[Commlist] Call for presentations: Media-related motorsports history

Call for presentations

Media-related motorsports history
International Motor Racing Research Center
Watkins Glen, NY USA
Onsite and remote presentations


The International Motor Racing Research Center and the Society of 
Automotive Historians present the Seventh Annual Michael R. Argetsinger 
Symposium on International Motor Racing History on Friday and Saturday, 
November 3 & 4, 2023, in the Media Center of the world-famous Watkins 
Glen International racing circuit in Watkins Glen, New York.



2023 is the 75th anniversary of the beginning of road racing on the 
streets of Watkins Glen, the 75th anniversary of NASCAR, and the 25th 
anniversary of the founding of the International Motor Racing Research 
Center.

To celebrate these milestones, this year we especially encourage 
submissions, including those employing innovative presentation formats, 
which explore the following post-WW2 developments:

·       Road racing in America in all genres, amateur and professional, 
including sports car, stock car, and Formula One

·       The mass popularity of stock car racing, due to the success of 
NASCAR

·       The institutionalization of motor racing history and motor 
racing-related educational programs world-wide



Submissions on other topics of international motor sport history of 
other eras are also welcome, including, but not limited to, the history, 
evolution, and development of race cars and motor sport technology; 
motor sport geography, oral history, and historiography; cultural, 
gender, media, and political histories of motor sport; and archival and 
museum studies.

The Symposium is a unique gathering geared to scholars, independent 
historians, the enthusiast media, motor sport participants, and 
interested members of the public. The two-day event is free and open to 
the public and will be live streamed for remote viewing, courtesy of 
Gran Touring Motorsports. Both in-person and remote presentations will 
be made.


To Submit a Presentation Abstract for Symposium Consideration:
Scholars, graduate students, independent researchers, and professional 
and amateur motor sport historians are welcome to submit abstracts not 
exceeding 200 words to (symposium /at/ racingarchives.org) by August 3, 2023. 
Submission review, selection, and notification will be completed the 
week of August 14, 2023. Abstracts can be either Word or PDF documents. 
Presentations, including slides, video, film or other visual techniques, 
should be limited to 20 minutes, excluding time for questions 
andanswers. Presenters, in person at Watkins Glen or remotely via Zoom, 
will speak to the attendees at the Media Center and simultaneously to 
the online streaming viewers. Videos of the presentations will be 
available post-event in the IMRRC and SAH online archives, while 
academic-style papers may be published in the Journal of Motorsport 
Culture & Historyhttps://scholars.unh.edu/jmotorsportculturehistory 
and/or in the Automotive History Review https://autohistory.org

Presenters will be expected to be, or upon selection to become, members 
of the SAH ($20 digital membership, go to https://autohistory.org  and 
select Log In/Join) and of the IMRRC ($25 membership, go to 
https://www.racingarchives.org and select Support the IMRRC, then Join 
Our Crew, then Become a Member).

For additional information, please visit 
https://www.racingarchives.org/news-and-events/michael-r-argetsinger-symposium-international-motor-racing-history/ 
or https://autohistory.org/argetsinger-symposium-draft/ or contact 
Symposium Chair
Robert Barr of the SAH at (symposium /at/ racingarchives.org)
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