Did you know 90% of H-Net’s revenue comes from job
posters paying to post their jobs to our Job Guide?
Recent cuts to funding in higher education in the
U.S. and resulting hiring freezes are affecting
H-Net too. If these trends continue, we will be
unable to sustain all the services H-Net offers. If
every H-Net member donated just $4.75, we could fund
H-Net for one year. Click
here to help us continue the vital work of
fostering international open knowledge production.
Greetings Israel Society for History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science,
New items have been posted matching your subscriptions.
Table of Contents
H-PhysicalSciences: New posted content
H-Sci-Med-Tech: New posted content
H-PhysicalSciences: New posted content
Announcement Type
Call for Papers
For the upcoming HSS/ESHS joint meeting in Edinburgh, 13–16 July 2026, we call for papers to be included in our proposal for a symposium on “Shifting Perspectives on Histories of Gravity and Mass.”
Investigations of gravity and mass have continually reshaped the methods, boundaries, and ambitions of physical inquiry. From classical gravitation to general relativity, from unified field theories to quantum gravity, the pursuit of these problems has transformed both the substance and the structure of physics. At the same time, historians of science have begun to re-examine how these transformations have been narrated, questioning canonical periodizations, highlighting neglected contexts, and revealing theplural trajectories through which research on gravity and mass has developed.
In keeping with the 2026 HSS/ESHS meeting theme, “Shifting Perspectives: Plural Worlds, Contested Sciences,” this symposium seeks to explore how work on gravity and mass has reflected and driven changes in modern physics. We invite contributions that reconsider established historiographies, challenge conventional narratives, and highlight the diverse intellectual, material, and institutional settings in which these fields have evolved.
The proposed symposium would consist of three to four sessions: One to two sessions on the history of general relativity proper, one session on the theoretical inclusion of gravity in unified/quantum frameworks, and one session on the history of alternative theories of gravity and of concepts of mass, including its origin.
We therefore welcome papers addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Reflections on the historiography of general relativity, in particular on the “Low Watermark” and “Renaissance”periodization;
- Alternative theories of gravity (including unified field theories) and their contexts;
- Global and local settings of research on general relativity, especially (but not exclusively) during the Renaissance period and beyond;
- Further uncovered conceptual and contextual influences on the development of theories of gravity and mass;
- Theories of mass generation across different times and places;
- Intertwinement of research on gravity and the quantum, such as methodological transfers, institutional overlaps, or shared epistemic aims.
- Inclusion of gravity in particle physics and the reciprocal influence between the Renaissance of general relativity and developments in quantum gravity;
- ...other related topics that illuminate shifting understandings and practices surrounding gravity and mass.
If you would like your contribution to be considered for this symposium, please contact us by 15 November 2025 with a title and abstract of 2,000 characters or fewer (approximately 250 words) at jeanphilip...@gmail.com. Please indicate in your message how your contribution relates to the theme of the symposium. Each contribution is expected to present original, unpublished work. For more information about the conference, see https://hssonline.org/page/2026cfp
We look forward to your proposals and are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Best regards,
Bernadette Lessel (University of Bonn)
Jean-Philippe Martinez (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute)
Robert van Leeuwen (University of Amsterdam)
H-Sci-Med-Tech: New posted content
Please join us for a free online discussion of Mariano Zarowsky’s From the Chilean Laboratory to World-Communication: Armand Mattelart’s Intellectual Journey, newly translated from its original Spanish and published as an open access book. The session, sponsored by mediastudies.press, will include simultaneous English-Spanish interpretation.
- Armand Mattelart’s Intellectual Journey: An Online Discussion
- 23 October 2025, 14:00 UTC (10 am EDT/11 am Buenos Aires/4 pm Paris): 60 minutes
Zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94536961890
Discussants:
- Mariano Zarowsky, Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Peter Simonson, University of Colorado Boulder
- Sarah Cordonnier, Université Lyon II
- Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University
- Janet Wasko, with Jeremy Swartz, University of Oregon
Open access book
Download as a PDF or ePub, or read online
More info
See the info page here.
Description
Join Mariano Zarowsky, Peter Simonson, Sarah Cordonnier, and Janet Wasko (with Jeremy Swartz) for a discussion of Zarowsky’s From the Chilean Laboratory to World-Communication: Armand Mattelart’s Intellectual Journey, recently translated into English by William Quinn and published as an open access book with a new Foreword by Simonson. This Zoom session marks the publication of the translation with a discussion of the work’s significance by the panelists.
