Book Culture from Below

SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing); University of Helsinki (History, Folklore Studies, Church History); The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland; Nordic Centre for Medieval Studies; The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading; Finnish Literature Society 17.08.2010-21.08.2010, Helsinki
Deadline: 30.11.2009

Free Labour?

Free Labour? Women and work in slave and post-slave societies
Economic History Society Women’s Committee, 20th Annual Workshop

14th November, 2009
Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation
Oriel Chambers
27 High Street
Kingston upon Hull
HU1 1NE

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For a list of abstracts, [programme and booking form] please visit [url]http://www.ehs.org.uk/society/women.asp[/url]

Labour History: Expanding the Frontiers

Call for Papers
VIIIth International Conference of Labour History
March 18-20, 2010
Delhi India

The Association of Indian Labour Historians (AILH) in collaboration with the V V Giri National Labour Institute( VVGNLI) is organizing the 8th International Conference to be held at Delhi on March 18-20, 2010.
We invite proposals for paper presentation at the conference from historians, social scientists, labour activists and organizations on the themes outlined below.

Labour History: Expanding the Frontiers

Jenseits von Sozialdemokratie und Kommunismus?

From: Bernd Huettner [mailto]bhuettner@niatu.net[/mailto]

CFP: Tagung "Jenseits von Sozialdemokratie und Kommunismus? Zur Problemgeschichte, Programmatik und Aktualität des Linkssozialismus" am 11. und 12. Dezember 2009 in Duisburg]

Einladung zur wissenschaftlich-politischen Tagung "Jenseits von Sozialdemokratie und Kommunismus? Zur Problemgeschichte, Programmatik und Aktualität des Linkssozialismus" am 11. und 12. Dezember 2009 in Duisburg (Alte Feuerwache)

Global South

The new issue of Global South is now up on the net. Just follow the link here:
[url]http://sephisemagazine.org/current/current.html[/url] and download your copy today. Do let us know your feedback. [Below] is the call for papers for our next special issue titled: History of medicine in the context of Global South. Contribute your articles on this interesting topic to make the special issue a success.

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Call for contributions

The Moving Past

The Labour History Images Group is pleased to announce that

'The Moving Past'
A Presentation of Archival Work Films

is now available on DVD

'The Moving Past' is an anthology of archival film about work in Ontario made in the years following World War One. The films, produced by the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, offers fascinatig glimpses into a rapidly industrializing province.