Prix de thèse de la DHST‏

Bonjour,
Vous trouverez en fichiers attachés les informations sur le prix de thèse de la Division d'histoire des sciences et des techniques de l'Union internationale d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences (IUHPS/DHST) qui sera décerné au congrès international de Manchester en juillet 2013 (soumission des candidatures jusqu'au 31 août 2012).
Cordialement,
Patrice Bret

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International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science/
DIVISION OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IUHPS/DHST)


2013 DHST PRIZE
FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS

SCHEME
The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPS/DHST) invites submissions for the third DHST Prize for Young Scholars, to be presented in 2013. Initiated at the 22nd International Congress of History of Science in 2005 held in Beijing, the DHST Prize is awarded by the IUHPS/DHST every four years to up to five young historians of science and technology for outstanding doctoral dissertations, completed within last four years.
The 2013 DHST Prize will not specify distinct categories, but the entries must be on the history of science or technology in any part of the world. The Award Committee will endeavor to maintain the broadest coverage of subjects, areas and chronology.
Each Prize consists of a certificate, assistance with travel and accommodation expenditures to the IUHPS/DHST Congress in Manchester in July 2013 and a waiver of registration fee.

AWARD COMMITTEE
The Committee comprises the DHST President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary General, and distinguished specialists in specific fields.

COMPETITION CALENDAR
Submission deadline: 31 August 2012
Qualification examination and preliminary selection: September 2012
Award Committee online meeting: October-November 2012
Approval by DHST Council: December 2012
Award Ceremony: July 2013.

CONDITIONS
Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree in the history of science, or technology awarded no earlier than July 2008.
Language: Any dissertation in a language other than English must be accompanied by a detailed summary in English of no more than 20 pages.
Application procedure: Along with an electronic version (preferably MS Word) of original dissertations (and English summaries for non-English language papers), applications must be made in the Form Appendix 3, and received at the Award Committee Office no later than 31 August 2012:
DHST-YSP Office:
youngscholars@ihns.ac.cn
Institute for History of Natural Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
55 Zhong Guan Cun East Road
Beijing 100190, CHINA
APPENDIX 1．

The First YSP (July 2005, Beijing)


Western civilization
Winner
Jimena Canales: “Sensational Differences: Individuality in Observation, Experimentation and Representation (France 1853-1895).
Honorable Mention:
Maria Rentetzi: “Gender, Politics and Radioactivity Research in Vienna, 1910-1938”.
Karin Nickelsen: “Botanical Illustrations of 18th- Century Production, Content, Function”.

Islamic civilization
Winner
François Charette: “Mathematical Instrumentation in 14th-Century Egypt and Syria: The Illustrated Treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri”.
Honorable Mention
Marwa Elshakry: “Darwin’s Legacy in the Arab East: Science, Religon and Politics, 1870-1914”.
Mahmoud Masri: “Manuscript on Masalih Al Abdan wa El Enfus li Ebi Zeyid Al-Balakhi: editing and study”.

East Asian civilization
Winner
Kenji Ito: “Making sense of Ryoshiron (Quantum Theory): The Introduction of Quantum Mechanics into Japan, 1920-1940”.
Honorable Mention
Zhang Li: “The Institutionalization of Polymer Science in China, 1949-1965”.

South Asian civilization and Ancient civilizations
No award given.

APPENDIX 1

The Second YSP (July 2009, Budapest)


Western civilization
Winner
Paul Erickson: “The Politics of Game Theory: Mathematics and Cold War Culture”
Honorable Mention
Daniela Bleichmar: “Visual culture in eighteenth-century natural history: Botanical illustrations and expeditions in the Spanish Atlantic”
Sadiah Qureshi: Livings Curiosities: Human Ethnological Exhibitions in London, 1900-1855”

Islamic civilization
Winner
José Bellver: “On Jābir b. Afah’s Criticisms of Ptolemy’s Almagest”
Honorable Mention
Josep Casulleras: “The Treatise on the Projection of Rays by Ibn Mu‘adh al-Jayyani (d. 1093)”
Nahyan A.G. Fancy: “Pulmonary Transit and Bodily Resurrection: The Interation of Medicine, Philosophy and Religion in the Works of Ibn al-Nafis (d.1288)

East Asian civilization
Winner
Hou Gang: “The Yishu and Its Connection with the Mathematics in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties”
Honorable Mention
Carla Suzan Nappi: “The Monkey of the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China”

South Asian civilization and Ancient civilizations
No award given.
APPENDIX 3. APPLICATION FORM

Applicant’s full name

Nationality

Year of birth

Gender

Supervisor’s name

Graduated university/
institution & Year

Dissertation’ s
title

Key words
(no more than five)

Abstract of dissertation (no more than 300 words)


AWARD COMMITTEE OF THE
2013 DHST PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS

CHAIR:
LIU Dun*, China

MEMBERS:
Ana BARAHONA*, Mexico
Paolo BRENNI*, Switzerland
Pascal CROZET, France
Ahmad DALLAL, USA
Rod HOME: Australia
Pablo LORENZANO*, Argentina
Efthymios NICOLAIDIS*, Greece
Ronald NUMBERS*, USA
Michael OSBORNE*, USA
Alexey POSTNIKOV*, Russia
Annette VOGT*, German
James WILLIAMS, USA
Michio YANO*, Japan

SECRETARY:
SUN Chengsheng, China

DHST-YSP OFFICE:
Institute for History of Natural Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
55 Zhong Guan Cun East Road
Beijing 100190, CHINA
youngscholars@ihns.ac.cn


* DHST Council member