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goal of the proposed workshop is to explore and discuss recent
developments related to the field of transnational history of
telecommunications, with specific focus on the role of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). Consequently, this workshop is at the
intersection of three main topics of research: the history of
telecommunications, transnational studies in communication and the
history of the ITU as the most relevant international organization for
telecommunication history.</p><p>This workshop has three main
objectives: the first is to compare different approaches, methodologies
and research avenues employed in telecommunications history scholarship;
the second is to discuss the role of the ITU as a subject of research
and as a place to conduct research; finally, the last goal involves
creating a platform of scholars for the development of further
collaborations and scientific publications.</p></blockquote></div>
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<h2> Themes of the Workshop </h2>
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<h2> Dates & Venue </h2>
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The Workshop on "Transnational histories of telecommunications" will
take place at the International Teleccommunication Union (ITU) on 17-19
December 2015.</p><p>Information how to get to ITU <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/delegates-corner/Pages/togeneva.aspx"><font color="#0563c1">http://www.itu.int/en/delegates-corner/Pages/togeneva.aspx</font></a></span></p><p>Meeting room: Room G3, Varembé building (entrance by Montbrillant or Tower building)</p></div>
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<h2> Expected outcomes of the Workshop </h2>
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workshop will provide valuable opportunities for speakers and
participants to present and discuss their recent scientific results and
to propose future lines of research to a group of highly qualified
scholars who are conducting research on the transnational history of
telecommunications.<br><br>One expected outcome of the workshop is a
special issue to be published in a leading academic journal (Technology
and Culture; Media History; Telecommunication Policy; History of
Technology; etc.).
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<br>Alternatively, the presented articles will be compiled in a book by a
prestigious publisher like Routledge, Palgrave, Bloomsbury. Cambridge
Scholar Publishing, etc. Papers will undergo the usual peer review
process.
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<br>Another expected outcome of the workshop is the establishment of new
collaborations for joint papers and projects. The organizer would like
to engage all of the participants in order to establish a European
project within the Horizon 2020 framework. National and regional funding
opportunities will also be evaluated.<br><br>A fourth and final outcome
may involve the establishment of a permanent network of scholars who
focus on the history of telecommunications, but who more broadly act as
policy advisors when decisions must be made by political organizations
at the international level. This outcome may demonstrate the need for
historians and social scientists to be involved in decision-making
processes at the international scale.</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>