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

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
Occupied Spaces: Encounters in Private Spaces in Occupied Japan and (West) Germany, 1945-1955
Online Symposium, 29 April 2021
06/04/2021
Nordic Labour History Network seminars
Workshops, 9 February - 8 June 2021
19/03/2021
Video: Commemoration of The Paris Commune 1871
Communication, 18 March 2021
17/03/2021
Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES) Special Issue on COVID-19
Announcement of publication
27/01/2021
Report on Belgian Nazi looted heritage now online available
Announcement of publication
27/01/2021
CfP: Intersectional approaches to coercion and marginalization in labour
Call for papers, deadline 1 March 2021
11/01/2021
Special Issue of Labor History: Gender, War and Coerced Labour
Call for proposals, deadline 15 April 2021
05/01/2021
CfP: Military Labour History at the ELHN-WORCK Conference 2021
Call for papers, deadline 5 January 2021
07/12/2020
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Workshop Series, 16/October 2020 - 12 March 2021
02/10/2020
CfP: Remunerating labour and bargaining for remuneration: models, modes and conflicts at the ELHN-WORCK Conference 2021
Call for Papers, deadline 20 October 2020
28/09/2020
CfP: ELHN Working Group Labour and Family Economy at the ELHN-WORCK Conference 2021
Call for papers, deadline 25 September 2020
15/09/2020
CfP: Maritime Labour in Times of Crisis at the ELHN-WORCK Conference 2021
Call for papers, deadline 25 September 2020
08/09/2020
CfP: Working Group Factory History at the ELHN-WORCK Conference 2021
Call for papers, deadline 25 September 2020
02/09/2020