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Project "Archives World Map 3.0"

5 minutes 33 seconds ago

After many years the Archives World Map is back with its third version. 
Archives World Map is a geospatial collaborative platform for cataloging public archive institutions worldwide.

Archives World Map 3.0 is now live and fully working at: https://archivesmap.org

The project remains free and open to everyone who wants to help make archival institutions more visible, easier to find, and better represented on a global map.

Anyone can contribute by adding institutions to the map. Submissions are reviewed before being published. Users are warmly invited to participate:

  • add institutions that are not yet on the map
  • review existing entries
  • improve information whenever needed
  • help expand coverage in your region, country, or area of expertise

Even small contributions can make a real difference. By adding and revising institutions, a more useful and representative resource for archivists, researchers, students, and the public can collectively be built.

The creators of this collaborative map thank everyone who has supported the project over the years.

CfP: "From Collective Practice to Cultural Heritage: The Lives and Archival Alferlives of Independent Film Collectives" (ACTIVATE WP4 Conference)

5 minutes 33 seconds ago

The forthcoming workshop of the "Alternative Media and Digital Activism" work package of the ACTIVATE project will examine independent film collectives and their intersections with collective filmmaking practices, archival work, and cultural heritage in a transnational European perspective across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Although militant film collectives can be traced back to the 1910s in France and other European countries, it was from the 1930s onward that collective filmmaking practices became more widely structured and politically organised. Their “golden age” arguably emerged in the late 1960s and continued into the early 1980s, when numerous collectives across Europe operated outside or at the margins of the commercial film industry. Often linked to trade unions, workers’ movements, feminist and anti-colonial struggles, or alternative distribution networks, these groups developed collaborative modes of production and circulation that challenged dominant cinematic, economic and institutional structures.
Yet the history of film collectives is neither linear nor homogeneous. Their emergence, transformation, and decline are closely tied to specific political, economic, and technological contexts. From the interwar period to post-1968 activism, from analogue film culture to today’s digital environments, collective practices have continually adapted their forms and priorities. In recent years, for instance, some collectives have explicitly focused on preserving, circulating and reactivating the materiality of analogue and photochemical supports as both an aesthetic and political gesture. Understanding the historical evolution of collectives thus also means analysing the conditions that favour their emergence, the infrastructures they rely on, and the shifting focus of their activities.
From the mid-1980s onward, many collectives were gradually transformed into more conventional legal entities (production companies, NGOs, independent author-driven structures), marking a shift from collectively authored militant documentary practices to more individualised forms of filmmaking. This transformation raises important questions about the parallel process of patrimonialisation: how has the institutional recognition of these films accompanied, reframed or even reshaped their political and collective origins? Did the passage from militant documentary to “author cinema” coincide with processes of institutionalisation and canonisation?
Today, some of these films — along with their related documentation — are preserved, restored, catalogued, and exhibited by national film archives and heritage institutions. Yet films alone rarely capture the full scope of collective practices. Non-film materials — posters, pamphlets, scripts, correspondence, production files, distribution catalogues, photographs, technical notes, and digital traces — are often essential to reconstructing the political, social, and aesthetic frameworks in which these collectives operated. How can archives preserve and contextualise these heterogeneous materials? What role do they play in resisting the de-politicisation or simplification of collective histories?
At the same time, collective filmmaking has not disappeared. Contemporary artists continue to experiment with collaborative authorship, shared infrastructures, and alternative economies of production and distribution. This conference therefore also seeks to foster dialogue between historians, archivists, and contemporary practitioners working collectively today. Contributions from artists, filmmakers, and members of collectives — reflecting critically on their own practices in relation to historical precedents and archival futures — are particularly welcome.
We welcome proposals addressing (but not limited to):

Histories and Evolutions of Film Collectives in Europe
• Emergence of early militant collectives (1910s–1930s)
• The “golden age” (late 1960s–early 1980s)
• Transformation into institutional or author-driven structures
• Political, economic and technological conditions shaping collective practices
• Shifts in focus: activism, education, alternative distribution, analogue materiality
• Contemporary collectives and new collaborative models
Production, Circulation and Transnational Networks
• Production, distribution and exhibition models
• Links to trade unions, political movements, feminist, queer or migrant struggles
• Alternative circuits and transnational solidarities
• Informal or underground networks of circulation
• Cross-border collaborations and European infrastructures

Archival Challenges
• Acquisition of collectively authored works
• Copyright and collective authorship
• Cataloguing collective practices
• Fragmented archives and incomplete collections
• Preservation of non-standard formats and low-budget materials
• The role of non-film materials in reconstructing collective activity
• Archival strategies for contextualisation and reactivation
Institutionalisation and De-politicisation
• From activist cinema to cultural heritage
• The tension between institutional recognition and radical politics
• Canon formation and the marginalisation of collective authorship
• The shift from collective documentary to author cinema
• The role of festivals, retrospectives and museum exhibitions

Reactivating Collective Histories
• Restoring transnational networks of solidarity
• Curatorial practices foregrounding collective authorship
• Digital humanities approaches and network analysis
• Participatory archiving and community-based preservation
• Artistic reappropriations and contemporary reactivations

Institutional and Practice-Based Perspectives
• Concrete archival workflows
• Preservation and digitisation strategies
• Policy frameworks and funding structures
• Ethical considerations in handling politically sensitive materials
• Collaborative research between archives and universities
• Practice-based research by contemporary collectives
• Contemporary collectives and their relationship to heritage institutions

To apply: Please submit your proposal (max. 300 words), along with a brief CV, by 29 May 2026 to achilleas.papakonstantis@cinematheque.ch, francois.vallotton@unil.ch and archivum@ceu.edu (subject “ACTIVATE Conference WP4 March 2027).

Achilleas Papakonstantis (Cinémathèque suisse)
Oksana Sarkisova (CEU/Blinken OSA Archivum)
François Vallotton (UNIL)

 

*Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Seminar "Nazi Forced Labour in Film"

3 hours 5 minutes ago
Organiser: Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre (International Youth Meeting Centre) Host: International Youth Meeting Centre Postcode: 12439 City: Berlin Country: Germany Takes place: In attendance Dates: 05.07.2026 - 11.07.2026 Deadline: 01.05.2026 Website: https://www.ns-zwangsarbeit.de/bildung/aktuelle-angebote   The international summer school provides a forum for students and early-career educators to exchange ideas on methods, research approaches, and teaching practices related to Nazi forced labour and its remembrance in postwar Europe. The programme focuses on how Nazi forced labour is represented, constructed, and interpreted in fiction films and documentaries. Participants will learn the basics of film analysis, explore narrative strategies in historical fiction, and engage in collective viewing, critical discussion, and analysis of selected films. The summer school will conclude with a public screening accompanied by commentary developed by the participants.   Nazi Forced Labour in Film

Historical Context:
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Nazi Germany faced severe labour shortages and increasingly shifted the economic burden of the war onto populations from occupied territories. More than 13 million people from across Europe were deported or coerced into forced labour within the territory of the Third Reich.

Forced laboureres were subjected to harsh living and working conditions, including restricted rights, forced accommodation in camps or barracks, malnutrition, and limited freedom of movement. After 1945, many returned to societies that often marginalized or stigmatized them, particularly in contexts where forced labourers were perceived as having “collaborated” with the enemy.

Key Themes and Goals
1. Exploring the history of Nazi forced labour, current research trends, and pedagogical approaches.
2. Analysing how fiction and documentary cinema portray and shape our understanding of history.
3. Exchanging ideas on the current challenges faced by history educators in Europe, with a particular focus on teaching the history and memory of the Second World War.

Participants
The programme is open to 15 students and early-career educators. No prior experience in film studies is required.

Participants should be willing to stay for the whole duration of the summer school, actively contribute to discussions and participate in the final presentation of the film.

The working language of the summer school is English.

Organisers
The Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre, part of the Topography of Terror Documentation Center, is located on the site of a largely preserved former forced labour camp established in 1943 in an industrial district of Berlin for more than 2,100 people.

Its exhibitions, archives, and educational programmes focus on a historically underrepresented victim group: approximately 8.4 million civilian forced labourers from across Europe who were exploited by the Nazi regime during the war.

Application
To apply, please submit a short CV and a motivation letter in one file (max. 1–2 pages).

The organisers will cover travel costs, accommodation (single or possibly twin shared rooms) and meals for the selected participants.

Deadline: 1 May 2026

Please send your application to: Tanja Vaitulevich iymcberlin@topographie.de.

Contact

Tanja Vaitulevich iymcberlin@topographie.de

Conference "From Geneva to Schengen: Shaping Immigration and Refugee Protection in Western Europe, 1951–1994"

3 hours 5 minutes ago
Organiser: Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing; Ghent University Location: Buchensee 1 Postcode: 82327 City: Tutzing Country: Germany Takes place: In attendance Dates: 29.06.2026 - 01.07.2026 Deadline: 25.06.2026 Website: https://www.apb-tutzing.de/programm/tagung/27-4-26  

The conference "From Geneva to Schengen" examines the evolution of refugee protection in Western Europe between 1951 and 1994. It explores the complex friction between international obligations under the 1951 Geneva Convention and the domestic realities of immigration control, labor migration, and decolonization. By analyzing how individual governments built administrative machinery to determine status and enforce exclusions, the program reassesses the diverse state practices that fundamentally shaped the contemporary European asylum landscape.

The 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention is a watershed in migration “management” by providing refugees a privileged access to the territory of states willing to protect them. The Convention was never just a static legal text. It was a living instrument, constantly reinterpreted throughout time. This workshop looks at high-level diplomacy, but also focusses on the ground level of implementation, examining how Western European states actually put the Convention into practice during its first four decades. We explore the friction between international obligations and the domestic realities of immigration control, labor migration, decolonization, and the shifting economic tides from the Trente Glorieuses to the post-industrial 1980s.

Our analysis centers on how individual governments defined who “counted” as a refugee and how they built the administrative machinery to determine status, grant rights, or enforce exclusions. By tracing these national trajectories up to the decisive 1994 turning point—the threshold of the Schengen era—we reassess how forty years of diverse state practice fundamentally shaped the asylum landscape in Europe.

