Note!
The timetable of the sessions is preliminary and may change after the registration deadline.
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Program for download:
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And a more handy version:
Provisional_Program
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T2M-Kouvola/St. Petersburg, 2013 – (25 -28 September, 2013)
Provisional Program (updated 27 August, 2013)
Kouvola-talo – Kouvola, St.Petersburg State Transport University Campus
11th International Conference
Transport and Borders
Kouvola, Finland – St. Petersburg, Russia
25.-28.9.2013
Preliminary schedule
Note!
The timetable of the sessions is preliminary and may change after the registration deadline.
Chairs of the sessions will be announced soon.
Wednesday 25.9.
09.30–13.30 Executive Committee of the T2M at the hotel Vaakuna
13.30–14.30 Lunch
14.30–16.30 Editorial board of the Journal of Transport history at the hotel Vaakuna
17.00–19.30 Opening Ceremony and Public Lectures by Mr Pekka Haavisto and Mr Otto Lehtipuu.
Pekka Haavisto is Member of the Finnish Parliament. He also acts as a Special Representative of the Foreign Minister of Finland in African crises specializing in Sudan and Somalia.
Otto Lehtipuu is Head of Environmental Affairs at VR Group, a state-owned railway company in Finland.
20.00 Reception at the Kouvola Officers´ Club, joint reception with the Railforum2013 Conference (http://www.railforum.fi/)
Thursday 26.9.
08.45–09.00 General information about practicalities
09.00–09.45 Keynote speaker Mr Ville Iho, COO Finnair.
10.00–12.00 Sessions
Session Room: Simelius
The Past and Present State of Public and Private Railways
Chair
Divall, Colin and Forsdike,Nicola
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Public Projects and Private Need – a Historical Perspective on High-speed Rail in the UK |
University of York, UK |
Kellermann, Norman |
From National to Commercial Borders – Passenger Rail Travel in a Liberalised Europe |
Freie Universität Berlin, German |
Khristoliubova, Elena |
Public-private Partnership as an Effective Mechanism of Cross-border Transport Projects Realization |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
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Passalacqua, Arnaud |
When Building Borders Aims at Increasing the Efficiency of Railways: the Creation of the French Track Owner (mid-1990s – mid-2000s) |
Université Paris Diderot, France |
Session Room: Honka
Relocating the borders of the Soviet Union: Infrastructure, trade and technology transfer
Chair: Sari Autio-Sarasmo, University of Helsinki
Grigory, Suzi |
Networking Finnish Territories into Soviet Karelia after the Winter War through Reorganization of Transport Infrastructure |
European University at St. Petersburg, Russia |
Kalemeneva, Ekaterina |
Broadening the Borders of Human-built Environment in the Soviet North: New Architectural Designs and City Planning in the 1960s |
European University at Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
Kochetkova, Elena |
Technology Transfer through "the Iron Curtain": the Case of the Finnish-Soviet Border Region in 1950s-1960s |
European University at Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
Oiva, Mila |
Exporting Westerness? Polish-Soviet Cloth Trade, 1956-1982 |
Cultural History Department, University of Turku, Finland |
Session Room: Arvola
Cross-border movement: Political and social problems in mobility
Chair
Drozdova, Maria |
About Some Issues of Russian-Finnish International Cooperation |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
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Papadogiannis, Nikolaos |
Migrants on Vacation. The Travel Patterns of Young Greek Migrants Residing in West Germany in the 1960s-1970s |
Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany |
Svyetlov, Alexander |
Europe´s Border Construction through Policy and Discourse |
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia |
Shin, Hiroki |
Cross-Border Movement of Energy and Visions of a Mobile Society in Post-War Japan |
University of Manchester, UK |
Session Room: Tynnilä
History of Developments in Mobility and Transportation
Chair
Burchardt, Jorgen |
Transport, Mobility and Changing Working Conditions. Forces Behind Industry’s Localization, Architecture and Production Design, 1950-1970 |
National Museum of Science and Technology, Denmark |
Heesvelde, Paul |
Logistics, Railways and the Military, 1835 – 1875 |
Flemish Transport Ministry, Belgium |
Kallio, Kalle |
Foreign Influences in Finnish Railroad Construction 1857-1940 |
The Finnish Labour Museum, Finland |
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Sahari, Aaro |
