Kranakis, Eda -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Eda
Last Name: 
Kranakis
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
University of Ottawa
Phone: 
6135625800
Extension: 
1299
Email Address: 
kranakis@uottawa.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Technology
Geographical Region: 
Europe
North America
Time Period: 
20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
History of Technology; European history, 19th-20th century; European integration; history of aviation; export processing zones; intellectual property
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Science and Technology
PHD University: 
University of Minnesota
PHD Date: 
1982
Major Publications: 
Constructing A Bridge: An Exploration of Engineering Culture, Design, and Research in Nineteenth-Century France and America. MIT Press, 1997. 450 pp. (Selected as an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice Magazine, American Library Association.) Eda Kranakis, ed., Information Technologies and Socio-technical Systems, theme issue of History and Technology 11, (1994). G. Alberts and Eda Kranakis, eds. CWI Quarterly, Special Issue on the History of Computing, Vol. 4, Number 4 (1990). The articles in this issue were based on an international colloquium series on the history of computing which G. Alberts and I organized at the CWI (Center for Mathematics and Computer Science), Amsterdam, 1989-1990.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Society for the History of Technology Canadian Science and Technology History Association University Association for Contemporary European Studies
Courses Taught: 
European History History of European Integration History of Technology History of Technology in North America, 19th-20th century International Development