Call for papers – T2M Conference 2012
The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M) announces the call for papers to be presented at its tenth annual conference, which will take place at the Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid (Madrid Railway Museum) on 15-18 November 2012.
Read Call for papers or Pdf for print
Extended deadline: May 20th
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More pictures from the T2M conference in Berlin
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The 2011 winner of the £250 (pounds Sterling) prize is Alexander Medcalf, a PhD student at the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History at the University of York. His submission forms part of his research into the commercial cultures of one of Britain’s best known railway companies in the first half of the twentieth century. The thesis title is “Picturing the Railway Passenger as Customer in Britain: the Great Western Railway, 1903-1939”.
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The 2011 conference is over – see you in Spain
The participants at the T2M Conference 2011:
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Posters from the conference Poster page
Round Table Discussion on the Future of Transport Museums
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Get the audio of the final round table discussion here |
Sunday, October 9th, 2011, Conference Center of Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
Steven Lubar (Brown University, Providence, USA) (Moderation)
Michael Fehr (University of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany)
Dirk Böndel (Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Germany)
Dominick Pisano (National Air and Space Museum, Washington/USA)
Andreas Pinkow (Triad Design Berlin, Germany)
Andreas Braun (BMW Museum, Munich/Germany)
Charissa Terranova (University of Texas/USA)
Jenni Korjus (Centre of Railway Culture, Kouvola/Finland)
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New issue
T2M Yearbook 2012
Peter Norton, Gijs Mom, Liz Millward and Mathieu Flonneau (eds.):
Mobility in History. Reviews and Reflections.
The present volume includes articles reviewing scholarship from four countries not represented in previous Yearbooks (Colombia, France, Portugal and Sweden) and a new thematic article (on car sounds). Following a precedent established last year, this volume offers readers a close reflection on a classic study in mobility history, Wolfgang Schivelbusch’s The Railway Journey (1977). Readers can also get an inside look at the state of the art of mobility history from the unique perspective of one of its central figures, Gijs Mom.
Further information.
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New issue
Lucy C S Budd: John K. Walton: Colin Divall : Peter F. N. Hörz and Marcus Richter: |
Approaching the history of the early modern Atlantic from viewpoint of seacrossers and pointing to precursors of ideas in the American revolution (Stefan Tetzlaff). |
Welcome to the homepage of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic an Mobiltiy (T2M)!
T2M, the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility, emerged from the shared agenda of a number of different groups who increasingly came to the conclusion that a new field of analysis and interpretation was required (for a longer discussion of this process, see Gijs Mom “What kind of transport history did we get? Half a century of the JTH and the future of the field,” Journal of Transport History 24(2) 2003, pp. 121-138).
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The specific initiative to found a new international association came from the Mobility History Group within COST’s Tensions of Europe programme, with the idea being extensively discussed during the last two group workshops in Trondheim and Munich in 2002. Through further discussion with COST and Arbeitskreis Verkehrsgeschichte (part of the German association of Economic History) plans were drawn up for the launch of the association, which took place in Eindhoven in November, 2003. By this stage some of the most active members in the fields of mobility and transport history were involved.
Since 2003, T2M has organized a yearly conference, resulting in a growing network of researchers presenting high-quality papers. At the Paris conference in 2006, general members voted to accept the statutes of the organization, resulting in T2M’s official founding. With new ventures such as Theme Groups and a regular newsletter, T2M continues to be an exciting and innovative association.
T2M is incorporated as a non-profit, interdisciplinary educational organization. Our executive secretary’s office is located at the Technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands. The association provides an international forum through the biannual Journal of Transport History (published by Manchester University Press in the UK), through its newsletter and listserv, and through its annual meetings in Europe, North America and elsewhere. It also supports travel to meetings by new researchers; awards for scholarly essays (the John Scholes Prize) and oral presentations (the Barker and Robbins Prize); and collaborative educational efforts with other educational organizations.
T2M’s mission is the establishment of a collegial association of scholars, practitioners and concerned citizens to encourage and promote an understanding of the historical interaction between transport, traffic and the mobility of people, material objects and ideas. The association invites participation by anyone sharing an interest in its activities. Membership of T2M ensures a vital connection with like-minded individuals and institutions around the world.
Benefits include a print subscription to the Journal of Transport History, discounted registration at the annual meetings, a quarterly electronic newsletter, and access to the special member area of the T2M
website.
We welcome you again on our homepage and invite you to learn more about our activites and join our association and our activites.
Hans-Liudger Dienel
President of T2M
Secretary address:
Manuel Zirm
zirm@ztg.tu-berlin.de
+49 (030) 314-23508 (Phon)
Technische Universität Berlin
Sekretariat HBS 1
Manuel Zirm
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Hardenbergstraße 16-18
D-10623 Berlin