CFP: A New 'Social Question' or 'Crisis as Usual'? Historical and Sociological Perspectives on Inequalities - Bielefeld 06/14
Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) 04.06.2014-06.06.2014, Bielefeld, Bielefeld University
Deadline: 15.01.2014
Ende der 1970er Jahre startete die Osteuropa-Abteilung des Historischen Seminars der Universität Zürich unter der Leitung von Prof. Carsten Goehrke das Forschungsprojekt "Auswanderung aus der Schweiz in das Zarenreich". Neben zahlreichen Studien zu kantons- und berufsspezifischen Aspekten der Russlandwanderung haben die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter des Lehrstuhls für Osteuropäische Geschichte eine Datenbank mit Angaben zu fast 4'000 Berufstätigen erstellt, systematisch Materialien gesammelt, Tonbandinterviews mit Rückwanderern geführt und eigene Forschungsarbeiten vorangetrieben.
From the Reading Room – Legacies of British Slave Ownership
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Charles Harrowell
The collections of Senate House Library are rich with regard to published and manuscript material slavery and plantation life – especially in the Caribbean. Archival resources related to slavery are outlined here. One of the most important collections are the papers of the Newton Estate in Barbados -MS523.
Hannah Young – a PhD student has been reading a range of material from the papers and I asked her how she was using this archive;
Work: The Politics of Laboring in American History Graduate Student Conference in US History, University of Michigan Department of History May 9-10, 2014
The International Social History Association (ISHA) Newsletter published its November 2013 issue (vol 3 no 2).
Contents:
NUEVO NÚMERO
POLÍTICAS de la MEMORIA n° 14
Anuario de investigación e información del CeDInCI
The IISH conducts advanced research on the global history of work, workers, and labour relations and to this end gathers data, which are made available to other researchers as well.
As of 1 January 2013, there will be an opening in the research department of the IISH for a
PhD student (m/f)
0.8 working time for four years, location: IISH
Newsletter 9, 19/11/2013
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DIALOGHI SULLA DIGNITA'
Migranti, cittadini, persone
21, 22, 23 novembre 2013
Nell'ambito di Bookcity Milano 2013, la Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli e la Fondazione Carlo Maria Martini organizzano tre serate di riflessione sul tema della dignità a partire da testi del cardinale Carlo Maria Martini, Zygmunt Bauman, Cesare Beccaria, Amartya Sen, che hanno indagato questo tema centrale per il nostro vivere collettivo.
PROGRAMMA
CFP: Virtual Work Conference - registration now open
The Dynamics of Virtual Work: The Transformation of Labour in a Digital Global Economy
Birkbeck, University of London; Past & Present 29.04.2014-01.05.2014, London, Senate House, University of London
