Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, York, UK
Research Workshops 2006-07
14.00-17.15 Wednesday 25 October 2006
WORK IDENTITY ON THE RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN AND NEW SOUTH WALES
Tim Stranglman (London Metropolitan University) Work identity at the end of
the line? Reflections on work identity in the railway industry
Ian Gray (Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia) What can
railway organisations learn from railway cultural traditions? Some analysis
and suggestions from the railway industry
14.00-17.15 Wednesday 6 December 2006
MODAL SHIFT IN URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Ian Yearsley (The National Tramway Museum)
Horse trams to electric: Financial aspects of change
Martin Higginson (Independent scholar)
Electric trams to motor buses: Causes and consequences of change
14.00-17.15 Wedneday 28 February 2007
THE FINANCES OF RAILWAYS IN POST-WAR BRITAIN
John Quail (University of York) Management accounting and non-accountable
management: The defeat of attempts at financial control in the UK
nationalized railways before Beeching
Terry Gourvish (LSE)
Should the Channel Tunnel have been built?
14.00-17.15 Wednesday 14 March 2007
RIVERINE LANDSCAPES
Richard Coopey (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
A landscape of business: economy and culture on the River Severn 1750-1950
George Revill (Open University) Landscape, mobility and the cultures of
transport: William Jessop and the 'improvement' of the River Trent (Title
TBC)
14.00-17.15 Wednesday 16 May 2007
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES OT TRANSPORT
Colin Divall (IRS&TH, York) 'You see, my husband's so partial to a
mantel-shelf: The gendered construction of 'safety' on Britain's railways,
1919-39
Pete Merriman (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) 'A power for good or
evil': A historical geography of the MI in late 50s and early 60s Britain
All welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
All workshops will be held in the Yorkshire Rail Academy, which is located
off The Warehouse at the National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26
4XJ, UK. The NRM is about three minutes' walk from the railway station via
the footbridge. NRM car-park charges apply (except for registered disabled
in designated spaces).
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