Dear colleagues,
Please see the call for participation in a Summer School for PhD & master students on the topic “What Computers and AI can’t do: Reflecting on Errors, Malfunctioning, and Limitations of Technology in the Digital Age” (5 cp), organized and hosted by the Department of History at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, to take place June 17-21, 2024: https://www.geschichte.tu-darmstadt.de/unitesummerschool
Topics include: The Public Discourse on Errors, Limits, and Malfunctions in the Digital Age; Concepts of Error; Tackling Errors/Finding Errors/Scientific Culture of Error; and Ethical and Scientific Limits of Computers and AI: What They Can’t and Shouldn’t Do.
The deadline for applications is March 31, 2024. Please help spread in your networks.
All the best,
Sabine
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Dr. Sabine Höhler
Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Head of Department of Philosophy and History
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Department of Philosophy and History
Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment
Teknikringen 74 D
SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Fon: +46 8 790 87 41
Email: sabine.hoehler(a)abe.kth.se<mailto:sabine.hoehler@abe.kth.se>
Hej,
Ett halvtidslektorat i idéhistoria är utlyst vid Umeå universitet, sista
ansökningsdag 27/4. Se länk.
https://www.umu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/universitetslektor-i-idehistor…
Varmt välkommen att söka!
Janina
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Janina Priebe, PhD
Docent/Associate professor in History of Science and Ideas
Department of Historical,
Philosophical and Religious Studies
Umeå University
janina.priebe(a)umu.se
+46 76 828 9323
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There is still room for a few more participants. The deadline has therefore been extended by a week, to 22 April.
Call for papers
7th Digital History in Sweden Conference, 5–6 November 2026, Malmö University
The 7th Digital History in Sweden Conference invite paper, panel, roundtable and poster proposals on any aspect of digital history, while we especially encourage presentations related to the conference theme, Hic sunt dracones. Submissions presenting project ideas or sketching emerging work are welcome. Presentations should be circa 10–20 minutes long, in a Scandinavian language or in English. Posters will be on display for the duration of the conference. The conference will be held over two days, 5–6 November 2026, on-site at Malmö University. (The date has had to be changed from our save-the-date announcement. Apologies for any inconvenience.) There is no conference fee.
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Hannu Salmi, University of Turku
Prof. Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Malmö University
Submissions must contain:
• title of paper/panel/poster,
• abstract of 200–300 words,
• your name, affiliation and e-mail address.
Panel proposals must include the titles of all papers and the names of all participants. E-mail abstracts to digitalhistory2026(a)mau.se no later than 15 April 2026. Notification of acceptance will be given within a month.
On behalf of the organising committee,
Patrik Lundell
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https://mau.se/personer/patrik.lundell/
