Maria Rentetzi
Maria Rentetzi is chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). She has been guest professor at the TU Berlin (2019-2020), full professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece and the Silverman Professor at Tel Aviv University in Israel (2018). She has been trained as physicists at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, received her MA in History of Science and Technology from the NTUA and a PhD in Science and Technology Studies student from Virginia Tech, USA. She has been a Postdoctoral Fellow and guest scholar at the MPIWG, and a Lise-Meitner Fellow of the Austrian Science Fund. She received the highly prestigious Humanities prize, the Gutenberg e-prize of the American Historical Society.
Rentetzi’s research focuses on two intertwined areas of inquiry: the investigation of the politically and historically situated character of technoscience and the critical examination of gender as a major analytic category in technoscientific endeavors. She is specifically concerned with the institutional, political, cultural, and, more recently, the diplomatic specificity of knowledge production throughout the 20th century. Through her ERC Consolidator Grant project (2019-2024), she currently leads the development of what she calls “The Diplomatic Studies of Science.” This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research at the intersection of science and technology studies, history of science, diplomatic history, political sciences, and international affairs. Her current research focus is on the history of radiation protection and the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in setting radiation standards after the Second World War.
Rentetzi has been the president of the Commission Women and Gender in Science, Technology, and Medicine, International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPS/DHST) http://wsc.hypotheses.org/.
Address: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology
Bismarckstrasse 6, D-91054 Erlangen
Rentetzi’s research focuses on two intertwined areas of inquiry: the investigation of the politically and historically situated character of technoscience and the critical examination of gender as a major analytic category in technoscientific endeavors. She is specifically concerned with the institutional, political, cultural, and, more recently, the diplomatic specificity of knowledge production throughout the 20th century. Through her ERC Consolidator Grant project (2019-2024), she currently leads the development of what she calls “The Diplomatic Studies of Science.” This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research at the intersection of science and technology studies, history of science, diplomatic history, political sciences, and international affairs. Her current research focus is on the history of radiation protection and the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in setting radiation standards after the Second World War.
Rentetzi has been the president of the Commission Women and Gender in Science, Technology, and Medicine, International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPS/DHST) http://wsc.hypotheses.org/.
Address: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology
Bismarckstrasse 6, D-91054 Erlangen
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To submit a paper to the 2021 Cain Conference, please send a 250-word abstract and a two-page CV to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is June 13, 2021. Decisions will be made by July 7, 2021.
Travel and accommodation subsidies will be available to contributors.
Following the conference, contributors may submit draft manuscripts of approximately 5,000 words for publication.
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The history of science provides a unique perspective to investigate the roots of this inseparable connection between science and diplomacy in international responses to the pandemic. In this video, produced by scholars at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science (MPIWG) and with the support of an ERC Consolidator Grant (grant agreement No770548, HRP-IAEA) at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, we unfold how diplomacy has become vital for global health, and how the WHO became a key player in health diplomacy.
Language: Greek
PODCAST EPISODE 01
Στο Παλομάρες μπάνια και στην Αθήνα φράουλες
History of Science and Technology PodcastsΚείμενο και αφήγηση: Λουκάς Φρέρης,
Μουσική και Τεχνική επιμέλεια: Χρήστος Κουτσούλας Γενική επιμέλεια Μαρία Ρεντετζή.
Το κείμενο δημοσιεύτηκε για πρώτη φορά στο "ΠΡΙΣΜΑ: Ένθετο για τις επιστήμες την τεχνολογία και την κοινωνία" που κυκλοφόρησε με την εφημερίδα Αυγή στις 27/07/2019.
IPODI:
https://www.ipodi.tu-berlin.de/ipodi/ipodi/
HRP-IAEA
Cover Page:
- Name of the Principal Investigator (PI): Maria Rentetzi
- Name of the PI's host institution for the project: University of Vienna
- Proposal duration in months: 60
Proposal summary
This project addresses the central question of how the International Atomic Energy Agency, a diplomatic and political international organization, came to dominate scientific institutions with a long tradition in radiation protection. Despite the importance of international organizations for the development of postwar science there is no work on the history of radiation protection in relation to the development of the IAEA. The project addresses this lacuna in a groundbreaking way: it analyses what is usually treated as a strictly techno-scientific issue—how best to protect us from ionized radiation—using methods from history, philosophy, and sociology of science, and in the context of international history. The main hypothesis is that scientific knowledge about radiation protection has been shaped by diplomatic, social, economic, and political concerns. This approach casts new light on important aspects of postwar history of science, combining attention to state actors, science diplomacy, and the roles played by international organizations. Given the enormous interest in radiation protection the time is ripe for providing a comprehensive social, historical, and political study of the role of the IAEA in the field.
The main objectives of the project are:
• to retrace the international history of radiation protection after World War II, focusing especially on the "Technical Assistance Programs" of the IAEA;
• to investigate the role of the IAEA in sponsoring knowledge production in the field of radiation protection in competition with other regulatory agencies; and
• to analyze the standardization of instruments, objects, procedures, and technical vocabulary as the main strategy used by the IAEA for guiding radiation protection worldwide.
The project advocates a "diplomatic turn": diplomacy becomes analytical category in history of science. Highly interdisciplinary, it brings together expertise from several disciplines, promising a significant advancement across them.
Papers by Maria Rentetzi
To submit a paper to the 2021 Cain Conference, please send a 250-word abstract and a two-page CV to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is June 13, 2021. Decisions will be made by July 7, 2021.
