Science at Work: How Academics and Other Specialists Contributed to the Normalization of Work

Production of Work, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Universität Wien 10.09.2013-11.09.2013, Wien, Campus of the Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Seminarraum des Instituts für Ethik und Recht in der Medizin (=Alte Kapelle), Hof 2.8

This workshop will investigate how science and/or scholarship (in the broadest sense) from the late 19th to the first half of the 20th century contributed to the historical production of work.

Fascism without Borders

CFP: Fascism without Borders. Transnational Connections and Cooperation among Movements and Regimes in Europe between 1918 and 1945 - Berlin 06/14

Freie Universität Berlin
20.06.2014-21.06.2014, Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin
Deadline: 30.09.2013

"Building International Labor Solidarity" - thematic issue Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society

Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society

Call for papers: "Building International Labor Solidarity"

Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society will devote a thematic issue to Building International Labor Solidarity, which will be published in early 2014. The thematic editor is Kim Scipes of Purdue University North Central who will work closely with Working USA editor, Immanuel Ness.

International Review of Social History Accessible Online

IRSH Articles Accessible Online
All articles in IISH's renowned journal International Review of Social History (since 1956) and its predecessors (since 1936) are now accessible online through the IISH catalogue.

Search the integrated catalogue on author and/or title, add IRSH in the search field and click the 'Get full text' button.

For instance, a search on Rüter IRSH brings in the introductory article written on the occasion of the launch of the journal in 1956, written by the IISH director at the time.

ITH Conference: Towards a Global History of Domestic Workers and Caregivers

49th Linz Conference
Date: 12 September 2013 to 15 September 2013
Location: Linz, Austria
Towards a Global History of Domestic Workers and Caregivers

The conference focuses on the global history of domestic workers in private homes, a labour market that over time has included, in addition to physical labour, care for infants, children, and the elderly (“emotional labour”).

The Linz Conference is organized by the International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH), Austria, in cooperation with