International Committee on the History of Technology - ICOHTEC - Similar companies

ICOHTEC was founded in Paris in 1968 when bitterness divided the nations in the Eastern and Western worlds. The intent was to ... provide a forum of scholars for the history of technology from both sides of the iron curtain. It was constituted as a Scientific Section within the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST). The first President was Eugeniusz Olszewski (Poland), with Vice-Presidents S. V. Schuchardine (Soviet Union) and Melvin Kranzberg (USA). The first Secretary-General was Maurice Daumas (France), through whose ini­tia­tive the French government hosted the first independent symposium at Pont-a-Mousson (1970). Symposia have been held almost every year, and the proceedings of many meetings have been published, although in a variety of forms. Whereas national organisations have their membership bases in their respective countries, ICOHTEC has its membership base mainly in Europe, but also in other parts of the World. Research activities, in which ICOHTEC members cooperate, reflect this special interest. The issues are investigated on a comparative national basis, stressing aspects of cooperation between various nations, regions or institutions. read more