❄️ Explore big questions about human nature, misinformation, AI, climate change, data, and the history of medicine. Find the Winter course that's right for you ❄️ 🔗 ihpst.utoronto.ca/undergraduat... #UofT #IHPST

History. Philosophy. AI. Medicine. Environment. Technology. Explore 19 undergraduate and graduate courses this Fall at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Discover your next course ihpst.utoronto.ca/undergraduat...

📖 New publication by Prof. Lucia Dacome! The article is open access for one month—a great opportunity to explore this important contribution to the histories of slavery, medicine, and disability. Read it here: academic.oup.com/past/article...

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Crafting Inability: Slavery, Medicine, and Disability in Early Modern Tuscany*

Abstract. This article examines the entanglement of slavery, medicine, and disability by focusing on the category of ‘inability’ in the context of galley s

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The interdisciplinary team includes IHEP members Brian Baigrie @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed @uoftcompsci.bsky.social, @furnesscolin.bsky.social and Nadia Caidi (Faculty of Information).

New NFRF funding will support PROOF-Health, a project led by Zahra Shakeri @uoftdlsph.bsky.social to identify harmful health misinformation earlier. 🔗: pandemics.utoronto.ca/ihep-support...

New PROOF-Health Project to Combat Misinformation

An interdisciplinary team has secured NFRF Exploration funding for PROOF-Health, a brand-new project launching to identify and stop dangerous health claims.

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The PAINT Workshop on Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence invites submissions exploring foundational and normative questions about AI, science, and society. 📍 IHPST-UofT 📅 September 25–26, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: July 31, 2026 Organized by Prof. @karinavold.bsky.social CFP

PAINT Workshop on Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

CFP: PAINT Workshop on Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Network Talks (PAINT) is hosting a two-day in-person workshop at University of Toronto on…

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📘 New open access publication by Prof. Adrien Zakar in the American Historical Review: In this article Professor Zakar traces the longer intellectual genealogy of Nakba as a concept of catastrophe and political upheaval prior to 1948. Read more: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

📘 Postdoctoral Fellow Miron Clay-Gilmore and Zane Maddux examine how data-driven surveillance extends counterinsurgency into domestic contexts, reinforcing racialized policing and social control. Read the article: mironjclaygilmore.substack.com/p/the-threat... #AI #Surveillance

📘 In a recent NOW Toronto feature, Prof. Marga Vicedo traces how understandings of autism shifted from psychiatric models to modern neurodevelopmental perspectives and how those shifts affect access to services and public policy today. nowtoronto.com/news/kids-ar...

🌟 Prof. Elise Burton was featured in the University of Toronto Magazine for using escape rooms as a teaching tool in history of science courses, helping students explore scientific practice through collaborative and experiential learning 🌟 magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/profe...

How To Engage Today’s Students? Try An Escape Room | U of T Magazine - U of T Magazine

Professors are experimenting with ways to make learning more active, immersive and effective Read More

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🗺️ In “Coordinated Fabulation: The Thing-Unthought in the History of Modern Mapping,” Prof. Adrien Zakar examines the conceptual foundations and narrative structures of modern cartographic practice. Published in the International Journal of Turkish Studies: karpatcenter.wisc.edu/karpat-cente...

🎙️ The Algorithms of Empire podcast, curated by postdoc Miron Clay‑Gilmore, investigates AI’s military origins and the political fallout of contemporary artificial intelligence 🪡 ⬇️

Algorithms of Empire (AoE) Podcast

A podcast dedicated to exploring the military roots of artificial intelligence technologies and their consequences for racialized forms of warfare and repres...

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Prof @karinavold.bsky.social took part in a @masseycollege.bsky.social e panel on AI’s social impact alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Nick Frosst, hosted by IHPST PhD student @reneeasirbu.bsky.social Missed it? Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKB... #AI #Ethics

Congratulations to Prof. @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social on the publication of his new book with @mitpress.bsky.social 🎉 Even better: the book is available open access! We invite you all to explore this exciting research. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...

