Hi Peter, NAMHO is now British and Irish based? How can it be the National Association? Clearly time for a name change! Roger On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:13:21 +0000 Peter Claughton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In 2005, July 8-10, NAMHO (the British/Irish based National Association of > Mining History Organisations) will be holding its annual conference in the > south-east of England, at Dorking in Surrey. The venue, close to cross > channel links and major regional airports, provides an ideal opportunity to > bring together mining historians from across Europe. > > As part of the conference it is intended to hold a seminar on 'The Common > Aspects of European Mining History'. The seminar would include perhaps six > papers on aspects of mining history which are not confined by national > borders and reflect a common interest in mining be it for metals, coal or > stone. There will be the opportunity to network and establish working > relationships with other mining historians from across the continent. > > If you are interested in attending please contact me, Peter Claughton > <[log in to unmask]>, at the earliest opportunity. If you wish to > present a paper please provide a short abstract and brief biographical > details. The language for the conference will be English but we hope to > provide facilities for presentations in other languages within the seminar. > > Peter > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Dr Peter Claughton, > Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. > > Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599 > > University of Exeter - School of Historical, Political and Sociological > Studies > (Centre for South Western Historical Studies) > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. > See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. > > Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ > > _____________________________________________ ---------------------- Prof.Roger Burt Department of History School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies Amory Building University of Exeter Devon Tel. (44) 01392 263291 http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt