WITH: Women in Technological History

WITH annual meeting report from Martina Blum

The WITH Annual Meeting was held on Oct 13th, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.

About 24 people attended the meeting.

WITH award

This year, the WITH travel award was presented to three scholars (in alphabetical order):

1. Alexandra Bekasova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for the History of Science and Technology. Her paper had the title: The Making of Passengers in Russian Empire: Macadam Roads, Coach Companies, and the Middle Class, 1820-1863. It was presented in session 4: Travel and Tourism on Sunday, Oct 12th.
2. Philip S. Cho, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences. His paper had the title: Popular Religion and Artisanal Practice in Late Imperial China: Sericulture songs and the urbanization of silkworm temples in 18th century Jiangnan. It was presented in session 2: Religion in Harmony with Technology on Sunday, October 12th.
3. Min Suh Son, Johns Hopkins University, Dept of History of Science & Technology. Her paper had the title: Beyond Technological Orientalism: New Perspectives in Writing the History of East Asian Technology. It was presented in session 15: New Approaches and Tools II on Sunday, Oct 12th.

WITH travel award prize committee

Many thanks to Bayla Singer who took the time and has designed a nice WITH-letterhead for the congratulatory letters.

Arwen Mohun, University of Delaware has been elected as a new member of the
prize committee at the WITH meeting.

Present members of the WITH travel award prize committee:

• Joan Rothschild, City University of New York Graduate Center
• Bayla Singer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Arwen Mohun, University of Delaware

WITH newsletter

For the 2008 newsletter, please send updated contact information, news of publications, professional achievements, and news you would like to share to Molly Berger at molly.berger@case.edu.

WITH board replacements

• Amy Bix, Iowa State University, (abix@iastate.edu) volunteered to become our
  new treasurer.
• Min Suh Son, Johns Hopkins University, (msoh1@jhu.edu) volunteered to become
  our new web administrator.
• Corinna Schlombs, University of Pennsylvania, (schlombs@sas.upenn.edu)
  volunteered to become our new annual meeting organizer.
• Molly Berger, Case Western Reserve, (molly.berger@case.edu) stays on as
  newsletter editor.

All volunteers received a warm welcome at the meeting. We very much thank Jonathan Coopersmith, the former treasurer, and Melanie McCalmont, the former web administrator, for their enduring commitment.

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on behalf of the old and new WITH board
martina blum