The disciplines of the history of science, medicine, and technology are rethinking themselves in global terms. In order to widen the scope of both subject matter and scholarly discussion, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, in collaboration with the History of Science Society, the American Association for the History of Medicine, the British Society for the History of Science, the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the European Society for the History of Science and the Society for the History of Technology, proposes a pilot project: a two-volume, multi-language reader that will translate into Chinese ten influential historical articles or book chapters on science, technology, or medicine published in English during the last twenty-five years (since 1990) on any topic and epoch in our fields. The reader will be published by Edition Open Access, in conjunction with a renowned Asian academic publishing house, and will be made available both online and by print on demand. The companion volume will translate into English an analogous selection of articles in Chinese chosen by our colleagues in those countries, into English.
The cooperating institutions invite all interested scholars to nominate influential articles in the history of science, technology, and medicine. A poll website has been launched and nominations can be made at:

<https://de.surveymonkey.com/r/reader-projct>

The poll is not restricted. Nominations may be submitted until December 15, 2015. An editorial committee for the reader will review the results and make the final selection.