Upcoming international conferences on cycling history
At the end of May there will be two interesting but unfortunately partly overlapping international conferences devoted to cycling history. In itself this can be considered as a welcome sign of the times, indicating the growing interest in the topic. One…
Updating the Cycling History Bibliography
Ever since the launch of this online Cycling History Bibliography last year, we have had trouble correctly uploading updated Endnote masterfiles. We have now decided to update and correct the Bibliography directly online – so as to be better able to provide you with a correct…
Workshop Mobility and Environment
Mobility & Environment workshop RCC München A rather belated entry: on 3-5 June 2010, Manuel Stoffers participated in a workshop devoted to ‘Mobility and Environment’ at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, with a paper (co-authored by Peter Cox) on…
T2M yearbook 2011 published
The second Yearbook of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M), entitled Mobility in history: themes in transport, is now available from Les Editions Alphil – Presses universitaires suisses. In the volume, 28 scholars from eleven…
A strong presence, but a weak history. The bicycle in Dutch historiography
At the 21st International Cycling History Conference, held 5-7 August 2010 in Prague, Harry Oosterhuis presented our analysis of the lack of academic historiography of cycling in the Netherlands. Whereas internationally one can observe a growing academic interest in cycling history…
Presentation on the bicycle in Dutch cultural memory
At a one-day symposium on ‘Historical Culture’ held January 13, 2010, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University, Manuel Stoffers gave a presentation on the bicycle in Dutch cultural memory, reflecting on the recent dissertation…
Cycling history at the Lucerne Conference on transport history
The 7th conference of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M), held in Lucerne, November 5-8, 2009, was a success for cycling history. It was the first T2M Conference in which a separate session was…
Upcoming papers on the history of bicycle innovation and the human-powered vehicle movement
At the upcoming T2M Conference on transport history in Lucerne (November 5-8), dedicated to the theme of ‘Energy and Innovation’, there will be a separate session on the history of the bicycle. The scheduled three contributions are by Peter Cox…
Article on Dutch bicycle historiography published
Our article on Dutch bicycle historiography has appeared: Manuel Stoffers and Harry Oosterhuis, ‘ “Ons populairste vervoermiddel”. De Nederlandse fietshistoriografie in internationaal perspectief’, in: Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 124(2009), nr. 3, pp. 390-418. The article, while highlighting…
Article on Dutch bicycle historiography accepted
The historiographical article in which this online Cycling History Bibliography is announced has been accepted for the Low Countries Historical Review / Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden (BMGN). It will be published in October 2009, in BMGN 124-3. The article, written by…