Agriculture and rural life, topics long dismissed by many historians as irrelevant or old-fashioned, are currently receiving renewed attention in the field of contemporary history. The revival of rural and agricultural history is closely connected to concerns about environmental degradation, food shortages, land grabbing, and migration in the context of climate change, and to academic debates about the so-called Anthropocene, natural resources, and the notion of sustainability.

The Department of History and Art History seeks to appoint a PhD candidate for the project ‘Consumers on the March: Civic Activism and Political Representation in Europe, 1970s to 1990s’, funded by means of a VIDI Research Grant awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to Dr Liesbeth van de Grift.

The PhD candidate will be working on the subproject ‘A Europe of Consumers: BEUC and the Europeanisation of Consumer Policies, 1970s to 1990s’.

Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis, with the next period of review beginning November 6th.

Overview

Travail, emploi et relations professionnelles
au sein des organisations militantes

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

Journée d’étude – 30 Novembre 2018

Centre Malher - Amphi Dupuis (1er sous-sol)
9 rue Malher – 75004 Paris (M° Saint-Paul)

Présentation :

"UN SECOLO DI SINDACATO DEI LAVORATORI"
La Confederazione Italiana dei Lavoratori (CIL) - 1918-2018
Convegno di studi storici

Giovedì 18 ottobre alle ore 10:00 nella sala Parlamentino presso la sede Cnel di Villa Lubin, viale Davide Lubin 2, Roma, in occasione del Centenario della costituzione della CIL, la Fondazione Vera Nocentini, tra gli organizzatori dell'iniziativa insieme ad altri istituti storico-culturali, invita a partecipare alla celebrazione del ricordo di questo evento.

12-14.10.2018:
Ausstellung "Marx zum Anfassen" ist geöffnet am 12.10.2018 (9-20 Uhr) sowie am 13. und 14.10.2018 (9-18 Uhr). 

17.10.2018:
"Wie halten es die Gewerkschaften mit Marx?" im ERA Conference Centre

18.10.2018:
"Quittung für Trump? Die USA vor den Zwischenwahlen" im Karl-Marx-Haus (Verwaltungsgebäude)

19.10.2018:
"Der Journalist Karl Marx zwischen Unabhängigkeit und Engagement - Leitbild auch für heute?"
in der Stadtbibliothek Weberbach

ENCUENTRO 2019
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP CALL FOR PAPERS
The Low Countries and Latin America from the 19th Century until Present
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Shared Histories and Sources
08-09.04.2019 - Leuven - Belgium

Left History is planning a special edition issue to be published in Fall 2019, with the theme “what does it mean to write ‘left’ history?”

The New York State Labor History Association is proud to announce that the 2018 Bernard Bellush Prize is being awarded to Erin Durham for her essay, "Strike for Labor Rights: Prison Reform in Maryland During the Early Twentieth Century." A graduate student at the University of Maryland, Durham's essay was very thoroughly researched and well-written.

An abstract of these essays will be posted on the NYLHA website.

BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY