ONLINE & ONSITE BOOK LAUNCH: Global Neo-liberal Capitalism and the Alternatives: from social democracy to state capitalism

The twentieth century was an era of socialist revolutionary transformations and significant social-democratic reforms. By the twenty-first century, these socialist inspired movements have largely disappeared, their ideology had been disavowed, and their institutions dismantled. In the first part of the book, David Lane explains which social forces drove them and why, initially, they were successful.

CfP: Getting Old in Eastern Europe. Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Ageing in the Past and Present

Call for Papers for the 11th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) on "Getting Old in Eastern Europe. Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Ageing in the Past and Present". The submission deadline is February 15, 2024. The conference will take place from June 27 to 29, 2024.

Neno Vasco por Neno Vasco: fragmentos autobiográficos de um anarquista (Portuguese)

A year after the publication of his book "Neno Vasco por Neno Vasco: fragmentos autobiográficos de um anarquista" (Neno Vasco by Neno Vasco: autobiographical fragments of an anarchist), the author Thiago Lemos Silva has made the digital version available to read and download for free on his Academia.edu account:

https://www.academia.edu/96069120/Neno_Vasco_por_Neno_Vasco_fragmentos_…

In The Face Of Dwelling Exhibition

Following on from the well-received Shirley Baker exhibition last year, we are again welcoming the University of Salford to bring In The Face Of Dwelling, an exhibition that combines portraits with photographs and architectural drawings of Salford dwellings between c1900 and the 1970s.  

The exhibition opening takes place on Thursday 25th January from 4PM-6PM and the exhibition continues until Thursday 25th April. 

The library is open from Wednesday-Friday, 1PM-4:30PM for visitors. Information on how to find us can be found below. 

CfP: In de marge van de geschiedenis

Het thema van de Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis 2024 is de geschiedenis van 'marginale' en 'subalterne' groepen. Dien je onderzoek in ten laatste tegen 8 januari 2024.

De Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis, een organisatie van de Belgische Vereniging voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis (BVNG), gaat door op 13 mei 2024 in het BELvue museum in Brussel. Op deze dag richten we de blik op actueel onderzoek, debatten en uitdagingen rond de geschiedenis van 'marginale' en 'subalterne' groepen.

CfA Counting Work and Workers in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa

CALL FOR ARTICLES – SPECIAL ISSUE
International Labor and Working-Class History
“Counting Work and Workers in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa”

Editors:
Chikouna Cissé, Annick Lacroix, Baptiste Mollard, Laure Piguet, Léa Renard
This project stems from the collective discussions initiated by the French ANR program “Cocole - Compter aux colonies” coordinated by Béatrice Touchelay (https://chiffrempire.hypotheses.org/).

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