Social and Labour History News

La revue Criminocorpus. Revue hypermédia spécialisée dans l'histoire de la justice, des crimes et des peines propose un appel à contributions pour un dossier thématique intitulé "Épidémies, crimes et justice". Ce dossier s’intéresse à l’histoire de la justice analysée à travers le prisme des épidémies de l’Antiquité jusqu’à nos jours.

Events, activities, and resources to connect you with PHM's unique collections and stories, exploring the development of democracy in Britain. Be inspired by the radicals of the past and present to become the radicals of our future.

Whilst the museum is closed we’re working to provide a range of events, activities, and resources that we hope will provide support, inspiration and new opportunities in these unprecedented times.

La revista Archivos de historia del movimiento obrero y la izquierda convoca a investigadoras/es con interés en remitir colaboraciones para la sección de artículos libres y crítica de libros. La convocatoria se encuentra abierta de forma permanente.

The Social History Society has released an official statement on the impact of COVID-19 on the working lives of historians, and the implications for the future of our discipline.

The practice of social and cultural history has always depended on the contributions of scholars across all career stages. From the undergraduate essay to the book-length studies of established scholars, historical research can make us reflect on our own practice and think differently about our own research areas.

The international joint doctoral program Global History of Empire is announcing the call for applications for admission in 2020. Students enrolled in the program enjoy qualified co-supervision of their dissertation research by the leading faculty of University of Turin and Higher School of Economics (Moscow and St Petersburg), the intensive introductory seminar with world experts on the global dimensions of histories of empires, as well as joint dissertation workshops and summer schools co-organized by the universities in this partnership : 

Parce qu’une image ne parle pas d’elle-même, l’objectif de cette journée sera d’une part de présenter les types de documents iconographiques et audiovisuels en rapport avec la Reconstruction dont sont dépositaires les différentes institutions patrimoniales, tout en appréhendant leur contexte de production et leur richesse. La journée d’études abordera d’autre part ce que les fonds iconographiques et audiovisuels véhiculent en terme d’informations, tels que les matériaux et la matérialité,

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona)19.11.2020 - 20.11.2020

Given the exceptional circumstances surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the organizers wish to express that we will follow the situation closely and an online version of this conference might be considered if future updates advise it. Even though an on- site format is preferred, a final decision will be provided to all participants at the beginning of September.

Atlantic Worlds between the Global and the National

Kloster Bernried, Lake Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany
29 August – 1 September 2021

https://www.fruehe-neuzeit.uni-bayreuth.de/en/conferences-workshops/Summer-Academy-of-Atlantic-History/index.html

https://enrs.eu/

"Cold War liberalism" is one of the most oft-used terms in the historical profession. A diversity of phenomena, from postwar housing policy to U.S. geostrategy to 1950s-era cinema, have been said to be instantiations of the Cold War liberal project. Despite the promiscuous use of "Cold War liberalism," however, the term remains ill-defined, and that which it signifies ill-understood.

BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORYTo recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association annually awards the Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best unpublished research paper written during the previous academic year. Wertheimer was a leading labor educator and scholar. BERNARD BELLUSH PRIZEThe Bernard Bellush Prize recognizes outstanding unpublished scholarship by graduate students in labor and work history. Please do not submit a full dissertation.

COVID-19 & Environmental History.
Making sense of COVID-19 from the perspective of environmental history

A compilation of historical essays to be published in the Journal for the History of Environment and Society

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The Working Class Movement Library is keen to contribute to the collective search both for intellectual stimulation and for social solidarity during these hard times. A guest exhibition which was due to open this month at the Library has now been reinvented and is available for viewing online here.

http://iealc.sociales.uba.ar/jornadas-del-iealc/nueva-circular-v-jornadas-de-estudios-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe-convocatoria-a-presentar-trabajos-en-las-75-mesas-programadas/

Historia Agraria de América Latina (HAAL) es una revista académica del Centro de Estudios de Historia Agraria de América Latina (CEHAL), institución autónoma establecida en Santiago de Chile en 2017. El propósito de HAAL es promover y difundir la investigación científica y el debate interdisciplinario sobre la historia de las sociedades rurales de América Latina y el Caribe. La revista privilegiará la publicación de investigaciones que analicen nuevos tópicos y problemas, propongan contribuciones teórico-metodológicas y/o elaboren nuevas interpretaciones.

http://discourseanalysis.net/en/DNS7

Given the exceptional circumstances surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the organizers wish to express that we will follow the situation closely and an online version of this conference might be considered if future updates advise it. Even though an on- site format is preferred, a final decision will be provided to all participants at the beginning of September.

 

The recent focus in politics and the media on the “migration crisis” and the rise of populisms in Europe is an invitation to interrogate migrations in the light of geopolitical, ethical or identity approaches. With this thematic issue we wish to complement, not contradict, these approaches by reintroducing the economic dimension of migration through a study of the multiple forms of work and labor; and address the entanglements between migration policy and work.

Le travail social tient-il grâce à une quantité de travail invisible et des travailleurs et travailleuses de l’ombre ? Ce travail peut d’abord être pensé comme celui des bénévoles. Leur importance dans le travail social s’enracine dans l’histoire du secteur et la prise en charge des vulnérables, pauvres et indigents par les philanthropes, les congrégations religieuses et les associations du mouvement ouvrier.

Sion, Valais, Switzerland (précisions sur le lieu à venir), 4-5 June 2021.

 

Comment écrire une histoire des régions alpines qui intègrerait de façon systématique des figures féminines et une analyse des relations de genre ? De quelle manière décrire les parcours de vie et les stratégies individuelles des hommes et des femmes entre espace public et espace privé ?