Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013

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A conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. Organised by the Centre for Metropolitan History (IHR), in association with the London Transport Museum. Image: Copyright Transport for London and reproduced by kind permission of t...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 25:08


    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 ...

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    Training up the escalated body

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 22:11


    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...

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    The Underground above ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 21:26


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 16:27


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 22:27


    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...

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    Hitchcock's Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 19:09


    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”...

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    Tunnelling today for Crossrail tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 58:05


    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 ...

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    Movement, vision, Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 19:11


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 60:21


    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) ...

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    Class and commuting on the underground, 1863-1939

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 24:48


    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) ...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 37:09


    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 ...

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    The London Tube Map as a shared public diagram

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 22:39


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 20:14


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 23:10


    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 ...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 21:53


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 24:01


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 34:45


    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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