Programme

Monday, 29 June 2026

2.00 pm Arrival, Registration and Welcome Coffee

3.00 pm Opening Remarks
Michael Mayer, Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing
Frank Caestecker, Ghent University

3.15 pm Keynote
Before Geneva: The Formation of Refugee Regimes in Europe, 1920s–1940s
Philipp Strobl, University of Vienna

4.30 pm Break

5.00 pm Section 1: Shaping the Refugee Regime before the Geneva Convention

“In Limited Terms”: The 1943 Bermuda Conference on the “Refugee Problem” and the Emergence of the Post-War Refugee Regime
Annika Heyen, Osnabrück University

Norms, Practices and Marginality. The Production of Non-Western “Others” in the Postwar Refugee Regime
Jessica Wehner, Osnabrück University

The Afterlife of Atrocity: Jewish Displaced Persons, Sovereignty, and the Administrative Closure of the Holocaust Refugee Problem in Post-1951 West Germany
Harshada Anand Kavade, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

6.30 pm Dinner

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

8.00 am Breakfast

9.00 am Keynote
The 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention between Humanitarian Protection and Migration Management
Annette Weinke, University of Jena

10.00 am Break

10.30 am Section 2: Implementing the Geneva Convention

Reluctant Cooperation: Italy, Intergovernmentality and Refugees, 1951-1963
Pamela Ballinger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Restricting Asylum through International Refugee Law: West Germany and the Geneva Refugee Convention
Michael Mayer

Informal Governance and International Obligations: Luxembourg and the 1951 Refugee Convention, 1951–1993
Denis Scuto, University of Luxembourg

Interpretations of the Refugee Convention: The Case of the Cold War ‘Defections’ to Finland
Matti Välimäki, University of Helsinki

12.30 pm Lunch

3.00 pm Section 3: From Objects to Actors: Refugees in the Making of Protection Regimes

Being a Refugee in Post-War Germany: The Internationalisation and Political Belonging of a Contested Figure
Isabella Löhr, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam

Between Refugee Protection and Restrictive Citizenship Policies: The Naturalization of Geneva Convention Refugees in West Germany
Nicholas Courtman, King’s College London

4.30 pm Coffee Break

5.00 pm Section 4: Reshaping the International Refugee Regime since the 1970s

Between “Refugees Welcome” and Restrictiveness. Policy and Practice in Sweden from the 1970s to 1994.
Pär Frohnert, Stockholm University

Humanitarian Admission and Political Constraints: The Ambivalent Resettlement of Vietnamese Boat Refugees in Europe
Marcel Berlinghoff, Osnabrück University

In the Shadow of the Basic Law. Jurisprudence and Legal Practice of the Geneva Refugee Convention in the Federal Republic of Germany (1980s–1990s)
Bastian Högg, Lern- und Erinnerungsort Notaufnahmelager Gießen

6.30 pm Dinner

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

8.00 am Breakfast (Check-out by 8.45 am)

9.00 am Keynote
Formalizing Asylum Policy under the Pressure of Globalization and the Collapse of the Soviet Bloc, 1975–1993
Frank Caestecker

10.00 am Break

10.30 am From Refugees to Inadmissibles: International Aviation Governance and Migration Control in Western Europe, 1980s–1990s
Carolin Liebisch, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam

Making Human Rights Matter in Migration: The Case of the ECHR in The Netherlands before 1995
Wiebe Hommes, University of Amsterdam

Shaping European Migration Governance: The Origins of the Schengen and Dublin Systems
Simone Paoli, University of Pisa

12.00 pm Conference Wrap-up

12.30 pm Lunch, End of Conference

Contact

Antonia Kreitner
Tel.: +49 8158 256-58
a.kreitner@apb-tutzing.de

Colloquium "22. Kolloquium Geschichte der Arbeitswelten und der Gewerkschaften" (German)

3 hours 5 minutes ago
Bielefeld/Germany   Veranstalter: Prof. Dr. Stefan Berger, Bochum; Prof. Dr. Dietmar Süß, Augsburg; PD Dr. Knud Andresen, Hamburg; Dr. Alexandra Jaeger, Bonn; Dr. Michaela Kuhnhenne, Düsseldorf; Prof. Dr. Detlev Brunner, Leipzig; JProf. Dr. Nina Kleinöder, Bamberg; Prof. Dr. Martin Lutz, Bielefeld; Dr. Sibylle Marti, Bern; Archiv der sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Hans-Böckler-Stiftung Veranstaltungsort: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaften, Philosophie und Theologie, Abt. Geschichtswissenschaft, Universitätsstr.24, Konferenzraum: Gebäude X-C3-107 PLZ: 33615 Ort: Bielefeld Land: Deutschland Findet statt: In Präsenz Datum: 12.06.2026 Deadline: 29.05.2026

Das Kolloquium bringt Historiker:innen zusammen, die zur Geschichte der Arbeitswelten und der Gewerkschaften forschen. Das bundesweit einladende Kolloquium bietet die Gelegenheit, histori-sche, aber auch interdisziplinär angelegte Forschungen vom Dissertationskonzept bis zur Postdoc-Arbeit zur Diskussion zu stellen und dient der Vernetzung in diesem Teilgebiet der Sozialgeschichte.

Das Kolloquium findet semesterweise wechselnd digital oder als Tagesveranstaltung an einer der beteiligen Institutionen statt. Getragen und finanziert wird das Kolloquium von der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung und der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. Die beteiligten Lehrstühle, Institute und Stiftungen möch-ten mit dieser Kooperation Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeitswelten anregen und fördern.

Anmeldung
Die Teilnahme am Kolloquium ist kostenlos. Wir bitten um Anmeldung bis zum 29.5.2026 bei: Alexandra Jaeger
alexandra.jaeger@fes.de

Programm

9.00 Uhr Begrüßung

9.15 Uhr Jan zum Mallen
Gesinderecht, Fremdenrecht und die Kriminalisierung von Vertragsbrüchen in der preußischen Landwirtschaft (1880–1934)

10.30 Uhr Pause

10.45 Uhr Nico Putz
In- und ausländische Studierende an der TH Dresden, 1941-1961

12.00 Uhr Mittagspause

12.45 – 14.00 Uhr Dr. Andreas Fischer
Migrantinnen als Gewerkschaftsaktivistinnen. Geschichte(n), Muster und Einflussfaktoren

Kontakt

Dr. Alexandra Jaeger
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.
Archiv der sozialen Demokratie
Godesberger Allee 149
53175 Bonn
Tel. (0228) 883-8072
alexandra.jaeger@fes.de

Weitere Informationen

Eine detaillierte Übersicht zum Kolloquium kann unter dem folgenden Link gefunden werden: https://www.gewerkschaftsgeschichte.de/data/Kolloquium_Flyer-SoSe26.pdf

 

CfP: Moral Emotions and the Memory of Industrial Transformations

3 hours 5 minutes ago
Organiser: Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. Host: Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University, Vokiečių str. 10, Vilnius, Lithuania Funded by: This workshop is part of the MEPOST project that has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No S-LL-25-5, and the National Science Center (NCN) Poland, agreement No 2024/52/L/HS2/00283 in the framework of bilateral cooperation program DAINA. The MEPOST project is co-hosted at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University and at the Center for Research on Social Memory, Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw. Postcode: 01130 Citry: Vilnius Country: Lithuania Takes place: In presence Dates: 05.11.2026 - 06.11.2026 Deadline: 10.06.2026 Website: https://www.tspmi.vu.lt/en/conferences/mepost_workshop/   How is the transformation of industry remembered, and what emotions does that memory carry? Join us for an international workshop bringing together scholars to explore the moral emotions embedded in memories of (de)industrialization. The workshop aims at examining the wide spectrum of moral emotions associated with the transformation of industry – and how these memories challenge, contest, or exist on the margins of national narratives. We welcome contributions from diverse national, transnational and institutional contexts and comparative perspectives on how mnemonic emotion narratives (MENs) attached to (de)industrialization play out differently across communicative and cultural memory.

This workshop intervenes in the rapidly expanding scholarship on the memories of (de)industrialization. Moving beyond the dominant focus on ruination and nostalgia, it explores the wide spectrum of moral emotions associated with the transformation of industry. It situates post-socialist transformations alongside industrial restructuring and economic shifts elsewhere, allowing for a comparative and transnational perspective on emotions and memory in social, cultural and political realms.

The workshop will be hosted by MEPOST project (Remembering (De)industrialisation: Moral Emotions in the Memory of Post-Socialist Transformation in Lithuania and Poland), which examines communicative and cultural memories of (de)industrialization in Lithuania and Poland. By integrating memory studies with the sociology of emotions, the project develops the concept of the Mnemonic Emotion Narrative (MEN): a story through which moral emotions about the past are articulated, revealing the social norms and values that are activated in the remembering process. The MEN functions as an analytical tool for mapping moral emotions in the context of abrupt socio-economic change.

Broadening the inquiry beyond Poland and Lithuania, this workshop explores the emotional dimensions of memory of (de)industrialization across diverse national and institutional contexts. It particularly welcomes contributions on either locally or transnationally embedded experiences of industrial transformation, focusing on the ways in which their emotional repertoires and memory articulations often challenge, contest or exist on the margins of national narratives. We also invite comparative perspectives examining how different national and local contexts shape the MENs attached to (de)industrialization – and how these play out differently across communicative and cultural memory.

Thematic Scope:

We welcome paper proposals addressing the following themes, understood broadly and comparatively:

- Moral emotions in socialist and post-socialist industrial memory, e. g., contempt, anger, shame, pride, sympathy, gratitude in memories of socialist industrialization and post-socialist reorganization;
- Mnemonic Emotion Narratives (MENs) across global contexts of (de)industrialization. How do MENs form, circulate, and compete in different national and local settings?
- Communicative memory and lived experience of (de)industrialization. Oral histories, biographical interviews and the social experience of industrial decline as expressed in everyday remembering.
- Cultural memory, industrial heritage, and memory activism. Museums, memorial sites, and forms of activism that represent, reframe or contest official industrial memory.
- The emotional turn in museum representations of industrial heritage. How institutions curate emotional narratives in exhibitions representing industrial pasts.
- Methodological approaches to emotions in collective and cultural memory. Innovative frameworks and methods for studying the relationship between emotion, narrative, and memory at individual and collective levels.

Submission Guidelines:

We invite proposals for individual papers (20-minute presentations). Proposals must be submitted in English by completing this form and must include the following:

- An abstract of 250 words outlining the research question, theoretical framework, methodology, and main findings
- A short biographical note (up to 100 words) and institutional affiliation
For any further practical information, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers at mepost@tspmi.vu.lt.

Key Dates:

Submission deadline: 10 June 2026

Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2026

Workshop will take place on 5–6 November 2026 at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Details:

There is no workshop fee.

The workshop will take place in English.

Live participation only.

Participants are kindly asked to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Vilnius is served by Vilnius International Airport (VNO), approximately 7 km from the city centre and easily reachable by public transport and taxi. Vilnius is also easily accessible from Kaunas Airport, which is about 100 km away and can be reached by bus or taxi in about 1.5 hours

Vilnius offers a wide range of accommodation options to suit different budgets and preferences, from international hotel chains to boutique guesthouses and short-term apartment rentals, many of which are conveniently located close to the venue.

Coffee breaks and lunches will be provided during the workshop.

CfP: Those Who Serve: Service, Labor, and Social Hierarchies in Historical Perspective

3 hours 5 minutes ago
Organiser: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, The Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Postcode: 1000 City: Ljubljana Country: Slovenia Takes place: In attendance Dates: 12.11.2026 - 13.11.2026 Deadline: 15.07.2026  

From domestic servants and agricultural laborers to apprentices, soldiers, and clerks – countless people across history lived and worked in the service of others. This workshop explores service not merely as a job category, but as a lens for understanding dependency, authority, gender, and social negotiation in premodern and modern societies. We invite doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on Central Europe and the former Habsburg lands (broadly defined) to submit abstracts of max. 300 words by 15 July 2026.

 

Those Who Serve: Service, Labor, and Social Hierarchies in Historical Perspective

Across past societies, countless individuals lived and worked in the service of others. From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, domestic servants, agricultural laborers, apprentices, soldiers, clerks, and other dependents occupied positions that were essential to the functioning of households, institutions, and states. Service relationships structured everyday life and social order, shaping hierarchies of authority, gender, age, and status. In many societies, service was a common stage in the life cycle, particularly for young people who entered domestic or agricultural service before marriage, while others spent much of their lives in positions defined by dependence and obligation.

Yet service was rarely a straightforward form of employment. Those who served often occupied ambiguous positions between dependence and autonomy, obligation and contract, belonging and subordination. Service could be embedded in life-cycle labor systems, household hierarchies, patronage networks, and institutional structures ranging from estates and workshops to courts, monasteries, and administrative bureaucracies. In rural societies in particular, forms of labor performed within households and farms – by servants, family members, and especially women – were central to economic and social life. At the same time, such labor did not necessarily constitute »service« in a strict sense. The conference therefore also welcomes contributions that examine how women’s work and family labor intersected with, but were not identical to, relations of service, and how these boundaries were historically constructed and negotiated.

This workshop situates service within the social and economic structures of the Ancien Régime, where relations of dependency, hierarchy, and obligation were central to the organization of work and everyday life. Rather than approaching service merely as a category of labor, we propose it as a broader analytical lens encompassing dependency, discipline, authority, and negotiation. We are particularly interested in forms of service embedded in household, rural, and institutional settings – as well as urban environments, estates, and workshops – while also encouraging reflections on how these relations were transformed in the transition to modern and capitalist societies. The workshop invites contributions that explore the historical worlds of those who served and the social relations that defined service across these diverse contexts.

At a conceptual level, the workshop seeks to highlight the analytical value of »service« as a category. Focusing on those who served allows us to cut across and complicate traditional frameworks such as class, gender, and race, and to illuminate forms of dependency and social relations that these categories alone cannot fully capture. In this sense, »service« offers a way to rethink how labor, hierarchy, and everyday life were structured in historical societies. At the same time, relationships of service were inherently dynamic and contested. Those who served were rarely entirely powerless, and relations of domination were never fully one-directional. Instead, service relationships were shaped by ongoing processes of negotiation, accommodation, and resistance. Approaching service in this way allows us to foreground the interplay between power and resistance that underpinned many forms of dependency.

The workshop particularly welcomes contributions addressing forms of service and servitude in Central European societies and the territories historically connected to the Habsburg lands, from the medieval period to the twentieth century. At the same time, we encourage papers that examine how forms of service changed over time, including in the transition from premodern to modern and capitalist societies.

We invite contributions that may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

- Domestic service and household hierarchies (urban/rural)
- Agricultural servants, family labor, and gendered divisions in rural economies
- Women’s labor in agricultural households and family farms
- Farm servants, seasonal workers, and peasant labor relations
- Apprenticeship, guild service, and workplace hierarchies
- Servants of the court, church, or state
- Legal frameworks regulating servants and dependent labor
- Mobility, migration, and life-cycle service
- Changing forms of service and servitude over time
- Transformations of service in the transition from premodern to modern (or pre-capitalist to capitalist) societies
- Comparative perspectives on service and servitude

Practical Information

The workshop will take place in person in Ljubljana (exact venue TBA) and will consist of 20-minute presentations followed by discussion. Lunch and dinner will be provided for participants. The language of the workshop will be English.
Participants without access to institutional funding may apply for partial travel support (subject to availability).

Abstract Submissions

Please send an abstract of max. 300 words and a short biographical note (max. 100 words) to: brina.kotar@ff.uni-lj.si

Deadline for submissions 15 July 2026. Applicants will be notified by 5 August 2026.

Contact

brina.kotar@ff.uni-lj.si

Colloquium "Culture de la résistance : entre histoire, mémoire et imaginaire" (French)

3 hours 5 minutes ago

Bejaia/Algeria

Dans ce cadre, « la culture de la résistance » est envisagée comme un concept dépassant l’action militaire et la décision politique pour inclure la mémoire collective, l’imaginaire social, les systèmes de valeurs, les symboles et les récits ayant accompagné le processus de libération. La résistance n’est pas une simple réaction circonstancielle, mais un long processus culturel ayant façonné l’identité nationale et structuré la conscience collective, dont les racines plongent dans la profondeur historique, les effets se prolongent dans les représentations du présent et les enjeux se projettent dans les défis contemporains.

Le Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité organise le colloque international intitulé « Culture de la résistance : entre histoire, mémoire et imaginaire », en coordination avec le Ministère des Moudjahidine et des Ayants droit, la Commission Nationale de l’Histoire et de la Mémoire, ainsi que la Direction Générale des Archives Nationales auprès de la Présidence de la République, en partenariat avec la wilaya de Béjaïa, le Laboratoire TECLANG de l’Université M’Hamed Bougara de Boumerdès, et la Société algériennesavante d’onomastique (SASO).Cette rencontre scientifique s’inscrit dans le cadre des activités commémoratives du soixante-dixième anniversaire du Congrès de la Soummam (20 août 1956 - 20 août 2026), qui constitue une étape charnière dans le parcours de la révolution algérienne et un tournant décisif dans son organisation, son encadrement politique, militaire et institutionnel, ainsi que dans l’affirmation des fondements de la conscience nationale moderne.

Le Congrès de la Soummam, tenu du 13 au 20 août 1956 dans la vallée de la Soummam, a contribué à structurer l’action révolutionnaire à travers la définition de références politiques, l’organisation de la direction, la consolidation de l’unité décisionnelle nationale et l’élargissement du champ de la résistance. Il a renforcé la cohésion du mouvement révolutionnaire et donné à la cause algérienne une dimension nationale et internationale plus affirmée. Le congrès est ainsi devenu une référence fondatrice dans la mémoire collective, non seulement comme événement organisationnel, mais comme moment clé dans l’élaboration d’une vision politique intégrée de la libération.

La tenue du colloque à Bejaïa revêt une portée symbolique particulière, en raison de son ancrage historique et culturel profond dans l’imaginaire national. Le choix de cet espace géographique dépasse la dimension spatiale pour réactiver un contexte symbolique reliant l’événement à ses références humaines et territoriales, et affirmant la continuité du sens entre passé et présent.

Dans ce cadre, «la culture de la résistance» est envisagée comme un concept dépassant l’action militaire et la décision politique pour inclure la mémoire collective, l’imaginaire social, les systèmes de valeurs, les symboles et les récits ayant accompagné le processus de libération. La résistance n’est pas une simple réaction circonstancielle, mais un long processus culturel ayant façonné l’identité nationale et structuré la conscience collective, dont les racines plongent dans la profondeur historique, les effets se prolongent dans les représentations du présent et les enjeux se projettent dans les défis contemporains.

Ainsi, le colloque vise à proposer une relecture scientifique, critique et rigoureuse de l’expérience révolutionnaire, fondée sur des approches pluridisciplinaires s’appuyant sur les sources et les témoignages historiques en tant que capital cognitif et humain essentiel à la compréhension du passé.

Il ambitionne également d’ouvrir un espace académique de dialogue autour des dimensions politiques, culturelles et symboliques de la résistance, afin de renforcer l’articulation entre la recherche scientifique et la responsabilité mémorielle, et de contribuer à l’ancrage d’une conscience historique équilibrée, attentive à la portée à la fois libératrice et civilisationnelle de l’expérience nationale.

Problématique scientifique

Le colloque s’articule autour d’une question centrale : comment la culture de la résistance se construit-elle à l’intersection de l’histoire, de la mémoire et de l’imaginaire, et comment contribue-t-elle à la formation du sujet collectif et à l’élaboration de l’identité dans des contextes de domination, de colonisation et de post-colonialité ?

La culture de la résistance ne se réduit pas à une réaction circonstancielle face aux formes de domination ; elle se comprend comme un processus continu qui se manifeste dans les langues, les récits oraux et écrits, les productions littéraires et artistiques, les pratiques symboliques, ainsi que dans les politiques éducatives et culturelles. Elle constitue ainsi un champ privilégié pour penser l’histoire et préserver la mémoire.

À partir de cette perspective, le colloque entend adopter une approche pluridisciplinaire réunissant l’histoire, la littérature, la linguistique, la sociologie, l’anthropologie, les études culturelles, la traduction et la didactique des langues, afin de permettre une compréhension approfondie des relations complexes entre culture, mémoire et identité.

La rencontre ambitionne d’être un espace de dialogue scientifique international, rassemblant des chercheurs spécialisés pour aborder les enjeux de la mémoire, des cultures de la résistance et des imaginaires dans leurs dimensions spatiales et temporelles variées. Dans une perspective comparative, il s’agit d’étudier la résistance non seulement comme un événement historique ou une position politique, mais comme une construction culturelle et mémorielle qui se déploie dans les langues, les récits, les représentations et les pratiques symboliques.

Dans ce cadre, les productions culturelles deviennent un lieu d’affirmation et de continuité historique : les littératures, les langues et les arts participent à l’élaboration d’une mémoire collective fondée sur la dignité et l’appartenance. ; Le cadre théorique du colloque s’appuie sur des références intellectuelles et littéraires qui envisagent la création comme un acte culturel de résistance, capable de reformuler l’identité et d’incarner la mémoire dans des contextes coloniaux et postcoloniaux.

Ainsi, le concept de culture de la résistance implique de dépasser une conception événementielle et restrictive de la résistance pour la considérer comme un processus historique et mémoriel continu. Cela ouvre la voie à des interrogations sur la formation des récits de lutte, de survie et de dignité, ainsi que sur le rôle des langues, des productions artistiques et des représentations symboliques dans la construction d’une mémoire collective durable.

Les axes de réflexion s’articulent autour des questions suivantes :

  • Comment la culture devient-elle un espace de résistance ?
  • Comment l’histoire et la mémoire interagissent-elles dans l’élaboration des récits de résistance ?
  • Quel rôle joue l’imaginaire collectif dans la circulation et la reconfiguration de ces récits ?
  • Comment les expressions littéraires, artistiques, orales et écrites contribuent-elles à la construction d’une mémoire partagée ?
  • Comment la culture de la résistance se maintient-elle dans les contextes contemporains marqués par la mondialisation et les mutations technologiques ?

Ces interrogations consacrent une compréhension de la résistance comme dynamique historique et culturelle fondée sur un dialogue continu entre passé et présent, entre mémoire et création.

Objectifs scientifiques

Le colloque vise à :

  • Mettre en lumière le rôle du Congrès de la Soummam dans la structuration d’une culture collective de la résistance.
  • Renforcer le dialogue scientifique pluridisciplinaire.
  • Analyser la dialectique entre histoire, mémoire et imaginaire.
  • Valoriser les productions culturelles dans la construction des récits nationaux.
  • Développer une approche comparative à dimension internationale.
  • Promouvoir le patrimoine mémoriel comme levier de recherche et de renouvellement intellectuel.

Axes du colloque

 Axe 1 : Le Congrès de la Soummam – Étude historique
  • Contextes historiques
  • Transformations internes et externes
  • Dimension unificatrice du Congrès dans la construction de l’État algérien
Axe 2 : Résistance – Définitions et approches croisées
  • Résistances culturelles, linguistiques et onomastiques
  • Culture de la résistance face à la culture de la domination
  • Dimension géographique et unificatrice
Axe 3 : Littérature de la résistance
  • Temps historiques et figures symboliques
  • Influence des diasporaset circulations transnationales
  • Écriture féminine, genre, traditions et modernité
Axe 4 : Oralité et écriture
  • Contes, chants, poésie orale comme mémoire
  • Figures héroïques populaires
  • Analyses comparatives internationales
Axe 5 : Culture de la résistance, imaginaire et esthétique
  • Innovation linguistique et stylistique
  • Mythes et croyances
  • Traduction littéraire et enjeux culturels
Axe 6 : Enseignement, transmission et politiques éducatives
  • Didactique des langues et pensée critique
  • Écriture de l’histoire dans les langues nationales
  • Politiques éducatives et valorisation du patrimoine
Modalités de contribution

 Les propositions doivent comporter :

  •  Le titre de la communication
  • Nom et prénom
  • Institution universitaire
  • Résumé (300 mots)
  • Cinq mots-clés
  • Une courte biographie doit être jointe et envoyée à : secretariat@hcamazighite.dz
  • Langues du colloque : Arabe – Amazighe – Français – Anglais

Calendrier

  • Date limite d’envoi des résumés : 1er mai 2026
  • Notification d’acceptation : 1er juin 2026
  • Programme final : 5 juillet 2026
  • Dates du colloque : 19–20 août 2026
Président du colloque
  • M. Assad Si El Hachemi, Secrétaire Général du Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité
Comité scientifique :
  • Dr Zeghidi Mohamed Lahcene, président de la Commission Nationale de l’Histoire et de la Mémoire, Président du comité scientifique.
  • Benramdane Farid, Professeur de l’Enseignement Supérieur et Président de la Société algerienne savante d’onomastique, Président du comité scientifique.
  • Lang FafaDanfa, Directeur Exécutif du Centre Panafricain pour la Compétence Culturelle et Linguistique (PACCL), Gambie, Membre.
  • Louloub Habib Hassan, président de l’Association des Recherches et des Etudes pour l’Union du Grand Maghreb, Université de Carthage, Tunisie, Membre.
  • Maghdouri Hassane, Directeur du Musée National du Moudjahid, représentant du ministère des Moudjahidine et des Ayants droit, membre.
  • Medjahed Leila, Professeure de l’Enseignement Supérieur, Directrice du Laboratoire de Recherche TECLANG, Université Mohamed Bougara de Boumerdès, Membre.
  • Hareche Mohamed El Hadi, Professeur de l’Enseignement Supérieur, Université Abou El Kacem Saâdallah, Alger, Membre.
  • Ziki Ali, Enseignant à l’Université Abou El Kacem Saâdallah, Alger, membre.
  • Outmani Settar, Enseignant à Université Abderrahmane Mira, Béjaïa, Membre.
  • Hamzaoui Mourad, Directeur des Moudjahidine et des Ayants droit de la wilaya de   Béjaïa, représentant du wali de la wilaya de Béjaïa, Membre.
  • Kacimi Zine Eddine,Enseignant à Université Akli Mohand Oulhadj Bouira, Membre.

Lieu

  • Bejaia - Université Abderrahman Mira
    Bejaia, Algerien (06000)

Format de l'événement

Événement online

Date

  • Vendredi 01 mai 2026

Appendice

Mots-clés

  • résistance, culture, histoire, mémoire, imaginaire, colonialisme, arts

Contact

  • Si El Hachemi Assad
    courriel : assadsielhachemi [at] hcamazighite [dot] dz

Conference "Entangled Archipelagos of Southeast Asia: Conflict, Trade, Migration, Diplomacy (16th-18th Centuries)"

1 week ago

Organiser: Historisches Seminar, Chair for Early Modern History, Roberto Zaugg; Susanna Burghartz (convenor, Universität Basel)
Location: Universität Zürich Rämistrasse 71 8006 Zürich Room KOL-G-212
Funded by: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds. Universität Zürich.
Postcode: 8006
City: Zurich
Country: Switzerland
Takes place: In attendance
Dates: 11.05.2026 - 12.05.2026
Website: https://www.hist.uzh.ch/de/fachbereiche/neuzeit/lehrstuehle/zaugg/aktuell/20260409_Archipelagos.html

An international workshop on the global history of insular Southeast Asia during the early modern age – with a special focus on conflict, trade, migration and diplomacy – will be held at the University of Zurich on 11 and 12 May 2026.

This workshop is organized within the framework of the research project Digitale Edition und globale Mikrogeschichte: ein Basler Kolonialsöldner in der südostasiatischen Inselwelt des 17. Jahrhunderts (https://www.hist.uzh.ch/de/fachbereiche/neuzeit/lehrstuehle/zaugg/forschung/projects/Johann-Heinrich-Sulger.html#Deutsch). The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (running 2024-2028).

Programme

Monday 11 May

10:00 Morning Coffee and Reception
10:30 Roberto Zaugg (Universität Zürich): Welcome address

Session 1
Chair: Monique Ligtenberg (ETH Zürich)

10:50 Susanna Burghartz (Universität Basel): Localizing Globality in Early Capitalist Basel

11:20 Myriam Schmidt (Universität Zürich): For Cloves and Company: Editing the Travelogue of a Basel Colonial Mercenary Entangled in Maluku (Johann Heinrich Sulger Edition)

11:50 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich)

14:30 Manjusha Kuruppath (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam): GLOBALISE and Writing Histories of Archipelagic Southeast Asia

15:00 Bondan Kanumoyoso (Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta): The Formation of Depok Society: Slavery, Emancipation, and Colonial Social Experiment in the 18th Century Ommelanden Batavia

15:30 Discussion

16:10 Coffee break

Session 3
Chair: Myriam Schmidt (Universität Zürich)

16:40 Ni Ketut Putri Minangsari (Balinese Legong dance performer and teacher, Jakarta): The Origins of Legong Dance in the Context of Balinese Court Culture

17:40 Discussion

18:00 End of day one

Tuesday 12 May

Session 4
Chair: Philipp Krauer (ETH Zürich)

10:20 José Miguel Escribano Páez (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla): Spice Diplomacy: Global Interactions between Maluku and the Wider World in the 16th Century

10:50 Birgit Tremml-Werner (Stockholms Universitet): Patterns of Early Modern Philippine Diplomacy

11:20 Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Session 5
Chair: Stephanie Willi (ETH Zürich)

14:00 Hans Hägerdal (Linnaeus University, Växjö-Kalmar): Concurrent Representations of Maluku: Studying Early Modern History through Archives, Oral Traditions, and Social Sciences

14:30 Hendrik E. Niemeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Diplomatic Rituals in the Power Relations between the VOC and the Sultanates of Banten (West-Java) and Ternate (Maluku) during the Reigns of Sultan Banten Zain Al-Abidin (r. 1690-1734) and Sultan Ternate Safiudin Kaitjil Raja Laut (r. 1713-1750)

15:00 Discussion

15:40 Coffee break

Session 6
Chair: Tim Buser (Universität Basel)

16:10 Philip Hahn (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken): A Swabian in the Moluccas: Albrecht Schmidlapp as Soldier and Slave Owner, 1618–1628

16:40 Roelof van Gelder (Independent scholar, Amsterdam): Life on Leti: Ernst Christoph Barchewitz's Years on a Remote Island (1714-1720)

17:10 Discussion

17:50 End of day two

Contact

myriam.schmidt@hist.uzh.ch

CfP: Obedience to Authority - Interdisciplinary Perspectives

1 week ago
Organiser: Center for Commemorative Culture, University of Regensburg; Chair for General and Applied Psychology, University of Regensburg Location: University of Regensburg; Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Site Funded by: Vielberth Stiftung Postcode: 93055 City: Regensburg Country: Germany Takes place: In attendance Dates: 10.09.2026 - 13.09.2026 Deadline: 15.05.2026 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/obediencetoauthorityinter/start  

Eighty years after the Nuremberg Trials, where perpetrators justified their actions by claiming that they had merely followed orders, obedience to authority remains a central concern across history, psychology, and related fields. Research has shown that mass violence is not only the product of ideological conviction, but also of ordinary individuals acting within specific institutional, social, and organizational contexts.

This interdisciplinary conference brings together historians and scholars from related fields with psychologists and neuroscientists to create a space for structured dialogue.

Eighty years after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trials – where Nazi perpetrators frequently justified their actions by claiming that they had merely followed orders – the phenomenon of obedience to authority remains central to scholarly debates on mass violence, genocide, the Holocaust, and beyond.

Historical research has shown that such atrocities were not carried out by fanatics alone, but by ordinary individuals embedded in specific social, institutional, and organizational contexts. Accordingly, processes such as anticipatory compliance, the fragmentation of responsibility within bureaucratic systems, and the influence of situational pressures and peer conformity continue to shape debates on perpetration, complicity, and dissent.

At the same time, psychological research – originally inspired by these historical events – has developed increasingly differentiated models of obedience, conflict, and agency. Yet, despite these parallel developments, sustained exchange between historically grounded analyses of concrete contexts and experimentally oriented accounts of underlying psychological mechanisms remains limited. This creates a timely opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue and conceptual integration.

The meeting “Obedience to Authority: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” (11-12 September 2026) builds directly on the preceding EASP Small Group Meeting “Obedience to Authority: Milgram’s Legacy and Emerging Directions for Psychological Research”.

While the first meeting focuses on theoretical and methodological integration within psychology and neuroscience, this second meeting extends the scope to an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective. We convene historians and scholars from related disciplines (e.g., legal studies, political science, sociology, memory studies) to engage with psychological approaches in a structured dialogue.

Our goals are to:
- examine how obedience, compliance, complicity, and dissent are conceptualized across disciplines
- identify points of convergence and divergence between historical and psychological accounts
- clarify where interdisciplinary integration is possible – and where disciplinary specificity must be preserved
- situate psychological models of obedience within broader historical, societal, and commemorative contexts

In line with the societal “third mission” of science and our commitment to interdisciplinary exchange, the meeting will include a field visit to the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Site, organized in cooperation with historians and educators from the memorial and the Center for Commemorative Culture at the University of Regensburg. The visit is intended as a space for reflection on how research on (dis)obedience intersects with historical analysis, public memory, commemorative culture, and contemporary societal debates.

The program will combine keynote lectures, research presentations, and structured discussion formats designed to foster sustained exchange and to lay the groundwork for longer-term collaboration. We invite junior and senior scholars to apply. Presentation format: blitz talks (max. 20 minutes + discussion) and posters.

Submission details:

To participate, please submit an abstract (max. 250 words), a CV (max. two pages) and indicate your preferred presentation format by 15 May 2026:

https://sites.google.com/view/obediencetoauthorityinter/submission-details

Selection criteria include thematic fit with the meeting’s interdisciplinary aims, expected contribution to discussion, and representation across disciplines and career stages (we particularly encourage early-career researchers to apply).

The meeting will take place 11-12 September 2026 at the University of Regensburg (Germany). Hotel rooms have already been reserved for participants. Accommodation costs are subject to additional grant approval. If you wish to apply for financial aid, please indicate this in the comments section of the submission form.

The meeting is supported by the Vielberth Foundation of the University of Regensburg. Cooperation partners include the Center for Commemorative Culture (University of Regensburg) and the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Site.

Further information:https://sites.google.com/view/obediencetoauthorityinter/start

Inquiries: Michael Rösser & Felix J. Götz, obedience-meeting@ur.de

Organizers (History)
Michael Rösser, Eileen Weiß & Jörg Skriebeleit (Center for Commemorative Culture, University of Regensburg)

Organizers (Psychology)
Felix J. Götz (University of Regensburg), Vanessa Mitschke (University of Göttingen), Megan E. Birney (University of Birmingham), & Emilie A. Caspar (Ghent University)

Programme

Thursday (10th September): arrival and dinner in Regensburg.

Friday (11th September): Field Trip to Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Site, keynotes, tour and discussions.

Saturday (12th September): Workshop.

Sunday (13th September): Departure.

Contact

obedience-meeting@ur.de

CfP: Travail et handicap, entre protection et inclusion (de l’après-guerre à nos jours). Autour des lois de 1957 et 1987 (French)

1 week ago

Paris/France

À l’occasion des anniversaires des lois de 1957 et de 1987 sur l’emploi des personnes en situation de handicap, le colloque vise à revisiter l’intersection entre les domaines du travail et du handicap, du milieu du XXe siècle à aujourd’hui. Pour y contribuer, cet appel vise à solliciter les sciences sociales en proposant quelques pistes de réflexion (non exhaustives) : unicité et diversité des situations de handicap ; mise en question des politiques menées, entre protection et inclusion ; étude du rôle des différents acteurs, de l’élaboration législative aux pratiques effectives ; normes d’aptitude et rationalisation du travail ; processus d’infériorisation des emplois ; mobilisations propres des personnes handicapées ; interférences internationales ; etc.

Argumentaire

Enjeux majeurs de la pleine participation sociale des personnes en situation de handicap, l’entrée et le maintien dans l’emploi ont été marqués par quelques grandes lois depuis le milieu du XXe siècle. Ces lois se sont tantôt concentrées sur l’objectif de l’emploi et le cadre de travail, et tantôt ont inclus ceux-ci dans une réflexion plus globale.

La perspective des 70 ans de la loi de 1957 et des 40 ans de la loi de 1987 donne l’occasion de revenir sur l’histoire de l’intersection entre les domaines du travail et du handicap. Reprenant des principes formulés pour les mutilés de guerre et les accidentés du travail, la loi du 23 novembre 1957 sur le reclassement des travailleurs handicapés définit la catégorie générique de travailleur handicapé, à l’intention de laquelle sont prises des dispositions particulières : un principe de droit au travail pour tous les handicapés, qui se concrétise par deux mesures – la mise en place d’un taux d’emplois réservés pour les infirmes civils inspiré du dispositif existant pour les mutilés de guerre et le soutien financier de l’État aux Ateliers de travail protégé (AP) et aux Centres d’aide par le travail (CAT), pour celles et ceux qui ne peuvent trouver place en milieu ordinaire.

La loi d’orientation en faveur des personnes handicapées du 30 juin 1975 conforte cette orientation ambigüe des politiques de l’emploi, en énonçant une obligation nationale d’intégration en milieu ordinaire, tout en légitimant le travail protégé. Une certaine souplesse est offerte aux entreprises dans l’application de leur obligation d’emploi : elles peuvent recourir à la sous-traitance ou à des prestations de services avec les CAT ou les AP à partir de 1978. Aucune mesure véritablement contraignante n’est mise en place.

Quelques années plus tard, la loi du 10 juillet 1987 en faveur de l’emploi des travailleurs handicapés concrétise cette disposition duale en fixant l’obligation d’emploi des travailleurs handicapés pour tous les employeurs publics ou privés à 6 % des effectifs, en instaurant une contribution financière pour celles qui ne remplissent pas cette obligation à un Fonds pour l’insertion professionnelle des personnes handicapées, l’AGEFIPH pour le secteur privé. Ce n’est qu’en 2005 que le secteur public est doté d’un fonds similaire avec le Fonds pour l’insertion des personnes handicapées dans la fonction publique (FIPHFP). L’obligation complexe de procédure consistant à réserver des emplois pouvant rester vacants est transformée en obligation de résultats pour les employeurs. La liste des bénéficiaires est élargie aux victimes d’accidents du travail et maladies professionnelles et aux invalides pensionnés. Toutefois, l’obligation concerne un plus faible nombre d’entreprises privées (celles de 20 salariés et plus, au lieu de 10 salariés et plus auparavant), les amendes restent d’un faible montant et les entreprises privées peuvent aussi satisfaire leur obligation légale avec des accords dans le cadre de la politique contractuelle ou en continuant de recourir à la sous-traitance. Le cadrage de l’obligation d’emploi est ajusté ou aménagé en 2005, 2018 et 2020. Partant principalement d’un principe de protection de personnes handicapées, ces lois ont défini des catégories de publics destinataires et, pour partie, des emplois à statut spécifique.

D’autres lois, votées notamment en 1990, 1991 et 2005, ont une visée plus générale et s’inspirent plutôt d’une démarche d‘égalité des droits, de lutte contre les facteurs de discrimination. Suivant des logiques plus inclusives, elles mettent l’accent sur les situations handicapantes à corriger ou à combattre dans les divers aspects de la vie sociale, matérielle et civique. Elles portent l’attention vers les conditions de formation, de soins ou de loisirs par exemple, vers l’accessibilité universelle ou vers le plein exercice des droits civils ou économiques. Certaines lois se situent dans l’entre deux, comme celle de 2016 créant le dispositif d’emploi accompagné pour les travailleurs en situation de handicap psychique qui obtiennent un emploi en milieu ordinaire.

Ce repérage donne matière à des débats d’autant plus opportuns qu’ils questionnent les rapports entre handicap et travail et englobent leurs évolutions effectives respectives. Pour y contribuer, cet appel vise à solliciter les sciences sociales en proposant quelques pistes de réflexion (non exhaustives) :

1) Des politiques entre protection et inclusion

Les deux démarches d’intervention des pouvoirs publics, protectrice et inclusive, procèdent de logiques discordantes. Une approche chronologique simple pourrait suggérer que la seconde tend à remplacer la première. Toutefois l’idée d’un tel séquençage est à mettre en question. La teneur des lois successives invite plutôt à penser à un chevauchement voire à une complémentarité de ces logiques, et à une hybridation du dispositif global d’organisations et de normes. Le caractère composite de l’ensemble répondrait alors à la diversité des cas, des besoins et des possibilités, suivant des rapports changeant en fonction des époques. D’où un premier axe de réflexion : ces hypothèses se vérifient-elles dans les lois et les dispositifs ? Comment ces logiques s’articulent-elles selon les branches d’activité, les territoires et les moments ? Et peut-on repérer quels acteurs portent l’une plutôt que l’autre ?

2) Acteurs et actrices de l’action législative et réglementaire

L’élaboration législative et réglementaire renvoie en effet à l’intervention de multiples acteurs. On trouve parmi eux les représentants des administrations publiques, en particulier ceux des ministères du Travail ou des Affaires sociales, dont les points de vue diffèrent et dont les influences respectives évoluent. Fortes d’une activité ancienne, les associations d’entraide et autres institutions spécialisées ont été présentes dans l’inspiration des politiques. Sont aussi partie prenante dans la fabrique des lois les politiques, et bien sûr les entreprises et établissements publics, les organisations syndicales ainsi que divers experts. Interviennent également différentes professions telles que les métiers de la santé et du soin, de la formation ou encore de l’emploi, porteuses chacune de points de vue particuliers. Enfin, les familles entrent en jeu, de façon plus ou moins organisée et, de manière inégale selon les époques et les types d’affection, tandis que les personnes handicapées elles-mêmes s’efforcent aussi de faire valoir leurs positions. Étudier les stratégies, identités, ressources, positions, évolutions de ces acteurs et leurs interactions autour des questions de handicap, en matière de travail, constitue un second axe pour des propositions.

