Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, York, UK
Research Workshops, 2005-06
14.00 Wednesday 22nd February 2006
*Railways and the construction of British landscapes
* Alan Bennett (IRS&TH)
Dorset and the Wessex Line: Great Western & Southern Railway
Jill Murdoch (IRS&TH)
Return to Arcadia: railways, the painted landscape and the consumption
of culture
14.00 Wednesday 10th May 2006
*Mobility in C20th Britain
* Colin Pooley (Lancaster University)
The everyday mobility of children: how much has it really changed?
Moazzam Ishaque and Robert Nolan (Imperial College)
Managing pedestrian interaction with road traffic: a historical review
of pedestrian infrastructure development in Britain.
14.00 Wednesday 24th May 2006
*Commercial cultures of C20th transport*
Nicolas Maffei (Norwich School of Art and Fine Design)
The streamlined designs of Norman Bel Geddes: from imagined ideal to
commercial reality
David Watts (Coventry University) (TBC)
Some reflections on the interpretation of visual advertising (TBC)
*/All welcome./ *Refreshments will be served.
*/Please note/ * All workshops are held in the Yorkshire Rail Academy at
the National Railway Museum, York, UK. The YRA is fully accessible and
may be reached from within The Warehouse at the NRM, off the Great Hall.
The YRA is not open to the general public - you will need to use the
entryphone to get into the YRA. Please do not enter the YRA more than 10
minutes before the advertised starting time. Ask at the Museum's welcome
desks or any information point if you need help.
The National Railway Museum is about 3 minutes' walk from York railway
station via the footbridge. Please use either public entrance to the NRM
and tell the staff at the desk that you are attending the IRS&TH
workshops. Cycle parking is available at the City Entrance. Motorists
please note that NRM parking charges apply (except for
registered-disabled parking, available at the City Entrance).
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