Professor Courtney Thompson Appointed Co-editor of Osiris, the annual publication of the History of Science Society
New Osiris Editors |
| Posted By Administration, Tuesday, April 14, 2026 |
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Osiris is pleased to announce a new set of primary editors. Monica Azzolini (University of Bologna), Hugh Cagle (University of Utah), Prakash Kumar (Penn State), and Courtney Thompson (Mississippi State University) will serve as editors for the next five years.
Founded in 1936 by George Sarton, and relaunched by the History of Science Society in 1985, Osiris is an annual thematic journal that highlights research on significant themes in the history of science. Osiris is one of the five publications of the History of Science Society (the other four being Isis, the Isis Current Bibliography, the HSS Newsletter, and the online HSS Portal).
Osiris aims to connect the history of science with other areas of historical and interdisciplinary scholarship. Volumes of the journal are designed to explore how, where, and why science, broadly construed, draws upon and contributes to society, culture, and politics. The journal’s editors and board members strongly encourage proposals that engage with and examine broad themes while aiming for diversity across time and space. The editors are equally interested in receiving proposals that assess the state of the history of science as a field, in both established and emerging areas of scholarship. They also welcome proposals that experiment with format and style. Recent volumes have addressed animal mobilities; disability and the history of science; and algorithmic cultures.
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