APPEL A CONTRIBUTION . Transport, Traffic, Mobility, 1er congrès international, Eindhoven , novembre 2003

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L'universite de technologie d'Eindhoven (Pays-bas) recevra du 6 au 9
novembre 2003 le premier congres "Transport, Traffic, Mobility (T²M)" qui
doit consacrer la constitution d'une association internationale des
chercheurs qui, dans plusieurs disciplines, abordent ces champs.
Les orientations de ce premier congres, comme vous pourrez le voir à l'appel
à communication ci-dessous, sont très larges: il devrait permettre
l'expression de l'ensemble des preoccupations actuelles dans ce champ de
recherche, y compris les questions posees par le patrimoine des transports
et la diffusion de son histoire.
Certaines seances traiteront de sujets précis, en particulier "les corridors
de fret en Europe" dont le coordonnateur est Laurent Bonnaud,
laurentbonnaud AT laposte.net.
La date limite de reception des projets de communication est fixée au 15
avril 2003. Si vous souhaitiez y répondre après cette date, il est toujours
possible d'en referer aux membres du comite d'organisation, dont les
coordonnees figurent également ci-dessous.

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First International Conference on the
History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M)
Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 November 2003
Eindhoven Technical University, The Netherlands

CALL FOR PAPERS

The TENSIONS OF EUROPE – MOBILITY HISTORY GROUP, the COST 340 NETWORK
‘Towards a European Intermodal Transport Network – Lessons from History’
and the TRANSPORT HISTORY GROUP OF THE GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS
HISTORY invite proposals for papers to be presented at the fFirst
International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility
(T2M), to be held on 6 – 9 November 2003 at the campus of Eindhoven
Technical University, The Netherlands.

The conference aims to bring together the many scattered initiatives,
research programmes, research institutions and individuals in these closely
related fields and take the first steps towards creating a new set of
institutional structures to further their intellectual development. A major
step in this direction will be the founding of an INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT, TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY (T2M). The conference
coincides with the official opening of the EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MOBILITY
DOCUMENTATION (ECMD) at the campus of Eindhoven Technical University. ECMD
will act as host for the conference.

We expect 100–150 conference attendees, with a maximum of 160. The
conference  language (written and oral) is English. The deadline for
abstracts and a short cv (both max. 1 page) is 15 April 2003 (see addresses
below). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 Mai 2003. The full
text of papers accepted must be submitted before 15 August 2003 if they are
to be included in the proceedings on CD-ROM, which will be distributed to
all participants  before 15 October 2003. 15 August 2003 is also the
deadline for payment of the conference fee of 65 Euro. In due course, an
application form for the conference with information about the venue and
hotels will be sent to all colleagues who have expressed their intention of
attending.

As the preliminary programme (see below) shows, the conference (the first in
an intended  series of biennial conferences) combines three parallel strands
each organised by one of the  co-operating organisations. There will be some
plenary sessions as well as time for the presentation of papers from outside
the immediate concerns of the organisers. The intention is to revitalise the
historical study of transport, traffic and mobility, partly by creating new
opportunities for the exchange and development of ideas and concepts, both
in person and through the usual scholarly media such as journals. The
founding of the International Association as well as the presentation of a
commemorative issue marking the 50th year of publication of the Journal of
Transport History are meant to further these aims.

We especially invite young scholars and PhD students to submit proposals. If
enough reactions will be received we intend to have a special session on
Work in Progress.


The TENSIONS OF EUROPE – HISTORY MOBILITY GROUP will use the conference to
finalise its three year pilot phase, by presenting, in four different
parallel sessions and one plenary session, its five research plans for its
subsequent research phase after 2003. These plans cover the following areas:
·       Intermodal Competition and Diffusion of Mobility
·       Mobility Culture
·       Engineering European Mobility
·       Automobile Production and Technology
·       Virtual Mobility Museum
For the first three sessions we invite submissions which expand our focus
outside the realm of the automobile and the motorcycle and outside the
western countries covered by our research so far. For the last, plenary
session, we invite submissions for short pieces from the world of transport
museums and archives. Detailed information about these sessions are to be
found on the website www.histech.nl/tensions under “T2M.” Please send your
submissions for this part of the conference to Clay McShane (Northeastern
University, Boston, USA) at: c.mcshane AT neu.edu. For general information
please contact the Programme Committee’s chair: Gijs Mom at
g.p.a.mom AT tm.tue.nl

The COST 340 NETWORK ‘Towards a European Intermodal Transport Network –
Lessons from History’ and the TRANSPORT HISTORY GROUP OF THE GERMAN
ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS HISTORY invite submissions for two sessions on the
topics of  ‘European Transnational Connections and Traffic Flows’ and
‘European Transport Corridors and the Growth of the European Community.’ A
third session will be organised by COST 340 independently on ‘Trains, Planes
and Speed.’
The purpose of the ‘Connections’ session is to focus on transnational
infrastructure building and use in a long-term perspective.
The purpose of the ‘Corridors’ session is to present a historical analysis
of intermodality (the combination of two or more transport modes for the
same service) in trans-European freight corridors, and its integration into
transport networks. Focus is on the post-1945 period. Preference will be
given to the long-term perspective.
Submissions for these sessions should be sent to Laurent Bonnaud (Associate,
Centre Roland Mousnier, Paris-Sorbonne University) at
laurentbonnaud AT laposte.net.
Detailed information about the expected content of these three sessions can
be found at the websites www.trains-fr.org/ahicf/programmes.htm,
www.histech.nl/tensions and www.unternehmensgeschichte.de.
The purpose of the ‘Trains, Planes, and Speed’ session is to look at
questions of high-speed mobility in the 20th century, the renaissance in
rail transport brought about by high-speed trains, and the growth, nature
and significance of the air transport industry. Submissions for these
sessions should be sent to Colin Divall (rail) at cd11 AT york.ac.uk, or to
Peter Lyth (air) at PeterLyth AT aol.com .

Several ‘independent sessions’ are reserved for papers that do not fit in
any of the strands reserved to the three participating organisations but
which are considered important additions to the conference. The Programme
Committee, however, would prefer that one of these sessions focuses on
conceptual and theoretical issues, while another deals with  issues coming
from the world of transport museums and material culture. Submissions for
these sessions should be sent to Gijs Mom at g.p.a.mom AT tm.tue.nl.

The Programme Committee:

dr.ing. Gijs Mom, Foundation for the History of Technology and chair ECMD,
Eindhoven University of Technology, IPO 2.33, the Netherlands (chair):
g.p.a.mom AT tm.tue.nl

dr. Laurent Bonnaud, Centre Roland Mousnier, Paris-Sorbonne (COST 340):
laurentbonnaud AT laposte.net

dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Centre for Technology and Society, Technical
University Berlin (Transport History Group, German Business History
Association): dienel AT ztg.tu-berlin.de

prof. dr. Colin Divall (National Railway Museum & University of York, UK)
(COST 340): cd11 AT york.ac.uk

dr. Peter Lyth, Editor, Journal of Transport History: PeterLyth AT aol.com

dr. Clay McShane, Northeastern University, Boston, USA (ToE-MHG):
c.mcshane AT neu.edu

dr. Michèle Merger, CNRS Institut d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, Paris
(Chair COST 340): michele.merger AT ens.fr and mimerger AT tin.it.
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