The International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC, welcomes submissions for the Maurice Daumas Prize, which aims to encourage innovative scholarship in the history of technology. ICOHTEC is interested in the history of technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture, and the environment. There is no limitation as to theoretical or methodological approaches.

The prize will be awarded to the author of the best article submitted which deals with the history of technology in any period of the past or in any part of the world and which was published in a journal or edited volume in 2020 or 2021. Eligible for the prize are original articles published in (or later translated into) any of the official ICOHTEC languages (English, French, German, Russian or Spanish). Submissions are welcomed from scholars of any country who are currently in graduate school or have received their doctorate within the last seven years. Please send your submission and a brief (not to exceed one-page) cv to each of the nine Prize Committee members no later than 15 January 2022. Electronic submissions are preferred. The winner will be contacted in late April 2022.

 The prize will be awarded at our 49th Symposium, will take place virtually. It will occur in 3 phases, each lasting two days. The 1st meeting will be in June (17, 18), the 2nd in September (24, 25), and the 3rd in October (15, 16). The winner will receive a cash prize of Euro 500. Alongside the first prize, articles in the second and third-ranking positions will receive an honorarium/diploma award.

The Daumas Prize is sponsored by the Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France.

PRIZE COMMITTEE

Maria Elvira Callapez, Researcher. Dr., [Prize Committee Chairperson],CIUHCT, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. University of California, Berkeley, USA Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Antoni Roca-Rosell, Dr., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bertrand Guillaume, Prof., Université de technologie de Troyes (UTT), France, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Eike-Christian Heine, Dr., Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hyeok Hweon Kang, Dr., Washington University in St. Louis, USA, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Laurent Heyberger, Dr., Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Liliia Zemnukhova, PhD,  Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SI RAN), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Camprubí, Dr., Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Filosofía, Spain, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mirjam Brusius, Dr. German Historical Institute London, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nos dias 14,15 e 16 de outubro realizou-se o IV Meeting Report(h)a subordinado ao tema “Sapiens, Saúde e Meio Ambiente: fonteiras naturais e artificiais”. O Congresso foi promovido pelo Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (CHSC) a que se associaram, em parceria, outros centros e projetos: Centro de Ecologia Funcional (CEF), Centro de Geografia e Planeamento do Território (CEGOT), Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde (CIAS), Centro de estudos Sociais (CES) e o projeto ReSEED - Rescuing Seed’s Heritage. Contou ainda com a colaboração da REPORT(H)A e foi acolhido pelo Instituto Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Coimbra (iiiUC). O Encontro realizou-se à distância. Participaram quatro convidados que proferiram conferências subordinadas às temáticas centrais do colóquio e 70 oradores que apresentaram comunicações organizadas em painéis ou em sessões temáticas. Esta quarta edição de encontros Report(h)a deu continuidade aos objetivos desta rede em termos de interdisciplinaridade, ou mesmo de transdisciplinaridade e de internacionalização – contou com participantes pertencentes a mais de 80 centros de investigação, universidades nacionais e internacionais e de vários países: Portugal, Brasil, Espanha, Moçambique, Marrocos, Índia, França, Roménia, Perú, EUA e Suécia. Investigadores de várias proveniências partilharam o seu saber sobre temáticas de grande atualidade (relação do humano com a natureza, sistemas alimentares, biodiversidade, sustentabilidade, doenças decorrentes de problemas ambientais). Tiveram ainda voz ecologistas que alertaram para más práticas de interação com a natureza.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On the 14th, 15th and 16th of October, the IV Meeting Report(h)a took place under the theme “Sapiens, Health and Environment: natural and artificial fountains”. The Congress was promoted by the Center for the History of Society and Culture (CHSC) in collaboration which other research centers and projects: Center for Functional Ecology (CEF), Center for Geography and Territorial Planning (CEGOT), Center for Research in Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Center for Social Studies (CES) and the Rescuing Seed's Heritage project (ReSEED). It also had the collaboration of Report(h)a and was hosted by the Interdisciplinary Institute of the University of Coimbra (iiiUC). The Meeting took place online. Four speakers gave lectures on the main themes of the colloquium and 70 speakers presented papers organized in thematic sessions. This IV edition of Report(h)a meeting continued its goals in terms of interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and internationalization – with participants from more than 80 national and international research centers and universities from several countries: Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Mozambique, Morocco, India, France, Romania, Peru, USA and Sweden. Researchers from various backgrounds shared their knowledge on current topics (relation between humans and nature, food systems, biodiversity, sustainability, diseases resulting from environmental problems). The voice of ecologists warned about the current scenario of dangerous interaction between humans and nature.

A REPORT(H)A chegou ao Instagram!

Sigam @rede.reportha e partilhem as vossas notícias, projetos e trabalhos. Podem enviar toda a informação que queiram ver publicada - tanto na Newsletter como na rede social - para This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Relembramos que no webiste da REPORT(H)A podem encontrar uma secção dedicada a estórias da História Ambiental (https://www.reportha.org/en/stories) para a qual vos convidamos a contribuir com reflexões ou comentários a livros, filmes, música, fotografias, relatórios, comunicações de projetos ou trabalhos académicos.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

REPORT(H)A is on Instagram!

Follow us on @rede.reportha and share your news, ongoing projects and ideas. You can send us the information you want to share - in the newsletter or social media - to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Remember that on our website you can find a section dedicated to Environmental Stories (https://www.reportha.org/en/stories) to which we invite you to submit your own reflections or comments on books/films/music/photos, fieldwork reports, projects’ presentations or academic works.

6.ª SESSÃO OIC 2021/22 «História Ambiental numa perspetiva comparativa – Areias voadoras, clima, rios e plantas»

Local: FLUP - Sala de Reuniões 1

Data: 19 Novembro 2021

Comunicações:

Ana Isabel Lopes - “Areias avoadiças” e vulnerabilidade das comunidades costeiras do noroeste português, na Época Moderna

Luís Pedro Silva - Clima e colheitas no Noroeste de Portugal: uma visão do passado à luz de dois diários beneditinos (1798-1830)

José Rafael Soares - As águas dos transgressores: estudo da história da poluição num afluente do Rio Ave (1892-1974)

Manuel Miranda Fernandes - “Acácias num carrossel”. Em torno da transferência fitogeográfica e da circulação de acácias na Região Mediterrânica