Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013

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Electricity underground: the politics of a new technology in London and Paris at the turn of the twentieth century

2013-01-1825:08

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Electricity underground: the politics of a new technology in London and Paris at the turn of the twentieth century Session 5: Underground technologies ...

Training up the escalated body

2013-01-1822:11

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-1939 Training up the escalated body Session 5: Underground technologies and bodies Richard Hornsey (University of the West of England) A conference t...

The Underground above ground

2013-01-1821:26

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 The Underground above ground Session 5: Underground technologies and bodies Lucy Maulsby (Northeastern University Boston) Abstract Architectural...

Crossing oceans to cross rivers: trans-Atlantic knowledge and capital in tunnelling history

2013-01-1816:27

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Crossing oceans to cross rivers: trans-Atlantic knowledge and capital in tunnelling history Session 6: Underground comparisons and connections Tim Whi...

A transatlantic connection: Philadelphia, London, and the urban transit at the turn of the twentieth century

2013-01-1822:27

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 A transatlantic connection: Philadelphia, London, and the urban transit at the turn of the twentieth century Jim Wolfinger (DePaul University) Abst...

Hitchcock's Underground

2013-01-1819:09

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Hitchcock's Underground Session 8: The Underground and film David Pike (American University Washington) Abstract: “Hitchcock’s Underground”...

Tunnelling today for Crossrail tomorrow

2013-01-1858:05

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Tunnelling today for Crossrail tomorrow Plenary Lecture Michael Hebbert (University College London) A conference to mark the 150th anniversary of ...

Movement, vision, Underground

2013-01-1819:11

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis Movement, vision, Underground Session 8: The Underground and Film Marko Jobst (University of Greenwich) A conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the L...

Letting off steam: the perils and possibilities of underground travel in Victorian and Edwardian London

2013-01-1701:00:21

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Letting off steam: the perils and possibilities of underground travel in Victorian and Edwardian London Richard Dennis (University College London) ...

Class and commuting on the underground, 1863-1939

2013-01-1724:48

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-1939 Class and commuting on the underground, 1863-1939 Part of session 1: Underground Histories and Stories Simon Abernethy (University of Cambridge) ...

A job for life: changes seen in a 50-year career on London Underground, 1916-1966

2013-01-1737:09

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-1939 A job for life: changes seen in a 50-year career on London Underground, 1916-1966 Part of session 1: Underground Histories and Stories Piers Connor ...

The London Tube Map as a shared public diagram

2013-01-1722:39

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 The London Tube Map as a shared public diagram Part of session 2: Designing the Underground. Christoph Lueder (Kingston University) Abstract Har...

The advantage of a trip abroad. The emergence of architectural Modernism

2013-01-1720:14

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 The advantage of a trip abroad. The emergence of architectural Modernism Ulrike Weber (Technical University Kaiserslautern) Abstract: English Moder...

'Stand clear of the doors, please': an aural journey on the London Underground

2013-01-1723:10

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground:Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-1939 'Stand clear of the doors, please': an aural journey on the London Underground Jacob Paskins (University of Cambridge) Abstract: The Underground is ...

Listening and sounding in the London Underground: sonic memories as embodiments of technological Infrastructure

2013-01-1721:53

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Listening and sounding in the London Underground: sonic memories as embodiments of technological Infrastructure Ximena Alarcon (University of the Art...

Notes from the Underground: Seamus Heaney's 'District and Circle'

2013-01-1724:01

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Notes from the Underground: Seamus Heaney's 'District and Circle' Tom Herron (Leed Metropolitan University) A conference to mark the 150th annivers...

Pick's posters and progress: a design strategy for the Underground

2013-01-1734:45

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Pick's posters and progress: a design strategy for the Underground Oliver Green (Independent Scholar) A conference to mark the 150th anniversary of...

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Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013