[Discussion] Third International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility

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Third International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility
Tourism and the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility
National Railway Museum, York, United Kingdom
6-9 October 2005

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility (T2M) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the Third
International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility, to be held at the National Railway Museum, York, United
Kingdom on 6-9 October 2005.

Papers may address any aspect of the social, cultural, economic,
technological, ecological and political history of transport, traffic
and mobility. However, preference will generally be given to those
focussing on the historical relationship between tourism and transport,
traffic and mobility.

Tourism embraces not only the familiar phenomenon of modern mass travel
for leisure purposes but also the movement of individuals and groups for
analagous reasons in the pre-modern period. Our concern is to delineate,
both theoretically and empirically, the historical relationships between
certain patterns of mobility and kinds of leisure and associated
activities. In this way we hope to analyse the genesis, development and
interaction of different cultures of travel in order to illuminate the
various historical meanings of tourism. Such a broadly based definition
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 either tourism or 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 especially 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 the Institute of Railway Studies &
Transport History, a joint endeavour of the University of York and the
National Railway Museum. To mark the 10th anniversary of the Institute's
founding, a strand of the conference will be dedicated to 'Mobilizing
railway history: railways and the construction of the history of
transport, traffic and mobility'. More details will be posted at the web
page provided in the contact information below.

The conference language is English (only).The deadline for abstracts and
a short cv (max. 1 page each; Word or rich text format only) is *Friday
1 April 2005.* Send proposals to: submissions@t2m.org. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by Friday 29 April 2005. The full text of papers
accepted must be submitted by Monday 1 August 2005 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
required to register.

For enquiries about the programme, please contact Colin Divall (e-mail
address provided in the contact information below). For information
about local arrangements please contact Martyn Halman m.halman@nmsi.ac.uk
For details of T2M and of previous conferences, please visit:
www.t2m.org. Further details of the 2005 conference will be posted there
in due course.

Programme Committee: Colin Divall (National Railway Museum/University of
York) (Chair); Corinne Mulley (University of Newcastle); Bruce
Pietrykowski (University of Michigan-Dearborn); Heike Wolter ( Dresden
Technical University); Maggie Walsh (University of Nottingham); John
Walton (University of Central Lancashire).

	Colin Divall
Professor of Railway Studies
Department of History
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
UK
Email: cd11@york.ac.uk <mailto:cd11@york.ac.uk>
Visit the website at http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs