Book now to secure your place on the conference Telecommunications in the Aftermath of World War 1: Civilian and Military Perspectives, to be held at Savoy Place on 10 August 2016.
Registration is now open online
We have an excellent set of speakers comprising both engineers and professional historians .Their diverse perspectives examine the extent to which the interwar period was a formative one in the history of telecommunications.
The conference fee is £20 and includes lunch.
For further information contact K.Subramanian@leeds.ac.uk
Conference Programme
9.30- Registration
10.00- Opening Remarks (Graeme Gooday)
10.20- Maria Rikitanskaia (University of Lugano). The ITU and Radio Amateurs.
10.40- Jeffrey Hughes (University of Manchester). Scroungers and Soldiers: the Cambridge University Wireless Society, 1920-1940
11.00- Discussion
11.25-Break
11.40- Keith Thrower (Independent Scholar). Progress in telecoms made possible by developments in valve technology.
12.05- Colin Hempstead (Independent Scholar). Continuous Waves, Liquid Air, The Hall Effect, And The First World War.
12.25- Peter Butcher. The 1936 Anglo-French micro-ray link, the first uhf data link.
12.45-Discussion
13.10- Lunch
14.00- Kapil Subramanian (University of Leeds). The Interwar Royal Corps of Signals.
1420- Clive Kidd. Wireless Telegraphy in the Royal Navy.
1440- Anthony Davies. The interwar years: a comparison of British Navy, Army and Airforce telecommunications developments.
15.00-Discussion
15.25- Break
15.40- John Liffen (Science Museum). Telephone Exchange Automation in Britain 1919-1939.
16.00-Discussion
16.15- 16.45 Closing Remarks and Final Discussion