Professor Emeritus Bill (Stuart) Leslie was awarded the 2024 Da Vinci Medal. The Da Vinci Medal is the highest recognition from the Society for the History of Technology, presented to […]
Understand the Impact of Science
The Department of the History of Science and Technology concentrates on science and technology since the Renaissance. It offers programs in collaboration with the Department of the History of Medicine at the School of Medicine.
- Degrees Offered BA, MA, PhD
- Major History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
- Minor History of Science, Medicine and Technology
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Undergraduate Program
Undergraduates study the impact of science and medicine from a broad historical and social perspective.
Graduate Program
The graduate program is an internationally recognized center for teaching and research.
Faculty
Study with faculty whose research areas include history of architecture, science and exploration, environmentalism, and science and religion.
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Improving America’s Archives
Allison Marsh ’08 PhD uses historical objects to teach the public about the history of science and technology, and get them more excited about archives and civic engagement.
Faculty position in the History of Pre-Modern Science (antiquity to ca. 1700)
The Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position (open rank) in the history of pre-modern science […]