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2010_21Aristotelis TympasResearching the History of Technology in Europe, Making Contact with European Research in Historical Informatics: A Conversation between the TOE/IE and the ‘Papyrus’ Research Agendas
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: historiography, historical informatics, history and computing, renewable energy, wind power, biotechnology, biomedical technology, engineering, risk, software, gender
2010_20Jira JanacConstructing central europe through waterways
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: infrastructure, Central Europe, inland navigation, waterways, Danube-Oder-Elbe canal
2010_19Joris Mercelis‘American Plastic’ in Europe? Leo Baekeland’s Transatlantic Strategy for Bakelite
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Baekeland, Bakelite, transnational entrepreneurship, technology transfer, histoire croisée
2010_18Dimitrios ZiakkasAdaptation to international aviation trends and competition of technical protocols in the Balkans
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: aviation, technical protocols
2010_17Frank DittmannMicroelectronics under Socialism
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: microelectronics, GDR, Comecon
2010_16Sean NicklinFormal and Informal Governance of Civil Aviation across the Iron Curtain: The Case of Czechoslovakian Airlines (CSA) 1945-1970
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: civil aviation, cold war, containment, CSA, Czechoslovakia
2010_15Alla S. LytvynkoSpecificity of scientific relations of Ukraine physicists with scientists in Western Europe in XIX – XX c.
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: History of physics, Physics in Ukraine, Kiev University, Statistical Physics, Condensed State of Matter
2010_14Nuno Miguel LimaTransnational railways and politics in the Iberian Peninsula during the 19th century
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Iberian Peninsula; Transnational railway infrastructure; Public and private initiatives; Passengers circulation
2010_13Veera NisonenIdeas and Discourses in the Making of European Research Politics: Challenging the Teleology of the 'Big Science' Thesis
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: European integration, European Community, research and technology policy, Big Science
2010_12Léonard LaborieFragile Links, Frozen Identities. The Governance of the International Telecommunication Union during the Cold War and Europe (1947-1953)
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: ITU, telecommunications, Cold War
2010_11Martin DangerfieldAlternative narratives of East-West trade and Soviet strategies for technology transfer, 1965-1985
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: East-West trade; Soviet-type economy; technology transfer; socialist foreign trade policy
2010_10David Burigana and Mauro ElliTensions and Cooperation in the Aviation Industry between East and West: the Anglo-Romanian Case, 1965-1981
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Technological cooperation history, European aircraft cooperation United Kingdom, Romania, China
2010_9Thomas ZellerCrossing Natural and Political Borders: Parkways in Germany and the United States, 1930-1970
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: enviromental history, motorism, consumerism, roads, landscapes
2010_8Patryk WasiakComputing behind the Iron Curtain: Social Impact of Home Computers in Polish People’s Republic
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: computer, Poland, Cold War, education, programming, black market
2010_7Ivaylo HristovThe Soviet Union influence for the establishment of Bulgarian nuclear power program. Bulgarian nuclear power station “Kozloduy” went critical.
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Bulgaria, USSR, nuclear power, COMECON, Eastern Europe, IAEA, integration, appropriation, technology transfer
2010_6Ana Paula SilvaA detour by Africa: mirroring factors in the construction of Europe during Cold War
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: energy systems, technical choices, political tensions, power representations and circulation of money
2010_5Larissa ZakharovaCompetition or cooperation? Transfers of telephone and telegraph technologies from Europe to the USSR, 1918-1960s
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: USSR, telephone, telegraph, transfers
2010_4Pauli HeikkiläFailed proposal for Common (Agricultural) Policy. Estonian exiled politicians in the European Movement during the early Cold War Estonian exiled politicians in the European Movement during the early Cold War
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Estonia, European unification, Cold War, Agriculture, exile politics
2010_3Stéphanie Le GallicClaude General Neon Lights Ltd: a European company?