Zarowsky’s book follows Armand Mattelart’s intellectual trajectory through Cold War geopolitics and the rise of critical communication studies in Latin America and Europe. First published in Spanish, Zarowsky’s study traces Mattelart’s path from his early work in demography and law, through his political engagement in Salvador Allende’s Chile, to his later role in shaping debates in France and globally on media, cultural politics, and transnational communication. The book offers a rich account of Mattelart’s life and work, and the shifting political, institutional, and epistemological contexts that shaped his thinking and progressive activism. Along the way, it illuminates his distinctive style of research in relation to Anglophone political economy and other strands of critical research. In doing so, Zarowsky positions Mattelart as a theorist whose work emerged from—and continues to speak to—global struggles over culture, knowledge, and power and relations between the Global North and South. As the first English edition of Zarowsky’s landmark study, the book will appeal to scholars of critical communication studies, Latin American and transnational cultural theory, and those working on the history of the social sciences across global contexts.
Mariano Zarowsky is a researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and teaches at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). His research intersects the history of intellectuals, communication studies, and political culture in Argentina and Latin America. He is the author of Allende en la Argentina: intelectuales, prensa y edición entre lo local y lo global (1970–1976) (2023), and Los estudios en comunicación en la Argentina: ideas, intelectuales, tradiciones político-culturales, 1956–1985 (2017).
mediastudies.press is a scholar-led, nonprofit, no-fee open access publisher in the media, film, and communication studies fields.
Questions? Email pr...@mediastudies.press
Contact Email
pr...@mediastudies.press
Announcement Type
Call for Papers
For the upcoming HSS/ESHS joint meeting in Edinburgh, 13–16 July 2026, we call for papers to be included in our proposal for a symposium on “Shifting Perspectives on Histories of Gravity and Mass.”
Investigations of gravity and mass have continually reshaped the methods, boundaries, and ambitions of physical inquiry. From classical gravitation to general relativity, from unified field theories to quantum gravity, the pursuit of these problems has transformed both the substance and the structure of physics. At the same time, historians of science have begun to re-examine how these transformations have been narrated, questioning canonical periodizations, highlighting neglected contexts, and revealing theplural trajectories through which research on gravity and mass has developed.
In keeping with the 2026 HSS/ESHS meeting theme, “Shifting Perspectives: Plural Worlds, Contested Sciences,” this symposium seeks to explore how work on gravity and mass has reflected and driven changes in modern physics. We invite contributions that reconsider established historiographies, challenge conventional narratives, and highlight the diverse intellectual, material, and institutional settings in which these fields have evolved.
The proposed symposium would consist of three to four sessions: One to two sessions on the history of general relativity proper, one session on the theoretical inclusion of gravity in unified/quantum frameworks, and one session on the history of alternative theories of gravity and of concepts of mass, including its origin.
We therefore welcome papers addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Reflections on the historiography of general relativity, in particular on the “Low Watermark” and “Renaissance”periodization;
- Alternative theories of gravity (including unified field theories) and their contexts;
- Global and local settings of research on general relativity, especially (but not exclusively) during the Renaissance period and beyond;
- Further uncovered conceptual and contextual influences on the development of theories of gravity and mass;
- Theories of mass generation across different times and places;
- Intertwinement of research on gravity and the quantum, such as methodological transfers, institutional overlaps, or shared epistemic aims.
- Inclusion of gravity in particle physics and the reciprocal influence between the Renaissance of general relativity and developments in quantum gravity;
- ...other related topics that illuminate shifting understandings and practices surrounding gravity and mass.
If you would like your contribution to be considered for this symposium, please contact us by 15 November 2025 with a title and abstract of 2,000 characters or fewer (approximately 250 words) at jeanphilip...@gmail.com. Please indicate in your message how your contribution relates to the theme of the symposium. Each contribution is expected to present original, unpublished work. For more information about the conference, see https://hssonline.org/page/2026cfp
We look forward to your proposals and are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Best regards,
Bernadette Lessel (University of Bonn)
Jean-Philippe Martinez (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute)
Robert van Leeuwen (University of Amsterdam)
Message from a proud sponsor of H-Net:
Apply today for paid research
fellowships in the humanities and social sciences at the
John W. Kluge Center—monthly stipend, desk space, book
delivery, and special collections access. Open to early career
scholars of all nationalities. Deadline: September 15.
The New Books Network
is proud to be a sponsor of H-Net. If you are interested in becoming
an NBN host, please go
here.
Si te interesa hacer entrevistas en español,
contáctanos.
|
