Barbara Hof

Studies history of computing & history of physics & history of nuclear technoscience | Postdoc research fellow at @unil

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

Proud to announce this NEW article on the #history of @CERN in the context of anti-war protests:

[STAND Commission @STANDCommission]

The STAND Commission is thrilled to announce the call for papers for the 2025 STAND Prize for Early Career Scholars. Please read the description and submission details below, and don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions! #sciencediplomacy #hstm #cfp 🌍👇

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

...my 2nd spring publication has a similar title - but a different theme: SCIENCE FOR VIETNAM was an activist network of scientists & physicians who provided direct aid during the Vietnam War: https://t.co/q03lahY1d1 (ps: my next co-authored article combines CERN with activism!)

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

Hello world! - There are two new publications from me this spring: SCIENCE FOR ALL @CERN (in @PhysicsToday) tells you more about why this famous "big science" lab in Geneva has started to offer educational programs for all its employees... https://t.co/DfKqtLDjrX

[British Society for the History of Science ARCHIVE @BSHSNews]

Don't miss the @iuhpst_dhst DHST Global History of Science and Technology Festival on ~ 29 Sep 2023! We'll host a 24h session marathon with 10min talks from Historians of S and T from all over the world! The event is free on Zoom, you can register here: https://t.co/asApCgd2EU

[nanna thylstrup @NThylstrup]

📢Announcing PhD and postdoc positions for my new @ERC_Research project "Data Loss: the Politics of Disappearance, Destruction and Dispossession in Digital Societies" (2023-3028) @koebenhavns_uni. Deadline Oct 15.✨
Phd: https://t.co/0XIOPq048g
Postdoc(s): https://t.co/w2a9uXdKSK

[Katie Day Good @ktdayg]

Excited to share the introduction of a special issue of @LMT_Journal, “Towards Global and Local Histories of Educational Technologies,” that I co-edited w/ @hof_bee. Read our intro here, w/a brief thread below introducing the authors' amazing work. https://t.co/RiyecMphOG

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

@ktdayg & I argue that history of edu. technologies could "benefit from a broadening of the definition of educational technologies, a diversification of research materials and practices, and a focus on underrepresented voices and asymmetrical power relations" ...More details 🔽

[Katie Day Good @ktdayg]

Excited to share the introduction of a special issue of @LMT_Journal, “Towards Global and Local Histories of Educational Technologies,” that I co-edited w/ @hof_bee. Read our intro here, w/a brief thread below introducing the authors' amazing work. https://t.co/RiyecMphOG

[Loïc Riom @LoicRiom]

😍 The program for the next @stsch Conference is out.

Come and say hi ! 👋

@ZASBasel 31.08-01.09.2023

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

History of imaginaries of better #edtech in a postsocialist country, or how Estonia "sold" its future classrooms at the the world fair EXPO 2020...

...check out this new, image-rich article in @ktdayg & my forthcoming special issue in @LMT_Journal:

https://t.co/Uh55chuHXB

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

How has the training of teachers through radio contributed to theirs skills development in postcolonial Cameroon? What problems did/does the program face?
Check out Gnebora Oumarou`s new informative article, part of @ktdayg & my history issue @LMT_Journal:
https://t.co/18oUxC82po

[Julie K. Sheard 🐜 @KochSheard]

Are you involved in #CitizenScience ? 🔬🌍🧐🔍 If yes, please help us understand how technologies are or could be used in CS projects. Share your experiences & opinions in this short survey: https://t.co/ZMxW8lqFjE @AlettaBonn @shawan_c @rachelohry @Fringillidae_ @UFZ_de @idiv

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

Read about the "entanglements of educational technology and in/equalities through global conditions and local (hi)stories" in this new article, now published online & part of a special issue I am delighted to co-edit with @ktdayg in @LMT_Journal!

https://t.co/Roj0VAqeG1

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

"THE FORGOTTEN AFRICAN AMERICAN INNOVATORS" by @EdTechMuser , another relevant study in the history of #edtech, is now online!

It`s 1 of 10 articles in the forthcoming special issue of @LMT_Journal on "Global & Local Histories" I am co-editing w/@ktdayg:

https://t.co/hKZPDSHa6U

[STAND Commission @STANDCommission]

The STAND Commission is thrilled to announce the call for papers for the 2024 STAND Prize for Early Career Scholars. Please read the description and submission details below, and don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions! #sciencediplomacy #hstm #cfp

[Barbara Hof @hof_bee]

Berkeley RadLab staff, including Lawrence and Seaborg, a year or two before the completion of the 1st #atomic_bomb - with lots of CocaCola, but without #Oppenheimer

(still one of my favorite archival findings. credit: nara-sf)

[Katie Day Good @ktdayg]

Thrilled to see this important study on the introduction of computers to Indian schools, by V. Kalyan Shankar, Rohini Shahni, & @kkroy, published in the special issue of @LMT_Journal, "Global & Local Histories of #EdTech" I am co-editing w/@hof_bee https://t.co/gJBQTLigEp

[melissa terras @melissaterras]

Fab end to #dh2023 for me: catching up with @juliannenyhan and getting my hands on a copy of her new book on Father Busa’s female punchcard operators! 😻 Can’t wait to read it! https://t.co/sk8HvcYBhX

[Iliana Depounti 🤖💬 @IDepounti]

"Decoding Artificial Sociality" cfp for New Media & Society. We (with @simone_natale) invite empirical & theoretical contributions to define, understand & critically analyze emerging modalities of social interactions with AI technologies. Deadline 30 Sept https://t.co/CR0M6kxgjF