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-> H-Nexa Cross Post: SYMPOSIUM
"People/Technologies/Environments"
by Wayne Miller 
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 21:50:29 -0800
From: Wayne Miller 
Subject: H-Nexa Cross Post: SYMPOSIUM
"People/Technologies/Environments"
Date:    Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:36:52 -0800
From:    "Michael Gregory, NEXA/H-NEXA" 
Subject: SYMPOSIUM "People/Technologies/Environments" (BAEH)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 07:00:10 -0800 (PST)
From: James Williams 
Dear BAEH colleagues:
I am organizing "People/Technologies/Environments," a session
for the 26th
Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology
(ICOHTEC), August 16-21, 1999, in Belfort, France.  This is a session
invited by the organizers, and for it I am seeking contributions which
explore the crucial role technology plays in the interrelationship
between
humans and nature.  Perhaps some of you are working in areas that might
provide an interesting case study in what I am calling "the
technology
junction."
The general theme of the ICOHTEC Symposium is technological choice,
and,
as always, a variety of social activities are being planned in
conjunction
with the meeting, including an evening with ICOHTEC's own jazz group
"The
Email Special."
If you would be interested in participating, please let me know by
email
as soon as possible.  At this stage all I need is a topic idea (paper
title and a sentence) and your affiliation, address, phone, and email
address.  I will be submitting a first draft of the session to the
organizers by December 31, and would like to have chosen as many of the
participants as possible by that time.  A second circular for the
conference will be issued in February 1999.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Jim Williams
History Department
De Anza College
Cupertino CA  95014
(408)864-8964

Symposium Information
Location.  The 26th ICOHTEC Symposium will be held at the University
of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), in the eastern part of
France (France-Comte) close to South-Alsace (Mulhouse). Switzerland
(Basel) and southwest Germany (Baden-Wurtemberg).  The closest
international airport is Basel, with a shuttle to Belfort.
Accommodation.  Hotel accommodation will be in the close
surroundings of Sevenans andin the city of Belfort.  Buses will
ferry participants to the venues and the cost is included in
registration fees.  Three choices of accommodation will be vailable:
3-star hotel, 2-star hotel, and student rooms.  The deadline for
booking rooms is 1 May 1999.
Fees.  Participant:  @1200ff;  Student:  @600ff;  Accompanying
person: @500ff.  The exchange rate is currently about 5.5 French Francs
to $1.  Fees will rise after 1 May 1999.  Fees include
symposium documents, a welcome reception, lunches and coffee-breaks,
the social programme, the conference dinner, and transport from
hotels to the Symposium site and to events of the social programme.
Local contact:
Michel Cotte, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard
Rue du Chateau, SEVENANS
F-90010 BELFORT
France
fax:  (33) 03 84 58 31 78
email:  Michel.Cotte@utbm.fr