🌍 ICYMI: Our latest alumni spotlight highlights Adrian K. Yee, Zhixiang Cheng, and Jan Hua-Henning, now working at leading institutions across Asia. Their journeys reflect the global reach of IHPST and the value of interdisciplinary scholarship across borders ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/ihpst-a...

IHPST Alumni in Asia: Interdisciplinary Paths and Global Connections

From Hong Kong to Beijing and Kunshan, IHPST alumni are building academic careers across Asia, bringing with them the interdisciplinary training and intellectual flexibility that define the program.…

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IHPST postdoc Miron Clay-Gilmore has a forthcoming APQ article titled "Paradoxes of Being." It examines AI, epistemology, militarization, and racialized systems of control through the work of Sylvia Wynter 📑 👉 philpapers.org/rec/CLAPOB

Congratulations to alumna Jacqueline Feke, named 2026–27 Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow at Jackman Humanities Institute. Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, she’ll create videos on science history and online misinformation www.humanities.utoronto.ca/news/visitin...

How have women in science been written out of history? Assistant Professor Ellen Abrams joined CBC Ideas to reflecting on the groundbreaking legacy of Margaret Rossiter and the enduring importance of recovering women’s contributions to science 🖇️ www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Filming an episode of a new TVO kids show @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social today! I’m featured as an AI expert. Filming is hard, I’m staying in academia

New work from Assistant Professor Adrien Zakar examines how Arabic texts, oral traditions, and proverbs preserved memories of coexistence, violence, and displacement after the Armenian genocide, while tracing a broader regional vocabulary of disaster and Nakba. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Day 2 at #TechKnowFile2026 featured a keynote on thinking *with* AI from @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social's @karinavold.bsky.social, and a day full of sessions on everything from @uoftlibraries.bsky.social's website consolidation to @utoronto.ca's AI Kitchen, co-sponsored by @drdonnakidwell.com. Thanks all!

Imagine walking into your class and finding an 18th-century ship. That’s exactly what associate professor Elise Burton & PhD student Oubai Elkerdi built at #UofT – a fully immersive escape room where students in their science, technology & empire class solve puzzles from course material. 🏴‍☠️

My new book — The Broken Machine — officially drops on May 19! Available for pre-order now. @mitpress.bsky.social @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...

The Broken Machine

The Broken Machine explores the intertwined histories of breaking machines, social order, and the self in the modern Atlantic World. Edward Jones-Imhotep rev...

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Our March–April newsletter is now live! This issue highlights media features, new research on AI and history, innovative teaching, and alumni stories across Asia. Take a look 👇 🔗 viewstripo.email/13ee31dd-d07...

IHPST alumni are building academic careers across Asia: from Hong Kong to Beijing and Kunshan. Their paths show how interdisciplinary training can open doors, and highlight growing opportunities for collaboration across institutions and regions. Read more:

IHPST Alumni in Asia: Interdisciplinary Paths and Global Connections

From Hong Kong to Beijing and Kunshan, IHPST alumni are building academic careers across Asia, bringing with them the interdisciplinary training and intellectual flexibility that define the program.…

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We’re now on Instagram and LinkedIn! Follow us for more updates, events, and research highlights #AcademicTwitter #IHPST

Assistant Prof. @karinavold.bsky.social has published an open-access article on AI and military decision-making, examining how AI (already used on battlefields) could shape high-level strategic choices about employing armed force. 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AI #Ethics #IHPST #TechEthics

Professor Adrien Zakar explores how digital conflict is linked to historical empire and colonial violence, examining the impact of technology on governance and global surveillance 🔗https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/411/402223/Technology-and-CritiqueGenealogies-of-Digital-War

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Marga Vicedo, awarded the 2025–2026 Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman Research Professorship by @victoriacollege.bsky.social. Her project, “The Science of Human Nature, in Context,” examines the origins of key studies on human behaviour.