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CfP: Resistance and Resilience: Resource Extraction, Arms Trade, and Militarism in Africa and the Global South

New York African Studies Association (NYASA): An Association for the Study of Africa and its Diaspora; The Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), State University of New York, Cortland, Cortland, 6-9 November 2025

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Les marxismes dans l'histoire (French)

Rouen/France

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Call for Chapters Edited Volume - Encounters in Unexpected Places: Chinese and East-Central European Interactions in Peripheral Spaces, 1700-1949

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African Voices in Global Intellectual History

Konstanz/Germany

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The Halted March of the European Left. The Working Class in Britain, France, and Italy, 1968–1989

by Matt Myers

Oxford University Press, 2025

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The Role of Public History Within and Outside the United States: Critical Reflections

We are pleased to announce that the 8th issue of the journal USAbroad – Journal of American History and Politics, “The Role of Public History Within and Outside the United States: Critical Reflections”, can be downloaded for free at the following address: https://usabroad.unibo.it/issue/view/1372

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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).

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CfP: Working group Arctic and Indigenous Labour, ELHN Conference 2026

The EHLN working group, Arctic and Indigenous Labour, aims to bring together scholars interested in the historiography of Indigenous labour in settler colonies, both within and outside Europe.

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.

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.