Below is the latest circular and a call for
papers for the International Mining History
Congress, to be held in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 6-13 July 2014.
Please note the web site address for the Congress
and circulate the information widely
Peter
Circular No. 3 CT2014: 5 May 2013
10th IMHC/20th AMHA Conference
6 – 13 July 2014
Three months have elapsed since Circular No. 2
requesting Expressions of Interest and possible
themes. In the interim, much has been achieved,
most important being the Congress/Conference
Website and linking various organisations into the template for a major event.
With venues confirmed, accommodation assessed,
several sponsors in place (with more to come),
transport and catering resolved, CT2014 promises
to be not only an “Event Down Under” for
international participants, but “Up North” for
the Australians and New Zealanders - a once in a
lifetime experience. Set aside a fortnight, not
just a few days, for the pre and post conference activities.
The recently generated website is www.ct2014miningcongress.com
It will be activated during May.
Hence it is time to call for papers on the
following sub-themes, given the umbrella theme of
Past Heritages: Future Prospects.
Suggested sub-themes:
· Reconciling indigenous issues
· Quarries: from antiquity to the present
· Tales from a lost generation
· Gender issues in mining communities
· Health and Safety over centuries
· Psychological perspectives on mining disasters
· Engineers and Entrepreneurs
· Hydro metallurgy – commercial failures and blind alleys
· Stock Market speculators and manipulators
· Historical role of Trade Unions
· Unionism v Individualism in the 20th Century
· Coal: open cut or underground?
· Uranium power or coal-fired stations?
· The death of company towns – fly-in, fly-out
· Off shore drilling exploration and the environment
· National governments and the taxation debate
· Mining and urban development – concrete and bitumen
· The multiplier effect: ancillary industries servicing mines
· Rare metals and modern technology
· Multi-nationals v nation economies
· An Asia-Pacific future?
The topics listed are not necessarily exclusive,
even the more peripheral contributions will be welcomed and publicised.
Too often Congresses and Conferences tend to be
confined by the parameters of members’ research
interests. CT2014 is breaking the mould,
endeavouring to combine the antiquarian approach
with the present relevance of mining and
resources to contemporary societies, wherein
national borders have no proscribed boundaries,
not that investment and financing in the mining
world ever respected geopolitical considerations.
Please convey this circular to colleagues within
various disciplines and watch for the CT2014
website for information on timetables and
registration which will be regularly updated.
Kett Kennedy
Dr Peter Claughton,
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Tel. +44 (0)1437 532578; Fax. +44 (0)1437 532921; Mobile +44 (0)7831 427599
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