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: Labor in the Creative Industries: The Case of Fashion
Call for papers, deadline 7 April 2019
08/03/2019
European Labour History Network - 3rd Conference
Conference, 18-21 September 2019, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
01/03/2019
CfP: On the Freedom of Labour in Capitalism. First Congress of the German Labour History Association
Call for papers, deadline 30 April 2019
11/02/2019
ISHA Newsletter vol. 7, nr. 1
Newsletter
30/01/2019
What Is Work? Gender at the Crossroads of Home, Family, and Business from the Early Modern Era to the Present
Book announcement
22/12/2018
Conference New perspectives in feminist labour history: work and activism
Event, Bologna, 17-18 January 2019
23/11/2018
CfP: European economies beyond indicators: Structures, systems, and institutions in Western Europe since 1945
Call for papers, deadline 31 January 2019
22/11/2018
CfP: Labour in History and Economics: Migration, Markets, and the Work Environment
Call for Papers, deadline 14 December 2018
13/11/2018
CfP: Workshop Industrial Heritage Activism: Memory Politics in Public Labour History (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 30 October 2018
16/10/2018
CfP: Gender and Household Budgets in Contemporary European History (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for papers, deadline 15 October 2018
02/10/2018
CfP: Children at Work (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for papers, deadline 25 September 2018
19/09/2018
CfP: Remuneration, workers and employers organisations (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 10 October 2018
10/09/2018
New Book on Dockworkers in Durban and San Francisco
Publication
23/08/2018
CfP: Reproductive Labour and Unfree Labour (session at the III ELHN Conference)
Call for Papers, deadline 15 September 2018
06/08/2018
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