PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME (22.8.2012)
Interventions: The Impact of Labour Movements on Social and Cultural Development, 13-16 September 2012
Bildungshaus Jägermayrhof, Römerstraße 98, 4020 Linz
Simultaneous Translation: English - German
48th Linz Conference, organized by the International Conference of Labour and Social History and the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria, kindly supported by the Friedrich Ebert-Foundation, the Provincial Government of Upper Austria and the City of Linz
Preparatory Group
Jürgen Mittag (Co-ordinator, Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University of Bochum), Marcel van der Linden (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Jürgen Hofmann (Berlin), David Mayer (Department of History, University of Vienna), Bruno Groppo (Centre d'Histoire Sociale, Université de Paris I), Berthold Unfried (ITH & Institute of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna), Eva Himmelstoss (ITH)
Background and Approaches
With regard to the overreaching question of the current ITH-cycle considering the impact of labour movements on societal and social development and progress, the 2012 ITH-conference aims at examining welfare state as well as cultural arrangements of communities based on case studies. Both, the development and the implementation of new ideas and norms through labour movements shall be analysed on this occasion. Particular attention will be paid to similarities and differences between the "Global North" and the "Global South".
Thursday, 13 September 2012
9.00 - 22.00 Registration of the participants at Jägermayrhof
15.00 - 17.00 Meeting of the Executive Committee and the International Scientific Committee
17.30 Aperitif
18.00 Conference Opening by the President of ITH, Berthold Unfried, our host, Mr Erwin Kaiser, from Jägermayrhof, and others
18.30 Keynote Address:
Stefan Berger (Bochum): "Whatever did the labour movement do for us?" - The Impact of Labour Movements on Social and Cultural Development
19.00 Welcome Reception by the Mayor of Linz at Jägermayrhof
20.30 Conferring of the René Kuczynski Prize 2012 for outstanding publications on the field of social and economic history
Friday, 14 September 2012
9.00 Introduction into the Conference by Berthold Unfried (Vienna) and Jürgen Mittag (Bochum)
9.15 Section I: Contributions of Labour to the Development of the Welfare State
9.15 - 12.30 Chair: Jürgen Mittag (Bochum)
Uwe Fuhrmann (Berlin): Sozial durch Arbeiterbewegung? Zur Entstehung des Modells "Soziale Marktwirtschaft"
Jörg Rösler (Berlin): Das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geboten proletari-scher Arbeitsmoral und den Ansprüchen sozialistischer Leistungsgesellschaft. Konflikte und Konfliktlösungen in viereinhalb Jahrzehnten DDR-Existenz
11.15 - 11.30 Coffee break
Patricia Toucas (Paris): The Role of Mutual Aid Societies and Trade-Unions in the Building of the Welfare System in France (1850-1940)
12.30 Reception by the Provincial Governor of Upper Austria at Jägermayrhof
14.00 - 18.00 Chair: Berthold Unfried (Vienna)
Touraj Atabaki (Amsterdam): Labour Movements and the Re-emergence of Political Community in Interwar Iran
Bruno Groppo (Paris): Labour Movements and the Welfare State in Latin America
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 Intermediary Inventory
David Mayer (Vienna)
Discussion
18.00 Dinner at Jägermayrhof
20.00 Drama Film "Salt of the Earth" (USA 1954, 92 Min., English)
Introduction by Joachim Schätz (Vienna): Claims for Equality, Agents of Modernization. Introductory Notes on Salt of the Earth, Workers' Movements and Film
Discussion after the film
Saturday, 15 September 2012
9.00 Section II: Contributions of Labour to Cultural Development
9.00 - 12:30 Chair: Marcel van der Linden (Amsterdam)
H. Shelton Stromquist (Iowa): Municipal Socialism and its Impact on Everyday Life
Helmut Weihsmann (Vienna): Urbanismus im "Roten Wien"
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
Eszter Varsa (Budapest): Education for Work in Child Protection in Early State Socialist Hungary
12.30 Lunch at Jägermayrhof
14.00 - 18.15 Vorsitz: Jürgen Hofmann (Berlin)
Stefan Moitra (Bochum): Arbeiter-Erziehung im Kinosaal? Ein (west)deutsch-britischer Vergleich
Christian Chevandier (Le Havre): An Emancipatory Tool: French Trade Union Libraries
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
Derek Weber (Vienna): Zwischen moralischem Appell und politischem Zwang. Dimitrij Schostakowitsch und die sowjetische Musik der 1920er und 30er Jahre
Andreas Diers (Hannover): Die Rolle von Wolfgang Abendroth in der Auseinandersetzung um das Betriebsverfassungsgesetz
18.15 Synthesis
Kevin J. Callahan (Connecticut): The Impact of Labour Movements on Social and Cultural Development - Academic Achievements and Challenges
Concluding Discussion
19.30 Dinner at Jägermayrhof
Sunday, 16 September 2012
Departure of the participants after breakfast
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