by Maria Rentetzi
What is it like to be Alice in Wonderland? And what if Alice wants to tell stories about science to children? This is how I felt visiting the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April 2024, a leading event in the publishing industry. One of three most visited book fairs in the world, the 2024 exhibition attracted more than 1,500 publishers from over 94 countries, visitors exceeded 32,000 over four days, and it featured some of the most well-published authors and artists of children’s books.
And that's a wrap!
As we close this week’s kick-off meeting, we’re excited to launch #AI4Gov-X soon!
This EU co-funded #DigitalEuropeProgram project aims to mobilise and train a new generation of European civil servants and policymakers for the adoption and mastery of AI in the public sector o...
This history of radiation protection has been shaped by many people and institutions: those who have survived cancer against all odds, those who have fallen victims to the horrors of nuclear weapons warfare, those who have been committed to researching radiation despite the risks, and those who have...
Dates: June 13-14, 2025
Deadline: February 20, 2025
Location: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
The Chair of Science Technology and Gender Studies (STGS) at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, in collaboration with the Department of...
As part of our commitment to break down the solid boundaries between academia and public audiences, this is the first video in our ERC funded series on the public history of radiation protection. Historian of nuclear science, Maria Rentetzi, explains her research on how two mobile radioisotope labor...
Maria Rentetzi and Sandra Klos
“Radiation from x-ray tubes and radioactive substances is very useful in medicine and industry. But we must never for a moment lose sight of the fact that improperly used radiation can be a menace, not only to the user but to the completely innocent bystan...
On June 13., Prof. Rentetetzi is giving a talk on Technical Assistance as a Political and Diplomatic Instrument at the TVHD Teknik- och vetenskapshistoriska dagar / History of Science and Technology Days in Stockholm.
Click here to download the abstract of the talk and here to open the program.
Russia’s diamond trade has been insulated from "Western sanctions due to how it would disrupt the global trade, and because it’s tough to track diamond provenance. New efforts by the EU and G7 to effectively sanction the trade could have dire consequences, writes Dr. Maria Rentetzi. " - diplomatic courier...
This is the mini-documentary of the international winter school 'Transnational History Lab' that took place from 5th to 10th February 2024. In this documentary, we interview the organizers, some of the participants and invited speakers. We ask them the following questions:
1 - Why did you organiz...
