double-check presentation times and locations as they may have changed. Any changes that need to be made from now on will only reflect in the online program.

Presentation Accessibility

The Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity (CoDI) in conjunction with the Graduate and Early Career Caucus (GECC) have developed a great new video guide on creating an accessible PowerPoint Presentation. A selection of templates are also available for presenters to download and adapt.

GECC Sessions at HSS 2025

GECC will be hosting a number of sessions at the Annual Meeting this year (and every year). Come find us and say hi!

GECC Welcome Room: Thursday-Sunday, 9am-5pm (starting 12pm Thursday, ending 11:30am Sunday), 3rd Floor Poydras

GECC Lightning Talks: Saturday, 11am-12:30pm, Napoleon B1

GECC Professionalization Event: Saturday, 11am-12:30pm, 3rd Floor Napoleon C

GECC Listening Session: Saturday, 12pm-1:45pm, Napoleon A1

GECC Women’s Mentorship Event: Saturday, 4pm-5:30pm, 3rd Floor Napoleon A2

HSS New Orleans WhatsApp Community

Check out the GECC WhatsApp Community as you’re planning for the trip to New Orleans. The group has channels to help graduate students & early career scholars look for housing, coordinate rides from the airport, and build community during the conference.

ESHS/HSS Panel: Science and/as Liability

“Why do institutions disavow certain kinds of knowledge-making? This is a call for papers that explore the history of science and medicine through its dissonance with legal frameworks and institutional politics. We are seeking papers that examine controversies, clashes, and friction between scientific or medical projects and the places that host them. This panel considers the conditions under which formerly acceptable, or even exciting, science is transformed into liability. Liability in this sense is broadly construed – historical explorations of extreme expense, poor public relations, shifting political climate, or legal problems that radically altered science’s institutional palatability in any geographical context in modern history are welcomed. We envision contributions that explore histories across diverse scientific disciplines, ultimately considering how scientists, policymakers, administrations, and publics determine to what responsibilities and risks they are willing to incur for the production of knowledge.”

Scholars interested in contributing to this panel should send abstracts to the email address below before November 7th.

ESHS/HSS Panel: Contested Conceptions of Atlantic Animals

GECC member Seán Thomas Kane is seeking co-presenters for a panel at the June 2026 joint meeting. See the description and link to the full H-Net posting below:

“For the 2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting in Edinburgh. This panel invites proposals for papers that explore cultural conceptions of both land and sea animals in the Atlantic Ocean and on Atlantic islands in medicinal practice, naming, religious, and social attributes. Proposals which demonstrate connections between indigenous or local knowledge and collected colonial knowledge in the late medieval and early modern period (1400-1800) are sought. Graduate students and early career scholars are particularly encouraged to submit proposals.”

That’s all from the GECC Communications Committee for now. Remember to submit announcements below, and see you in New Orleans!