Patrolling the Sea Border: the Influence of a Changing Coast Guard Doctrine on New Vessel Development in Finland |
Coast Guard Museum – Kymenlaakso, Finland |
12.00–13.15 Lunch at the Kouvola-talo
13.15 – 14.45 Sessions
Session Room: Simelius
Museums and Exhibitions: Mobility on Display
Chair : Kalle Kallio
Babaian, Sharon |
Demonstrating Sovereignty: Transport Canada’s “Little Sea” at Expo 67 |
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, Canada |
Mauranen, Katariina |
What’s the Sea Got to Do with It? Shipbuilding Displays in Maritime and Non-maritime Museums |
Independent scholar, Finland |
Nylund, Niklas
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On the Move – Finland after World War II |
Rupriikki Media Museum, Finland |
Session Room: Honka
Crossing National Norders: How Cross-border Highways were Planned, Constructed and Used
Chair
Bekasova, Alexandra |
Linking Imperial Russia to Europe: the Development of Transport Network, and the Movement of Passengers, Mail, Goods across the Borders, 1820-1850s |
European University at St. Petersburg, Russia |
Bess, Michale K. |
From Meridian to Pan-American: Planning, Building, and Using a Transnational Motor Highway across the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1920-1936 |
University of Texas at El Paso, USA |
Pernold, Madgalena |
The construction of the Brenner Highway as a “Tyrolean project”. The Regional-Political Discourse about Strengthening the Bonds between the Separated Regions of South Tyrol and Tyrol, by Crossing the National-state Border of the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy with a Highway |
University of Innsbruck, Austria |
Session Room: Arvola
Young Scholars
Chair
Chitayants Gennadi |
Rail Passenger Traffic over Borders in Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
Vasilyeva Anastasia |
Infrastructure and Barriers in Tourism Development in Tourism Development (Example of the Cross-Border Region Karelia) |
Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
Volkova Elena |
Overcoming Borders: International Relations Development |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
Session Room: Tynnilä
Obstacles, Encounters and Innovations in History of Mobility
Chair
Dzuvichu, Lipokmar |
Mobility and Encounters in the Hill Tracts of British Assam, 1860s – 1900s |
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
Lozano, Pedro |
The Development of the Bridge Links System in the River Tagus Basin at the Province of Cáceres |
Universidad de Extremadura, Spain |
Rus, Dorin-Ioan |
Technical Innovations in River Shipping in Eighteenth-Century Transylvania. Wood Economy, Spatial Transformation and Knowledge of the Other |
Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Austria |
15.00 -16.30
Session Room: Simelius
History of Evolving Traffic and Transportation
Chair
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Saar, Teele |
Steamship Traffic Opened the World. Maritime Connections to Haapsalu and Kuressaare Resorts |
Eesti Meremuuseum, Estonia |
Oliva, Jan |
To the Borders and beyond, the Birth and Development of the Czechoslovak Aviation between the Wars |
University Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux/University Charles, Prague, Czeck Republic |
Hänninen, Niko |
Pushing the Borders of Loggings in Northern Finland after World War II |
University of Oulu, Finland |
Session Room: Honka
Borders and Mobility in Cinema, Literature and Pictures
Chair
Heine, Eike-Christian |
Roads, Schools, Pop music: Infrastructures of Integration and Sweden’s North in Mikael Niemi’s Novel "Popular Music from Vittula" |
University Stuttgart, Germany |
Dalal, Radha |
Intangible Borders: Istanbul and the Cartography of Modernity in the Posters of the Orient Express |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar |
Jeffries, Chloe |
Air-suspensed Austins and Peugeots in Pieces: Images of Automobiles Crossing the Channel 1903-1939 |
University of Oxford, UK |
Session Room: Arvola
A Tale of Three Regions: Transportation and Borderlands
Chair
Kerr, Ian J. and
Pereira Hugo
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Crossing Colonial Boundaries: The West of India Portuguese Guaranteed Railway Company, circa 1860 – circa 1902 |
University of Manitoba, Canada |
Nikkanen, Joonas |
A Railway, a River and a Borderland: Riihimäki – Saint Petersburg Railway as a Unifying Element in the Late 19th century Kymenlaakso Region |
University of Tampere, Finland |
Primmer, Andrew |
The Railways in Colombia: A Story of Regional Integration |
University Nacional de Colombia, Colombia |
17.00–21.00 Excursion to Kotka. Visit to the Maritime Centre Vellamo housing the Maritime Museum of Finland and the Museum of Kymenlaakso (http://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/en/)
Friday 27.9.