3) Des textes aux pratiques effectives

En retour, les mêmes acteurs se sont saisis de ces textes de lois et de leurs traductions réglementaires, en fonction de leurs propres dispositions. L’expérience peut faire ressortir ces déclinaisons différentes, entre appropriation, adaptation ou contestation, en fonction des contextes sociaux, économiques et culturels de chaque époque. Par exemple, l’inertie de certaines institutions a parfois favorisé le maintien de formations professionnelles et d’emplois inadaptés à la structure de l’emploi, tandis qu’au contraire, la volonté d’innovation portée par d’autres organismes employeurs a pu contribuer à la création de nouveaux emplois. Entre opposition et complémentarité, les relations entre ces diverses formes d’expérience, notamment entre le milieu de travail ordinaire, les dispositions particulières développées par des entreprises ou des administrations et le milieu de travail protégé, nourrissent les débats, les propositions nouvelles ou les réticences au changement. Rendre compte des pratiques effectives et en montrer les dimensions plastiques et les transformations, parfois repérables dans des négociations collectives (accords de branche ou d’entreprise), ouvre un troisième axe de recherches.

4) Normes d’aptitude et rationalisation du travail

Pour les personnes directement concernées, l’histoire de l’accès au travail ou de la mise au travail, selon le point de vue que l’on adopte, passe par la rencontre rugueuse avec la normalisation validiste de celui-ci. Le XXe siècle, et particulièrement sa deuxième moitié, se caractérise par de fortes impulsions de rationalisation du travail, visant à codifier et contrôler les installations, les gestes et les façons de faire d’un côté, et de l’autre les aptitudes des exécutants. Les commissions d’orientation des infirmes renommées COTOREP en 1975, en particulier, sont chargées d’opérer la mise en correspondance des personnes et des postes de travail ainsi que d’effectuer les classements appropriés. La notion d’inaptitude au travail ou la liste des emplois exemptés de l’obligation car justifiant de conditions d’aptitude particulières continuent de nourrir des controverses. L’histoire de cet ajustement réciproque peut être vue comme celle d’un conflit d’adaptation, des personnes aux systèmes de travail ou plutôt des dispositifs aux personnes. L’évolution de la réflexion sur l’adaptation des postes de travail, l’accessibilité des lieux de travail et la notion d’aménagements raisonnables en est l’illustration. Des communications sur ces processus d’ajustement et sur les institutions qui en ont la charge pourraient utilement combler des angles morts de la recherche.

5) Catégorie unique, ou diversité des handicaps

Dans les rapports entre acteurs sociaux ou politiques, les représentations mobilisées jouent un rôle majeur. Parmi celles-ci les termes et catégories employés occupent une place éminente. On peut à cet égard s’interroger sur l’effet du regroupement de fragilités différentes dans la catégorie générique de travailleur handicapé tandis que d’autres époques voyaient davantage s’imposer la diversité de la nature des déficiences ou de leurs origines ; et sur les changements touchant les figures du handicap, certaines s’affirmant et d’autres s’effaçant. Un autre exemple de la force des images et des mots est donné par l’influence en retour de la notion d’employabilité, venue du monde de l’assistance et diffusée dans le marché du travail à l’occasion de la crise de l’emploi des années 1980-1990 avec les débats sur les politiques d’activation. Le terme d’emploi lui-même dessine un champ distinct, par exemple, de ceux que tracent les mots travail ou activité. Ces différentes représentations ont une histoire, qui peut donc utilement être mise en rapport avec d’autres chronologies, institutionnelles ou sociales. La remarque vaudrait aussi pour les termes insertion-intégration-inclusion, qui peuvent exposer au risque d’anachronisme et dont la généalogie et les usages, comme les termes précédents, pourraient nourrir des propositions.

6) Emplois : des processus d’infériorisation

L’évolution du spectre des métiers exercés par les personnes handicapées, tout comme l’influence du contexte social et des législations sur ce périmètre, méritent d’être interrogées. De multiples facteurs contrecarrent une vision linéaire de ces évolutions, et les discordances entre la temporalité des politiques publiques de l’emploi et celle des politiques de l’emploi des personnes handicapées sont nombreuses. Ainsi, un grand nombre de personnes handicapées ont été amenées à choisir une formation et/ou une activité professionnelle parmi une palette restreinte de possibilités, du fait de stéréotypes de genre et validistes. Toutefois, certaines continuités peuvent être observées du début à la fin de la période étudiée, comme le caractère subalterne des emplois occupés par la majorité des personnes handicapées, tout comme les faibles salaires attribués, ou la quasi-absence de progression professionnelle. Décrire ces particularités de l’emploi, en comprendre les ressorts, en étudier les conséquences constitue un axe bienvenu de réflexion.

7) Des mobilisations porteuses de sens

Face aux dynamiques d’inclusion, celles qui relèvent d’une démarche protectrice s’accompagnent de différentes formes de minoration. Ainsi, le statut accordé aux travailleurs des centres d’aide par le travail, puis des établissements ou services d’aide par le travail, dérogatoire au droit commun, est révélateur des discriminations persistantes vis-à-vis de cette catégorie de travailleurs : ils dépendent encore du Code de l’action sociale et des familles, et non du Code du travail. L’histoire des luttes sociales des travailleurs handicapés insérés dans le milieu protégé ou le milieu ordinaire reste largement à écrire. L’analyse de ces luttes permettrait de mieux cerner la manière dont ces travailleurs envisagent leurs expériences du travail, leurs aspirations (entre droit au travail et droit au non-travail), leurs actions syndicales et politiques, les alliances tissées avec d’autres acteurs sociaux, tout comme les réactions institutionnelles à ces mobilisations sociales, qui témoignent du regard social porté sur eux.

8) Interférences internationales : OIT, UE et autres interactions

L’articulation entre travail et handicap se définit constamment dans une dimension internationale. La Convention relative aux Droits des Personnes Handicapées de l’ONU consacre ainsi son article 27 au chapitre « Travail et Emploi ». Celle-ci intervient en amont, par la quête de références étrangères porteuses d’inspiration ou de légitimation, parmi les décideurs en charge d’élaborer une politique française. À côté de ces contacts directs, des organisations internationales contribuent à la circulation des références ou des modèles : les propositions émises par l’OIT et d’autres organisations internationales irriguent les orientations nationales. La construction européenne apporte une intervention plus directe avec la déclinaison dans le droit français des directives communautaires. Par comparaison, ces exemples étrangers ou transnationaux éclairent utilement les choix effectués en France et toute proposition portant sur ces circulations et exemples étrangers ou internationaux aurait sa place dans ce colloque.

Suggéré par ces quelques pistes, l’appel à communication vise à nourrir la connaissance des expériences du travail vécues par les personnes en situation de handicap et des cadres qui les ont régies depuis la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Et, loin de se cantonner à l’étude de conditions supposées exceptionnelles, cette proposition entend, par un effet miroir, permettre de mieux comprendre l’agencement général des mondes du travail et ses évolutions. 

Modalités de contribution

L’objectif de cet appel à communications, élaboré en concertation avec le projet PRESPOL, est de susciter des propositions nourries de travaux en cours ou à entreprendre. À cet effet, le calendrier prévisionnel est le suivant :

- Avant le 28 juin 2026 : envoi des propositions d’intervention, comportant moins de 500 mots et présentant la problématique ainsi que les sources étudiées. À adresser à : nicolas.hatzfeld@gmail.com et Gildas.BREGAIN@ehesp.fr

- Mi-octobre 2026 : décision d’acceptation ou de rejet des propositions

- Septembre 2027 : tenue du colloque, à Paris

Outre les divers matériaux et sources liés aux sujets envisagés, des fonds méconnus d’archives publiques peuvent être mobilisés aux Archives nationales (par exemple, Mission insertion professionnelle des travailleurs handicapés ; Bureau réadaptation des handicapés ; Bureau insertion des personnes handicapées ; etc.). En outre, certains fonds du Ministère du Travail en cours de transfert vers les Archives Nationales sont susceptibles d’être ouverts à la consultation (Mission pour l’emploi des travailleurs handicapés ; Dossiers relatifs à l’emploi des personnes handicapées ; Archives de l’ex-délégation interministérielle aux personnes handicapées).

Le comité d’organisation

Gildas Brégain (EHESP), Anne-Sophie Bruno (Université Paris I), Nicolas Hatzfeld (Université Evry Paris-Saclay), Jérôme Pelisse (Sciences Po Paris), Jean-François Ravaud (INSERM), Catherine Spieser (CNAM)

 

Format de l'événement

Événement sur place

Date

  • Dimanche 28 juin 2026

Appendice

Mots-clés

  • travail, handicaps, emploi, protection sociale, inclusion, validisme

Contact

  • Nicolas Hatzfeld
    courriel : nicolas [dot] hatzfeld [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Gildas Brégain
    courriel : Gildas [dot] BREGAIN [at] ehesp [dot] fr

New Issue: Workers of the World 16

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Workers of the World – International Journal on Strikes and Social Conflict (WW) volume 14, 2024, out now!
Thematic issue Education, how, what and for whom?

Education has been at the centre of some of the most important debates in recent years. Words and expressions such as burnout; students’ mental health pathologies; workers’ “blackout” and inadequate training; teacher shortages; digital “teaching”; have spread to the “common sense” lexicon. In parallel, a new wave of strikes, from Chicago to South Africa, from Amsterdam to Lisbon, has since 2008 put teachers’ struggles i.a. for public education in the forefront of social movements, in what seems to be a trend toward a global response to the degradation of public services in the era of declining capitalism.

Articles
  • Education for Whom? Toward A Peoples' Pedagogy of Liberation
    Nadine Violette
  • Capital versus public education defended by the working classes
    Roberto Leher
  • Vygotsky and the Pedagogy of Contents: Deconstructing the Sacralisation of Processes
    Roberto Valdés Puentes
  • “Teaching is a relationship, and children and young people have been convinced not to learn.”
    An interview with Carlos Fernández Liria
  • School or barbarism: a second warning
    Manuel António do Carmo Ferreiro
  • The ideological delimitation of the political left–right dichotomy in historical research
    Afonso Maia Silva

https://workersoftheworld.net

Women in Textiles. Remuneration, Labour Relations, and Gender in Europe during Industrialization (Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries)

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by Manuela Martini

This volume investigates the gendered dynamics of labour in the French and European textile industries, focusing on the economic roles of women within and beyond the household. While the presence of women in textile production is well documented, this collection probes deeper into the structure of their remuneration, the division of labour between domestic and income-generating tasks, and the temporal organization of work. By examining how working-class families balanced household responsibilities with wage labour, the book reconstructs the composition of individual and family incomes across a range of textile trades, including silk weaving, hosiery, lacemaking, and glove-making.

