Professions in Russia

From: Ekaterina Kazurova ,

Call for papers

Anthropology of professions in Russia.
New and traditional occupations in changing Russia: social anthropologicalapproach
Conference in Saratov, Russia, 29-30 September 2005

Russian Sociological Society (ROS)
Saratov State Technical University
Department of social anthropology and social work
Center of social policy and gender studies

With the support of the Russian Foundation for Humanities.

Thematic priorities of the conference:

Labour History Conference

From: Greg Patmore

Major Labour History Conference

The Past is Before Us: Seeking the sources of social and political transformation in the struggles of past generations.

Registration
The Ninth National Labour History Conference
Thursday 30 June - Saturday 2 July 2005, 9 am to 5 pm

Holme Building, University of Sydney, Australia. One day registrations available.

Nikolai Sukhanov

Israel Getzler. Nikolai Sukhanov: Chronicler of the Russian Revolution. Oxford: Palgrave, 2002. xix + 226 pp. Appendices, bibliography, notes, index. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-3339-7035-7.

Reviewed by Francis King, School of History, University of East Anglia
Published by (April 2005)

Sandro Pertini

L'Associazione Nazionale "Sandro Pertini" informa che è uscito il volume:

Sandro Pertini
Carteggio 1924-1930

pp. 145
a cura di Stefano Caretti
Piero Lacaita Editore
Collana "Strumenti e Fonti"
Euro 15,00

Associazione Nazionale "Sandro Pertini"
Via M. Buonarroti, 13
50122 Firenze
E-mail:
Pagine web: www.pertini.it/turati.html

Two Italian Publications

La Fondazione di Studi Storici "Filippo Turati" informa che sono usciti i volumi:

Antonio Baglio
Il Partito nazionale fascista in Sicilia: Politica, organizzazione di massa e mito totalitario 1921-1943
Piero Lacaita Editore
Collana "Società e cultura"
Euro 15,00

Gloria Gabrielli
Gli amici americani: I socialisti italiani dalla guerra fredda alle amministrative del 1952
Piero Lacaita Editore
Collana "Società e cultura"
Euro 15,00

Asian Historiographies

Writing Social Histories: Asian Historiographies and Political Regimes

A conference organised by the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, and Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

Venue: Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Date: 16-17 December 2005
Committee: Touraj Atabaki, Ratna Saptari, Willem van Schendel and Bambang Purwanto

Call for Papers
Abstract Deadline July 15, 2005.

German Social Democracy

Torsten Kupfer, Geheime Zirkel und Parteivereine: Die Organisation der deutschen Sozialdemokratie zwischen Sozialistengesetz und Jarhhundertwende. Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2003. 278 pp. Documents, diagrams, tables, bibliography, geographic index. EUR 39.00 (paper), ISBN 3-89861-028-4.

Andreas Wolfrum, Die Sozialdemokratie im Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg zwischen 1848 und 1920. Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2003. 339 pp. Bibliography, index. EUR 34.80 (paper), ISBN 3-412-17802-0.

Rosa Luxemburg Reader

Peter Hudis and Kevin B. Anderson, eds. The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2004. 447 pp. Introduction, endnotes, index. $23.00 (paper), ISBN 1-58367-103-X.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Benner, Department of History, University of Washington.
Published by: H-German (March, 2005)

National Bolshevism

H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by (April 2005)

David Brandenberger, National Bolshevism: Stalinist Mass Culture and the Formation of Modern Russian National Identity, 1931-1956. Russian Research Center Studies, 93. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. xv + 378 pp. Illustrations, table, appendix, notes, index. $53.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-6740-0906-1.

Reviewed for H-Russia by Andreas Umland, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv

Was Stalinism Nationalistic?