News from the American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark
Labor's Schoolhouse
The Botto House National Landmark is the headquarters of the American Labor Museum, which offers educational programs & more. This 1908 home of immigrant silk mill workers was the meeting place for strikers calling for decent working conditions, an end to child labor, and an eight-hour day. For further information visit: www.labormuseum.net
CfP: Vulnerabilities in the workplace. Crossed Perspectives of Social Sciences in Europe
International Symposium
France - Bordeaux
2021 March 18 & 19
Exhibition on black Chartist leader William Cuffay (1788-1870)
The Medway Archives Centre has put on-line a new exhibition about the life and activity of William Cuffay.
Cuffay was born in Gillingham and moved to London when he was 19. He was the leader of London Chartism in 1848. Arrested and sentenced to be transported to Tasmania for his political activity, he continued to work as a labour organiser there until his death in 1870, 150 years ago.
Échos du fascisme? - Passés Futurs - Revue - Numéro 7
En 2000, les partis d’extrême droite étaient cantonnés aux marges du paysage politique européen. En quelques années, ils ont gagné du terrain dans la plupart des parlements nationaux. Leur avancée, parallèle aux victoires d'Erdoğan en Turquie, de Modi en Inde, de Duterte aux Philippines, de Trump aux États-Unis ou de Bolsonaro au Brésil, a provoqué une radicalisation identitaire d’une partie de la droite traditionnelle.
Exorcising Hitler’s Ghost: The Holocaust, Denial, and the Importance of History
2 CEUs, equivalent to 20 Contact Hours/PDUs
Paolo Finzi (1951-2020)
On July the 20th, 2020, Paolo Finzi, friend and comrade through many struggles, took his own life.
Born in Milan in 1951, since the mid-Seventies he has been responsible, together with his partner Aurora Failla, of monthly magazine «A rivista anarchica», which he contributed to found as well. He was also a founding member of Centro Studi Libertari / Archivio G. Pinelli.
CfA: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop Online
History Workshop Journal (HWJ) and History Workshop Online (HWO) are seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in the academic year 2020-21.
CfP: Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810-1990)
International Conference
Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810-1990)
21-22 November 2020
Allameh Tabataba'i University
Tehran, Iran
Organized by Allameh Tabataba'i University (Iran)
in collaboration with the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
CfP: Knowledge and coping strategies during stock market crashes (18th to 20th century)
Update: Due to the current pandemic, this workshop will not take place in Tübingen, instead it will be organized via video-conference. The new deadline for the CfP is 31 July 2020.
Project E04 “Threat Communication, Coping and Stock Market Speculation. Bull Markets, Crashes and Knowledge” (18th-19th Century)” of the CRC 923 “Threatened Orders – Societies under Stress” invites proposals for papers to be presented at a virtual workshop on 29 and 30 October 2020.