Reports from Transportation Related Conferences

No one can go to every conference held worldwide that touches on transportation and mobility history. Thankfully we occasionally get reports from our colleagues that have managed to get to a conference we may have missed.

Dutch Mobility in a European Context

27-29 November 2008, Utrecht – Irene Anastasiadou

Automobility: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Model T

6-7 November 2008 Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware – Maggie Walsh

Society for the History of Technology
Lisbon, Portugal, 2008 – Frank Schipper

Standardisation and Network Effects in Transport
11th workshop of the German “History of Transport” working group (Arbeitskreis Verkehrsgeschichte) within the (German) Association for Business History (Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte) May, 16-17, 2008 in Nuremberg/Germany (DB Transport Museum) – Hans-Liudger Dienel

Future creating workshop/Cosmobilities Network
Holbæk, Denmark, 12-14 March 2008 – Mike Esbester

4th Cycling & Society Symposium
Guildford, UK, September 2007 – Mike Esbester

Gender, Emotion, Work and Travel: Women Transport Workers and Passengers, Past and Present
Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich, London, June 2007 – Drew Whitelegg