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List members may be interested in the forthcoming symposium at Oxford Brookes University, detailed below. Mike Road Safety in History: International and Multimodal Perspectives 30 June – 1 July 2011 Oxford Brookes University This two-day symposium will explore how road safety and mobility cultures have been understood and constructed from the 1880s to the present day, demonstrating how road use and road safety are historically and culturally contingent. It will highlight the interactions between different road users (including pedestrians, cyclists and drivers) and the roles of technology, regulation and the built environment in producing safe – and unsafe – roads and behaviours. Comparisons will be drawn between countries and cultures, producing a better appreciation of the transfer of ideas, technologies and practices between countries. Presenters include: Dr Peter Bartrip, Professor Bill Luckin, Dr Peter Norton, Dr Nicholas Oddy, Dr Barbara Schmucki, and Dr Jameson Wetmore. The symposium is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic History Society. It forms part of the AHRC-funded project ‘Living in Safety: the Culture of "Safety" and Accident Prevention in Everyday Life in Britain, c.1900-2000’. There is no charge to attend, but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis; please contact Mike Esbester ( [log in to unmask]) to reserve a place or for further information. Deadline for registration: 21 June 2011. -- Mike Esbester AHRC Early Career Fellow 'Living in Safety: the Culture of "Safety" and Accident Prevention in Everyday Life in Britain, c.1900-2000'