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From: "Chilvers Christopher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: Cross-Connexions: Communications, Society and Change - Internatio
nal Conference
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Cross-Connexions:
> Communications, Society & Change
> International Conference
> 11th -13th November 2005, Science Museum, London, UK
>
> Goals of the conference
> To stimulate scholarly research in the history of telecommunications, the
> conference will bring together
> all those interested to discuss developments in telecommunications. The
> conference will understand the
> interactions over time between telecommunications and computing,
electrical
> engineering, space technologies,
> government, culture and business practice.
> The conference will be structured thematically and may include:
>
> * Communications and shifting social power
> * Introduction of automated, analogue and
> * digital technology
> * Empire
> * Military power
> * Technology transfer
> * Relationship between innovation and utility
> * Satellite and mobile phone technologies
> * Material collections
> * Empowerment and identity
> * Historiography
>
> Call for papers
> We invite all prospective speakers to send a one page preliminary abstract
> (via email or postal mail) for a 30
> minute paper with name and postal/email address. The deadline for paper
> submission is 31st December 2004.
> All prospective speakers will be notifi ed regarding acceptance by 1st
> February 2005. A published selection of
> papers is anticipated.
> Potential organizers of themed symposia should submit proposals by 31st
> October 2004 detailing theme,
> possible papers and speakers with contact details for the symposium
> organizers.
>
> Registration
> If you wish to register your interest in attending the conference, to
> deliver a paper or not, please contact Chris
> Chilvers at [log in to unmask] or by telephone +44 (0)20 7942
> 4183. A web page address will
> shortly become available. By post: Chris Chilvers, BT Connected Earth
Senior
> Research Fellow, Science
> Museum, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD, United Kingdom.
>
> Organized by: Science Museum, IEEE, Connected Earth, Newcomen Society.
>
>
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