NEWSLETTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY No. 125 n.s. Summer 2012 WELCOME TO COPENHAGEN! Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and has a neighborhoods and extensive cultural activities. history of a little more than a thousand years which Most of Copenhagen’s houses were built before the is not unusual in Europe. You have probably heard Second World War, and the city and its inhabitants about the Little Mermaid and Tivoli, two of its are doing a lot to maintain and improve their attractions – you might even have heard about some surroundings. Many asphalt courtyards are now of Copenhagen’s inhabitants through the ages with green gardens – you can get a feeling of this by fame beyond Denmark: Fairy Storyteller Hans walking around the neighborhoods of CBS. Another Christian Andersen, Nuclear Physicist Niels Bohr, new attraction is the residential and recreational Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (Ø=O+E in harbor, where you can even go swimming! It used Danish), Storyteller Karen Blixen, and Philosopher to be a filthy and noisy industrial shipping harbor. Søren Kierkegaard. The new harbor is well worth visiting. continued on page 3 Today there are 1.2 million people living in urban Copenhagen and you’ll see many of us prefer In This Issue travelling around the city by bike. It’s faster and Welcome to Copenhagen . 1 more fun than public transportation or going by car Secretary's Message . 4 (parking is expensive)! I think Copenhagen is one Program Overview . 6 of the few locations where you can watch a bicycle Events at the Annual Meeting . 8 line of more than 100 meters at a stop light! Online Registration - NEW . 9 Special Interest Group Events . 10 Copenhagen used to be the country’s main industrial Tensions of Europe Events in Copenhagen . 12 city but its industry – and the city – declined in the Preliminary Program . 13 third quarter of the 20th century. Carlsberg’s Tours . 28 industrial production of beer moved to a town far Registration Form . 30 from Copenhagen and many production and office Conference Hotel in Copenhagen . 35 jobs moved to the suburbs. But the Maersk-Moller A Few Things to See and Do . 35 company – then Denmark’s largest – is still located in Copenhagen in Copenhagen. It owns Maersk Line which is one Edith Makes its Debut . 36 of the world’s largest container lines. The last 2-3 Call for Proposals for . 37 decades have seen the city’s regeneration as an Hosting Future Annual Meetings attractive residential city with significant business Elections . 38 SHOT Newsletter 2 Summer 2 01 2 Society for the History of Technology Society Office: Dept of Science, Technology, & Society, University of Virginia PO Box 400744, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA Phone: 434-987-6230 Fax: 434-975-2190 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.historyoftechnology.org Officers President: Ronald Kline Vice-President/President-Elect: Bruce Seely Secretary: Bernie Carlson Treasurer: Hugh Gorman For Change of Address, Membership Information, and Journal Delivery Queries Please contact Alta H. Anthony, Journals Division, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. 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SHOT Newsletter 3 Summer 2 01 2 Welcome continued… based on growing trade and reflected in the building We are looking forward to welcoming you to of monumental buildings in Copenhagen, including Copenhagen! four successor palaces to Absalon’s castle. During the French Revolution, wars and the US War of The Local Arrangements Committee Independence, Denmark was a flag of convenience and housed extensive trade for all parties. This was reflected in extensive building activity still visible Copenhagen – A Brief History in the town, particularly along the harbor on The earliest known part of Copenhagen dates back Christianshavn. The sovereign king’s dictatorship – to the 7th century. It was a fishing hamlet located by today’s terms – collapsed during the early 19th at Gammel Strand on the Zealand side of the sound century and Denmark established a democracy with the island of Amager, which held several small during the 19th century. The king remained as islands, including today’s Slotsholmen with nominal head of state. Christiansborg Palace housing the parliament (Folketinget), Prime Minister’s office, and the Also in that period, Copenhagen became a Supreme Court. significant industrial city, the country’s largest. Some of the Copenhagen Business School's During the Viking age, the hamlet grew into a small Porcelænshaven (Porcelain Garden) renovated town. In 1167, the entrepreneurial Bishop Abasalon buildings remain from this period, as do several of Roskilde started constructing a castle on an island factory buildings and workers’ dwelling neighbor - of Slotsholmen in the sound. The objective was to hoods across the city. The SHOT awards dinner will protect trade against the Hansa network of cities in take place in the kiln-hall (oldest part from 1884) of Northern Germany who were working to Royal Copenhagen. The Danish pharmaceutical disintegrate the state of Denmark. industry dates back to the early 20th century and is a significant Danish industry with an international The excellent harbor encouraged Copenhagen's perspective. Novo Nordisk has become one of the growth and it became an important centre of world's leading companies in diabetes care and one commerce. However, it didn’t become the nation's of the SHOT tours will visit its facilities. capital until the mid 15th century. At that time, the kings of Denmark started extending their court and The Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is located bureaucracy which didn’t allow previous travel of in Frederiksberg which is a separate municipality court and bureaucracy to several locations across the from Copenhagen. Frederiksberg was established in country. Originally Denmark had been a republic, 1841 and is completely surrounded by the city of where nobility and the clergy elected the king for a Copenhagen. The Copenhagen town government is lifetime, i.e. a tiny fraction of the people. In 1660, dominated by the labor party. People living in King Frederik III committed a coup d'état making Frederiksberg are on average more affluent than him sovereign and introduced succession. The people living in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg is growing power with the king and his court was governed by the conservative party. SHOT Newsletter 4 Summer 2 01 2 A Note about Danish Currency from the Airport to the town center, the hotels, and Denmark does not use the Euro but rather its own CBS. You need one 2 zone ticket to get between any currency, the Danish krone (DKK). As the of the stations serving the town center, the hotels, Newsletter goes to press, $1 equals 5.94 DKK. All and CBS. fees for the meeting will be collected in US dollars. SECRETARY’S Climate in Copenhagan in October MESSAGE The following figures are average for 1960-1990. As many of you know, SHOT is a constituent Average high 12.1°C (53.8°F); daily mean 9.5°C member of the American Council of Learned (49.1°F); average low 6.7°C (44.1°F). Societies (ACLS), an umbrella organization that represents the interests of over seventy professional Flights to Copenhagan societies in the humanities and social sciences. Copenhagen (CPH) is a convenient city to fly into, When the SHOT Executive Council gathered in New as it is a major hub airport for Scandinavia and York in 2011, they met with Pauline Yu, the northern Europe. Scandinavian Airlines as well as President of the ACLS, and Pauline expressed other carriers offer nonstop flights to Copenhagen surprise and delight to learn that SHOT is such a from Newark, Washington Dulles, and Chicago. As strong international organization; in contrast, many always, shop around for the best flight deals and of the other ACLS-affiliated societies continue to book early! concentrate on serving their American members. Getting around Copenhagan One of the most important ways that SHOT has Ten years ago, Copenhagen built a Metro line developed its international presence is by connecting CBS to Copenhagen Airport committing itself to holding its annual meeting (Lufthavnen).