News and Announcements
- Urban Modernity: Cultural Innovation in the Second Industrial Revolution, by Robert H. Kargon, Miriam Levin and others, has been named by CHOICE Magazine as one of the outstanding academic titles for 2011. The book charts the creation of the modern city, highlighting Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo and Chicago, and has received praise for its thoughtful comparative analysis of urban transformations at the turn of the 20th century.
- We invite applications for the Bo Jung and Soon Young Kim Professorship in East Asian History of Science or Technology. The position is open to all areas of scholarship in history of science or technology in the modern period. Rank is open and we welcome applications from scholars at all levels. We seek scholars who will build the field of East Asian history of science and technology and who will work with faculty in our growing East Asian studies program, as well as with scholars abroad. Candidates interested in this position should contact Prof. Sharon Kingsland <sharon@jhu.edu> for more information. We will continue to review applications until the position is filled.
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