First International Conference on the
History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M)
Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 November 2003
Eindhoven Technical University, The Netherlands
CALL FOR PAPERS
The TENSIONS OF EUROPE – MOBILITY HISTORY GROUP, the COST 340 NETWORK
‘Towards a European Intermodal Transport Network – Lessons from History’
and the TRANSPORT HISTORY GROUP OF THE GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS
HISTORY invite proposals for papers to be presented at the First
International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility (T2M), to be held on 6 – 9 November 2003 at the campus of
Eindhoven Technical University, The Netherlands.
The conference aims to bring together the many scattered initiatives,
research programmes, research institutions and individuals in these
closely related fields and take the first steps towards creating a new
set of institutional structures to further their intellectual
development. A major step in this direction will be the founding of an
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT, TRAFFIC AND
MOBILITY (T2M). The conference coincides with the official opening of
the EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MOBILITY DOCUMENTATION (ECMD) at the campus of
Eindhoven Technical University. ECMD will act as host for the conference.
We expect 100–150 conference attendees, with a maximum of 160. The
conference language (written and oral) is English. The deadline for
abstracts and a short cv (both max. 1 page) is 15 April 2003 (see
addresses below). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 Mai
2003. The full text of papers accepted must be submitted before 15
August 2003 if they are to be included in the proceedings on CD-ROM,
which will be distributed to all participants before 15 October 2003.
15 August 2003 is also the deadline for payment of the conference fee of
65 Euro. In due course, an application form for the conference with
information about the venue and hotels will be sent to all colleagues
who have expressed their intention of attending.
As the preliminary programme (see below) shows, the conference (the
first in an intended series of biennial conferences) combines three
parallel strands each organised by one of the co-operating
organisations. There will be some plenary sessions as well as time for
the presentation of papers from outside the immediate concerns of the
organisers. The intention is to revitalise the historical study of
transport, traffic and mobility, partly by creating new opportunities
for the exchange and development of ideas and concepts, both in person
and through the usual scholarly media such as journals. The founding of
the International Association as well as the presentation of a
commemorative issue marking the 50th year of publication of the Journal
of Transport History are meant to further these aims.
We especially invite young scholars and PhD students to submit
proposals. If enough reactions will be received we intend to have a
special session on Work in Progress.
The TENSIONS OF EUROPE – HISTORY MOBILITY GROUP will use the conference
to finalise its three year pilot phase, by presenting, in four different
parallel sessions and one plenary session, its five research plans for
its subsequent research phase after 2003. These plans cover the
following areas:
· Intermodal Competition and Diffusion of Mobility
· Mobility Culture
· Engineering European Mobility
· Automobile Production and Technology
· Virtual Mobility Museum
For the first three sessions we invite submissions which expand our
focus outside the realm of the automobile and the motorcycle and outside
the western countries covered by our research so far. For the last,
plenary session, we invite submissions for short pieces from the world
of transport museums and archives. Detailed information about these
sessions are to be found on the website www.histech.nl/tensions under
“T2M.” Please send your submissions for this part of the conference to
Clay McShane (Northeastern University, Boston, USA) at:
[log in to unmask] For general information please contact the Programme
Committee’s chair: Gijs Mom at [log in to unmask]
The COST 340 NETWORK ‘Towards a European Intermodal Transport Network –
Lessons from History’ and the TRANSPORT HISTORY GROUP OF THE GERMAN
ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS HISTORY invite submissions for two sessions on
the topics of ‘European Transnational Connections and Traffic Flows’
and ‘European Transport Corridors and the Growth of the European
Community.’ A third session will be organised by COST 340 independently
on ‘Trains, Planes and Speed.’
The purpose of the ‘Connections’ session is to focus on transnational
infrastructure building and use in a long-term perspective.
The purpose of the ‘Corridors’ session is to present a historical
analysis of intermodality (the combination of two or more transport
modes for the same service) in trans-European freight corridors, and its
integration into transport networks. Focus is on the post-1945 period.
Preference will be given to the long-term perspective.
Submissions for these sessions should be sent to Laurent Bonnaud
(Associate, Centre Roland Mousnier, Paris-Sorbonne University) at
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Detailed information about the expected content of these three sessions
can be found at the websites www.trains-fr.org/ahicf/programmes.htm,
www.histech.nl/tensions and www.unternehmensgeschichte.de.
The purpose of the ‘Trains, Planes, and Speed’ session is to look at
questions of high-speed mobility in the 20th century, the renaissance in
rail transport brought about by high-speed trains, and the growth,
nature and significance of the air transport industry. Submissions for
these sessions should be sent to Colin Divall (rail) at [log in to unmask],
or to Peter Lyth (air) at [log in to unmask]
Several ‘independent sessions’ are reserved for papers that do not fit
in any of the strands reserved to the three participating organisations
but which are considered important additions to the conference. The
Programme Committee, however, would prefer that one of these sessions
focuses on conceptual and theoretical issues, while another deals with
issues coming from the world of transport museums and material culture.
Submissions for these sessions should be sent to Gijs Mom at
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The Programme Committee:
dr.ing. Gijs Mom, Foundation for the History of Technology and chair
ECMD, Eindhoven University of Technology, IPO 2.33, the Netherlands
(chair): [log in to unmask]
dr. Laurent Bonnaud, Centre Roland Mousnier, Paris-Sorbonne (COST 340):
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dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Centre for Technology and Society, Technical
University Berlin (Transport History Group, German Business History
Association): [log in to unmask]
prof. dr. Colin Divall (National Railway Museum & University of York,
UK) (COST 340): [log in to unmask]
dr. Peter Lyth, Editor, Journal of Transport History: [log in to unmask]
dr. Clay McShane, Northeastern University, Boston, USA (ToE-MHG):
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dr. Michèle Merger, CNRS Institut d’histoire moderne et contemporaine,
Paris (Chair COST 340): [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
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