The picture as a poster (high resolution 500 KB) download poster The 2023 Global Mobility Humanities Conference (GMHC) and 21st Annual Conference of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T²M) Organised by T2M and the Academy of Mobility Humanities (Konkuk University) https://www.mobilityhumanities.net/ “Mobilities, Aesthetics and Ethics” 25 ~ 28 October 2023 (hybrid) […]
Please reserve the dates of August 22-23 2024 for the C-MUS conference on ‘Mobilities Controversies – Place, Justice, Democracy’. We are open for abstract submissions. Please find more information here: https://www.en.create.aau.dk/research/labs-and-facilities/centre-for-mobilities-and-urban-studies-c-mus/c-mus-conference-2024 Direct link to abstract submission: https://www.en.create.aau.dk/research/labs-and-facilities/centre-for-mobilities-and-urban-studies-c-mus/c-mus-conference-2024/abstract-submission Abstract Submission - Aalborg University (aau.dk) The deadline for abstract submissions is March 6, 2024. Confirmed keynotes: Mimi […]
Aspiration has recently entered the lexicon of various branches of mobilities studies. At the individual scale, scholars have examined the ways in which the term has become an important subjective frame for (especially young) migrants to understand their personal mobility projects (Robertson et al., 2018; Paul, 2019). At a broad societal level, others have […]
Dear Colleagues, To celebrate the publication of our special issue "Moving Publicly, Writing Mobility: Public Transport in African Literatures" in English Studies in Africa ( https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/reia20/67/2?nav=tocList ), we are organising an online launch. We are delighted to have Prof. Bradley Rink (University of the Western Cape) as our invited speaker. Two of our contributors, Mapule Mohulatsi and Ye […]
SeminarSeriesTransport & Mobility HistoryAddressHybrid | Online via Zoom & IHR Seminar Room N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HUSpeakersArthur Émile (Laboratory for the History of Science and Technology (LHST), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))Event dates 21 November 2024, 5:30PM - 7:00PM https://www.history.ac.uk/events/a-familiar-source-air-pollution-steam-trains-and-smoke-abatement-movement-britain-1910s Add to calendar Contactihr.events@sas.ac.uk
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 […]
Research Seminar with Dr Claire Pelgrims (Brussels) 3 March 2025, 16:30-18:00 GMT Room A05, LICA Building, Lancaster Univesrity Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjU5ZjIyZmEtNmNhNC00ZmY1LWIzNTUtNTQ5NDc5NDE3NTYx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ca65b6b4-83dd-4277-93c3-ac7173967e0b%22%7d Bicycle aesthetics, mobilities of care and equipment trajectories: An international comparison of gender construction processes around cycling equipment Since the 1990s, European cities have been developing policies to promote cycling. However, in traditionally car-centric […]
Appel de textes Pour une juste place de l’histoire des transports et des mobilités en Amérique Numéro thématique de la Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française française Depuis leur arrivée dès le 16e siècle, les Européens ont bougé sur le continent américain – et les Autochtones, présents antérieurement, et coprésents ensuite, ont tout autant été mobiles. […]
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 […]
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 […]
You are warmly invited to attend the following free on-line seminar organised by the LJMU Tourism, Travel, Culture and Heritage Research Group Tourism Costs: Where are we now? 29th April 13.30 – 15.00 (UK time) Online Please register via the Eventbrite page by Thursday 24th April to receive the Teams link : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1300795818309?aff=oddtdtcreator If you […]
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for those working on cycling in post-socialist cities or the broader CEE region. We invite you to send your abstracts to our session titled "Pedalling Through Change: The Politics, Histories, and Cultures of Cycling in Post-Socialist Cities". Our panel is part of the Cities After Transition […]
Lancaster University, Friday 20th June, 1-4pm, in person presentations, with hybrid attendance. You are pleased to invite you to attend the Cemore Summer Symposium, an opportunity to get together with mobilities researchers from Lancaster and further afield, to share our research, celebrate success, and maybe spark some new collaborations. We look forward to welcoming guest […]
Event, 10.00-16.00 on 15th July 2025 Location for this event: Council Room, Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD ‘Mobilising Imperial History’ will examine intersections between Imperial History, histories of transport, and Mobilities through the lens of crimes committed in transit. This event is supported by the Royal Historical Society as part of […]
Mobility Humanities Special Issue (for publication January 2028) CALL FOR PAPERS “Imagining the Railway, 1900 to the Present” Guest Editors: Adam Borch, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Jason Finch, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Frederik Van Dam, Radboud University, Netherlands We invite scholars to submit article proposals for a special issue in the open-access journal Mobility Humanities […]
Dear All, For those who understand Spanish, we'd like to invite you to follow our second workshop on the mobility of things. It will be streamed live on https://www.youtube.com/@CHIHistoriaIntelectual October 3, 2pm (Arg) These workshops aim to discuss the mobility of organic and inorganic things, proposing a dialogue between mobilities studies and the material turn, […]
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 walking, cycling, micromobilities […]
Experience three cities and two countries during this travelling conference that will take place at the Maritime Centre Forum Marinum, Turku, House of Sciences and Letters in Helsinki, Finland and at the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia, on 11th–13th June 2026. It is organised by the Finnish Maritime History Association, the Finnish Maritime Archaeological Society, the Estonian […]
In 2026, the Austrian Association for Traffic and Transport Sciences (ÖVG) celebrates its 100th anniversary – and we warmly invite you to join us for this special occasion! On May 7, 2026, we will host an international anniversary conference in the beautiful Kuppelsaal of TU Wien, in conjunction with the 24th European Transport Congress. The […]
Organised by the Academy of Mobility Humanities (Konkuk University) “Mobility Infrastructures of Humans, Non-humans, and More-than-humans” 5 ~ 6 December 2025 Konkuk University, Seoul Call for Participation Innovations in mobility infrastructure, such as artificial intelligence databases, global logistics systems, climate technologies, satellite internet constellations and battery charging and swapping systems, carry uncertain, uneven and even […]
