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</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:date Year="2006" Day="15" Month="2"><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thursday, 15<SUP>th</SUP> February
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dr. Conlon will analyse the growth of tramways in
historical </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:City><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Bombay</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_st1:place></DEFANGED_st1:City><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> and their relationship to the urban development of the
city. Some issues of both the introduction of tram technology--horse and
electric--will be explored, as well as the reception and use (or non-use) of the
tramways by the </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:City><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> public. He will look at the ideas of tramway
extension as a means to "de-congest" the old island by opening services to new
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> provides a marked contrast to the history of tramways
in </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Europe</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN lang=EN-GB
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lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> insofar as the tramway operators were unable
to speculatively build lines and develop residential property sites or
subdivisions. The last trams operated in Mumbai in 1964 and the reasons
for their being withdrawn will be discussed in the present context of seeking
new urban transport solutions to Mumbai's monumental traffic
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<P DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><EM><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Dr. Frank Conlon, professor
emeritus of South Asian History at the </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_st1:PlaceType><DEFANGED_SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> of </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:PlaceName><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Washington</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_st1:PlaceName></DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, is among the seniormost scholars
of modern </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:country-region><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">.<DEFANGED_SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </DEFANGED_SPAN>His wide-ranging research interests
include consumerism, religion, caste, and community.<DEFANGED_SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </DEFANGED_SPAN>Among his many publications are his
chapter titled “Dining Out in </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:City><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bombay</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_st1:place></DEFANGED_st1:City></EM><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><EM>”, in the book</EM> Consuming
Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World<EM>, published in 1995 and
edited by Carol Breckenridge, and his book</EM> A Caste in a Changing World: The
Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmans, 1700-1935<EM><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">, published in</DEFANGED_SPAN> 1977. Prof. Conlon
earned his Ph.D. from the </EM></DEFANGED_SPAN><EM><DEFANGED_st1:place><DEFANGED_st1:PlaceType><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">University</DEFANGED_SPAN></DEFANGED_st1:PlaceType><DEFANGED_SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> of </DEFANGED_SPAN><DEFANGED_st1:PlaceName><DEFANGED_SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> in 1969, and has taught at the
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><EM> since 1968.<DEFANGED_SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </DEFANGED_SPAN>His service to the academic community is
recognized far beyond the field of Indian history, due largely to his founding
and editing of the virtual network H-Asia in 1994.<DEFANGED_SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </DEFANGED_SPAN>This online community of researchers and
teachers interested in diverse fields of Asian studies has benefited greatly
from his contribution.</EM><DEFANGED_SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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