Institute of Railway Studies
a joint initiative of the National Railway Museum and the University of
York
Transporting Gender
6-7 October 2000
National Railway Museum, York, UK
An international conference organised in conjunction with the Journal of
Transport History.
This innovative conference will examine how historians of transport and
travel have addressed issues of gender and how they might address gender
in the future.
Speakers
Ian Carter (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Lorraine Coons
(Chestnut Hill College,
Philadelphia, USA), Alisa Freeman (University of Chicago, USA), Ralph
Harrington (Institute of
Railway Studies, York, UK), Steve Koerber (Victoria, Canada), Lasse
Kvarnström (Linkpöings
University, Sweden) Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina, USA),
Peter Lyth (University of
Tel Aviv, Israel), Sari Mäenpää (University of Liverpool, UK), Gaylene
Mansfield Smith (University
of New England, Australia), Rosa Matheson (University of West of
England, UK), Beth Muellner
(University of Minnesota, USA), Jackie Mulligan (University of North
London, UK), Sean
O'Connell (University of Ulster, UK), Gordon Pirie (University of
Salford, UK), Barbara Schmucki
(Technical University Darmstadt, Germany), Steve Shaw (University of
North London, UK), Jo
Stanley (National Maritime Museum), Margaret Walsh (University of
Nottingham, UK), Drew
Whitelegg (Anglia University, UK), Lesley Whitworth (University of
Brighton, UK)
Sessions
Female operatives (2 sessions)
Consumption of transport and travel (2 sessions)
Imaging gendered travel (2 sessions)
Refocusing the malestream (overview)
Further details and booking forms at www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/
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