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Georges Claude, Claudgen Ltd, neon signs, European Company, 2WW
2010_2Evgeny VodichevCan Russian Mono-Company Science Cities Become Centers of Innovation Growth in Russian Transforming Economy? A Case of Akademgorodok
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: Russian science, science cities, Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, innovation policy
2010_1Pál GermuskaEast-East Military Technology Transfer: Soviet Licence Policy in the frames of the Comecon Military Industrial Cooperation
project: Tensions of Europe
keywords: technology transfer, military industry, licence policy,
2009_19Helena DurnovaComputers as messengers of freedom in Soviet bloc countries
project: SOFT-EU
keywords: computing, Czechoslovakia, underground culture
2009_18Els de VosThe American Kitchen in Belgium? A Story of Countering, Reversing, Selective Appropriation and Sidelining
project: EUWOL
keywords: Americanization, mediation, kitchen design, Belgian intermediaries, women's organisations, Europeanization
2009_17Cornelis Disco and Eda KranakisNew Industrial Commons in Europe: Introduction
keywords: Commons, Europe, resources, infrastructures, cooperation
2009_14Jeff YostAppropriation and (In)dependence: Examining the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM), IBM, and Burroughs at the Advent of the Computer Industry
project: SOFT-EU
keywords: International Business Machines (IBM), British Tabulating Machine Company, Computer Industry, Research and Development, Technology Transfer
2009_13Erik van der Vleuten & Vincent LagendijkEurope's Electrical Vulnerability Geography: Historical Interpretations of the 2006 'European Blackout'
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: Energy vulnerability; Critical Infrastructure; electricity history, transnational history
2009_12Ivaylo HristovNuclear Electricity Networks in Eastern Europe: Political, Social, and Technological Development: The Case of Bulgarian Nuclear Program
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: Nuclear power, Bulgaria, East European networks, IAEA, CMEA
2009_11Adri A. Albert de la BruhèzeThe Strategic Making and Use of America Images: The Contested Design of Modern Tourist Accommodation in The Netherlands, 1945-1955.
project: EUWOL
keywords: Mediation, making of Europe, Americanization, Tourist Accommodation, Appropriation.
2009_10Frank SchipperMarshall and Mobility
keywords: mobility, Marshall Plan, tourism, transport policy, European integration
2009_9Thomas KaiserfeldFrom Sightseeing to Sunbathing: Blurring German and American Traditions in Swedish Package Tours during the 1950s and 60s.
Abstract of 2009_9
project: EUWOL
keywords: Americanization, leisure history, tourism history, package tours
2009_6Nina WormbsTechnology-dependent commons: The example of frequency spectrum for broadcasting in Europe in the 1920s
project: EUROCOMMONS
keywords: commons, frequency, spectrum, broadcasting, 1920s
2009_4Martin Kohlrausch et al.International Community of Experts: Exploratory Workshop Report, Warsaw, September 11-13
keywords: experts, technology, Central and Eastern Europe, Cold War, networks
2009_3Pierre-E. Mounier-KuhnThe UNESCO International Computing Center in Rome
project: SOFT-EU
keywords: UNESCO, International Computing Center, Calcul, Rome, Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics
2009_2Marija DremaiteSoviet Industrialization of Housing Technologies in the Context of the International Modernism
keywords: Housing, modernity, town planning, prefabricated houses, architecture
2008_9Erik van der Vleuten Toward a Transnational History of Technology: Meanings, Promises, Pitfalls (a link to an extern website)
project: EUROCRIT
keywords:
2008_8Jiri JanacEurope Through Waterways: The European Coasts of Bohemia
project: PhD Eastern Europe
keywords: infrastructure, Central Europe, inland navigation, waterway, the Danube Oder Elbe Canal
2008_7aparticipants Sigtuna ConferencePapers Sigtuna Conference.
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: transnational infrastructures, critical events, vulnerability, scarcity, gas, electricity, transport
2008_7Kaijser, Arne, et al.EUROCRIT Workshop Report: Sigtuna, Sweden, 21-24 May, 2008.
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: transnational infrastructures, critical events, vulnerability, scarcity, gas, electricity, transport
2008_6Disco, Cornelis, et al.Inventing and Governing Transnational Commons in Europe.
project: EUROCOMMONS
keywords: commons, resources, governance, Europe
2008_5Fickers, Andreas, et al.Transmitting and Receiving Europe.
project: EUROTRANS
keywords: broadcasting, Europe, ether, culture
2008_4Martí-Henneberg, Jordi, et al.The Development of European Waterways, Road and Rail Infrastructures: A Geographical Information system for the history of European Integration, 1825-2005
project: Water, Road & Rails
keywords: waterways, roads, railroads, GIS
2008_3Alberts, Gerard, et al.Software for Europe: Constructing Europe Through Software.
project: SOFT-EU
keywords: computation, software, IBM, Algol, standards
2008_2Kaijser, Arne, et al.Europe Goes Critical: The Emergence and Governance of Critical Transnational European infrastructures
project: EUROCRIT
keywords: infrastructure, gas, electricity, cold war, accidents
2008_1Oldenziel, Ruth, et al.European Ways of Life in the 'American Century': Mediating Consumption and Technology in the 20th Century
project: EUWOL
keywords: consumption, USA, mediation, food, leisure
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