The 65th annual meeting of the Midwest Junto for the History of Science will be held March 22-24, 2024, at Illinois State University. For more than six decades, the Midwest Junto has fostered an informal, congenial environment where students, faculty, independent scholars, and other research professionals can gather to discuss their research. We welcome submissions for 15-minute presentations on any aspect of the history of science, technology, or medicine, as well as related STS fields. Graduate students from Midwestern History of Science and STS programs are particularly welcome to participate.
Throughout the day on Saturday, there will be 15 talks from graduate students and faculty from around the region. The talks will range widely in topic, historiography, and time periods. Each talk will be followed by some time for questions. Following the conference talks, there will be a banquet and a keynote. This year, the keynote speaker will be Dr. Suzanne Moon. She is a historian of technology from the University of Oklahoma. Her major research focuses on agricultural infrastructures in Indonesia, food supply networks, climate change, and engineering history. In addition to her own work, she served as the editor of Technology and Culture, the premier journal for historians of technology.
To learn more about the conference and to review the program here.
Register for the conference here.
