Archived 2009 Postings

ICHM member Jim Fleming will be testifying before the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology Thursday, 5 November, 2009 on the topic history of weather and climate control and its governance. The hearing will begin at 10:00 am in room 2318 of the Rayburn House Office Building and will be webcast and archived on the website science.house.gov. (posted October 2009)

Post-Doc now available at University of Manchester, working with Valdimir Jankovic and Michael Hebbert on "Climate Science in Urban Design." Application Deadline: 30 October, 2009. Position Announcement. (posted September 2009)

ICHM gets Hungary. Pictures now available from the ICHM meeting in Budapest. (posted September 2009)

Conference: "Nature and the Long Nineteenth Century," University of Edinburgh. The conference welcomes postgraduate researchers and early-career researchers, who are warmly invited to submit proposals for 20 minute papers or for panels. Deadline: 16 November 2009. Full announcement. (posted September 2009)

It is our sad duty to note that ICHM member Filippo Affronti passed away on May 25th. (posted September 2009)

This is the final call for papers for this year's edition of History of Meteorology (volume 5). Papers on all aspects of history of meteorology accepted. Please send papers to the guest editor Sam Randalls (s.randalls@ucl.ac.uk) by 1 October 2009. Style guide and submission guidelines. (Posted September 2009)

A beta version of the Bibliography of the History of the Atmospheric Sciences is now available (data from 1983-2004 is accessible). Editor Brant Vogel asks for help with citations in languages including: Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Polish, Korean and Arabic. (Posted July 2009)

ICHM announces election results. All officers will serve from 2010-2013.

• President: Vladimir Jankovic, University of Manchester, UK
• Vice-President: Christian Rohr, University of Saltzburg, Austria
• Treasurer: Anna Carlsson-Hyslop, University of Manchester, UK
• Secretary/Webmaster: Giny Cheong, George Mason University, USA
• Past President: Conny Luedecke, University of Munich, Germany

The list of current and incoming officers can always be found through the "About ICHM" link, at http://meteohistory.org/About/officers.html (posted July 2009).

Mott Greene's review of Authors of the Storm: Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction. (University of Chicago Press, 2007.) in Isis 100 (March 2009): 195-197. Full text for subscribers. (posted July 2009)

Papers are solicited for the Presidential History Symposium at the American Meteorological Society's 2010 meeting in Atlanta, GA. Submission deadline, 3 August 2009. AMS history Call or Papers. (Posted June 2009)

ICHM Elections: Nominations sought for officers, 2010-2013. Deadline, June 27. Online elections to follow. Learn more about nominating a candidate. (Posted June 2009)

An interview with Josh Howe, ICHM member and the 2008/09 American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellow in History of Science. Meet Josh. (Posted June 2009).

Next ICHM meeting in Budapest, July 28-August 2nd, 2009, during the International Congress of History of Science and Technology, featuring sessions on the "Visual Languages (and Representations) of the Sky" and "Perspectives on the Rise of Climate Science." (Posted May 2009)

ICHM learns to samba! Check out photos from the 2008 Weather and Everday Life Conference in Rio de Janeiro. See pictures. (Posted April 2009)

History of meteorology makes good advertising. See how. (Posted April 2009)

The Global Climate Change Education Network seeks input for curriculum design. Read more. (Posted January 2009)

History of Climate Change conference (Colby College) solicits papers, participation. Full anouncement. (Posted January 2009)

Meteorology was featured at History of Science Society Annual Meeting, November 2008. Read more. (Posted January 2009)