Unofficial Histories 2015 Conference: Programme and Registration

HISTORIES ON THE FRINGES AND BETWEEN THE MARGINS

Unofficial Histories is a public conference to discuss how society produces, presents, and consumes history beyond official and elite versions of the past.

It aims brings together those who wish to consider historical engagements and understandings that take place within, on the edges of, or outside “official” sites that produce and transmit historical knowledge and ideas.

Roll up, roll up! The fourth annual Unofficial Histories conference will take place in Amsterdam over two days:

Vº ENCUENTRO DE INVESTIGADORE/AS SOBRE ANARQUISMO

Desde aquella primera reunión en 2007 se han multiplicado los trabajos relacionados con el anarquismo y su presencia en Argentina y en otros países de América Latina. En estos pocos años se digitalizaron y compartieron cientos de archivos, se escribieron varias tesis y se publicaron decenas de libros y artículos.

La quinta edición de nuestros encuentros es una excelente oportunidad para hacer un balance. Es por eso que lo/as invitamos a encontrarnos nuevamente el SÁBADO 13 DE JUNIO DE 2015 en la sede del CeDInCI (Fray Luis Beltrán 125, Flores, Buenos Aires).

Working Class Movement Library - Activities April-May 2015

The final free talk in our Invisible Histories series is by Sheila Cohen on Wednesday 22 April at 2pm - Notoriously militant: the story of a union branch at Ford Dagenham.
Sheila Cohen's book Notoriously militant, based on original research and oral history, covers the history of Ford's Dagenham plant - and its roots in Henry Ford's early US activities - from 20th century shop floor struggles to the 21st century fight against plant closure.

CFP: Moralizing Capitalism: Agents, Discourses and Practices of Capitalism and its Opponents in the Modern Age

The symposium 'Moralizing Capitalism' addresses the impact of moral sentiments on capitalist society and vice versa. In the age of democratic revolutions, industrialisation and the consolidation of capitalism new and different religious and political-ethical movements gained in importance. They were articulated for example by Enlightenment thinkers or in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Thus, new conceptions of morality emerged during this period.

AMSAB Newsletter: socialist daily 'Vooruit' digitized

10e jaargang, nr. 3, maart 2015

Dagblad Vooruit gedigitaliseerd!
De Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België en Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis stellen vanaf vandaag een van hun belangrijkste krantencollecties, met name die van het dagblad Vooruit (1884-1950), digitaal ter beschikking van het publiek.

Fototentoonstelling voedselhulp tijdens WO I
De tentoonstelling in de gangen van Amsab-ISG met foto's van de voedselbedeling in Brussel tijdens WO I wordt gesmaakt. Kom gerust eens langs!