Journal of Transport History

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The Journal of Transport History aims to circulate and promote the best and the widest possible range of peer reviewed analysis and commentary on all facets of transport pasts. It also aims to benchmark and stimulate the craft of researching, curating and writing transport history in all its diversity. The Journal aims to deepen understanding of agency and consequences in transport history. More here: https://journals.sagepub.com/overview-metric/JTH

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!

SPECIAL ISSUE:“BEYOND NATIONAL BORDERS: METHODOLOGICAL CONSOLIDATION AND NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY”

Guest Editor: Leandro Stacchini ([email protected]), University of Florence and Siena

Abstract deadline: 15 September 2026

Check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/JTH/SI_07_Borders%20(1).pdf

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NEW CALL for The Journal of Transport History!

John Scholes Transport History Research Essay Competition, 2026

The John Scholes Prize is awarded annually to the writer of a publishable paper based on original research into any aspect of the history of transport and mobility. The prize is intended to recognise budding transport and mobility historians.

Here is the link for the call: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/JTH/2026%20John%20Scholes%20Prize%20call%20for%20nominations-1769596793750.pdf

Submission deadline: 15 September 2026

A new Book Review has been published in JTH!

"Book Review: The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth Century to the Present by Ralf Roth and Paul Van Heesvelde", by Fernanda de Lima Lourencetti.

Check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00225266261428467

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NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!

SPECIAL ISSUE:“INVISIBLE MOBILITIES – MOBILITY INVISIBILITIES”

Guest Editors: Ueli Haefeli ([email protected]), Interface, Luzern; Tiina Männistö-Funk
([email protected]), University of Turku; Claire Pelgrims ([email protected]), Université libre de Bruxelles; Tiphaine Robert ([email protected]), University of Bern

Abstract deadline: 30 June 2026

Check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/JTH/SI_06_InvisibleMobilities-1775623349747.pdf

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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!

"Book Review: Becoming Urban Cyclists: From Socialization to Skills by Matthieu Adam and Nathalie Ortar", by Diego Cavalcanti.

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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!

"Book Review: (Un)settling Place: Diverse and Divergent Place-Making of People on the Move by Nanneke Winters, Heike Drotbohm, and Yaatsil Guevara González", by Yianni Cartledge.

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The JTH presents the Special Issue Civil Aviation and the Global South, Volume 45 Issue 3, by Dr. Marie Huber and Dr. Waqar zaidi (Guest Eds.)

This video is about the article: US aid for Thai Civil Aviation, 1947–1959, by Waqar H. Zaidi.

Check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00225266241291930

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A new Book Review has been published in JTH!

"Book Review: Travel, Writing and the Media: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives by Barbara Korte and Anna Karina Sennefelder", by Robin Jarvis.

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