07.20–10.48 Allegro train to St. Petersburg from Kouvola railway station, Finnish and Russian border formalities in the moving train
11.00–14.00 Shuttle buses to the Conference hotels and hostel
13.30 Shuttle buses to the University from the Conference hotels and hostel
14.00–15.00 Lunch at the University
15.00–16.00 Opening
16.00–17.30 Sessions
Session Room:
Chronological Borders: Can Historians Face the Future of Mobility?
Chair: Jari Kaivo-oja
Christ, Andreas and Hoppe, Merja
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"History and Future Relevance of State Borders: Mobility as Border Crosser?" |
University of Applied Sciences, Zürich, Switzerland |
Kellermann, Robin and Moraglio, Massimo
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Bordering and De-bordering the Continent. How Threats Scenarios Urged to Reshape Europe Transport Industry 1965-1985 |
TU Berlin, Germany |
Pereira Maria and Ribeiro Soares Nuno |
Long Term Effects of Changes in Political and Economic Borders: Consequences on Transport Policies |
VTM Consultores em Engenharia e Planeamento Lda, Lisbon, Portugal
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Session Room:
Commercial Transport Development: Issues and Solutions
Chair
Feys, Torsten |
Carriers or Barriers to Human Mobility? Shipping Companies and the Rise of Modern Border Controls |
Ghent University/ FWO, Belgium |
Biktimorova, Ekaterina |
Mobility in the Border Region, Its Effect on Economy (Example of the Republic of Karelia) |
Institute of Economics of Karelian Research Centre, Russia |
Korovyakovsky, Eugene and Panova, Yulia |
Transformation of Trans-Siberian Railway into a Special Transport System |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
Session Room:
Borders and Barriers
Chair
Coşar, Nevin |
Border and Transportation Between Turkey and Syria |
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey |
Sheller, Mimi |
Mobility, Debordering and Territoriality on the Haitian-Dominican Border |
Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
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Erkan, Yonca |
Over the Tracks: Mobility of Women in the Ottoman Empire |
Kadir Has University, Turkey |
18.00–19.30 Annual members´ meeting
20.00–21.30 Banquet at the Yusupov palace
21.30 Shuttle buses to the Conference hotels and hostel
Saturday 28.9.
