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

CfP: Health, Environment and Labour in Mining (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 14 September 2018
06/08/2018
CfP: The European Integration of Trade Unions: professional sectors and key struggles since the creation of the ETUC (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 1 October 2018
06/08/2018
CfP: Maritime Labour History (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 15 September 2018
06/08/2018
CfP: Workers in the post-1989 East Central Europe (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 30 September 2018
06/08/2018
CfP: Factory History (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 1 October 2018
03/08/2018
CfP: Exploring Workers’ Education: institutions and practices (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 24 September 2018
19/07/2018
CfP: Working-Class Politics in 20th century Europe (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 24 September 2018
17/07/2018
CfP: Written and Visual Representations of the World of Work "in and by the Working Class" (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 5 September 2018
17/07/2018
CfP: Military Labour History (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 15 September 2018
17/07/2018
Opening of new research institute IEA Saint Louis, Senegal
Event: December 2018, Saint Louis, Senegal
16/07/2018
CfP: Colonial Cities in Global Perspective
Call for Papers, deadline 1 August 2018
16/07/2018
CfP: Labour and the Sea
Call for papers, deadline 3 August 2018
02/07/2018
A Statue to Jules Durand
Event, 15 June 2018, Le Havre, France
02/07/2018
Thinking About Labour Within and Across Empires
Call for Papers, deadline 30 June 2018
22/06/2018
XVIII Spanish Labour History Conference
Conference, 6-7 September 2018, Barcelona
22/06/2018
Special Issue Life Writing From Below in Europe
Table of Contents, European Journal of Life Writing, 2018
22/06/2018
CfP: Health Down in the Mine. Stakeholders and Healthcare systems
Call for papers, deadline 9 September 2018
20/06/2018
ToC: Workers of the world
Table of contents, no. 9, May 2018
19/06/2018
CfP: New perspectives in feminist labour history: work and activism
Call for papers, deadline 10 July 2018
15/06/2018
CfP: Globalization, national languages and development in Africa
Call for Papers, deadline 1 September 2018
14/06/2018