John Krige
Kranzberg Professor
John Krige (PhD, Physical Chemistry, Pretoria, 1965; PhD, Philosophy, Sussex, 1979) is an historian who specializes on the place of science and technology in the postwar reconstruction of Europe. He is the author of Science, Revolution, and Discontinuity and he was a member of a multinationl team that wrote a three-volume history of CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), and the leader of the project that produced a two-volume history of the European Space Agency. In addition, he has edited several collections of articles, and serves as the editor of the journal History and Technology as well as on the editorial board of several other journals. Dr. Krige's current research deals with the use of science and technology as instruments of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, notably in its relations with Western Europe. His latest book, American Hegemony and Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe, was published by the MIT Press in 2006. He also edited (with Kai Henrik Barth, Georgetown University ), Vol. 21 of OSIRIS entitled Global Power Knowledge: Science and Technology in International Affairs (University of Chicago Press, 2006). In academic year 2004-2005, Krige was the Charles E. Lindberg Professor of Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. In May 2005 he was awarded the Henry W. Dickinson medal by the (British) Newcomen Society for the Study of Technology and Society and delivered the 26th Biannual Dickinson Lecture in London. In Fall 2006 Krige was a Visiting Fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. In May 2008, Krige delivered the 13th annual Rausing Lecture at Cambridge University and the 7th annual Cardwell Lecture at Manchester University. Dr. Krige is the incoming Director of Graduate Studies in the School of History, Technology, and Society and will be the Elizabeth Searle Visiting Professor in the Department of History of Science at Caltech, Pasadena, in the spring of 2009.
- Contact Information
- D.M. Smith 302
Phone: 404.894.7765;
E-mail: john.krige@hts.gatech.edu
