The current dual crises of the global CV-19 pandemic and the (also global) renewed struggle for racial justice have turned our attention to women worldwide whose critically important service roles bring to mind and expand on their similar occupations in the long nineteenth century. Women comprise the majority of the workforce that has been deemed “essential” during the pandemic--from healthcare and social services to retail and other service sector jobs.

L’IRELP vous souhaite une année 2021 la meilleure possible dans les circonstances que nous connaissons. En fonction de cette situation complexe, nos vœux sont particulièrement ardents et sincères.
Nos vœux, pour l’IRELP, sont des ambitions, plus exactement des projets.

Workers and Obsolescence

A Special Issue of International Labor and Working-Class History

Lori A. Flores and Aaron Benanav, editors

Call for Papers

El Instituto Francés de Chile, la Cátedra de Racismo y Migraciones Contemporáneas de la Universidad de Chile y el Polo Cono Sur del Institut des Amériques se asocian para organizar para el primer semestre 2021 un ciclo de seminarios doctorales cuya finalidad es la tercera edición de la Jornada Doctoral Franco-América Austral, que tendrá lugar en Temuco, Chile, el 22 de junio de 2021. Este año, la convocatoria se dirige a jóvenes investigadores de doctorado en todas las áreas disciplinarias quienes trabajan sobre el tema de las Migraciones contemporáneas en América Latina.

Labour migration, whether short- or long-term, domestic or international, played an important part in transforming the world during the Cold War period. Yet how this migration affected Cold War dynamics, and was in turn shaped by them, has been under-researched. The study of experiences and perspectives on labour migration to the West in the post-1945 period has dominated empirical, theoretical and methodological studies on the history of international labour migration.

¿Cómo nació la idea de socialismo? No fue una iluminación momentánea ni el producto inspirado de un solo pensador, sino un lento proceso que involucró a dos o tres generaciones de luchadores, filósofos, reformadores y militantes, que culminaron en la síntesis elaborada por Marx y Engels en las vísperas de la revolución de 1848.

The call for articles and reviews for issue #2 of REVLATT is now open. The deadline for sending full manuscripts is 31 January 2021. Those interested in sending a proposal can consult the instructions for authors. We also invite potential authors to get in touch with the Editorial Team in order to discuss proposals and abstracts ahead of that deadline.

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