Current Member
Edward Jones-Imhotep
Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
History of Science and Technology
Home institution
University of Toronto
Website
Edward Jones-Imhotep is a historian of modern science and technology. At IAS, he will work on "The Black Androids: History and the Technological Underground," which explores Black technological selfhood in New York City between 1830 and 1930 through a history of the "black androids," automata in the form of Black humans.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Fall
Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
2001
Appointments
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
2020
Professor and Director