Call for Papers, Presentations, Projects – IJMS Conference 2026, Shelton, Washington- deadline for submission: April 30, 2026 Continue reading
For 2026 the IJMS conference will be held in Washington State at The Ridge Motorsports Park. July 16th-19th, 2026: IJMS will venture to Shelton, Washington which is 40 miles southwest of Seattle and 20 miles northwest of Olympia, Washington’s state capitol. Shelton is known as the “Gateway to the Olympics” and “Christmastown USA” because of the large Christmas tree farming industry. Continue reading
David Walton’s The Ambiguities of European Comic Book Bikers makes an important contribution to motorcycle studies by turning scholarly attention towards a previously overlooked cultural artefact: the European comic-book biker publications. This study demonstrates convincingly that these comics merit serious critical analysis as complex cultural texts that both reflect and shape motorcycling identities across Europe. Continue reading
In his less elaborate passages, ZAMM shows us how the act of seeing while riding a motorcycle coincides with a performative act. Seeing things as “pure seeing” is useful for suspending our innate habit of filtering the vision of things through the intellect. Continue reading
For the first time the IJMS conference will be held in land of fire and ice – Iceland. IJMS Conference 2025 will trek to the Motorcycle Museum (Motorhjolasafn) in the “Northern capital“ of Iceland, Akureyri. Keynotes, presenters and motorcycle enthusiasts will enjoy the dulcet tones of motorcycle theory amongst the extraordinary 2-wheeled collection of Heiðar Þ Jóhannsson. Continue reading
For the first time the IJMS conference will be held in land of fire and ice – Iceland. IJMS Conference 2025 will trek to the Motorcycle Museum (Motorhjolasafn) in the “Northern capital“ of Iceland, Akureyri. Keynotes, presenters and motorcycle enthusiasts will enjoy the dulcet tones of motorcycle theory amongst the extraordinary 2-wheeled collection of Heiðar Þ Jóhannsson. Continue reading
IJMS in Iceland, 2025!
For the first time the IJMS conference will be held in Iceland (Akureyri Iceland) at tThe Motorcycle Museum of Iceland- Motorhjolasafn. IJMS will venture to the volcanic island, land of rainbows, fjords, waterfalls, hot springs, and magical spirits. Continue reading
