Category: Call for Papers

Welcome to ICOHTEC’s Call for Papers page. This section gathers upcoming opportunities of interest to scholars of the history of technology, with a primary focus on conferences and annual meetings, while also highlighting special issues of international journals and occasional informal workshops or meetings. We will update this page regularly as new calls are announced online. If you would like to suggest a CfP for inclusion, please feel free to get in touch with the ICOHTEC team.

Swiss Mobility Conference 2026 (UNIL, Lausanne) — Call for Abstracts

The Swiss Mobility Conference will take place on 10–11 September 2026 at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), offering a space for discussion among humanities and social science scholars working on mobility in Switzerland and beyond. Co-organised by EPFL (LASUR) and UNIL (Institute of Geography and Sustainability), the conference welcomes contributions on mobility in its diversity—from daily practices and inequalities to infrastructures, accessibility, policy and regulation, socio-ecological transitions, and theoretical/methodological approaches—featuring a keynote by Jeffrey Kenworthy. The call for abstracts opens in January 2026, with a submission deadline in March 2026 (notifications expected by late April; registration opens in May), and sessions will be held in French and English. (EPFL)

More information: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lasur/index-html/swiss-mobility-conference/swiss-mobility-conference-next/

17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science

The Knowledge Systems and Collective Life Department of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of the Freie Universität Berlin invite early career scholars to take part in the 17th Forum on Literature and the History of. Science, also known as Studientag Literatur und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, which will be held on 19 June 2026, 10:00–19:00, at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. All interested early career scholars are warmly invited to apply for participation in the Forum by 16 February 2026 with a title, an abstract of up to 500 words of the proposed paper, and an indication of academic affiliation. Accepted speakers will be requested to pre-circulate their papers in PDF format by 21 May 2026. Please register to participate in this event also by 21 May 2026. Read more at: mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

18th IHPST Biennial Conference (Lisbon, 6–10 July 2026) — Scientific Literacy

The 18th IHPST Biennial Conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6 to 10 July 2026, focusing on “Scientific Literacy: Contributions from the History and Philosophy of Science.” The meeting invites historians, philosophers, sociologists of science, and science educators to explore how perspectives from HPS can inform scientific literacy—past and present—and how these insights can be integrated into teaching, engineering courses, and public communication. The 2nd call abstract deadline is 1 March 2026, with notifications expected by 15 April 2026. (Google Sites)

More information: https://sites.google.com/view/ihpst2026/home

EASST 2026 (Kraków) — Call for Abstracts: “More than now. Exploring resilient futures”EASST 2026 (Kraków) — Call for Abstracts: “More than now. Exploring resilient futures”

EASST’s biennial conference EASST 2026 will take place in Kraków (Poland), 8–11 September 2026, hosted at AGH University of Krakow. (Federatie) Centered on the theme “More than now: exploring resilient futures,” the conference invites STS scholars and practitioners to reflect on how futures are shaped by past trajectories and present crises, and how alternative socio-technical futures can be imagined and enacted. (Federatie) The deadline for abstract submissions is 28 February 2026. (Federatie)

More information: https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/easst2026-home/
Call for abstracts: https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/call-for-abstracts/

SISS National Conference 2026 (L’Aquila) — Call for Thematic Sessions & Individual Papers

The Italian Society for the History of Science (SISS) invites proposals for its National Conference “Transformations and Intersections: Material Practices, Scientific and Technical Knowledge between Past and Present”, to be held at the University of L’Aquila on 27–29 May 2026 (with a day trip on 30 May). The meeting explores “transformation” across broad temporal and geographical perspectives, with particular attention to the materiality of science and the intersections among science, technology, environment, medicine, gender studies, museology, and related fields. Proposals for thematic sessions (minimum 4 papers) and individual papers must be submitted by 27 February 2026 to convegno@societastoriadellascienza.it; applicants will be notified by 16 March 2026. Conference registration is due 3 April 2026, and contributions may be submitted in Italian or English.

More information: https://www.societastoriadellascienza.it/index.php/it/component/jevents/dettaglievento/1367/-/cfa-convegno-nazionale-della-societa-italiana-di-storia-della-scienza-trasformazioni-e-intersezioni-pratiche-materiali-saperi-scientifici-e-tecnici-tr?Itemid=101

Gaming Asia: Asian Nationalism through the Lens of Video Games

Over the past several years, gaming in Asia has emerged as a compelling cultural phenomenon and a key arena in which national imaginaries are articulated, contested, and remapped. Against a backdrop of a fragmented imagination of Asia, often divided into reified national categories and shaped by resurgent, reactionary nationalisms, video games have become sites where political, cultural, and affective forces intersect in complex ways. Yet, despite this significance, the increasingly tight and intricate relationship between video games and Asian nationalisms has not received sustained academic attention, particularly from bottom-up perspectives attentive to everyday practices through which nationalism is navigated, appropriated, and contested. This workshop seeks to investigate Asian nationalism through the lens of video games, offering nuanced insights into emerging gaming materialities, modalities, and mobilities, and their entanglements with national politics across Asia. A special issue is planned as a post-workshop publication outcome. For a fuller introduction to the workshop, please find the detailed CFP and submission information here: ari.nus.edu.sg deadline: February 6, 2026.

Nineteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences

Biblioteca Antoniana, Ischia, Italy, 28 June – 5 July 2026. Applications are invited for this week-long summer school, which provides advanced training in history of the life sciences through lectures, seminars and discussions in a historically rich and naturally beautiful setting. The theme for 2026 is ‘Problems of Growth’. The deadline is Friday 27 February 2026. societastoriadellascienza.it

European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS)

 invites submissions to its 45th conference: to be held from June 30th to July 3rd, 2026. The conference will be hosted by Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, and will be held in person only. We invite proposals for oral presentations, posters, symposia or workshops that deal with any aspect of the history of the human, behavioural and social sciences or with related historiographic or methodological issues. This year’s conference particularly encourages submissions related to the theme of archival work and uses. Naturally, all other topics are welcome as well. Deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2026. eshhs.eu

Interdisciplinary Regional Studies Conference

 This conference aims to address current and historical issues related to the Middle East from an interdisciplinary perspective and to create a productive, deliberative, and comprehensive academic platform by bringing together researchers, experts, and graduate students studying the region. Researchers wishing to participate in the conference must submit their abstracts of at least 250 and no more than 500 words and relevant keywords by March 15, 2026: bau.edu.tr

CFP 19th International Indonesia Forum Conference, 29-30 July 2026, Tanjungpura University (UNTAN), Pontianak, Indonesia

The 19th International Indonesia Forum (IIF) conference will focus on sustainability at the crossroads of water and land, of the rural and urban. This may include issues related to specific coastal zones, river basins, peatlands, forests, agricultural frontiers, or rural–urban interfaces, or broader issues that affect diverse spaces. The key questions are how environmental change, economic development, and policy interventions shape everyday life, resources, and land use in Indonesia and beyond. Call for Papers Deadline: 30 March 2026. networks.h-net.org