Abidjan/Ivory Coast

Le 25 mars 2026, une résolution, soutenue par plusieurs Etats africains, a été adoptée par l’Assemblée Générale de l’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) qualifiant l’esclavage des Africains de « crime contre l’humanité le plus grave ». Cette grande tragédie de l’histoire humaine, déjà qualifiée de crime contre l’humanité par le parlement français à travers la loi Taubira du 21 mai 2001, remet au goût du jour l’ampleur de la traite négrière par l’Atlantique, ses séquelles et un regain d’intérêt pour les communautés concernées et les chercheurs.

The business history of colonialism, imperialism and decolonisation has largely been written from the  perspective of the centres of the “classical” colonial powers, rather than from territories that are not usually associated with colonial rule. As a result, the (post)colonial dimensions of businesses based in, for example, Central European regions stretching eastwards from the Oder-Neisse and Moldau rivers to the Balkans, or in parts of Central Asia, have received comparatively little attention. Many of these regions 

The ITH invites submissions for a conference which explores how social movements and political institutions engaged with women’s – paid and unpaid – work, and gendered ideas and practices of work and labour in the aftermath of WWII. The period between 1945 and the 1960s was marked by major turning points for workers’ rights, political engagement, and the development of social welfare systems and saw the struggle for the advancement of political and social rights of women around the