Combining original qualitative and quantitative sources with innovative methodologies from the digital humanities, the contributors offer a nuanced analysis of both normative frameworks and everyday practices. The volume situates the household as a central unit of economic activity and social negotiation, revealing how gender shaped access to work, time allocation, and the valuation of labour. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the chapters gathered here provide new insights into the historical construction of wage systems and the lived realities of working-class women in Europe in the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Capturing Gendered Working Time and Remuneration During Industrialization
Manuela Martini

Part 1. Editing and Processing Qualitative Sources on Labour in the Textile Industry

1. Digital Humanities in the TIME-US Project: Richness and Contribution of Interdisciplinary Methods for Labour History
Marie Puren
2. Data and Metadata for a Digital (Re)-Edition of a Corpus of Social Science Surveys: Le Play’s Les Ouvriers des deux mondes (1857–1930)
Stéphane Baciocchi and Jean-Damien Généro
3. The Gains and Losses of a Weaving Workshop: The Domestic Economy and Role of Women in Lyon’s Silk Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Manuela Martini

Part 2. Labour Organization, Social Hierarchies, and Gender Relations

4. A Privileged Workforce? Masters’ Daughters in Lyon’s Silk Industry in the Eighteenth Century
Anne Montenach
5. Re-Assessing ‘Women’s Work’: Producing Embroidery in Eighteenth-Century Paris and Lyon
Tabitha Baker
6. Pay, Debt, and Theft: Wages in the Milan and Como Silk Industry (1780–1860)
Lorenzo Avellino
7. Women’s Work in the Fabrique Collective. The Case of Gloveresses in the Grenoble Region
Stéphane Baciocchi, Julien Caranton, Audrey Colonel-Coquet, Anne Lhuissier, and Mathieu Rivero
8. Migrant Linen and Jute Female Workers, from Dundee to Continental Europe (c. 1840-c1880)
Fabrice Bensimon and Christopher Whathey

Part 3. Forms of Remuneration and Wage Definition

9. A Forgotten Industry: Hosiery in Occitania and Catalonia: Labour Organization, Wages, and Gender (Eighteenth Century)
Céline Mutos-Xicola
10. Apprenticeship, Gender, and Remuneration in the Parisian Textile Industry during the Second Empire
Anaïs Albert
11. What’s Behind a Wage? Female Work in the Silk Spinning Mills of Nineteenth-Century Tyrol
Cinzia Lorandini
12. Contracts, ‘Ways to Make’ and the Price of Labour: The Public Hearings of the Lyon Labour Court and the Workers’ Point of View (1831–1851)
Manuela Martini and Pierre Vernus
13. Rise and Decline of Female-Breadwinner Spinners in a Barcelona Cotton Mill (1849–1888)
Cristina Borderías
14. Equal Tariffs, Unequal Earnings: Pay Inequality between Female and Male Weavers in a Ghent Cotton Mill (1835–1914)
Peter Scholliers

Further information: https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503619873-1

CfP: Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries

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Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries

Conference, Ghent University, 3-4 December 2026

We are pleased to announce the organization of an interdisciplinary conference on environmental history on 3-4 December 2026 in Ghent (Belgium). It is the result of a joint collaboration between 
researchers working on the medieval and (early) modern Low Countries and the Roman Society Research Center. The conference wants to encourage the exchange of recent research, ongoing projects, and current debates between scholars working in different disciplines, including environmental history, environmental archaeology, historical ecology, and historical geography. 

It invites contributions that study environmental change in the Low Countries (defined as the regions located between the North Sea and the Rhine) from Antiquity to modern times. Contributions that cross boundaries between different disciplines (inter-, multi-, or transdisciplinary research) are particularly welcome. 

The two-day program will include plenary sessions where senior and junior scholars, postdocs and PhD students will present current research and state-of-field overviews (clusters of 20 minutes presentations, 10 minutes Q&A). All topics and fields regarding the environmental history of the Low Countries are welcome, including, but not limited to, water management, food production, landscapes, climate, pollution, relationships between humans and other animals, and biodiversity.

If you would like to present your research at the conference, please send an abstract (max. 300 words) and short biography to dr. Sander Govaerts (sander.govaerts@ugent.be) and dr. Stefan Meysman (stefan.meysman@ugent.be) by 30 April 2026.

CfP: Latin America as a Revolutionary Imaginary: Imaginations, Theories and Practices of Solidarity among the German-Speaking Left since 1945 (English and German)

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Since the end of the Second World War, Latin America has occupied a distinctive place in the political and intellectual imaginaries of the German-speaking left. At different historical moments, the subcontinent functioned as a revolutionary horizon and as a symbol of freedom and political renewal—shaped in no small part by the experiences of German-speaking leftists who found exile in Latin America during National Socialism. The victory of the guerrilla fighters in Cuba and the myth of this “revolution in the tropics” propelled Latin America to the centre of global attention and turned the region into a powerful site of revolutionary projection. For many young people, Latin America seemed to embody the possibility of radical change—uncorrupted, open-ended, and in stark contrast to both the leaden atmosphere of the Cold War and a European left widely seen as stagnant, integrated, or politically exhausted. At the same time, a wide range of concrete entanglements intensified: political solidarity campaigns, exile and migration networks, the circulation of theories and political concepts, the adoption and adaptation of aesthetic and strategic repertoires, and numerous personal encounters. Latin America thus functioned both as a revolutionary imaginary and as a concrete political point of reference.
Existing research has addressed these connections largely in a fragmented way. Important studies exist on solidarity movements, the reception of specific theoretical approaches (such as dependency theory or liberation theology), revolutionary strategies such as the urban guerrilla, exile networks, and forms of transnational solidarity. What has received far less systematic attention, however, is the long-term interaction between political imagination, political practice, and the production and circulation of knowledge. It also remains to be examined how the image of Latin America within the German-speaking left after 1945 was constituted, how it changed over time, and what functions it fulfilled in different historical contexts—or, conversely, what influence the “Latin America complex” exerted on the theory and practice of the German-speaking left.
A central aim of this special issue is therefore to analyse Latin America both as an imagined space of revolution and as a real source of political and intellectual impulses for the German-speaking left. How did representations of Latin America change in the thinking of the German-speaking left from the post-war period and the New Left through the transformations after 1989/90 and into recent contemporary history? What real or imagined connections were established, and how were revolutionary expectations, political practice, and theoretical appropriations related to one another? What role did Latin America play within the ideological and intellectual framework of the German-speaking left, and how were struggles, concepts, and actors from the region interpreted, translated, appropriated, or instrumentalised? What contribution did Latin Americans themselves make to the formation of these images of Latin America? 
Particular attention will also be paid to the asymmetries inherent in these relationships: who spoke about Latin America, who was heard, and who remained invisible or marginalised? To what extent did practices of solidarity reproduce Eurocentric or colonial regimes of knowledge—and where were such structures reflected upon, challenged, or disrupted? The issue also seeks to address new forms of reference after the end of the Cold War, for example through Neo-Zapatismo and the EZLN, Indigenous cosmovisions and concepts such as Buen Vivir, ecological and decolonial debates, or feminist movements such as Ni Una Menos. What role did Latin American leftists living in the German-speaking world play in this process? How did they shape their role as mediators between political imaginaries and lived realities?The call is intentionally broad and invites contributions employing a wide range of methodological approaches, chronological perspectives, and thematic focuses. We particularly welcome contributions from social and political history, intellectual history, cultural history, the history of knowledge, and the history of political thought, as well as comparative and transnational approaches. Contributions focusing on the GDR, Austria, and Switzerland are explicitly encouraged.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Latin America as a revolutionary imaginary and a space of political projection
• Icons, symbols, aesthetics, and narratives of revolution
• Global revolutionary horizons and alternative visions of world order beyond state socialism and the social market economy
• Negotiations of global power relations, imperialism, and anti-imperialism
• Translation, circulation of knowledge, and the appropriation of Latin American theories and concepts
• Militancy, organisational questions, and political translation processes
• Internationalism, solidarity, and conflict (with particular attention to emotions, gender relations, care work, and informal political labour)
• Ruptures, disillusionments, and transformations
• New forms of reference since the 1990s (e.g. EZLN, Buen Vivir, or #NiUnaMenos)
• Appropriation, power, and epistemic asymmetries
• Latin American leftists in the German-speaking world as mediators of political imaginaries, revolutionary experiences, and lived realities
• Contributions by Latin Americans to the formation of images of Latin America in the Germanspeaking world

Format and deadlines
We invite the submission of substantial abstracts (exposés) of up to 2,500 characters by 14 June 2026, outlining the topic, methodology, and source base of the proposed article. On the basis of these exposés, we will commission selected contributions. The deadline for the submission of full articles is 31 December 2026. Exposés and articles may be submitted in German, English, or Spanish. For non-German submissions, the final version will be translated and published in German. All contributions will undergo a multi-stage internal review process; publication can only be confirmed after submission and review of the final manuscript. We publish only original contributions (with the exception of articles not previously published in German). Contributions to Arbeit – Bewegung – Geschichte are not remunerated. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail as a .docx file. Full articles should not exceed 50,000 characters including spaces and footnotes. Please also consult the guidelines for authors.

Contact and submission: cfp@arbeit-bewegung-geschichte.de

Timeline 
Submission of abstracts: 14 June 2026
Submission of full articles: 31 December 2026
Publication of the special issue: expected September 2027

Further information: https://www.arbeit-bewegung-geschichte.de/cf-sehnsuchtsort-lateinamerik…

CfP: Tuscany and the Iberian Empires: Migration and Knowledge Transmission in the Early Modern Period

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Organizer: João Covolan (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa); David Soares Mesquita (Centre for Classical Studies – University of Lisbon) Venue: Medici Archive Project in Via de’ Benci 10, Florence ZIP: 50122 Location: Florence Country: Italy Takes place: In Attendance From - Until: 30.10.2026 - Deadline: 15.07.2026 Website: https://www.rsa.org/news/724588/Tuscany-and-the-Iberian-Empires-Migration-and-Knowledge-Transmission-in-the-Early-Modern-Period.htm   This workshop aims to explore the multiple and layered presence of Iberian agents in early modern Tuscany between c. 1500 and 1700.   In the early modern period (c. 1500-1700), Iberian religious refugees, scholars, merchants, and diplomats took up residence in Tuscany. In search of protection or fame, they weaved a network that linked Iberia, Tuscany, and wider imperial territories. New Christians, Moriscos, and other communities displaced by persecution—as well as intellectuals, philosophers, medical practitioners, envoys, diplomats, and other intermediaries—mediated the circulation of knowledge, materials, and political interests between courts, universities, and religious institutions.

By taking a broad view of these encounters, this workshop aims to explore the multiple and layered presence of Iberian agents in early modern Tuscany between c. 1500 and 1700. Papers may also address the reception and assimilation of knowledge, materials, and ideas from the Portuguese and Spanish empires within Italian contexts.

