Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called “Nordic model” can obscure the fact that experiences of work and the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods.

Politics in the Marketplace. Work, Gender, and Citizenship in Revolutionary France

One of the most dramatic images of the French Revolution is of Parisian market women sloshing through mud and dragging cannons as they marched on Versailles and returned with bread and the king. These market women, the Dames des Halles, sold essential foodstuffs to the residents of the capital but, equally important, through their political and economic engagement, held great revolutionary influence.

Sozialismus als Erfahrung und Erinnerung. Junge Forschung im etablierten Feld

Das Doktorand_innenforum ist eine jährliche wissenschaftliche Tagung zu aktuellen Themen der Zeitgeschichte, die Nachwuchswissen-schaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit bietet, ihre Promotionsvorhaben am ZZF vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Die Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden des ZZF übernehmen die thematische Konzeption und die Organisation der Konferenzen.

Organisation des 16. Potsdamer Doktorand_innenforums: 
Christopher Banditt, Nikolai Okunew, Henrike Voigtländer (Doktorand_innen am ZZF Potsdam)

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