Conference in Dresden, 15-17 April 2026
8. Hermann-Weber-Konferenz zur Historischen Kommunismusforschung (2026): “Punitive education. On the relationship between violence, ideology and care in ‘total institutions’ under communist rule”
The International Labor and Working-Class History journal (ILWCH) invites submissions for a special thematic issue on “Hot Work,” edited by Eduardo Contreras (Hunter College, CUNY) and Selda Altan (Randolph College)
International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington / Conveners: Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) and Robert Gerwarth (University College Dublin), 28-29 May 2026
The Africa Centre (London), 9-10 June 2025
This workshop seeks to examine critically the rich intellectual, political and cultural exchanges that took place in the context of African revolutions and decolonization (1950-1990). Papers from different disciplines are welcome.
Workers and the “Golden Age” of Social Democracy?
Stefan Berger, Leon Fink, Jan de Graaf, and Patrick Dixon, Guest Editors
EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION
Stefan Berger, Leon Fink, Jan de Graaf, and Patrick Dixon / Workers and the
“Golden Age” of Social Democracy? An Introduction 1
THE COMMON VERSE
Thomas McGrath / Slaughterhouse Music 8
ARTS AND MEDIA
Kathy M. Newman, Joseph Entin, and Patricia Hills / Philip Tipperman:
Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s 11
by Dominique Vuillaume
Ce livre analyse la mutation des savoirs consécutive au choc de l’industrialisation et à l’apparition dans son sillage de la classe ouvrière française, sur la période clé allant de la Monarchie de juillet à la fin du Second Empire.
Historical Background
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam), 10-13 September 2025