We particularly encourage contributions which address topics including, but not limited to:
- Mobility, exile, and forced migration networks across the Iberian world–including its overseas possessions—and Tuscany.
- The circulation of scientific, technical, ethnographic, and medical knowledge among Iberian and Tuscan institutions.
- The representation and reception of the Portuguese and Spanish empires in Tuscan political thought, literature, science, and art.
- Diplomacy, espionage, and political brokerage within and between courts.
- Material and cultural transfers: books, maps, instruments, liturgical objects, and technologies.

Comparative, micro-historical, and transregional approaches are especially welcome. We also encourage interdisciplinary perspectives that draw on the history of science, the history of medicine, religious studies, economic history, diplomacy, literature, art history, and Jewish studies.

Application Process:

The conference will take place at the Medici Archive Project in Via de’ Benci 10, Florence, on Friday, 30 October 2026.

To apply, please submit a PDF with an abstract (max 200 words), along with a short Bio (max 100 words), by July 15, 2026 to: education@medici.org.

Successful applicants will be notified by August 1, 2026.

Papers may be read in either English or Italian, and presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.

Publication:
Selected papers will be included in an edited volume published by the Medici Archive Project Series with Brepols/Harvey Miller.

Contact (announcement)

education@medici.org

CfP: New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field

1 week 6 days ago

When: 04 May 2026, 23:50 — 23:55
Venue: External

Call for papers for a workshop to be held on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November 2026 at Queen Mary University of London. 

Organised under the auspices of the Raphael Samuel History Centre and in collaboration with the Association for the Study of Modern Italy. 

The New Left Histories seminar series at the Raphael Samuel History Centre is organising a workshop to assess the current state of research on the New Left, broadly conceived from both national and transnational perspectives, and to foster critical discussion on its historiography – a field that has recently experienced renewed scholarly interest.

Emerging in the postwar era as a heterogeneous and evolving constellation of radical political movements, intellectual currents, and activist practices across multiple regions, the New Left profoundly reshaped socialist and Marxist thought and political practice and engagement. By breaking with orthodoxy and embracing new forms of political subjectivity, cultural critique, and emancipatory struggle, it also contributed to significant transformations within historical scholarship, emphasising lived experience, political agency, and subaltern voices in advancing what became known as “history from below.”

The workshop aims to identify emerging research questions, methodological challenges, and new interpretative frameworks, to contribute to the consolidation of an international scholarly network, and to promote the formation of a broader academic community engaging with the New Left both as a historical phenomenon and as enduring methodological interventions. Particular attention will be devoted to its epistemological implications from transnational and comparative perspectives, encouraging participants to explore how ideas, practices, and analytical categories circulated across borders and were reconfigured in diverse political and cultural contexts.

We particularly encourage proposals from PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars. Proposals from established scholars are also welcome, especially those combining historical depth with a strong transnational or international approach.

We welcome papers engaging with (but not limited to) the following themes:

•      The New Left as a historical object - intellectual, political, and social movements in European and global contexts

•      The New Left as a foundation for new methodologies and frameworks

•      Transnational and comparative histories of the New Left

•      Intellectual and political genealogies of New Left movements

•      The New Left and the transformation of Marxism

•      History from below, subaltern studies, cultural studies and political agency

•      Archival research, oral history, and methodological innovations

•      Circulation of ideas across Europe and beyond

•      The New Left and questions of race, gender, class, and decolonisation

•      Memory, historiography, and the legacy of the New Left

•      The New Left as an analytical category: uses and limits

 

Practical Information

Date: Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November 2026

Location: Queen Mary University of London, Mile End campus, London

Format: Workshop (in-person, with possible online participation – to be confirmed)

 

Submission Guidelines

Please submit: an abstract of 300-400 words and a short biographical note (maximum 150 words). Please submit abstract and bio together on one Word document.

Deadline for submissions: Monday 4 May

Notification of acceptance: by 11 June 2026

Submissions and enquiries to Katy k.pettit@bbk.ac.uk  

 

We will seek funding to support a small number of speakers’ travel expenses and will advertise available funding as soon as it is confirmed.

A selection of papers presented at the workshop will be considered for publication in an edited volume or a special issue.

 

Contact name: Katy Pettit

Project "Sound in the Silence"

1 week 6 days ago

The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) invites secondary school teachers to join Sound in the Silence 2026, taking place in Gernika, Basque Country, Spain from 3–11 October 2026.

How can art help young people connect with difficult history?
During this nine-day programme, selected students will explore this question through creative writing, movement, and vocal workshops, guided by professional artists. Together, they will create an original final performance inspired by the history of Gernika and the Spanish Civil War — bringing the past to life in a way that is personal and unforgettable.

Organised by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS), Sound in the Silence is an intercultural remembrance project for youth. At historically significant locations, high school students collaborate with professional artists to explore how the past connects to their present-day questions and experiences — through voice, movement, and creative writing.
The 2026 edition focuses on the bombing of Gernika on 26 April 1937, a devastating attack on civilians, and the broader story of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Students will work with historical sources, personal testimonies, and the physical space of the town, culminating in a final performance for a public audience.
Programme includes:
• Visits to memorial sites and locations connected to the bombing of Gernika and the Spanish Civil War
• Artistic workshops in one of the following fields: rap/creative writing, choreography/movement, or sound/musicality
• Two rehearsals and a final public performance, followed by a discussion
• Professional workshops for teachers
All participation costs are covered by the organisers.

Who can apply?
We welcome applications from humanities teachers, such as history, ethics, civic education, English and national languages, especially those looking for new and interdisciplinary ways to engage their students with European history. Applicants must be currently employed at a secondary school. Students participating in the project should be aged 16–19 and speak English at a minimum B2 level.

Participation is free of charge. Sound in the Silence is an international remembrance project organised by ENRS, bringing together high school classes from across the EU at historically significant locations across Europe.

Application deadline is 3 May 2026.

Apply here!

For more information, visit our: enrs.eu/edition/sound-in-the-silence-2026.

Join us in bringing history to life and inspiring the next generation to engage with Europe's past!

If this opportunity isn't the right fit for you, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could pass it on to anyone in your network — teachers, educators, or colleagues — who might be interested.

Project coordinator
Justyna Radziukiewicz
justyna.radziukiewicz@enrs.eu
+48 571 333 039

Contact for media
Magdalena Żelazowska
magdalena.zelazowska@enrs.eu
+48 500 395 489

Colloquium "Contemporary and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Russian and Soviet Modernity"

1 week 6 days ago
Organiser: Humboldt University, Berlin; Tel Aviv University Postcode: 10117 City: Berlin Country: Germany Takes place: Virtually Dates: 12.05.2026 - 09.06.2026

The Department of East European History at Humboldt University (Berlin) and the Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies at Tel Aviv University are pleased to invite you to a series of joint online workshops “Contemporary and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Russian and Soviet Modernity”

Contemporary and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Russian and Soviet Modernity

Our communication platform is open to all interested participants at any stage of their careers, including PhD candidates, early-career scholars, and tenured faculty. We warmly invite you to join the discussion.

All meetings will be held on Zoom and will include text discussions in English. Please register by 5 May 2026 at the following email address: oksana.nagornaia@hu-berlin.de We will send you texts and a zoom-link prior to the session

Programme

May 12, 2026, 14.00-16.00 CET
Elizaveta Olkhovaia (Bremen) “The Only Camp for Female ‘Politicals’”: History of Women’s Political Incarceration in the Late Soviet Union.
Yuri Radchenko (Kyiv) "I Knew... That I was a Karaite": Folk Religion, Identity and Traditions of the Karaites of Central and Eastern Europe (Based on Oral History Materials)

June 9, 2026, 14.00-16.00 CET
Michael Shurman (Bar-Ilan University) Glushkov's Cashless Project: An Alternative Communist Modernity, A Road Untraveled
Gabriela Radulescu (Berlin) Iosif Shklovsky's Late Cosmic Pessimism, Soviet Extraterrestrial Civilizations, and Reflexive Modernity

Contact

oksana.nagornaia@hu-berlin.de

CfP: A Foreigners' War, Their Own Memory: Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War and Their Fates

2 weeks 3 days ago

A Foreigners' War, Their Own Memory
Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War and Their Fates
Call for papers

November 25-26, 2026
Military History Institute (U Památníku 2, Prague)

The Spanish Civil War was a crucial moment of international mobilization, ideological polarization, and transnational activism in the first half of the twentieth century. Volunteers who joined both sides of the conflict entered the war with diverse motivations shaped by ideological, political, social, and personal factors. Their experiences represent unique insights into the cultural, political, and military history of the twentieth century. Yet the end of the civil war did not mark the end of their stories. Their fates continued not only into the following global conflict, but also into the decades that came after. Many of their life stories ultimately faded into partial obscurity-an obscurity that, in many countries, persists to this day.

The conference seeks to connect existing scholarship on the Spanish Civil War with broader questions of volunteerism, transnational networks, political mobilization, and historical memory. It will focus on volunteers' motivations, their military- and everyday experiences, and their postwar trajectories. In addition, the conference will explore the ways in which these experiences have been commemorated, reinterpreted, and forgotten over the decades. Methodologically, it is open to the challenges of contemporary research, from digital humanities to oral history.

The conference aims to reopen debates on the Spanish Civil War as a key transnational conflict of the modern era. We welcome contributions focusing on interbrigadists and other Republican volunteers, as well as those who fought on the Francoist side.

The organizers intend to create an interdisciplinary forum and therefore welcome papers not only from historians but also from scholars in anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, art history, political science, and museum studies.

Preliminary Areas

  • Volunteers on both sides of the Spanish Civil War
    • Recruitment, motivations, and ideological frameworks
    • Combat operations and everyday life
    • Women volunteers, questions of masculinity, and other gender aspects
  • Postwar trajectories of volunteers
    • Internment and other forms of persecution
    • Second World War as a continuation
    • Former volunteers within political and state structures
  • The Spanish Civil War and its international echoes
    • Global context and the transnational dimension of the conflict
    • Europe and Spain in the 1930s
    • Fascism and anti-fascism
  • Memory, myths, and representations
    • Politics of memory, remembrance, and forgetting
    • Cultural reflections and reenactment
    • Memorials, museums, and other sites of memory
  • Archival and methodological approaches
    • New sources and research strategies
    • Digital humanities and volunteer mapping
    • Oral history research and working with eyewitnesses

Submission deadline:
June 30, 2026
Conference languages:
English, Czech and Slovak*
Conference date:
November 25-26, 2026
Venue:
Military History Institute (U Památníku 2, Prague)

*Simultaneous interpretation between both languages will be provided on-site.

Please send paper proposals, including an abstract of max. 200 words and short bio to ondrej.crhak@nm.cz

The full call is available here