Artificial Humanities explores how the humanities—literature, history, and art—can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in parallel with actual technological developments, Nina Beguš presents a novel interdisciplinary framework for understanding the cultural, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of AI. She traces connections from Eliza Doolittle to ELIZA the… Read more

Mauricio Najarro will be teaching DATA C104: Human Contexts and Ethics of Data this summer for Session C: June 23 – August 15, 2025. This course teaches you to use the tools of applied historical thinking and Science, Technology, and Society (STS) to recognize, analyze, and shape the human contexts and ethics of data. It… Read more

STS Minor Elective HISTORY 183A: Disease, Health and Medicine in American History will be offered this summer for Session D: July 7 – August 15, 2025. The 2020 outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was the most significant public health emergency of the 21st century so far. For many, the experience of contagion, stringent… Read more

Applications for the STS Undergraduate Minor are now open. The deadline to apply is April 2nd, 2025! As our students enter into a world of accelerating change, it has become ever more important that these future scientists, engineers, computer and data scientists, health care practitioners, social scientists, teachers, policymakers, and more be able to reason… Read more

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including the filing of the dissertation, must be complete by the start date. Position will include the advancement of… Read more

Looking to fulfill a Science, Technology, and Society (STS) minor requirement this summer? HISTORY C182A – Science, Technology, and Society is now being offered during Summer Session A (Six Weeks: May 27 – July 3, 2025) in a fully online format!  This class will be meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 10:00 AM – 12:29 PM… Read more

Dear All, As the Director of the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society, it is my pleasure to welcome you to another exciting semester! As we continue with our successful and established research emphasis and working groups, we also created two new themes for the center. With our new research initiative, “Beyond Medicalization,” we… Read more

Winners of the American Historical Association’s 2024 prizes were awarded at the AHA’s 138th annual meeting, which took place in New York City from January 3–6, 2025. The current recipient for the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History or Italian-American Relations is Massimo Mazzotti (University of California, Berkeley) for Reactionary Mathematics: A… Read more

LAST DAY TO APPLY: December 20th, 2024 At 11:59 PM! A journal of the humanities and social sciences founded at UC Berkeley in 1986, Qui Parle aims to publish outstanding theoretical and critical scholarship that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Qui Parle’s mission statement emphasizes the political stakes of work we publish, our commitment to interdisciplinarity,… Read more

The Call for Early-Career Fellowships application is currently open. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2025 (23:59 CET)! With its early-career fellowship program, the Collegium nurtures an environment for promising academics and artists at a critical stage of their career. The program supports courageous projects that cut across and transgress disciplinary boundaries in unconventional… Read more