Travel Grants for the XVIIIth International Congress of History of Science Hamburg & Munich Federal Republic Gemany August 1-9, 1989

根据这笔赠款，将为多达30名美国科学、技术和数学历史学家提供国际旅行赠款，以便他们可以参加在西德汉堡和慕尼黑举行的第18届国际科学史大会。这些四年一度的大会汇集了来自世界各地的历史学家、科学家和工程师，讨论最新的研究成果和机会，讨论新的方法，并与那些只在专业文献中读到其工作的同行交流思想。虽然将介绍科学、技术和医学史的所有领域的研究，但本届大会的特别主题是“科学与政治秩序”。组织者指的是对科学(包括技术和医学)与世俗和非世俗权力的各种形式--政治、教会和司法--之间的历史关系的各个方面的研究。大会将由特邀讲座、全体会议、座谈会、来稿论文和海报会议组成。美国研究人员长期以来一直为科学技术史上的工作设定标准。重要的是，让他们有机会将他们的工作介绍给国际监督，并让他们了解其他国家该学科的前沿正在发生什么。这些国会特别适合这种交流，而西德的这一届国会在这方面尤其有价值。

International travel grants for support of up to 30 US historians of science, technology, and mathematics will be provided under this grant so that they may participate in the XVIII International Congress of the History of Science to be held in Hamburg and Munich, West Germany. These quadrennial Congresses bring together historians, scientists and engineers from around the world to discuss the latest research results and opportunities, to debate new methodologies, and exchange of ideas with peers whose work one has only read about in the professional literature. While research in all areas of the history of science, technology and medicine will be presented, the special theme of this Congress is "Science and the Political Order." By this, the organizers mean research on all aspects of the historical relationships between science (including technology and medicine) and the manifestations of secular and nonsecular power in all of its various forms -- political, ecclesiastical and juridical. The Congress will consist of invited lectures, plenary sessions, symposia, contributed papers and poster sessions. American researchers have long set the standard for work in the history of science and technology. It is important they be given the chance to present their work for international scrutiny as well as for them to learn what is going on at the forefront of the discipline in other countries. These Congresses are uniquely suited for this kind of interchange and this one in West Germany promises to be especially valuable in this regard.