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John Scholes Transport History Research Essay Competition, 2025

The John Scholes Prize is awarded annually to the writer of a publishable paper based on original research into any aspect of the history of transport and mobility. The prize is intended to recognise budding transport and mobility historians. It may be awarded to the writer of one outstanding article, or divided between two or […]

Imagining the future of ports in the long nineteenth century

CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE: “IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF PORTS IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY” Guest editors: Giovanni Cristina (giovanni.cristina@uniroma3.it), University of Roma Tre, and Giovanni Favero (gfavero@unive.it), Ca' Foscari University of Venice Abstract deadline: 31 May 2025 The nineteenth century, as stated by the volumes that have now become classics of historiography by Christopher […]

Mobile cultures and the anthropocene: Territories, societies, temporalities

1 CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE: “MOBILE CULTURES AND THE ANTHROPOCENE: TERRITORIES, SOCIETIES, TEMPORALITIES” Guest editors: Dr Nathalie Roseau (nathalie.roseau@enpc.fr), École nationale des ponts et chaussées Abstract deadline: 15 July 2025 Research on mobility has shown considerable interest in promoting an interdisciplinary approach to history in order to renew knowledge of transport. Among the issues […]

Mobility Alternatives – Alternative Mobilities – call for papers T2M conference November 2025

Call for papers T2M Conference 4-7 November 2025 Eindhoven, NL Conference page The call in PDF T2M 2025 seeks to spark debate that moves beyond mono-modal approaches through the broad lens of Mobility Alternatives – Alternative Mobilities. The term Mobility Alternatives refers to transport modes positioned as alternatives to dominant forms of mobilities—largely automobilities—such as […]