Key note speech
Routes through Transnational History
(Patricia Clavin, Oxford)

Creating a Transnational Rhine Network: Aims and Perspectives
(Hein Klemann, Ben Wubs)

First Session: Geographical Perspectives
Theo Notteboom (Antwerp): A tale of maritime gateways and barge connectivity: container barge transport on the Rhine between 1968 and 2009
Hugo van Driel, Ferry de Goey (Rotterdam): The Port of Rotterdam and the German Hinterland
(Discussant: Mila Davids, Eindhoven)

Second Session: Macro-economic Perspectives
Hein Klemann (Rotterdam): The Nation, Nationalism and of Modern Macro economics
Niko Wolf (Warwick): Was Germany Ever United? Evidence from intra- and international trade flows, 1885-1933
Michel Hau (Strasbourg): The Rhine and the Economic Development of Strasbourg, XIXth-XXth Centuries
(Discussant: Jan Otmar Hesse, Göttingen)

Key note speech
Transnational Infra structures and the rise of modern Europe
(Johan Schot, Eindhoven)

Third Session: Institutional Perspectives
Jeffrey Fear: Cartels: Transnational, International, or National?
Harm Schröter (Bergen): International Cartels and the Sovereignty of Rhine border States, 1919-1939
Ben Wubs (Rotterdam): The expansion of Dutch multinationals in Germany during the inter-war period, AKU, Shell, Unilever and Philips
(Discussant: John Groenewegen, Delft)

Fourth Session: Business History Perspectives
Ralf Banken, Werner Plumpe (Frankfurt): The Rhine as a structuring element of business development in Western Europe
Dieter Ziegler, Thomas Jovovic (Bochum) : The organisation of the Ruhr coal trade in the
early twentieth century
Monica Dommann (Zürich): Logistics and the Rhine
(Discussant: Christian Kleinschmidt, Marburg)

Fifth Session: Technological Perspectives
Hans Buiter (Eindhoven), Andreas Kunz: Waterways and Railways
Vincent Lagendijk (Eindhoven): Constructing Electricity Networks in Europe
Uwe Lübken (Munich): Risk Societies? Flooding and the Industrialisation of the Rhine and Ohio River Valleys
(Discussant: Alfred Reckendrees, (Copenhagen)

Preliminary Conclusions and Perspectives for further Research. What is Next?
(Werner Plumpe, Ralf Banken)

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