Travel and accommodation subsidies will be available to contributors.
Following the conference, contributors may submit draft manuscripts of approximately 5,000 words for publication.
The history of science provides a unique perspective to investigate the roots of this inseparable connection between science and diplomacy in international responses to the pandemic. In this video, produced by scholars at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science (MPIWG) and with the support of an ERC Consolidator Grant (grant agreement No770548, HRP-IAEA) at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, we unfold how diplomacy has become vital for global health, and how the WHO became a key player in health diplomacy.
Language: Greek
PODCAST EPISODE 01
Στο Παλομάρες μπάνια και στην Αθήνα φράουλες
History of Science and Technology PodcastsΚείμενο και αφήγηση: Λουκάς Φρέρης,
Μουσική και Τεχνική επιμέλεια: Χρήστος Κουτσούλας Γενική επιμέλεια Μαρία Ρεντετζή.
Το κείμενο δημοσιεύτηκε για πρώτη φορά στο "ΠΡΙΣΜΑ: Ένθετο για τις επιστήμες την τεχνολογία και την κοινωνία" που κυκλοφόρησε με την εφημερίδα Αυγή στις 27/07/2019.
IPODI:
https://www.ipodi.tu-berlin.de/ipodi/ipodi/
HRP-IAEA
Cover Page:
- Name of the Principal Investigator (PI): Maria Rentetzi
- Name of the PI's host institution for the project: University of Vienna
- Proposal duration in months: 60
Proposal summary
This project addresses the central question of how the International Atomic Energy Agency, a diplomatic and political international organization, came to dominate scientific institutions with a long tradition in radiation protection. Despite the importance of international organizations for the development of postwar science there is no work on the history of radiation protection in relation to the development of the IAEA. The project addresses this lacuna in a groundbreaking way: it analyses what is usually treated as a strictly techno-scientific issue—how best to protect us from ionized radiation—using methods from history, philosophy, and sociology of science, and in the context of international history. The main hypothesis is that scientific knowledge about radiation protection has been shaped by diplomatic, social, economic, and political concerns. This approach casts new light on important aspects of postwar history of science, combining attention to state actors, science diplomacy, and the roles played by international organizations. Given the enormous interest in radiation protection the time is ripe for providing a comprehensive social, historical, and political study of the role of the IAEA in the field.
The main objectives of the project are:
• to retrace the international history of radiation protection after World War II, focusing especially on the "Technical Assistance Programs" of the IAEA;
• to investigate the role of the IAEA in sponsoring knowledge production in the field of radiation protection in competition with other regulatory agencies; and
• to analyze the standardization of instruments, objects, procedures, and technical vocabulary as the main strategy used by the IAEA for guiding radiation protection worldwide.
The project advocates a "diplomatic turn": diplomacy becomes analytical category in history of science. Highly interdisciplinary, it brings together expertise from several disciplines, promising a significant advancement across them.
Μετά το τέλος της ταινίας θα υπάρξει και ένα βιωματικό εργαστήριο, με τίτλο «Αντιμετωπίζοντας τις έμφυλες διαφορές στον χώρο της τεχνολογίας», που θα παρουσιάσει η δρ Λίλιαν Τσιαβού (Cinema-Coach, Tutor στο πρόγραμμα e-learning ΕΚΠΑ Κινηματογραφοθεραπεία. Η συμμετοχή είναι δωρεάν. Για την εγγραφή των συμμετεχόντων θα τηρηθεί σειρά προτεραιότητας (τηλ. 210 3418011, Δευτ.-Παρ. 9:00-17:00). Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΠΙΟΠ, Δωρίδος 2 & Λεωφόρος Ειρήνης 14, 17778, Ταύρος Τ.: 210 3418051 | www.piop.gr
Η Καβαλιώτισσα αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια Ιστορίας, Κοινωνιολογίας των Επιστημών και Τεχνολογίας της Σχολής Εφαρμοσμένων Μαθηματικών και Φυσικών Επιστημών του ΕΜΠ, Μαρία Ρεντετζή, ως επικεφαλής της ομάδας του ΕΜΠ στο ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα επιστημονικής διπλωματίας InSciDe, μιλώντας στο Αθηναϊκό Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων (ΑΠΕ- ΜΠΕ) επισημαίνει ότι η επιστημονική διπλωματία μπορεί ν΄ αποτελέσει βασικό εργαλείο στην αντιμετώπιση ζητημάτων ασφάλειας σε εθνικό και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο και να καταστήσει την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση ισχυρό πόλο στον παγκόσμιο γεωπολιτικό χάρτη.
This workshop aims to rediscover and to re-evaluate the impact and role of women in the history of science, philosophy, and literature. In recent years there has been growing interest in the history of women’s contributions to science, philosophy, and literature which dates back to the very beginnings of these disciplines. Theano, Hypatia, Du Châtelet, Lovelace are only a small selection of prominent women philosophers and scientists throughout history. The conference offers an open forum for all scholars interested in this growing research field, thus bringing into the dialogue multiple perspectives and different disciplines in order to build communication and cooperation bridges between science, philosophy, and literature. We especially welcome contributions placing women at the forefront and confirming their role in the production of modern scientific, technical knowledge and its philosophical foundation.
The ad for the position is available here: https://stellenticket.de/78175/TUB/?lang=en
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For more information on the project contact Prof. Maria Rentetzi [email protected] or [email protected]