Appel à communications, T2M 2006

[vincent.guigueno AT m4x.org]

Chers collègues,

Je me permets de vous adresser l'appel à communications du colloque T2M 2006, 
qui se déroulera à Paris et à Marne en septembre 2006.
Il est disponible, en anglais et en français, sur ma page personnelle ENPC :

http://latts.cnrs.fr/site/p_lattsperso.php?Id=229

Respectueusement

Vincent Guigueno
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées




Fourth International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and 
Mobility

Paris and Marne-la-Vallée, France
28 September -1 October 2006

Call for Papers

The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and 
Mobility (T2M) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the Fourth 
International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility, 
to be held in Paris and Marne-la-Vallée, France on 28th September-1st October 
2006.
Papers may address any aspect of the social, cultural, economic, 
technological, ecological and political history of transport, traffic and 
mobility. However, we encourage the submission of proposals relating to the 
conference theme:  History, Safety and Sustainable Mobility.
The interplay between safety and sustainability opens up important lines of 
historical inquiry.  In what ways do the values of safety and sustainability 
shape the expectations of mobility users, producers and regulators?  For 
example, beginning in the 1970s, the resurgence of the tram, in opposition to 
the automobile, in urban centers initiated a series of intense debates.  In 
France, for example, several social science research projects (RATP Réseau 
2000, Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement, etc) were established to address 
the debate.  It is hoped that this theme will generate new objects and 
methods of inquiry in the emerging field of mobility history. 
Such a broad subject suggests the value of interdisciplinary approaches. 
Relevant contributions from cultural geographers, sociologists, 
anthropologists, economists, and other scholars who do not define themselves 
as historians are therefore very welcome, as well as those from historians 
who are not specialists in T2M. Participants are encouraged, though not 
required, to organize panels on this or any other theme. A panel consists of 
a chair and normally up to three speakers; no commentator is required.  We 
encourage transnational, comparative and transmodal approaches, and welcome 
proposals exploring theoretical or methodological issues as well as those of 
a more empirical nature. We especially invite recent entrants to the 
profession and doctoral students to submit proposals.
This conference will be hosted by Centre d’Histoire Sociale du XXe siècle, 
University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et 
Chaussées. The conference language is English and French, all the working 
panels should be in English.The deadline for abstracts and a short cv (max. 1 
page each; Word or rich text format only) is 31 March 2006. Send proposals 
to: submissions AT t2m.org. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 30 April 
2006. The full text of papers accepted must be submitted by 15 July 2006 if 
they are to be included on the conference CD-ROM sent in advance to all 
participants and if they are to be eligible for T2M Awards. All participants 
are absolutly required to register before the 1st September, in order to 
secure the conference programme.
For enquiries about the programme, please contact Mathieu Flonneau, 
Université Paris I,  (Mathieu.Flonneau AT univ-Paris1.fr) and Vincent Guigueno, 
Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (vincent.guigueno AT m4x.org). For 
information about local arrangements please contact vincent.guigueno AT m4x.org.

For information about T2M and previous conferences, please visit: 
http://www.t2m.org. Further details of the 2006 conference will be posted 
there in due course.