09.00 –11.00 Sessions
Session Room:
On the Rails: Expanding and Maintaining Railway Infrastructure
Chair
Burckhart, Kerstin |
Connecting both Sides of the Pyrenees by High-speed Rail |
Barcelona, Spain |
Kitunin, Alexander |
The Chinese Eastern Railways as the Russian-Chinese Border Project in the Modern Description |
Petersburg State Transport University, Russia |
Sahi, Juha |
The Trans-Siberian Railway: A Gateway of Trade between Finland and Japan in the Midst of World Crises |
University of Oulu, Finland |
Schiefelbusch, Martin |
Getting across – Railway Infrastructure Design across Borders |
Nexus Berlin/TU Berlin, Berlin |
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Geographies and Mobility: A Look on the History of Transportation and Social Interaction
Chair Room:
Fuhrer, Raphael |
Modelling Variation in Transport Infrastructure, Travel Time and Accessibility over Time and Space |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technilogy Zurich, Switzerland |
Galviz, Carlos Lopez |
Into, out and across: the Borders of Traffic in Mid-nineteenth-century London |
University of London, UK |
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Nenonen, Marko |
Different Geographies: Why Transport Routes do not Explain the Directions of Cultural Interaction |
University of Tampere, Finland |
Strekalova Natalya |
Social zoning and mobility in the early 20th century provincial Russian town |
Tambov State University, Russia |
Session Room:
How Clear Boundaries Became Blurred: New Perspectives on Borders
Chair
Danilova, Anna |
Secret Cities: Material and Mental Borders of Social Space
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Ural Federal University, Russia |
Marquez, Viktor |
Airports: The Immaterial, International Frontier? |
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico |
Stephenson, Paul |
Searching for the Border between Canada and the USA: Does It Really Exist? |
Okanagan College, Kelowna, Canada |
Vozyanov, Andrey |
How Much Street is There Inside the Cabin?, Local Topographies and Spatial Regimes of Privacy in Public Vehicles |
European University at Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
Session Room:
Governing Commercial Transportation: Borders and Limits
Gómez, Ernesto Garmona |
Transport Governance in North America |
UNAM, Mexico |
Dayal, Raghu |
Borders that Bar Growth |
Asian Institute of Transport Development, Qatar |
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Kolesnikov, Nikolai |
Borderness and Peripherality as Factors of Regional Development |
Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
Moutou, Caludine J |
Greener Pastures or an Encroaching Menace? The Effect of Mental Borders in Limiting and Differentiating Business Expectations about Improving Accessibility by Sustainable Transport Modes |
The University of Sydney, Australia |
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11.15 – 12.30 Lunch at the University
12.45 – 14.15 Sessions
Session Room:
Are Central Planned Economies Stronger in Developing Infrastructure than Decentralized Liberal Market Economies?
Chair
Roth, Ralf |
The Origin of the Internet – Pre-conditions for Its Development and Why It Happened in the US and not in the SU |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Germany |
Thielepape, Hans |
The Development of Infrastructure (Communication and Transport) Using the Example of two Emerging BRIC Countries China and India |
Outotec GmbH, Germany |
Vahrenkamp, Richard |
The Failures of Communist Logistics 1920 – 1990 |
Logistic Consulting Berlin, Germany |
Zhaloba, Ihor |
The Problems in Developing Transport Infrastructure During the Transfer from a Planned to a Market Economy in Ukraine |
Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Ukraine |
Session Room:
Regulating and Governing the Traffic
Oiamo Tor and
Parr, Joy |
‘Changing of the Guards: Health, Wellbeing and Border Governance for the Detroit River International Crossing in Windsor, Ontario, Canada’ |
Western University, London, UK |
Korpiola, Mia |
Driving Across Borders: International Influences on Finnish Automobile Regulation in the Early Twentieth Century |
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland |
Sallila Jussi |
Exception or the New Normal? Liability for Railway Accidents in Late 19th Century Finland |
University of Helsinki, Finland |
Session Room:
Mobility and Traffic: Different Views
Chair
Hess, Daniel B. |
Transport in Mikrorayons Evolution of Transport-Land Use Relationships in Socialist Housing Estates in Estonia |
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA |
Spode, Hasso |
“Forget Borders!“ – Aviation and Visions of the Future in the Interwar Period |
TU Berlin, Germany |
Faraj, Paulina |
Policing Airwaves: The Decree by the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich on ‘Extraordinary Radio Measures’ as a Means of Controlling Informational Flows |
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
Session Room:
Overcoming Obstacles: History of Developing the Railways
Chair
Seppinen Ilkka |
B. Wuolle and the Electrication of the Finnish Railways |
University of Finland, Finland |
Sibul, Eric A. |
Running a Railroad in Sopranoland |
Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia |
Tiedau, Ulrich |
The Vennbahn railway (1882–2001): Changeful History of a Borderland Railway and Its Role for the Identity of the Rhine-Maas Euregio |
University College London, UK |
16.00–17.00 Plenary session and closing of the seminar
17.00 Visit to the University Museum
Sunday 29.9
EB of the yearbook
