CSTMS affiliate, Mariam Sabri, recently had a book review published in Taylor & Francis. In the Journal of Iranian Studies, Sabri examines Rajeev Kinra’s book, Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahmin and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary (UC Press: 2015). The book is about scribal culture, the history of bureaucracy and Hindu-Muslim relations in… Read more

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child written by Morgan Ames, CSTMS interim associate director of research, and published by MIT Press is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2020. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during the preceding calendar… Read more

Director Massimo Mazzotti recently participated in a virtual panel for the 9th European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) Conference. The theme of the 2020 meeting is “Visual, Material and Sensory Cultures of Science”, a very broad and inclusive topic. Sessions and talks addressed the history of the sensory approaches to scientific objects, their… Read more

CSTMS affiliate, Jameson Karns, has received publication for a four volume book series titled The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present  which he has co-authored. It explores the development and evolution of America’s militia, or National Guard, throughout history. Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors… Read more

CSTMS Faculty Affiliate and Journalism Professor, Elena Conis, recently took part in an hour-long interview on the history of epidemics on C-SPAN, with their president/CEO Susan Swain. They discuss the “… development of the polio vaccine in the 1950s and the lessons that its distribution and use can teach us about what to expect when a COVID-19… Read more

CSTMS has been awarded a grant from the University of California Humanities Research Institute as part of their 2020-21 Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop competition. We look forward to hosting workshops for STS DE students from the humanities and beyond, all across the University of California system, throughout the coming year. Stay tuned for more announcements… Read more

The Center for Science, Technology Medicine and Society (CSTMS) stands in solidarity with the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the brutal killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Steven Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee, and George Floyd. CSTMS remains firmly committed to centering the voices of Black scholars in Science and Technology Studies… Read more

For the second year in a row, CSTMS has been awarded the France-Berkeley Fund for 2020-2022. The project, “The Emergence of Public Controversies in Science, Technology & Medicine: A New Methodological Paradigm” is led by our affiliates Dr. Elena Conis (UC Berkeley School of Journalism) and Dr. Laura Draetta (Telecom Paris Tech Graduate School). The… Read more

CSTMS Affiliate and Journalism professor Elena Conis, along with graduate students Michael McCoyd and Jessie A. Moravek, have published an op-ed in the New York Times titled “What to Expect When A Coronavirus Vaccine Finally Arrives: Sobering lessons from the history of the polio vaccine.” The article provides insight on the potential challenges we may face should… Read more

CSTMS’s associate director of research, School of Information assistant adjunct professor Morgan Ames, will host weekly virtual co-writing sessions starting on Thursday, May 28th. We will briefly set intentions at the beginning, write from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. PDT with short breaks, then check in at the end. We’ll start with the pomodoro/”shut up and write”… Read more