European Labour History Network (ELHN)

ELHN Conference 2026 Barcelona
Prepare for the upcoming ELHN conference in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2026. More details will follow.

The European Labour History Network is organized around working groups consisting of researchers working on the same topics or in the same area. The Network organizes a bi-annual conference, with contributions from around the world. 

For information on the ELHN, contact elhn@iisg.nl

News ELHN

Virtual Exhibits on WORKPLACES: PASTS AND PRESENTS
Website announcement
02/12/2021
CfP: Two-day online workshop: WWII in the Asia-Pacific: Border Crossing Mobilities
Call for papers, deadline 17 January 2022
29/11/2021
New Blog - The Young Mining Historians’ Corner
Call for blog posts
23/11/2021
Book: Working in Greece and Turkey, 1840-1940
Online book launch, 8 November 2021
03/11/2021
CfP: GLOBAL LABOR: Evolving Responses to the Challenge of International Frontiers- Spatial Reconfigurations and Social Transformations
Call for papers, deadline 1 December 2021
11/10/2021
CfP: Nested Internationalisms: New Perspectives on Labour: Activism Across Borders and Boundaries
Call for Papers, deadline 15 November 2021
01/10/2021
CfP: The Maritime World in Legal History
Call for Papers, deadline 31 October 2021
01/10/2021
CfP: Fifth International Conference on Strikes and Social Conflicts in the 21st Century
Call for papers, deadline 31 January 2022
19/09/2021
Social Change in Hungary, 1989-2019
Book publication
01/09/2021
CfP: New Approaches to the Global Mining History: the social effects of ore extraction
Call for papers, deadline 15 September 2021
19/07/2021
CfP: Let’s Get to Work: Bringing Labor History and the History of Science Together
Call for conference papers, deadline 30 September 2021
15/07/2021
CfP: Mermaids. (En)Gendering Maritime Labour and Business Histories
Call for papers, deadline 30 September 2021
12/07/2021
Archives of Camille Huymans digitized and online available
Announcement
04/06/2021
Historical mining and new mining. From socioeconomic history to the 21th century
Summer course, 20-23 July 2021
04/06/2021
CfP: International Postgraduate Conference Rethinking 20th Century Europe: The Continent of (Un)Freedom
Call for Papers, deadline 10 October 2021
11/05/2021
WORCK-ELHN Conference Coming Soon, Vienna and online, 30 August-1 September 2021
Call for registration, deadline 15 July 2021
11/05/2021
Uppsala University: Three to five PhD candidate positions in Economic History
Call for candidates, deadline 7 June 2021
28/04/2021
Travail et conditions de travail en RD Congo hier et aujourd'hui. Colloque international en ligne
Conference, 5 May 2021, online (in French)
22/04/2021
LSE Book Talk: Hendrik de Man and Social Democracy
Online event, 6 May 2021
22/04/2021
International search for workers’ assembly halls worldwide
Campaign
21/04/2021