2006 Kenny Prize Lecture, Wednesday, May 31, 4pm
This year the Robert S. Kenny prize for outstanding work in the field of Marxist and labour/left studies has been awarded to Jean-Claude Parrot for his book My Union, My Life - Jean-Claude Parrot and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, published by Fernwood Publishing.
Dear colleagues,
Please, find program and registration form of the International Conference Labour and Organisation: Research combining History and Ethnography
May 30-31, 2006
Maison mediterraneenne des sciences de l'Homme, Aix-en-Provence, France
on [url]http://www.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/lames/Actualites.htm[/url]
Boletín digital de actividades de la Fundación Francisco LargoCaballero número 17 - abril de 2006
Conference Announcement
Humanity and the Earth / L'Homme et la Terre:
The legacy of Elisée Reclus
October 27-29, 2006
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA USA
After 19 years as Librarian here, Alain Kahan is retiring at the end of March. He will still be around for a couple of days a week while his replacement is found and trained in.
The Trustees are advertising for a Librarian to assist them in the transfer of control from the local authority and to lead in continuing the development of this valuable collection as a major educational and research resource. Any qualified librarians interested in the post should contact us for more details.
23 de marzo de 2006
"60º Aniversario de la muerte de F. Largo Caballero 1869-1946"
12 horas:
Ofrenda de flores en el Cementerio Civil de la Almudena
Participan:
Antón Saracibar, Presidente de la Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero
José Ricardo Martínez, Secretario General de UGT-Madrid
The Society for the Study of Labour History and Historical Studies inIndustrial Relations
The History of Strikes, Lock-Outs and General Strikes
ConferenceKeele University
6 May 2006
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the British General Strike and miners lock-out, the Society for the Study of Labour History and Historical Studies in Industrial Relations have jointly organised a conference on the historical experience of strikes.
To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association will award the Barbara Wertheimer Prize of $100.00 for the best research paper written during the 2005-2006 academic year. The winning entry will, with permission, be posted in the NYLHA website. Please encourage your best undergraduate students to submit their work.
Papers on any aspect of labor or work history will be considered. Entries will be evaluated on the basis of scholarship and literary merit.
Applications are invited for the Edward Thompson Memorial Bursary. The bursary has been established by the Society for the Study of Labour History in honour of one of its distinguished founders and past Presidents. It is tenable at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, in the value of up to £200 per annum, in order to support research in the MRC archive.
