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2018 Political Economy Book Prize Competition (Political Economy Project)

The Political Economy Project (PEP) is pleased to invite nominations for our 2018 Middle East Political Economy Book Prize. PEP aims to recognize and disseminate exceptional critical work on the political economy of the Middle East. While the book must have a political economy theme, we welcome nominations from across academic disciplines. Submissions will be read and judged by a committee drawn from PEP’s membership. Eligible texts must have been published in 2017 and can be either Arabic or English language.

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2 postdoc and 2 PhD positions in Economic and Social History at Utrecht University

Four vacancies (2 PhD positions and 2 postdoc positions) at the Economic and Social History group of Utrecht University in the ERC-CoG-project "Race to the Bottom":

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Bellush and Wertheimer Prizes in labor and work history

BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY

To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association annually awards the Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best research paper written during the previous academic year. Wertheimer was a leading labor educator and scholar.

BERNARD BELLUSH PRIZE

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CfP: Towards a Global History of Primitive Accumulation

A conference co-sponsored by the International Institute of Social History, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh

Download the full Call for Papers here

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CfP: Investigating Mid-Atlantic Plantations: Slavery, Economies, and Space

Investigating Mid-Atlantic Plantations:

Slavery, Economies, and Space

Philadelphia, PA

October 17-19, 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS:

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Inauguration of the new buiding of Amsab-ISH

On behalf of the president of IALHI, we would like to kindly invite you to the opening of the renovated building of Amsab-ISH in Ghent, on Saturday 21 April between 2 and 6 p.m. It is an informal gathering, so no need to confirm your presence ahead. The invitation (in Dutch) can be found attached.

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CfP: Travail, emploi et relations professionnelles dans les organisations militantes

Travail, emploi et relations professionnelles
dans les organisations militantes

CHS XXe siècle (CNRS/Paris 1) – ISP (Paris-Nanterre)

Journée d’étude – Paris – Novembre 2018

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CfP: Les jeunes, le travail et l’engagement

Appel à communications

Les jeunes, le travail et l’engagement

Journée d’étude le 20 septembre 2018 à l’IRES

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Les acteurs européens du “printemps des peuples” 1848. Colloque international du cent soixante-dixième anniversaire

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CfP: Special Issue Archiv für Sozialgeschichte "Changing the World–Revolutions in History"

Call for Papers
Archiv für Sozialgeschichte 59 (2019)

Changing the World – Revolutions in History

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