Modern challenges in decolonial historical research between the Nordics and Southern Africa

Journal Ennen ja nyt seeks papers in three categories: Research Papers, Reflections and Essays, and Reviews for upcoming thematic issue about challenges in historical research between the Nordics and Southern African states, which is to be published in Autumn 2026. The guest editor of the issue is Jerkko Holmi (javhol@utu.fi).

CfP: Military Labour History at the ELHN Conference, 2026

This is a call for abstracts for the Military Labour History Working Group (MLHWG) panels at the 6th conference of the European Labour History Network (ELHN), to be held at the University of Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 June 2026. See the following link for further information on the conference: https://socialhistoryportal.org/elhn/conference-2026. A full website for the conference will be available soon.

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CfP: Working Group Labour Migration History, ELHN Conference 2026: Disparities and Inequalities in Transformations of Labour Migration: Historical Shifts and Historiographical Debates

The Labour Migration History Working Group of the European Labour History Network (ELHN) invites submissions for its sessions on the theme of “Disparities and Inequalities in Transformations of Labour Migration: Historical Shifts and Historiographical Debates” to be held at the 6th European Labour History Conference in Barcelona, 16-19 June 2026.

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CfP: Working Group Guild and Artisan Labour, ELHN Conference 2026

Guild and Artisan Labour Working Group at the VI Congress ELHN

The Guild and Artisan Labour Working Group of the European Labour History Network (ELHN) brings together scholars engaged in a classic topic of economic and social history: craft guilds and artisan labour. We aim to expand upon and deepen the long-standing debates on the socio-economic dynamics that linked these institutions to labour and society from a historical perspective, especially spanning the 14th to the 19th centuries, in Europe and abroad.

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CfP International Workshop: Navigating Worlds of Coerced Labour: Procurement, mobility, exploitation and resistance of Enslaved, Indentured and Contracted workers in the Atlantic, and the Asia-Pacific region

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Navigating Worlds of Coerced Labour: Procurement, mobility, exploitation and resistance of Enslaved, Indentured and Contracted workers in the Atlantic, and the Asia-Pacific region

Venue: International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: 16-17 October 2025
Organisers: Britt van Duijvenvoorden, Karin Hofmeester, Pascal Konings, Filipa Ribeiro da Silva, Matthias van Rossum

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