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The draft programme of the 53rd ICOHTEC Annual Meeting is now available.

ICOHTEC 2026 will take place in Alexandroupolis, Greece, from 8 to 11 October 2026, under the theme “Engaging the History of Technology: Bridging Disciplines and Perspectives for Global Challenges”.

The programme includes the opening ceremony, keynote lecture, award ceremonies, parallel panels, roundtables, the ICOHTEC General Assembly, closing remarks, social events, and optional visits and excursions in Alexandroupolis and Thrace.

The ICOHTEC Annual Meeting page has also been updated with the latest information and links.

ICOHTEC Annual Meeting page:
https://www.icohtec.org/w-annual-meeting/

Official conference website:
https://icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr/

The draft programme is attached below.
ICOHTEC2026_DUTH_draft

We are pleased to announce that ICOHTEC Newsletter No. 233 (July 2026) is now available.

This issue includes the draft programme of the ICOHTEC Annual Meeting 2026, an interview with Jan Hua-Henning, updates on ICOHTEC membership, a look at the Newsletter’s cover-page archival item and past issues, and a special “One Year On” feature celebrating the new ICOHTEC Newsletter.

Readers will also find featured events, including the 2nd International Conference “The History of the Philosophy of Technology”, the updated call for proposals for the SHOT Annual Meeting 2026, and news of the book Cycling Cities: The Teheran Experience by Kazem Afradi and Ruth Oldenziel.

Read the full issue via the ICOHTEC Newsletter page:
https://www.icohtec.org/w-publications/

We are pleased to announce the publication of ICOHTEC Newsletter No. 232 (June 2026).

This new issue includes ICOHTEC news, the results of the 2026 Maurice Daumas Prize, updates on the 53rd ICOHTEC Annual Meeting in Alexandroupolis, news from ICON, recent publications, featured events, calls for papers, and funding and job opportunities for the history of technology community.

Read the full issue via the ICOHTEC Publications/Newsletter page:
https://www.icohtec.org/w-publications/

ICOHTEC is pleased to announce that the 2026 Maurice Daumas Article Prize has been awarded to Boyd Ruamcharoen for the article “Tropicalizing the Portable Radio: Electronics and the U.S. Military’s Battle against Fungi in the Pacific War,” published in Technology and Culture.

The Prize Committee praised the article for its rich analysis of the use of radio and other electronic devices by the U.S. Army in tropical environments during the Second World War, and for its contribution to the history of electronics miniaturisation and the study of the “tropicalisation” of technology.

The Committee also awarded a Diploma to Hyeok Hweon Kang for the article “Global History and the Measures of Early Modern Technology: Europe, East Asia, and the Case of Smoothbore Ballistics,” published in the Journal of World History.

Read the full announcement on the Maurice Daumas Prize page:
https://www.icohtec.org/prizes/maurice-daumas-prize/

The Journal of Transport History has made two virtual collections of articles temporarily available open access until 8 July 2026.

The first collection, JTH Railways & Empire Collection, brings together articles from the journal on the broad theme of railways and empire. It was prepared to coincide with a recent workshop held at the National Railway Museum in the UK and offers a useful gateway into JTH scholarship on imperial, colonial and global railway histories.

The collection is available here:
https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-jth/jth-1_jth_railways_empire_collection?publicationCode=jth

The second collection, Railway 200, originally curated to mark the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, includes a broader selection of articles on railway history, combining British and global perspectives.

The collection is available here:
https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-jth/jth-1-railway_200?publicationCode=jth&pbEditor=true&pageSize=10&startPage=1

ICOHTEC members and followers are warmly encouraged to explore and share these temporary open-access collections before 8 July 2026.

We are pleased to announce that ICOHTEC Newsletter No. 231 (May 2026) is now available.

This new issue includes ICOHTEC news, updates on the 53rd ICOHTEC Annual Meeting, the Turriano ICOHTEC Prize 2026 call for submissions, news from ICON, recent publications, featured events, calls for papers, and funding and job opportunities of interest to the history of technology community.

You can read and access the newsletter through our Newsletter page:
https://www.icohtec.org/w-publications/

Early bird registration for the 53rd ICOHTEC Annual Meeting is closing soon. Participants wishing to benefit from the discounted registration fee are encouraged to secure their ticket before the early bird deadline, 10 June 2026.

ICOHTEC 2026 will take place in Alexandroupolis, Greece, from 8 to 11 October 2026, under the theme “Engaging the History of Technology. Bridging Disciplines and Perspectives for Global Challenges.”

Registration is available through the conference website:
https://icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr/

We look forward to welcoming the ICOHTEC community in Alexandroupolis.

We just received the very sad news that our Honorary Member James Williams has passed away. He is well known for his research in the historical relationship between people, technology, and the environment. His opus embresses Energy and the Making of Modern California (1997) as well as numerous articles. His “Understanding the Place of Humans in Nature” in Illusory Boundary: Environment and Technology in History (2010) has been widely cited.

As a long-time member, he contributed to shaping ICOHTEC, served on the board in the 1990s, as vice president from 2001-2008, as president from 2008-2011, and as editor of ICON from 2011-2015. Last, but not least he was the piano player of ICOHTEC’s Jazz Band. A short article about him is published on ICOHTEC’s homepage: https://www.icohtec.org/a-homepage-section-honorary-members/. We will miss him deeply. An appeciation of his oeuvre will be published soon.

We are pleased to announce the publication of ICOHTEC Newsletter 230 (April 2026). This new issue features an interview with Stefan Poser (ICOHTEC President 2021–2025), important updates on the 53rd ICOHTEC Annual Meeting (including early-bird registration and practical travel information), and the Turriano ICOHTEC Prize 2026 call for submissions. You will also find news from ICON, recently published books and research, and a rich selection of featured events, funding and job opportunities, and calls for papers. Read the full issue via the ICOHTEC Publications/Newsletter page: https://www.icohtec.org/w-publications/

We are pleased to announce the publication of ICOHTEC Newsletter 229 (March 2026). This issue opens with the Turriano ICOHTEC Prize 2026 call for submissions and continues with fresh ICOHTEC updates, including two interviews with members of the Programme Committee for the 53rd Annual Meeting. Readers will also find a look back at past newsletter issues, a spotlight on new research and publications (including a new open-access volume on deindustrialising cities), a project report on postindustrial peripheries, and a wide selection of featured events, calls, funding opportunities, job announcements, and calls for papers.

The new issue is available via the ICOHTEC Publications/Newsletter page: https://www.icohtec.org/w-publications/