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Rosalind Helen Williams is an American historian of technology whose works examine the societal implications of modern technology. She is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rosalind Williams. Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Emerita (STS) rhwill@mit.edu. Recent Honors & Awards. 2013 Leonardo da Vinci Medal, Society for the History of Technology.
Feb 27, 2012 · Rosalind Williams, a historian of science and technology, explores the concept of human empire and its impact on history and literature in her book Human Empire. She examines the works of Jules Verne, William Morris and Robert Louis Stevenson, who responded to the rapid changes and challenges of their time.
See discussion in Rosalind Williams, “The New Human Habitat,” in Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change (Cambridge MA and London: The MIT Press, 2002), 19-26. Like Hobsbawm, I call upon the Neolithic Age as the closest reference point for the transformation of recent times (23-4).
Oct 18, 2013 · MIT historian Rosalind Williams explores how Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, and William Morris dealt with the challenges and opportunities of technological and social change in the 19th century. Her book, "The Triumph of Human Empire", examines their works as windows into the human experience of progress and anxiety.
Rosalind Williams is a historian who uses imaginative literature as a source of evidence and insight into the history of technology. She has taught at MIT since 1982 and currently serves as the Dibner Professor for the History of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
Rosalind Williams is the Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology Emerita at MIT. Since 1982 she has taught there on the faculties of the Writing Program (now Comparative Media Studies/Writing) and the Program in Science, Technology and Society.
